Abstract:
A three-wheeled vehicle is designed for road use. The three-wheeled vehicle has an internal combustion engine that drives a single rear wheel and a pair of steerable front wheels. The vehicle is designed with optimal ranges for ergonomic comfort.
Abstract:
A small motorized cart apparatus or nullgo-cartnull apparatus includes an improved brush cage arrangement that covers and protects a user during operation, enveloping the user above and on the sides of a user occupying the driver's seat. The brush cage is pivotally attached at the front of the cart apparatus near the front, steerable wheels. A seat back tube extends along the sides of and over the top of the driver's seat. A latch mechanism includes locking parts on the brush cage and on the seat back tube that form a rugged connection that is preferably positioned just above the head of the driver when the brush cage is in a lowered position. This enables the driver to use one hand to release the mechanism when the cage is to be opened. One or two hands can be used to grab the cage to pull it down toward the driver and into engagement with the locking mechanism on the seat back tube when a closed position is desired for the brush cage.
Abstract:
A farm tractor having a transverse supporting device in turn having a first member connected mechanically to a box-shaped first longitudinal beam, a second member connected mechanically to a box-shaped second longitudinal beam, and a third member suspended centrally from the frame. The positions of the first member and the second member being adjustable and fixable with respect to the third member by respective adjusting and fastening devices operable to adapt the overall length of the device to the width of the vehicle.
Abstract:
A vehicle having a vehicle body and an engine disposed therein. The engine is backwardly inclined within the vehicle, such that the angle between the axes of the engine cylinders and the plane of the surface upon which the vehicle rests form an angle of less than 90 degrees in a direction away from the front end of the vehicle. The center of mass of the vehicle with the engine inclined may be lower than if the engine were not inclined. The center of mass of the vehicle with the engine inclined may be further from the front end of the vehicle than if the engine were not inclined. The center of mass of the vehicle with the engine inclined may be aligned vertically with the vehicle operator, the drive shaft of the vehicle, or the geometric center of the vehicle. The performance of the vehicle with the engine inclined may be better than if the engine were not inclined. The engine air intake, engine exhaust port, and carburetor or other fuel and/or air inlet device may extend from the engine towards the front end of the vehicle.
Abstract:
A four-wheeled all terrain vehicle includes a straddle-type seat 10 and a V-type engine 21. The V-type engine 21 has a crank case 24 and a transmission mechanism, with a center line E of a V-bank being inclined forward. A body frame 2 has an engine-receiving space between front wheels 2 and rear wheels 5, which is of substantially a parallelogram shape when viewed from a lateral side of the body frame. The V-type engine 21 is installed in the engine-receiving space. A carburetor 9 is disposed in or above the V-bank. A rear suspension 3 is held by the body frame at a rear side thereof.
Abstract:
A starter system for racing vehicles such as sprint cars that enables the vehicle to be started while in position for a race without the need for a clutch or external means of generating forward motion.
Abstract:
An antivibration support has a first strength member which includes a limit finger and two parallel support fingers, a second strength member which includes a cage surrounding the limit finger in part, and an elastomer link device interposed between the outside of the cage and the support fingers.
Abstract:
For restraint guidance of the transmission housing in a crash situation, a crash skid is provided on the underside of the transmission housing and has an inclined surface which is adjusted toward a cross arm. In the event of a shifting of the transmission housing or the unit counter to the direction of travel, the inclined surface introduces a restraint guidance of the unit obliquely upward above the cross arm.
Abstract:
A parallel engine and transmission drive arrangement with application to both land and marine vehicles reduces the large moment arm and moment about the rear axle in the case of land vehicles, and improves trim and stability and more compact arrangement of the drive arrangement in the case of a marine vessel. The arrangement is applicable to, for example, buses, tractor-trailer rigs, towing, dump trucks, garbage trucks, concrete trucks, fire trucks, recreational vehicles, and boats or ships. In one aspect, the engine and transmission are laterally arranged in a parallel manner. This significantly shortens the longitudinal distance necessary in rear-mounted engine designs from about 120 inches to as little as 54 inches. The large moment arm found about the rear axle in conventional rear-mounted engines is significantly reduced, and the transfer case performance requirements are relaxed, resulting in a transfer case with less bulk and weight.
Abstract:
An engine mount for a vehicle, such as a snowmobile, that can be used when space for the engine within a chassis is limited and which is easily accessed from the side of the chassis for assembly and repair. The engine mount can be attached to the bottom of an engine that is positioned within a chassis. The engine mount can include four hollow, cylindrical portions. Each cylindrical portion having an axis extending transverse to the longitudinal direction of the snowmobile chassis and receiving a damping mount. Fasteners can be inserted through the chassis to couple with the damping mounts and cylindrical portions in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal direction of the chassis. The configuration of the damping mounts permits effective damping especially in a direction transverse to the direction of forward travel of the vehicle.