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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2003
Hideshi Morii, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hideshi Morii, Hamamatsu, JP;
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Abstract
A drive mechanism for a snow vehicle, i.e., so-called snowmobile, includes: a four cycle engine having a cylinder head at the top thereof, arranged at the approximate center of an engine room formed in the front body of the snow vehicle; a steering post having a pair of steering bars for maneuvering the snow vehicle attached at the top end thereof, projectively arranged in the rear of the engine with respect to the vehicle's direction of travel in the engine room, with the steering side slightly inclined to the rear. In this snowmobile, a speed reducing mechanism for reducing the output speed of rotation from the engine is provided in front of the engine with respect to the vehicle's direction of travel.