Motor vehicles – Including one or more ski-like or runner members – With at least one surface-engaging propulsion element
Patent
1988-02-22
1989-09-26
Pekar, John A.
Motor vehicles
Including one or more ski-like or runner members
With at least one surface-engaging propulsion element
280 712, 280 28, 280 211, B62M 2702
Patent
active
048693367
ABSTRACT:
A snowmobile including a body a pair of rear wheels with tires a motor for driving the rear wheel, an axis connected to a handle originally for a front wheel, and skid member mounted on the axis. The skid member comprises a skid, extending in the longitudinal direction of the body, bent upward in its front part, support members protuberantly provided on the upper surface of the skid, and rotatably connected to the axis and at least one fin, protuberantly provided on the under surface of the skid, extending front to rear from a position beneath the above mentioned support member, located at the substantial center in its longitudinal direction of the skid, and the length of the fin is set in a range of 40 to 60% of the length of the skid.
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Igarashi Yasuo
Nakasaki Eiji
Sakakibara Hiroto
Tajima Katsunori
Pekar John A.
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.
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