Snowmobile
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazuhiro Yamamoto, Takao Kouchi
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Abstract
First rear swing arms are pivotably supported at their front ends to a drive shaft on which drive wheels are mounted. The rear ends of the first rear swing arms are pivotably supported through a shaft to the front ends of side rails, and first idlers are mounted on the shaft. Second idlers are mounted on a shaft to which the rear ends of the side rails are supported, and second rear swing arms are supported at their lower ends to shafts supported to the rear ends of the side rails. The upper ends of the second rear swing arms are supported to a shaft supported to a floor. A track belt is wrapped around the drive wheels and the idlers. Sliders and are individually mounted on the first rear swing arms and the side rails, respectively.
Claims20
In a snowmobile including an endless track device having a drive wheel supported on a vehicle body, a swing arm pivotably supported coaxial with said drive wheel at a front end thereof to said vehicle body, a side rail connected through a shaft to a rear end of said swing arm and extending in a longitudinal direction of said vehicle body, first and second idlers supported to at least a front portion and a rear portion of said side rail, and a track belt wrapped around said first and second idlers and said drive wheel the improvement comprising:
- sliders for slidably guiding said track belt, said sliders being provided individually on said swing arm and said side rail.
A slider adapted to be used with a snowmobile including a vehicle body with an endless track having a drive wheel supported on the vehicle body, a swing arm pivotably supported at a front end thereof to the vehicle body coaxial with said drive wheel, a side rail connected through a shaft to a rear end of said swing arm and extending in a longitudinal direction of said vehicle body, first and second idlers supported to at least a front portion and a rear portion of said side rail, the endless track being wrapped around said first and second idlers and said drive wheel, and said endless track includes a portion below said drive wheel comprising:
- a first slider attachable to said swing arm for slidably guiding said portion of the endless track below the drive wheel;
- and
- a second slider attachable to said side rail for slidably guiding said portion of the endless track below the drive wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.