Patent ID: 7228931

Claim:
A three-wheeled vehicle, comprising: a drive unit interconnected with a plurality of wheel assemblies in such a manner so as to drive the three-wheeled vehicle in a forward direction of travel, the plurality of wheel assemblies including a single front wheel assembly; a frame assembly mounted on the plurality of wheel assemblies, the frame assembly including a fork assembly having first and second forks depending from opposite ends of a yoke portion and a kingpin extending generally upward from the yoke portion, the fork assembly mounted on the single front wheel assembly; and a steering assembly including: a steering wheel; a steering plate interconnected to the kingpin; and left and right steering cylinders interlinking the steering wheel with the steering plate; wherein rotation of the steering wheel toward a turn direction of the three-wheeled vehicle relative to the forward direction of travel rotates the steering plate and attached kingpin and causes the fork assembly to rotate in the turn direction.