Patent ID: 8657301

Claim:
A vehicle body tilting apparatus characterized by comprising: a right/left-wheels holding member having an elongated shape, and holding a right side wheel and a left side wheel of a vehicle which are disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the vehicle such that each of the wheels is movable in a vertical direction; and a lean actuator disposed between said right/left-wheels holding member and a body of the vehicle, and configured to tilt at least the body of the vehicle in a lateral direction with respect to a normal line that is perpendicular to a road surface, by pivoting said right/left-wheels holding member and the body of the vehicle relative to each other, wherein an output shaft of said lean actuator is fixed to said right/left-wheels holding member, and the body of the vehicle is fixed to a main body of said lean actuator, wherein the left side wheel and the right side wheel are held by said right/left-wheels holding member through respective struts, wherein said right/left-wheels holding member has a shape that is curved as seen from a front side of the vehicle, said right/left-wheels holding member including engaged portions at which said right/left-wheels holding member is engaged with the struts for the left side wheel and the right side wheel, said right/left-wheels holding member including a fixed portion at which said right/left-wheels holding member is fixed to said output shaft of said lean actuator, and wherein right/left-wheels holding member is provided to take an attitude that causes said engaged portions to be positioned on an upper side of said fixed portion when said right/left-wheels holding member is in a neutral pivot position relative to the body of the vehicle.