Patent ID: 8353248

Claim:
A track-guided vehicle wheel truck including: a pair of running wheels respectively connected to the two ends of a steering axle by a kingpin; a guide wheel guided along a guide provided on a running track; and a guide frame to which the guide wheel is mounted, the guide frame capable of being turned relative to the steering axle, the track-guided vehicle wheel truck comprising: a tie rod arranged along a vehicle width direction on a center side of a vehicle front and rear direction relative to the steering axle, and capable of interlocking the pair of running wheels with each other; a connecting rod arranged on a vehicle end side of the vehicle front and rear direction relative to the steering axle, and capable of steering one of the pair of running wheels; a first steering arm arranged along the vehicle front and rear direction, and mounted to one of the kingpins of the pair of running wheels; a second steering arm arranged along the vehicle front and rear direction, and mounted to the other of the kingpins of the pair of running wheels; a support shaft provided on the guide frame such that its position can be adjusted in the vehicle front and rear direction; and a link lever arranged along the vehicle front and rear direction; wherein the two end parts of the tie rod are rotatably mounted respectively to center-side end parts of the first steering arm and the second steering arm; wherein the two end parts of the connecting rod are rotatably mounted respectively to a vehicle end-side end part of the first steering arm and a vehicle end-side end part of the link lever; wherein a center-side end part of the link lever is rotatably mounted to a receiving member provided projecting toward the vehicle end side in a center part of the vehicle width direction of the steering axle; wherein a long hole is provided in an intermediate part of the link lever so as to extend in the vehicle front and rear direction; and wherein the long hole and the support shaft are rotatably engaged with each other at a given position.