DRIVE TRAIN AND SYSTEMS FOR A THREE-WHEELED VEHICLE

摘要

An apparatus includes a housing, an input portion including an input gear, an idler portion including an idler gear, and an output portion including an output gear and an output member disposed outside of the housing and substantially coplanar with a drive portion of a rear wheel assembly. The housing can couple to an engine assembly such that rotation of an engine output member rotates the input gear. The input gear can move within the housing between a first position, in which the input gear engages the idler gear and is spaced apart from the output gear to indirectly rotate the output gear in a first direction via the idler gear, and a second position, in which the input gear engages the output gear and is spaced apart from the idler gear to directly rotate the output gear in a second direction. The output member rotates with the output gear.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a housing configured to be coupled to an engine assembly of a vehicle; an input portion including an input gear disposed within the housing, the input portion operably coupled to the engine assembly such that rotation of an engine output member rotates the input gear, the input gear configured to be moved from a first position within the housing to a second position within the housing; an idler portion including an idler gear disposed in the housing and rotatably engaged with the input gear when the input gear is in its first position, the idler gear being spaced apart from the input gear when the input gear is in its second position; and an output portion including an output gear and an output member, the output member disposed outside of the housing and substantially coplanar with a drive portion of a rear wheel assembly, the output gear disposed within the housing and rotatably engaged with the idler gear, the output gear being spaced apart from the input gear when the input gear is in its first position such that rotation of the input gear indirectly rotates the output gear in a first direction via the idler gear, the output gear being rotatably coupled to the input gear when the input gear is in its second position such that rotation of the input gear directly rotates the output gear in a second direction, opposite the first direction, the output member configured to rotate with the output gear.