WALKING VEHICLE Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; vehicles with propulsive devices other then wheels; cross-country vehicles. SUBSTANCE: walking vehicle has body 1, engine unit 2, horizontal guides 3, carriages 4 with reciprocating motion drives 5, telescopic posts 6, shoes 7 on free ends of telescopic posts furnished with cross rolling unit and limited torque clutch, system 8 to control order of operation and speed of carriages and supports with turnable lever 9, and also vibration damping mechanism with resilient rod 10 installed on body 1 for longitudinal displacement in proportion to change of speed. One end of rod has vibration damper 11 made in form of hollow housing partially filled with loose material and provided with hinge joint 19. Other end is hinge-connected with rod longitudinal displacement mechanism kinematically coupled with turnable lever 9 of carriage and support order and speed control system 8. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 3 cl, 6 dwg