Motor vehicles – Special wheel base – Having only two wheels
Patent
1993-08-19
1995-02-14
Focarino, Margaret A.
Motor vehicles
Special wheel base
Having only two wheels
180231, 180208, B62K 1106, B62K 1110, B62K 1500, B62M 708
Patent
active
053886593
ABSTRACT:
A motorized scooter comprises a generally tubular frame, a deck mounted on the frame having a generally planar unencumbered rider support portion adapted to carry a rider standing upon the deck, a front steerable wheel, a steering member rotatably secured to a front end of the frame and to an axle of the front wheel, a rear driven wheel having an axle rotatably supported by a rear portion of the frame, a motor mounted forward of the rear wheel on the rear portion of the frame, and a drive transfer device connecting the motor to the rear wheel. The motor has a drive shaft which extends from the motor parallel to and in front of the rear wheel. The free end of the drive shaft is located on one side of and forward of the rear wheel. The drive transfer device couples the drive shaft to the rear axle on the opposite side of the rear wheel. The transfer device is preferably an arrangement of chains and sprockets which extends from the one end of the drive shaft on one side of and forward of the rear wheel up and over the rear wheel to an opposite side of the rear wheel where it descends and connects to the rear axle.
A second feature of the invention is a unique folding steering member which latches into a recess preferably in the center of the rear portion of the deck. The steering member thus becomes a carrying handle for the motor scooter.
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Focarino Margaret A.
Zeender F.
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