Title:
MOTORCYCLE-TYPE VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002044008
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The or each front wheel (4) of the vehicle is mounted on a stub axle (108F) at the lower end of a strut (173) articulated in the central plane of the wheel to one end of an inverted U or J-shaped suspension arm (106F) pivotally mounted on its other end on the vehicle chassis and forming a parallelogram linkage with a wishbone member (171), pivoted at (162) thereby providing constant trail for the wheel. To provide increased stability, the vehicle can have two front wheels (4) and two rear wheels (5) mounted on respective swing arms (106F) and (106R) respectively and the swing arm movements can be restricted by stabilising brakes (121F) and (1
Inventors:
SHOTTER NICHOLAS RICHARD (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2001/005294
Publication Date:
September 12, 2002
Filing Date:
November 29, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SHOTTER NICHOLAS RICHARD (GB)
International Classes:
B62K5/02; B62K5/08; B62K25/00; B62K25/24; (IPC1-7): B62K25/24; B62K5/02; B62K5/08; B62K25/00
Foreign References:
| US4756379A | 1988-07-12 | |||
| US4828069A | 1989-05-09 | |||
| US4890857A | 1990-01-02 | |||
| DE19823002A1 | 1999-11-25 | |||
| US4020914A | 1977-05-03 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1339599A2
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