CONVERTIBLE VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to highly mobile vehicles and it can be used for carrying people with limited mobility along horizontal, inclined or stepped surfaces. Proposed vehicle contains chair installed on support leverage including bearing frame and rear axle. Bearing frame is essentially an articulated four-member mechanism consisting of two support posts hinge-coupled by crossmembers and furnished with drive. Wheel pair (cluster) is secured on front support whose drive provides combined rotation of wheels around common axis. Steering column is secured in upper part of support post on head of which handle is installed and vehicle control panel with controls and indicators. Bearing frame, by means of minimum one hinge mounted lever furnished with drive, is connected with rear axle. Said rear axle is furnished with longitudinally orientated support-and-connecting member in form of longitudinal beam. Cross beam is connected to support-and-connecting member on which wheels are installed through equalizers. Wheels are provided with rotation drives. EFFECT: provision of mobile vehicle featuring high stability and capacity at relatively simple design and control system. 5 cl, 9 dwg