US 12,258,092 B2
Drive system for a saddle-type vehicle
Ankit Rawat, Chennai (IN); Mugilan Meibalan, Chennai (IN); and Chithambaram Subramoniam, Chennai (IN)
Assigned to TVS MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED, Chennai (IN)
Appl. No. 17/607,689
Filed by TVS MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED, Chennai (IN)
PCT Filed May 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IN2020/050473
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/240588, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201941020889 (IN), filed on May 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0212744 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B62K 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62K 11/04 (2013.01) [B62K 2204/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A two-wheeled vehicle, the two-wheeled vehicle comprising:
a frame extending along a vehicle longitudinal axis;
a swing arm journaled to the frame and adapted to support a rear wheel; and
a drive system including one or more drive sources configured to deliver a driving force to the rear wheel, wherein
the one or more drive sources include a first drive source and a second drive source,
the first drive source comprises at least one mounting portion integrally formed to at least a portion of the first drive source,
the at least one mounting portion is configured for removably mounting the first drive source on at least a portion of the swing arm, and
the second drive source is detachably mounted on the rear wheel.