Patents Represented by Attorney Ernest A. Beuti
  • Patent number: 4811810
    Abstract: Two embodiments of three wheeled shaft driven vehicles embodying an improved construction for affixing the final drive assembly to the remaining portion of the vehicle. The attachment is accomplished in a way that facilitates alignment and servicing. In each embodiment, the final drive assembly is not provided with any suspension and is affixed directly to the frame. In one embodiment, a splined connection is employed for rotatably coupling the transmission output shaft with the final drive input shaft. In the other embodiment, a universal joint is used for this purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki
    Inventor: Hiromitsu Watanabe