Patent ID: 8418628
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: B61F

Abstract:
1. A low floor vehicle comprising: a truck provided under a vehicle body; a truck frame configured as a frame member of the truck; a pair of wheels configured to be pivotable independently from each other around the same axis which extends in a vehicle width direction, and configured to travel on a track; a journal member which couples the pair of wheels and is attached to the truck frame; and a truck frame lateral beam arranged along the vehicle width direction in a position closer to a center of a vehicle longitudinal direction of the truck frame than the journal member, wherein the pair of wheels, the journal member, and the truck frame lateral beam, are provided on each of a vehicle front side and a vehicle rear side of the truck; wherein the low floor vehicle includes: wherein an axis through both ends of the pivotal arm section of the first stub link and an axis through both ends of the second stub link are tilted such that a distance therebetween in the vehicle width direction is increased from the truck frame lateral beam toward the journal member; wherein an axis through both ends of the pivotal arm section of the third stub link and an axis through both ends of the fourth stub link are tilted such that a distance therebetween in the vehicle width direction is increased from the truck frame lateral beam toward the journal member; wherein both ends of the pivotal arm sections of the first stub link and the third stub link and both ends of the second stub link and the fourth stub link, are respectively attached to the journal member and the truck frame lateral beam so as to be pivotable around an axis extending in a vehicle height direction; wherein coupling pins are provided at one distal end of the interlocking lever sections in the first stub link and the third stub link; wherein long holes extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction, are provided at the other distal end of the interlocking lever sections in the first stub link and the third stub link; and wherein the coupling pins and the long holes engage with each other, whereby the first stub link and the third stub link are configured to be pivotable in synchronization with each other.