Motor vehicles – Special wheel base – Having only two wheels
Patent
1990-04-12
1991-08-27
Marmor, Charles A.
Motor vehicles
Special wheel base
Having only two wheels
280275, B62K 1100
Patent
active
050426095
ABSTRACT:
In a chassis for a motorcycle including a frame with means for holding a rear wheel, a single pronged swing arm is connected to the forward area of the frame for pivotal movement about a pivot axis parallel to the axis of the rear wheel, with the swing arm near its free forward end being connected to a hub carrier for supporting a forward wheel, a steering mechanism with a handle bar carrier pivotally connected to the frame and a steering linkage with at least two hinge axes perpendicular to one another and to the pivot axis of the handle bar carrier, and a spring and damping device arranged between the swing arm and the frame for damping the movement of the wing, the hub carrier being supported on a stub axle connected with the swing arm for movement about a pivot axis perpendicular to the stub axle, which pivot axis of the hub carrier relative to the stub axle lies in a plane normal to the axis of the forward wheel and located in the middle of the forward wheel with said pivot axis of said hub carrier relative to said stub axle passing through the forward wheel axis.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4180280 (1979-12-01), Doveri
patent: 4431204 (1984-02-01), Miyakoshi et al.
patent: 4756547 (1988-07-01), Trema
patent: 4785905 (1988-11-01), Trema
Krispler Walter
Widl Reinhold
Emco Maier Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Kagen Alan M.
Marmor Charles A.
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