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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhisa Takano, Shizuoka, JP;
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle body frame that can lean, a right front wheel and a left front wheel, and an upper cross portion and a lower cross portion of a link mechanism each including a right end portion, a left end portion, and a middle portion supported on the vehicle body frame. An upper right displacement and an upper left displacement that result when a rearward test force is exerted individually on a lower right portion and a lower left portion that support the lower cross portion with the lower cross portion removed are larger than a lower right displacement and a lower left displacement that result when a force that is equal or substantially equal in magnitude and direction as the forces exerted on the lower right and left portions is exerted individually on an upper right portion and a upper left portion that support the upper cross member with the upper cross portion removed.