公开(公告)号：US3822757A

公开(公告)日：1974-07-09

申请号：US26613572

申请日：1972-06-26

Applicant: SPENCE W

Inventor： SPENCE W

IPC: B60B9/00 ,  B60K17/04 ,  B62D49/06 ,  B60B39/00

CPC classification number: B60K17/043 ,  B60B9/005 ,  B62D49/06

Abstract: A drive and suspension assembly for an individual roadwheel of a vehicle including a rearwardly and downwardly inclined lever arm pivotally connected to the vehicle frame at its upper end and rotatably supporting the roadwheel at its lower end, a main gear fast with the roadwheel and a drive pinion journalled on the lever arm and meshing with the main gear to drive the same. The pinion, during rotation to produce forward movement of the vehicle tends to walk around the main gear so as to produce an upward bias on the lever arm and consequently on the vehicle frame thereby forming a drive induced suspension for the vehicle and increasing the traction of the roadwheel. Abutment means limit the rotation of the lever arm with respect to the vehicle frame in both directions of rotation. The driving train includes a serially connected yieldable drive link to absorb the variations in the rotational speed of the driving pinion caused pivoting movement of the lever arm with respect to the vehicle frame. The pivotal mounting of the lever arm on the vehicle frame is angularly adjustable to allow the use of the drive assembly on either side of the vehicle. The assembly is adapted for steerable mounting of the roadwheel.

Abstract translation: 一种用于车辆的单个轮子的驱动和悬挂组件，其包括向后和向下倾斜的杠杆臂，所述杠杆臂在其上端枢转地连接到车辆框架并且在其下端可旋转地支撑公路轮，与所述公路轮一起快速的主齿轮和驱动 小齿轮安装在杠杆臂上并与主齿轮啮合以驱动它。 小齿轮在旋转期间产生车辆向前运动倾向于围绕主齿轮行走，以便在杠杆臂上产生向上的偏压，从而在车架上产生向上的偏压，从而形成用于车辆的驱动引起的悬架，并且增加牵引力 车轮。 基台意味着在两个旋转方向上限制杠杆臂相对于车架的旋转。 驱动列车包括串联连接的可屈曲驱动连杆，以吸收驱动小齿轮的转速变化导致杠杆臂相对于车架的枢转运动。 杠杆臂在车架上的枢转安装是角度可调的，以允许在车辆的任一侧上使用驱动组件。 该组件适用于可转向安装的路面轮。