| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To achieve a greater operational stability during the cornering by arranging a ball joint in the first quadrant of the horizontal-vertical coordinate with the rear wheel center as reference as viewed from the left side of a body and rubber bushes in the third and fourth quadrants thereof. CONSTITUTION:When a lateral force S works on the ground contact G, as a ball joint 4 is in the first quadrant, a rotary moment is generated in the toe-in direction about the axis L, causing the tire to be displaced in the toe-in direction. When a braking force B works on the gound contact G, the tire tends to toe in and at the same time, when an engine braking force E works on the wheel center W, the tire tends to rotate counterclockwise about the axis M. The rotation causes the tire to toe in likewise as is guided to displaced it inward at the front and outward at the rear depending on the the tilting direction of bushes 2 and 3. When a driving force K works on the center W, the tire tends to toe out. But the tire can be shifted in the toe-in direction by providing a stopper on either the bushes 2 or 3 to check the clockwise rotation about the axis M. |
