Patent ID: 6752231
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: B62D,B62K

Abstract:
An automotive vehicle having a pair of road wheels each rotatably mounted on a respective one of a pair of axially aligned stub axles;a trapeze frame, comprising a pair of spaced apart side arms and a horizontal bar mounted therebetween, rotatably mounted between said road wheels and depending from said stub axles; a weighted passenger compartment rotatably mounted on said horizontal bar and having a centre of gravity below said horizontal bar; a pair of powered drive motors each operatively connected to respective one of said road wheels; means to control said motors, mounted in said passenger compartment; braking means operatively connected to said road wheels; and means to temporarily reduce braking force in response to angular displacement between said side arms of said trapeze frame and said passenger compartment so as to prevent rotation of said trapeze bar about said axially aligned stub axles.