Snowmobile
A snowmobile includes steering handlebars, a pair of left and right skis, and a power transmission mechanism arranged to couple the steering handlebars and the skis. The power transmission mechanism includes a first rotary shaft extending directly downward or obliquely downward from the steering handlebars for rotation along with the steering handlebars; a first link mechanism coupled to the first rotary shaft; a second rotary shaft coupled to the first link mechanism and arranged to rotate along with the rotation of the first rotary shaft via the first link mechanism, the second rotary shaft being disposed on a different axis from that of the first rotary shaft; a second link mechanism disposed between the second rotary shaft and the skis; and a power steering device mounted to the second link mechanism as a part thereof and having an actuator to be driven based on the rotation of the second rotary shaft.
1. A snowmobile comprising:
steering handlebars;
a ski; and
a power transmission mechanism arranged to couple the steering handlebars and the ski, the power transmission mechanism including:
a first rotary shaft extending directly downward or obliquely downward from the steering handlebars and arranged to rotate along with the steering handlebars about a first rotary axis extending along a length of the first rotary shaft;
a first link mechanism coupled to the first rotary shaft;
a second rotary shaft coupled to the first link mechanism and arranged to rotate along with rotation of the first rotary shaft about a second rotary axis extending along a length of the second rotary shaft via the first link mechanism, the second rotary axis being different from the first rotary axis; and
a second link mechanism disposed between the second rotary shaft and the ski; wherein
the second link mechanism includes a power steering device mounted to the second rotary shaft and including an actuator arranged to receive a rotating force of the second rotary shaft and output a resultant force to the ski via the second link mechanism.
2. The snowmobile according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator is an electric motor.
3. The snowmobile according to claim 1 , further comprising a vehicle body, wherein the power steering device is disposed at an end of the vehicle body in a left and right direction of the vehicle.
4. The snowmobile according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a vehicle body cover including an air intake port arranged to introduce air and defining an air chamber to guide the air introduced from the air intake port to the power steering device.
5. The snowmobile according to claim 1 , wherein the first link mechanism includes a rod extending in a left and right direction of the vehicle, and the power steering device is disposed such that its lower end is positioned below a lower end of the rod.
6. The snowmobile according to claim 1 , further comprising a vehicle body, wherein an entirety of the power steering device is disposed below a center of the vehicle body in a vertical direction.