Abstract: A vehicle drive, having an internal-combustion engine, includes a first a second starting system for starting the internal-combustion engine, where neither the first nor the second starting system is provided for generating vehicle propulsion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 21, 2013
Date of Patent:
July 1, 2014
Assignee:
Bayersiche Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Axel Poeltenstein, Johann Knoeferl, Thomas Hardtke, Peter Straehle
Abstract: The invention describes a front wheel suspension for motorcycles, in the case of which a telescopic fork is swivellably held on the vehicle body by way of a longitudinal control arm. In order to prevent an outward rotation of the telescopic fork during the compression of the front wheel, the invention provides a ball joint on the steering head which ball joint is held so that it can be rotated about a transverse axis. The rotating movement of the ball joint is initiated by way of a steering strut by the swivel movement of the longitudinal control arm. As a result of the rotatability of the ball joint, the damaging outward rotating of the telescopic fork is counteracted. In the ideal case, a parallel displacement of the telescopic fork is achieved during the compression of the front wheel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 26, 1996
Date of Patent:
September 29, 1998
Assignee:
Bayersiche Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft