Patent ID: 6764310
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
An apparatus for simulating a ride on a vehicle in a form of a motorcycle, said apparatus having;a base; and a simulated vehicle body on which a rider can ride and which is supported on said base with a freedom of two-axis rotation about a rolling axis which is elongated in a longitudinal direction of said simulated vehicle body and a pitching axis which is elongated in a lateral direction of said simulated vehicle body, said simulated vehicle body comprising a front column which has mounted on an upper end thereof a handle for steering said simulated vehicle body, said apparatus comprising: a pair of linear actuators disposed in an erected posture in a position offset, relative to the pitching axis, toward said front column which lies on a front side in an axial direction of the rolling axis, said actuators being disposed symmetrically relative to a plane which crosses at a right angle to the pitching axis and which includes an axial line of the rolling axis, wherein a fixing member of each of said actuators is coupled to said base, and a movable member of each of said actuators is coupled to a lower portion of the front column respectively through universal joints.