Snow vehicle
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinichi Matsudo
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Abstract
A snow vehicle includes a track belt unit having an endless track belt, an engine arranged to drive the track belt unit, a steering mechanism to which a pair of steerable skis positioned in a forward direction of the track belt unit and being steerable to the left and right are attached, a rod-shaped steering shaft coupled to the pair of steerable skis via the steering mechanism, a rod-shaped handlebar section coupled to the steering shaft and adapted to be gripped by a rider, and a pair of left and right footrests which allow the rider to rest the rider's feet thereon. A straight line that is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the steering shaft extends from an upper end of the steering shaft to each footrest, as seen in a side view of the snow vehicle.
Claims3
A snow vehicle comprising:
- a track belt unit having an endless track belt;
- a steering mechanism to which a pair of steerable skis positioned in a forward direction of the track belt unit and being steerable to the left and right are attached;
- a rod-shaped steering shaft coupled to the steerable skis via the steering mechanism;
- a rod-shaped handlebar section coupled to the steering shaft and adapted to be gripped by a rider;
- and
- a pair of left and right footrests which allow the rider to the rest rider's feet thereon;
- wherein
- a straight line that is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the steering shaft extends from an upper end of the steering shaft to each footrest, as seen in a side view of the snow vehicle;
- each footrest extends in a longitudinal direction of the snow vehicle, and the straight line extends to a position in front of a central portion in a longitudinal direction of each footrest;
- and
- a steering shaft support arranged to rotatably support the upper end of the steering shaft;
- wherein
- a lateral end of the handlebar section in a steering direction is positioned below the steering shaft support as each steerable ski is turned to a limit position in the steering direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.