US 12,187,381 B2
Snowmobile frame
David Vigen, Thief River Falls, MN (US); and Todd MacDonald, Montague (CA)
Assigned to Arctic Cat Inc., Thief River Falls, MN (US)
Filed by Arctic Cat Inc., Thief River Falls, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/103,879.
Application 18/103,879 is a continuation of application No. 18/090,074, filed on Dec. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/434,382, filed on Dec. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/405,033, filed on Sep. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/404,992, filed on Sep. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/405,121, filed on Sep. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/405,016, filed on Sep. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/405,176, filed on Sep. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/404,617, filed on Sep. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/404,731, filed on Sep. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/404,171, filed on Sep. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/402,768, filed on Aug. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/400,056, filed on Aug. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/344,165, filed on May 20, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/310,983, filed on Feb. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/310,264, filed on Feb. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0257070 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. B62M 27/02 (2006.01); B62D 65/10 (2006.01)
CPC B62M 27/02 (2013.01) [B62D 65/10 (2013.01); B62M 2027/026 (2013.01); B62M 2027/028 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A snowmobile forward frame assembly, comprising:
a steering column mount component configured to secure an upper portion of a steering column;
a rearward leg extending rearward from the steering column mount component;
a forward leg extending forward from the steering column mount component;
a lower member positioned below the rearward leg and the forward leg;
a front member extending forward from the forward leg; and
a pivot mount joint extending upward from the lower member to the front member, the pivot mount joint including a first steering column mounting point configured to pivotally secure a lower portion of the steering column at a first location on the forward frame, a second steering column mounting point configured to pivotally secure the lower portion of the steering column at a second location on the forward frame, and an A-arm mounting point configured to secure an A-arm suspension member.