Patent ID: 9340249
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: B62K

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle that is driven by power from a power source, the vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame; a left front wheel and a right front wheel disposed in a left-and-right direction as seen from a front of the vehicle and that are steerable; a steering shaft supported on the vehicle body frame between the right side portion and the left side portion in a left-and-right direction of the vehicle body frame, and including an upper end portion higher in the up-and-down direction of the vehicle body frame than the lower middle axis and that is turnable about a middle steering axis that extends in the up-and-down direction of the vehicle body frame; a handlebar provided at the upper end portion of the steering shaft; and a turn transfer mechanism configured to transfer a turning motion of the steering shaft according to an operation of the handlebar to the right shock absorbing device and the left shock absorbing device; wherein with the upper cross portion removed and the lower cross portion mounted, a lower right displacement of the lower cross portion that results when a force that is equal or substantially equal in magnitude and direction as the test force is exerted on the lower right bearing and a lower left displacement of the lower cross portion that results when a force that is equal or substantially equal in magnitude and direction as the test force is exerted on the lower left bearing are equal or substantially equal to each other; the upper right displacement of the upper cross portion and the lower right displacement of the lower cross portion are different from each other; the upper left displacement of the upper cross portion and the lower left displacement of the lower cross portion are different from each other; and a shape of the upper cross portion and a shape of the lower cross portion are different from each other.