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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
Applicants:
Hideto Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshio Hayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Hideto Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshio Hayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Suzuki Motor Corporation, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62M 27/02 (2006.01); B60K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A snowmobile having improved drive stability of the vehicle body during steering includes a pair of left and right skis on a front side of the vehicle body, a steering shaft disposed on a front of a saddle type seat for steering the skis, an engine mounted in a cowling that covers the front side of the vehicle body, and a crawler disposed on a rear side of the vehicle body for driving the snowmobile. The engine is mounted by inclining a cylinder axis thereof forward, and the steering shaft is disposed on the front of a cylinder head of the engine.