Motor vehicles – Special wheel base – Having only three wheels
Patent
1983-09-29
1986-02-18
Love, John J.
Motor vehicles
Special wheel base
Having only three wheels
180 651, 180208, 180907, 280DIG5, B62D 6108
Patent
active
045707391
ABSTRACT:
A personal mobility vehicle includes a floor pan with a rear drive unit at one end and a steerable front wheel at the other end. The drive unit is separable from the floor pan and includes spaced apart, differentially connected rear wheels, an electric motor, and belts and pulleys drivingly connecting the motor to a differential unit. The front wheel is steered by a tiller. A seat with a folding back is removably connected to the floor pan toward the pan rear end to concentrate the weight of the driver over the rear wheels to aid in traction. A brake is provided on the front wheel and is lockable for parking purposes. Each of the drive unit, seat unit, a battery, and a floor pan unit weighs less than thirty pounds such that the separated components can be easily lifted and manipulated for transportation of the vehicle between sites of use.
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Love John J.
Rice Kenneth R.
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