Patent ID: 9643684
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B62D,B62M

Claim:
1. A narrow-profile straddle-type motorized snow vehicle, comprising: a single ski mounted at a forward end of the vehicle for steering said vehicle; a rotatable endless track for providing propulsion in snow; a motor, mounted rearwardly of said single ski, and having a crankshaft; a continuously variable transmission (CVT), located rearwardly of said crankshaft, having: a driven pulley or toothed sprocket mounted rearwardly of a footrest of the vehicle, mounted for rotation on a third transverse shaft which is parallel to said first and second transverse shafts, said third transverse shaft extending within said endless track at a proximal end of said endless track for rotating said endless track, said driven pulley or toothed sprocket mounted on an end of said third transverse shaft adjacent said proximal end of said endless track and operatively coupled to said second transverse shaft.