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US 2023/0415533 A1Published application
Durasteer suspension system for a three wheeled vehicle
Assigneeev Transportation Services, Inc.
InventorsJames Adams, Jared Aguillard
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Abstract
This disclosure describes a suspension system for a wheel on a three-wheeled vehicle. Specifically, a singular centrally mounted wheel can be mounted to the frame of a three-wheeled vehicle using the disclosed suspension system, which provides stable load bearing and pivoting of the wheel.
Claims17
A wheel mounting system comprising:
- an arched brace comprising a first end, a second end and an apex;
- a pivot tube mounted proximal to the apex of the arched brace and defining a pivot axis;
- a wheel-mount arm comprising a wheel mount coupled to the pivot tube, configured to pivot about the pivot axis such that a wheel mounted to the wheel mount will rotate about a wheel axis;
- a first mounting point at the first end of the arched brace, and a second mounting point at the second end of the arched brace, the first and second mounting points at the same height or lower than the wheel mount;
- a third mounting point coupled to the arched brace between the first mounting point and the apex, and a fourth mounting point coupled to the arched brace between the second mounting point and the apex, wherein the third and fourth mounting points are configured to be coupled to shock absorbers and wherein the first and second mounting points are configured to be pivotably coupled to the frame of a vehicle.
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A three-wheeled vehicle comprising:
- two rear wheels;
- a front wheel supported by a wheel-mount arm comprising a wheel mount coupled to a pivot tube, the pivot tube configured to pivot about a pivot axis, and the wheel mount configured to permit the front to rotate about a wheel axis;
- the wheel mount comprising an arched brace comprising a first end, a second end and an apex, wherein the pivot tube is mounted proximal to the apex of the arched brace and defines the pivot axis;
- a first mounting point at the first end of the arched brace, and a second mounting point at the second end of the arched brace, the first and second mounting points at the same height or lower than the wheel mount;
- a third mounting point coupled to the arched brace between the first mounting point and the apex, and a fourth mounting point coupled to the arched brace between the second mounting point and the apex, wherein the third and fourth mounting points are configured to be coupled to shock absorbers and wherein the first and second mounting points are configured to be pivotably coupled to the frame of the three-wheeled vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.