US 11,884,353 B2
Steering assembly for a vehicle
Mathieu Couture-Pelletier, Bromont (CA); and Kevin Cyrenne, Valcourt (CA)
Assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC., Valcourt (CA)
Appl. No. 17/059,849
Filed by BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC., Valcourt (CA)
PCT Filed May 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/054449
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/229671, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/678,694, filed on May 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0214038 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. B62K 21/16 (2006.01); B62J 50/22 (2020.01); B62J 50/21 (2020.01); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B62K 5/05 (2013.01)
CPC B62K 21/16 (2013.01) [B62J 50/22 (2020.02); B62J 50/225 (2020.02); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B62K 5/05 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
a track pivotable about a steering axis;
a slider slidably connected to the track;
a handlebar connected to the slider;
a lock actuator movable between a locked position and an unlocked position; and
a rocker operatively connected to the lock actuator, the rocker being pivotable about a rocking axis relative to the slider in response to movement of the lock actuator,
the handlebar, the slider, the lock actuator and the rocker being pivotable about the steering axis with the track,
in the unlocked position of the lock actuator, the rocker and the handlebar being slidable along the track with the slider, and
in the locked position of the lock actuator, the rocker pressing the slider against the track for locking the slider, the rocker and the handlebar in position relative to the track.