Parking apparatus for use on a three-wheeled motorized vehicle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasaki Watanabe, Goroei Wakatsuki, Keiji Suzuki
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Abstract
A parking apparatus for a three-wheeled motorized vehicle having one front wheel, two rear wheels, and a front body portion which is transversely swingable relative to a rear body portion. The apparatus comprises a locking mechanism provided between the front and rear vehicle body portions for disabling the front body portion from swinging, a parking brake mechanism operatively cooperating with a normal wheel brake, or alternatively being independent thereof, and a common operating member for operating both the locking and parking brake mechanisms simultaneously.
Claims10
A parking apparatus for a three-wheeled motorized vehicle having one front wheel, two rear wheels, and substantially separate front and rear vehicle body portions, the front body portion being transversely swingable about a shaft relative to the rear body portion, said apparatus comprising:
- a locking mechanism disposed between said front and rear vehicle body portions for disabling said front body portion from swinging;
- a parking brake mechanism operably connected with a brake for said wheels;
- means for operating, in common, both said locking mechanism and said parking brake mechanism;
- said shaft comprising a stationary shaft secured in said rear body portion;
- said locking mechanism comprising a lock plate secured to said shaft;
- a case surrounding said shaft;
- a pawl member provided in said case and normally urged to an inoperative position thereof;
- a linkage adapted for bringing said pawl member into operative engagement with said lock plate;
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- brake cables connected to said linkage, said linkage being rotatable by said operating member into its operative position to move said pawl member and said brake cables into the respective operative positions thereof.
A parking apparatus for a three-wheeled motorized vehicle having one front wheel, two rear wheels, and substantially separate front and rear vehicle body portions, the front body portion being transversely swingable about a shaft relative to the rear body portion, said apparatus comprising:
- a locking mechanism disposed between said front and rear vehicle body portions for disabling said front body portion from swinging;
- a parking brake mechanism operably connected with a brake for said wheels;
- means for operating, in common, both said locking mechanism and said parking brake mechanism;
- said locking mechanism comprising a first link and a second link which are supported on a shaft in a substantially L-shaped configuration, said first link being connected to said operating member, and said second link being connected to a mid-portion of a brake cable and being rotatable about said shaft upon rotation of said shaft so as to bring said first link to its operative position upon movement of said brake cable;
- a restraining means in said rear body portion;
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- a locking arm operatively connected with said first link for engagement with said restraining means to lock said front body portion against swinging.
A parking apparatus for a three-wheeled motorized vehicle having one front wheel, two rear wheels, and substantially separate front and rear vehicle body portions, the front body portion being transversely swingable about a shaft relative to the rear body portion, said apparatus comprising:
- a locking mechanism disposed between said front and rear vehicle body portions for disabling said front body portion from swinging;
- a parking brake mechanism operably connected with a brake for said wheels;
- means for operating, in common, both said locking mechanism and said parking brake mechanism;
- a clutch mechanism normally operatively connecting one of said rear wheels, for which said parking brake mechanism is provided, with an output shaft of a driving unit arrangement;
- operating means for releasing said clutch mechanism, said clutch operating means being mounted on said vehicle so as to be accessible for operation by a user;
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- said axle being released from said clutch mechanism upon operation of said clutch releasing operating means to permit free movement of said rear wheels even when said locking mechanism and said parking brake mechanism have been moved to the operative positions thereof via said common operating means.
A parking apparatus for a three-wheeled motorized vehicle having one front wheel, two rear wheels, and substantially separate front and rear vehicle body portions, the front body portion being transversely swingable about a shaft relative to the rear body portion, said apparatus comprising:
- a locking mechanism disposed between said front and rear vehicle body portions for disabling said front body portion from swinging transversely relative to said rear body portion;
- a parking brake mechanism operably connected with a brake for said vehicle;
- a single operating member operatively cooperating with said locking mechanism and said parking brake mechanism so as to operate, in common, both said locking mechanism and said parking brake mechanism;
- said single operating member being disposed under a driver's seat of said vehicle and extending substantially parallel to a seat post upon which said seat is mounted;
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- said operating member comprising an operating rod extending substantially through said seat post and having an operating lever connected to the upper end thereof under said driver's seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.