Patent ID: 8925940
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: B60G,B62D,B62K

Abstract:
1. A tilting wheeled vehicle having: an elongated frame defining a frame plane extending substantially vertically along a longitudinal centerline of said frame, said frame tiltable from side-to-side defining a range of movement of said frame; a first tilting linkage operably secured to the frame at a first mounting pivot and a second mounting pivot, said first tilting linkage operably securing a first wheel to said frame at said first and second mounting pivots, said first and second mounting pivots spaced apart from each other and aligned within said frame plane; said first wheel pivotally secured to said first linkage defining a first pivot axis and having a substantially vertical longitudinal centerline defining a first wheel plane that intersects said substantially vertical longitudinal centerline, said first pivot axis substantially intersecting said first wheel plane; a second tilting linkage operably secured to the frame at said first mounting pivot and said second mounting pivot such that said first and second tilting linkages pivot about said frame plane, said second tilting linkage operably securing a second wheel to said frame at said first and second mounting pivots, said first and second tilting linkages independently pivotable about said first and second mounting pivots, said second wheel spaced apart from and aligned substantially parallel to said first wheel; said second wheel pivotally secured to said second linkage defining a second pivot axis and having a second substantially vertical longitudinal centerline defining a second wheel plane that intersects said second pivot axis substantially intersecting said second wheel plane; and, said first pivot axis and said second pivot axis aligned substantially parallel to said frame plane through said range of movement of said frame.