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Tilting wheeled vehicle

  • US 7,967,306 B2
  • Filed: 02/09/2009
  • Issued: 06/28/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tilting three wheeled vehicle having:

  • an elongate frame defining a frame plane extending substantially vertically along a longitudinal centerline of said frame when the vehicle is traveling straight, said frame tiltable from side-to-side defining a range of movement of said frame;

    a tilting linkage operably secured to the frame, said tilting linkage having;

    a first portion operably secured to the frame at a first pivot, the first portion operably securing a first wheel; and

    ,a second portion operably secured to the frame at the first pivot, the second portion operably securing a second wheel spaced apart from and aligned substantially parallel to said first wheel;

    said first and second portions independently moveable about the first pivot;

    said first wheel pivotally secured to said linkage defining a first pivot axis and having a substantially vertical longitudinal centerline defining a first wheel, said first pivot axis substantially intersecting said first wheel plane; and

    ,said second wheel pivotally secured to said linkage defining a second pivot axis and having a second substantially vertical longitudinal centerline defining a second wheel plane, said second pivot axis substantially intersecting said second wheel plane.

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