Self-balancing tilting vehicle with an electric tilting member

摘要

Tilting vehicle comprising a rear frame section having two drive wheels and a front frame section having at least one wheel, connected to the rear frame section such as to be tiltable about a tilt axis that extends in a length direction, the rearframe section comprising a propulsion drive for rotating the drive wheels, a tilting drive for tilting the front frame section about the tilt axis and a controller for controlling the tilting drive based on driver steering input, wherein the tilting drive comprises an electric motor situated at a predetermined distance from the tilt axis with a gear, and a tilting member having a toothed surface engaging with the gear such that the tilting member can be displaced transversely to the tilting axis by rotation of the gear, whereby the tilting drive and the tilting member are connected to the respective front and rear frame sections.