Snowmobile suspension
CA 2007916 C · Owner: Bourret, Michel · Inventors: Bourret, Michel
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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In a snowmobile track suspension the slide frame that contacts the ground-engaging run of the track belt is carried on front and rear suspension arm assemblies. The front suspension arm assembly is pivoted to the vehicle on the axis of the sprocket drive shaft. The rear suspension arm assembly is articulated having upper and lower sections that are rearwardly angled and pivotally interconnected and support in the region of the pivotal interconnection the idler wheel that maintains the track under tension. The arrangement eliminates stretching of the track and lengthens the track life. Furthermore the rearwardly angled arrangement of the rear suspension arm assembly allows easier backward …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed January 17, 1990 and granted November 11, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 17, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 17, 2012.
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