| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To achieve a greater operational stability at the cornering by arranging a ball joint in the first quadrant of the horizontal-vertical coordinate with the rear wheel center as reference viewed from the left side of a body and rubber bushes in the second and fourth quadrant. 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 toe-in direction about the axis L, causing a tire to be displaced to toe in. When a braking force B works on the ground contact G, the tire tends to toe in and at the same time, when a engine braking force E works on the wheel center W, the tire tends to rotate counterclockwise about the axis M. The rotation force causes the tire to be displaced to toe in as is guided to displaced it inward at the front and outward at the rear depending on the tilting direction of bushes 1 and 3. When a starting force K works on the center W, the tire tend to toe out. If a stopper is provided on either the bush 1 or 3, the tire is allowed to toe in about the line running between the bushes and the joint 4. |
