Patent ID: 9238494
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: B60G,B62K

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame; a right front wheel and a left front wheel arranged side by side in a left-right direction of the vehicle body frame; a right shock absorbing device supporting the right front wheel at a lower portion thereof and configured to buffer displacement of the right front wheel in an up-down direction of the vehicle body frame relative to an upper portion thereof; a left shock absorbing device supporting the left front wheel at a lower portion thereof and configured to buffer displacement of the left front wheel in the up-down direction of the vehicle body frame relative to an upper portion thereof; a link mechanism including: a steering shaft including an upper end portion located above the lower axis in the up-down direction of the vehicle body frame, the steering shaft being supported by the vehicle body frame at a position between the right side rod and the left side rod in the left-right direction of the vehicle body frame, and the steering shaft is configured to turn about an intermediate axis extending in the up-down direction of the vehicle body frame; a handlebar provided on the upper end portion of the steering shaft; a turn transmitting mechanism configured to transmit a turning motion of the steering shaft in accordance with an operation of the handlebar to the right shock absorbing device and to the left shock absorbing device; and a resisting force changing mechanism configured to change a resisting force applied against turning actions of the upper cross member and the lower cross member relative to the vehicle body frame; wherein the resisting force changing mechanism includes a first portion and a second portion which are configured to be displaced relative to each other and to change a resisting force against the relative displacement; the first portion includes a first supporting portion supported by at least one of the right shock absorbing device and the left shock absorbing device; the first supporting portion is supported by one of the right shock absorbing device and the left shock absorbing device at a position which is below the lower cross member in the up-down direction of the vehicle body frame, and which is closer to the one of the right shock absorbing device and the left shock absorbing device in the left-right direction of the vehicle body frame than the intermediate axis when the vehicle body frame is in an upright state; and the second portion includes a second supporting portion supported by at least one of the upper cross member, the lower cross member, the vehicle body frame, the other one of the right shock absorbing device and the left shock absorbing device, and one of the right and left side rods supporting the other one of the right shock absorbing device and the left shock absorbing device.