SIDE TURNING BOGIE OF EARTH-MOVING AND TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering; control of self-propelled wheeled vehicles. SUBSTANCE: vehicle with bogie consisting of two articulated frames moves straight ahead at equal rotary speeds of left-hand and right-hand wheels. At change in speed of wheels of one side difference is speeds of rotation of left-hand and right-hand wheels appears causing lead of wheels with higher speed of rotation relative to those with lower which leads to folding of frames through angle α, making the vehicle turning without skidding of wheels. EFFECT: provision of skidless turning of vehicle by simple control, i. e. combination of advantages of steerable wheels of axles turning method with side turning method. 6 cl, 5 dwg