Patent ID: 7658260
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: B60K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for suppressing torque steering in a vehicle having left and right wheels, a left drive shaft coupled to the left wheel via a left outer joint, a right drive shaft coupled to the right wheel via a right outer joint, comprising: a driving source adapted to accelerate the vehicle from an at rest condition to a predetermined rate of acceleration, and adapted to move from a first position when the vehicle is at rest to a second position during the predetermined rate of acceleration; and a structure that connects the driving source to the left drive shaft and the right drive shaft, which structure is positioned relative to the left and right wheels so that the left and right drive shafts each define a first tilt angle when the driving source is in the first position, and a second tilt angle that is smaller than the first tilt angle when the driving source is in the second position.