Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1987-10-27
1989-01-24
Rice, Kenneth R.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
280691, 296205, B62D 2100
Patent
active
047997087
ABSTRACT:
An off-road vehicle comprises a vehicle frame, a pair of front wheels rotatably supported on a front portion of the vehicle frame, a pair of rear wheels rotatably supported on a rear portion of the vehicle frame, and a framework on each of lateral sides of the vehicle frame and including upper and lower pipes inclined upwardly in a forward direction and substantially parallel to each other. Each of the front wheels is rotatably mounted on the framework by means of a front wheel suspension mechanism comprising knuckle arm supporting the front wheel, a V-shaped upper arm having a base pivotally mounted on an upper portion of the knuckle arm and front and rear ends pivotally attached to the upper pipe at front and rear positions thereon, and a V-shaped lower arm having a base pivotally mounted on a lower portion of the knuckle arm and front and rear ends pivotally attached to the lower pipe at front and rear positons thereon. When the off-road vehicle thus constructed is viewed in side elevation, the distances from a vertical line passing through the center of the axle of the front wheel to the pivoted front ends of the V-shaped upper and lower arms are smaller than the distances from the vertical line to the pivoted rear ends of the V-shaped upper and lower arms.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2065071 (1936-12-01), Harris
patent: 3257121 (1966-06-01), Muller
patent: 4641854 (1987-02-01), Masuda et al.
patent: 4708361 (1987-11-01), Takada et al.
Handa Akio
Hosoya Eiji
Kasa Keiji
Shibukawa Takerou
Burt Pamela S.
Carrier Joseph P.
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Rice Kenneth R.
Weiner Irving M.
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