Snow vehicle
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinichi MATSUDO
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Abstract
A snow vehicle includes a track belt unit having an endless track belt, an engine arranged to drive the track belt unit, a steering mechanism to which a pair of steerable skis positioned in a forward direction of the track belt unit and being steerable to the left and right are attached, and a handlebar section coupled to the steerable skis via the steering mechanism and adapted to be gripped by a rider. The handlebar section and the rear end of the cylinder head are in generally the same position in a longitudinal direction of the snow vehicle.
Claims9
A snow vehicle comprising:
- a track belt unit having an endless track belt;
- an engine arranged to drive the track belt unit and including a cylinder head;
- a steering mechanism to which a pair of steerable skis positioned in a forward direction of the track belt unit and being steerable to the left and right are attached;
- and
- a handlebar section coupled to the steerable skis via the steering mechanism and adapted to be gripped by a rider;
- wherein
- the handlebar section and a rear end of the cylinder head are in generally the same position in a longitudinal direction of the snow vehicle.
A snow vehicle comprising:
- a track belt unit having an endless track belt;
- an engine arranged to drive the track belt unit;
- a steering mechanism to which a pair of steerable skis positioned in a forward direction of the track belt unit and being steerable to the left and right are attached;
- and
- a handlebar section coupled to the steerable skis via the steering mechanism and adapted to be gripped by a rider;
- wherein
- the track belt unit has a drive shaft driven by the engine;
- and
- the handlebar section is positioned in a forward direction of the drive shaft.
A snow vehicle comprising:
- a track belt unit having an endless track belt;
- an engine arranged to drive the track belt unit and including a cylinder head;
- a fuel tank arranged to store therein fuel to be supplied to the engine;
- and
- a steering mechanism to which a pair of steerable skis positioned in a forward direction of the track belt unit and being steerable to the left and right are attached;
- wherein
- at least a portion of the fuel tank overlaps the cylinder head in a longitudinal direction of the snow vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.