Motor vehicles – Special wheel base – Having only two wheels
Patent
1990-06-20
1991-10-08
Marmor, Charles A.
Motor vehicles
Special wheel base
Having only two wheels
180223, 180231, B62K 1112
Patent
active
050545728
ABSTRACT:
A front wheel drive system for a motorcycle. The system is particularly adapted to be incorporated in a one-sided front wheel suspension system. The front wheel drive system may be used alone, to provide a motorcycle having front wheel drive only, or it may be used in combination with a conventional rear wheel drive to provide a two wheel drive motorcycle. The system includes a control arm (24) which is pivotably attached to the motorcycle body (22) and which houses a drive chain (42). The drive chain is connected through a constant velocity ball joint to a second drive chain journalled in an upright kingpin (28), which connects to a wheel sprocket. The constant velocity joint allows power to be transmitted to the front wheel (12) while also allowing for steering and suspension motions of the front wheel. A universally pivotable yoke connects the forward end of the control arm (24) to the kingpin (28), through which weight and shock loads are transmitted from the front wheel through the control arm to the motorcycle body.
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Boehler Anne Marie
Marmor Charles A.
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