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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1987
Akio Handa, Saitama, JP;
Keiji Kasa, Saitama, JP;
Eiji Hosoya, Saitama, JP;
Takerou Shibukawa, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An off-road vehicle comprises a vehicle frame, a pair of front wheels rotatably supported on a front portion of the vehicle frame, a pair of rear wheels rotatably supported on a rear portion of the vehicle frame, and a framework on each of lateral sides of the vehicle frame and including upper and lower pipes inclined upwardly in a forward direction and substantially parallel to each other. Each of the front wheels is rotatably mounted on the framework by means of a front wheel suspension mechanism comprising knuckle arm supporting the front wheel, a V-shaped upper arm having a base pivotally mounted on an upper portion of the knuckle arm and front and rear ends pivotally attached to the upper pipe at front and rear positions thereon, and a V-shaped lower arm having a base pivotally mounted on a lower portion of the knuckle arm and front and rear ends pivotally attached to the lower pipe at front and rear positons thereon. When the off-road vehicle thus constructed is viewed in side elevation, the distances from a vertical line passing through the center of the axle of the front wheel to the pivoted front ends of the V-shaped upper and lower arms are smaller than the distances from the vertical line to the pivoted rear ends of the V-shaped upper and lower arms.