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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Timothy A. Abke, Zanesfield, OH (US);
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 11/00 (2006.01); B62D 21/18 (2006.01); B62D 15/00 (2006.01); B62D 61/02 (2006.01); B60T 1/00 (2006.01); B60B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 11/00 (2013.01); B60B 19/00 (2013.01); B60T 1/00 (2013.01); B62D 15/00 (2013.01); B62D 21/18 (2013.01); B62D 61/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a frame including a front frame part and a rear frame part. A single front wheel is rotatably connected to the front frame part. A single rear wheel is rotatably connected to the rear frame part. Each of the front wheel and the rear wheel is adapted to have a cylindrical shape in top view when the vehicle is traveling in a straight direction, and at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel is adapted to expand and have a frustoconical shape in top view in a turning condition of the vehicle.