VEHICLE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; ecologically clean vehicles with electric drive for use as municipal vehicles, on grass lawns, squares and sports grounds. SUBSTANCE: vehicle has body, electric power plant and chassis. It features high maneuverability and easy steering. Rear hub motor wheels are driving, and front wheel are steerable. Axle of rotation of hub of each steerable wheel is installed in fixed supports along vehicle for turning by means of steering drive. Several solids of revolution installed on rim of each steerable wheel are uniformly spaced over circumference. Axis of rotation of each solid of revolution is arranged in plane square to axis of rotation of hub orthogonally to radius of wheel whose path is formed by sections of paths of solids of revolution farthest from axis of rotation of hub. Vehicle can be furnished with direction control gyro system coupled with driving wheels. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 5 cl, 3 dwg