초록 ▼

The present invention is directed to an assembly for stabilizing a vehicle supported on at least three pairs of wheels or tracks, wherein various pairs of wheels are selectively connected to one another in bogie style so as to reduce tipping movement of the vehicle chassis as the wheels travel over

The present invention is directed to an assembly for stabilizing a vehicle supported on at least three pairs of wheels or tracks, wherein various pairs of wheels are selectively connected to one another in bogie style so as to reduce tipping movement of the vehicle chassis as the wheels travel over uneven terrain. A second embodiment of the invention discloses means to control the bogies with respect to their direction of rotative movement. Fluid damping means are provided for some or all of the wheels. These damping means are interconnected with longitudinal and diagonal conduits, with pumps and valves placed to control the movement of the fluid medium between the respective damping means.

대표청구항 ▼

A system for stabilizing a vehicle on uneven terrain, said vehicle having a chassis and at least three pairs of wheels, each wheel being independently mounted with respect to said chassis, said vehicle having a first and a second tilting axis, said vehicle also having a front and rear end and a firs

A system for stabilizing a vehicle on uneven terrain, said vehicle having a chassis and at least three pairs of wheels, each wheel being independently mounted with respect to said chassis, said vehicle having a first and a second tilting axis, said vehicle also having a front and rear end and a first and second side, (a) first and second means for generating first and second signals, said first signal being generated in response to rotational motion around said first axis, and said second signals being generated in response to rotational motions around said second axis, (b) fluid suspension means for each of said wheels mounted between said wheels and said chassis, (c) first and second bogie conduit means mounted on said first and second sides of said vehicle to interconnect the suspension systems mounted on said first and second sides of the vehicle, respectively, each of said bogie conduits being equipped with a valve means to provide bogie coaction between adjacent wheels when said valve means are activated, (d) first and second diagonal conduit means interconnecting bogie conduit means diagonally across the vehicle, each of said diagonal conduit means having a pump means to transfer a fluid suspension medium from one bogie conduit means at one end of said vehicle to the other bogie conduit means at the opposite end of said vehicle, and (e) control means for selectively activating said pumps and said valve means in response to said first and said second signals as said vehicle traverses said uneven terrain.