COMBINDED STEERING AND ROLL STABILIZING MEANS FOR VEHICLES

摘要

A vehicle is shown with spaced pairs of coaxial torque rods at right angles to its longitudinal axis and located forwardly of the front wheels and rear wheels. The outer ends of the front rods carry respective arms connected to the front wheels, and the outer ends of the other rods carry arms that are connected to the rear wheels. The opposed ends of each pair of rods carry segment gears which mesh with respective gears of a gear box. For the front wheels, the torque rods are operated through the gear box from the steering wheel. The torque rods for the back wheels are operable via arms that are linked by a rod and which are operatively connected to the respective gear boxes. When the steering wheel is turned so the vehicle negotiates a curve, the torque rods are operated in directions to tilt or lean the chassis and wheels inwardly so as to offset the outward sway and leaning that occurs due to the centrifugal force. The angle of the turn is controlled through the front gear box via a shaft connected to one of the gears and to which are connected the inner ends of steering rod links. The weight of the vehicle is distributed on all four wheels at all times.