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Abstract

A front end device (1) for a vehicle comprising:

a steering shaft (2) capable of being connected to a steering column (3) of the chassis of the vehicle by a connection having a degree of freedom in rotation,an upper fork crown (4) connected to the steering shaft,a lower fork crown (5) connected to the steering shaft,an upper fork arm (6a, 6b) fixed to said upper and lower fork crowns,a lower fork arm (7a, 7b), connected to the upper fork arm, by means of a deformable parallelogram-type connection, by means of one upper middle arm (8) and two lower middle arms (9a, 9b), articulated at their two ends on said upper fork arm and the lower fork arm, respectively,a single steered front wheel (10), rotatably mounted on the lower fork arm,suspension means (11) providing a damped elastic connection between the lower fork arm and the upper fork arm,the articulated upper middle arm (8) and the articulated lower middle arm (9a, 9b) being arranged below the lower fork crown (5) and extending to the front of said upper fork arm.

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