METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF MULTIPLE-MEMBER VEHICLE Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; transport complexes including multiple member vehicle with provision of more accurate following of driven members over trajectory of movement of driving member. SUBSTANCE: with vehicle moving, magnetic head records trajectory of movement of driving member on pathway containing magnetic substance. Current values of turning angle of driving member steerable wheels turned by steering wheel are measured and stored. The information is held in storage during time required for movement of each driven member to the place of driving member and is corrected with due account of information read off by magnetic heads on position of driven members relative to trajectory of driving member, and control signals are sent to servomechanisms designed for changing position of driven member wheels. Control system contains also comparators, delay units and summers whose number is equal to number of driven members. EFFECT: improved riding comfort for passengers. 2 cl, 3 dwg