Patent ID: 6695086
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
An all-terrain vehicle comprising:a handlebar; a handgrip attached to one end of the handlebar; a brake lever disposed on the one end of the handlebar; a differential; and a differential limiting apparatus for the differential, including: a differential limiting mechanism of producing a changeable differential limiting torque, a differential limiting mechanism operating lever disposed near the handgrip and extending substantially parallel to the handgrip so as to be operated and turned by a hand gripping the handgrip and interlocked with the differential limiting mechanism so that the differential limiting torque varies according to an angle through which the differential limiting mechanism operating lever is turned; a lever holder holding the differential limiting mechanism operating layer so that the differential limiting mechanism operating lever is able to rotate about an axis parallel to a rotational axis of the brake lever, the lever holder being disposed on the handlebar and positioned inward with respect to the handgrip in a direction of a width of the vehicle, and a lever stopping mechanism for stopping the differential limiting mechanism operating lever at an angular position for producing a predetermined maximum differential limiting torque.