Braking device for a motorized snow vehicle
OwnerJean-Claude Bibolletinventor
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Abstract
A braking device for a motorized snow vehicle having a front steering assembly with at least one steering column secured to at least one ski, and articulated in rotation around a spindle. The motorized snow vehicle further has a rear support assembly, equipped with at least one driving caterpillar track. The front steering assembly comprises at least one mobile braking element operated, by control means, between a retracted rest position inside a cavity of the ski, and an active braking position protruding out under the general sliding surface of the ski in a middle zone situated appreciably at the level of the articulation spindle between the steering column and the ski.
Claims20
A braking device for a snow vehicle in particular of the snowbike type, comprising:
- a front steering assembly comprising at least one steering column secured to at least one ski, and articulated in rotation around a spindle,
- a rear support assembly, equipped with at least one driving caterpillar track,
- at least one mobile braking element associated with said front steering assembly,
- control means for operating said mobile braking element between a rest position and an active braking position protruding out under the sliding surface of the ski in a middle zone situated appreciably at the level of said spindle between the steering column and the ski, and
- an elastic mechanism that allows said braking element to retract towards said rest position when the braking element hits a hard object, and then revert to the active braking position without the driver having to use said control means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.