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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2007
Applicant:
Markus Theobald, Unterschleissheim, DE;
Inventor:
Markus Theobald, Unterschleissheim, DE;
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62M 11/00 (2006.01); B62K 11/04 (2006.01); B62M 7/02 (2006.01); B62K 25/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 11/04 (2013.01); B62K 25/283 (2013.01); B62M 7/02 (2013.01); B62M 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle, in particular a motorcycle, having an engine with a crankshaft extending transversely to a travel or longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a transmission, and a clutch, which may assume an open state and a closed state. The clutch, which allows a torque transmission from the crankshaft to the transmission in the closed state, is situated coaxially to the crankshaft. The engine and transmission may be arranged such that the vehicle's rearswing arm may be located coaxially with an axis of a transmission output shaft.