Patent ID: 11964695
Assignee: NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH & DEV. CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A method of simulating a drifting or a skidding movement of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes a user compartment and a driving platform, wherein the driving platform is arranged to be in contact with a road, wherein the user compartment is movably connected to the driving platform in a way that the user compartment pivots around a vertical axis of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises a motor connected to the user compartment, wherein the motor is arranged to pivot the user compartment around the vertical axis of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle further includes a control unit connected to the motor and arranged to control the motor to pivot the user compartment around the vertical axis of the vehicle, and wherein the control unit is arranged to control the pivot of the user compartment around the vertical axis of the vehicle to point more inwards in a turn than the driving platform following the turn;
wherein the method comprises:
pivoting the user compartment in relation to the driving platform around the vertical axis of the vehicle when the vehicle is turning; and
controlling the pivot of the user compartment around the vertical axis of the vehicle to point more inwards in the turn than the driving platform following the turn.