Vehicle
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroyuki FUJIMOTO, Masanao MIYAZAKI, Shigeaki OBA
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Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine, a front frame, a rear frame, an intermediate frame, a front propeller shaft, a rear propeller shaft, and a wet oiling brake. A pair of right and left front lower arms are swingably mounted to the front frame. A pair of right and left rear lower arms are swingably mounted to the rear frame. The intermediate frame is located between the front frame and the rear frame. The front propeller shaft extends forward from the engine and the rear propeller shaft extends rearward from the engine. The wet oiling brake is located within a region defined by the intermediate frame in the front-rear direction and brakes a rotation of the front propeller shaft.
Claims13
A vehicle comprising:
- at least one seat located such that a plurality of occupants are able to be seated in a right-left direction of the vehicle;
- an engine;
- a front frame including a pair of right and left front arms swingably mounted thereto and respectively supporting right and left front wheels;
- a rear frame including a pair of right and left rear arms swingably mounted thereto and respectively supporting right and left rear wheels;
- an intermediate frame located between the front frame and the rear frame in a front-rear direction of the vehicle and supporting the at least one seat and the engine;
- a front propeller shaft extending forward from the engine to transmit a rotational power of the engine to the front wheels;
- a rear propeller shaft extending rearward from the engine to transmit the rotational power of the engine to the rear wheels;
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- a wet oiling brake including a first multiple disk clutch including a first clutch plate rotated with the front propeller shaft or the rear propeller shaft and a second clutch plate fixed with respect to a position in a rotating direction of the first clutch plate, and a first inner space accommodating the first multiple disk clutch and lubricating oil, located within a region defined by the intermediate frame in the front-rear direction to brake a rotation of the front propeller shaft or the rear propeller shaft by contact between the first clutch plate and the second clutch plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.