Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Noriyasu Furuichi

Kenji Nakamura

Takeo Ogano

Yuji Kishizawa

Masahide Shinokawa

Noritaka Koga

Takeshi Miyazawa

Masahiro Yamamoto

Yukio Katoh

A chassis frame in a rider-controlled working vehicle comprises a front frame member having a substantially channel-shaped cross section opening downwardly, a central frame in the form of a tubular body having a substantially rectangular cross section, and a rear frame member having a substantially channel-shaped cross section opening upwardly, the front, central, and rear frame members having confronting ends joined in interfitting relation. A front wheel differential is housed in the front frame member, and an engine is supported on the front frame member by rubber mounts. A power output shaft operatively coupled to the engine is disposed in the front frame member and has a front end positioned within a front end of the front frame member so as not to project forwardly therefrom. A cover plate is detachably attached to the front frame member below the power output shaft.

Chassis frame for rider-controlled working vehicle

A vehicle with a four-wheel steering device includes a vehicle frame, a pair of front wheels, a pair of rear wheels, and a steering link mechanism for simultaneously steering the front wheels and the rear wheels. The steering link mechanism is mounted on the vehicle frame. A first propeller shaft extends from an engine disposed between the front wheels to a gear transmission disposed between the rear wheels. A second propeller shaft extends from the gear transmission to a differential disposed between the front wheels in substantially parallel relation to the first propeller shaft, the second propeller shaft being vertically spaced from the first propeller shaft. The steering link mechanism is disposed between the vertically spaced first and second propeller shafts. The steering link mechanism includes front tie rods disposed behind the engine and operatively coupled to the front wheels and rear tie rods disposed one on each side of the gear transmission and operatively coupled to the rear wheels.

Vehicle with four-wheel steering device

A control device in a motor vehicle having a clutch and a transmission for controlling operation of the clutch and the transmission, includes a control lever angularly movable in first and second directions perpendicular to each other, a first connector mechanism interconnecting the control lever and the transmission for enabling the transmission to shift gears therein in response to angular movement of the control lever in the first direction, a follower having a portion extending in the first direction, the follower being angularly movable in the second direction, the portion being normally held in contact with the control lever when the control lever is angularly moved in the first and second directions, a second connector mechanism interconnecting the follower and the clutch for enabling the clutch to be engaged and disengaged in response to angular movement of the follower in the second direction, and a member for allowing the control lever to be angularly moved in the first direction only when the control lever is angularly moved to cause the second connector mechanism to disengage the clutch.

Control device for clutch and transmission for motor vehicles

A recoil type starter device for an internal combustion engine is provided which includes a starting pulley fixed at one end of the engine crank shaft and having a plurality of openings in its circumferential side surface; and a rotatable rope pulley confronting the starting pulley and mounted on a separate fixed shaft, said rope pulley having a pawl to engage any of the openings of the starting pulley to transmit rotational force of the rope pulley to the starting pulley at the start of the engine, a spiral spring to take up the starting rope around the periphery of the rope pulley after start of the engine, a disc fixedly mounted on the shaft of the rope pulley, and a U-shaped wire spring, one end of which is connected to a spring fitting part on the pawl, and the other end of which is frictionally contacted around the circumference of the stationary disc. The spring normally biases the pawl to retracted position, but serves as a drag link to pull the pawl into erected position upon rotation of the rope pulley in a starting direction. A projected member is provided on the side surface of the rope pulley to contact with a tail of the wire spring wound around the stationary disc, when the pawl engages the starting pulley, to reduce the frictional contact force of the wire spring with respect to the stationary disc.

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Saitama, Japan

Noriyasu Furuichi