Vehicle, esp. coach with fifth-wheel steering - has frame of bars, connected by joints, with link pins, engaging on guide bar and lever arm

摘要

The coach has a bogie, located under the coach bottom (1), with a steerable wheel axle (4), connected to the bogie, and a shaft (7), engaging on the bogie. The shaft is turnable about an axis (32), which is fixed relative to the coach bottom. There is a frame, consisting of bars (10-13), connected by joints (14-17) with two crossbars (10,11), one at the back, one at the front. The two longitudinal bars (12,13) each have a centrally positioned link pin (20,21). The pins engage in a horizontal guide rail (23) with guide groove (24). A lever arm (30) is fastened to wheel axle and on one of the crossbars. The shaft engages on the other crossbar. ADVANTAGE - Automatic adjustment to carrying travel situations.