Rear wheel supporting device for vehicle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMitsuo Nakagawa
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Abstract
To enable common use of the vehicle body frame even when the rear wheel diameter has been changed. In a rear wheel supporting device for a vehicle, the pivot member is removably attached to a rear portion of the vehicle body frame. The swing member is vertically swingably attached on the pivot member. The rear wheel is rotatably mounted on the rear portion of the swing member. A plurality of mounting portions, which are vertically arranged, are provided on the vehicle body frame. The plurality of vertically arranged mounting portions are selected in accordance with the rear wheel diameter. The pivot member is installed, so that the mounting height of the pivot member will be freely adjustable.
Claims16
A rear wheel supporting device for a vehicle comprising:
- a pivot member removably attached at a rear portion of a vehicle body frame;
- a swing member pivotally attached to said pivot member;
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- a rear wheel rotatably mounted on the rear portion of said swing member;
- said rear wheel supporting device includes a plurality of joining portions which are vertically arranged and provided on at least one of said vehicle body frame and said pivot member, to thereby enable free adjustment of a mounting height of said pivot member.
A rear wheel supporting device for a vehicle comprising:
- a pivot member removably attached on a rear portion of a vehicle body frame;
- a swing pivotally swingably attached to said pivot member;
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- a rear wheel rotatably mounted on the rear portion of said swing member;
- said pivot member including first and second joining portions in at least two points, upper and lower, for joining said rear wheel supporting device to said vehicle body frame, and a pivot point located in a position close to the first joining portion above the middle height of said first and second joining portions, for altering the height position of said pivot point by turning said pivot member upside down.
A rear wheel supporting device for a vehicle comprising:
- a pivot member removably attached on a rear side portion of a vehicle body frame;
- a swing member pivotally attached to said pivot member;
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- a rear wheel rotatably mounted on the rear portion of said swing member,
- said vehicle body frame including a plurality of mounting portions on the rear side portion thereof, wherein the pivot member may be attached in a plurality of different positions with respect to said plurality of mounting portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.