Patent ID: 6450279
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: B62M

Abstract:
A snowmobile comprising a frame assembly, a drive belt, a slide rail assembly engaged with a backside of the drive belt and opposite the terrain engaged by the drive belt for propelling the snowmobile along the terrain, and a suspension system including at least one support device and at least one suspension arm, the support device being arranged to bias the frame assembly upwardly relative to the slide rail assembly, the suspension arm being arranged to couple the slide rail assembly to the frame assembly, the suspension arm including a first member connected to the frame assembly for pivotal movement about a first axis and a second member connected to the slide rail assembly for pivotal movement about a second axis, one of the first and second members being slideably supported by the other one of the first and second members, the supported one of the first and second members having a pair of stoppers that interpose the supporting one of the first and second members therebetween, and one of the first and second axes associated with the supporting one of the first and second members being positioned between the respective stoppers in a longitudinal direction.