Patent ID: 9022156
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B62D,B62M

Abstract:
1. A rear suspension assembly for a snowmobile, comprising: a pair of slide rails; at least one suspension arm pivotally connected to the pair of slide rails and adapted to be pivotally connected to a tunnel of the snowmobile; a shock absorber being adapted to be pivotally connected between the tunnel and the pair of slide rails; a limiter strap adapted to extend between the tunnel and the pair of slide rails, the limiter strap being substantially inextensible to limit separation between the pair of slide rails and the tunnel; a strap holder connected between an end of the limiter strap and one of: the strap holder being moveable between a first strap holder position and a second strap holder position, a position of the end of the limiter strap, relative to the one of the pair of slide rails and the tunnel, being different in the first strap holder position compared to the second strap holder position; and a torsion spring having a first end connected to the strap holder for biasing the strap holder, the torsion spring having a torsion axis and being rotatable about the torsion axis between at least a first biased position and a second biased position, the first and second biased positions being oppositely biased,