Motor vehicles – Special wheel base – Having only three wheels
Patent
1985-12-17
1987-05-05
Bertsch, Richard A.
Motor vehicles
Special wheel base
Having only three wheels
280282, 280666, 280781, B62D 902, B62K 1930
Patent
active
046624678
ABSTRACT:
A front wheel suspension for a motor vehicle including a vehicle frame having a pair of upper frames which are spaced transversely and extend longitudinally and a pair of lower frames which are spaced transversely and extend longitudinally, each of the upper frames having a downward portion extending from a front portion thereof and having a lower end fixed to one of the lower frames, front and rear wheels rotatably disposed on front and rear portions of the vehicle frame, a rider's saddle disposed on the upper frames, and footsteps supported on the lower frames. The front wheel suspension comprises a subframe adapted to be attached to the vehicle frame and having a pair of extensions adapted to be disposed upwardly of the lower frames, respectively, substantially parallel thereto, and a curved portion interconnecting the extensions, a pair of link mechanisms on which the front wheels are adapted to be supported, respectively, for vertical angular movement, the link mechanisms respectively including upper arms pivotally mounted on the respective extensions of the subframe, lower arms adapted to be pivotally mounted on the respective lower frames, and knuckle arms supported by the upper and lower arms, and a pair of dampers adapted to be mounted on the vehicle frame and supporting the link mechanisms, respectively.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2934350 (1960-04-01), Herbenar
patent: 4158397 (1979-06-01), Reynolds
patent: 4460057 (1984-07-01), Kohyama
patent: 4547997 (1985-10-01), Smyers
patent: 4600216 (1986-07-01), Burkholder
Arai Shokichi
Fujii Tadayoshi
Bertsch Richard A.
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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