IP Library Granted Patent US 9,352,496
Granted Patent B2
US 9,352,496 · App. 14/140,004 · Granted May 31, 2016

Utility vehicle

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Patent No.
US 9,352,496
App. No.
14/140,004
Granted
May 31, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A utility vehicle is equipped with a R.O.P.S. enclosing a passenger space, a cargo bed disposed behind the passenger space, and a screen disposed between the passenger space and the cargo bed. The screen is divided into an upper screen and a lower screen.

Claims (11)

1. A utility vehicle comprising:

a roll-over protective structure enclosing a passenger space;

a cargo bed behind said passenger space, said cargo bed having side walls; and

a screen between said passenger space and said cargo bed, said screen being divided into a lower screen attached to said cargo bed and an upper screen attached to said roll-over protective structure;

wherein said cargo bed is rotatably supported on a pivot shaft of a chassis of the utility vehicle so as to be movable up and down between a normal position, in which said cargo bed is in a non-raised state, and a dump position, in which said cargo bed is in a raised state; and

wherein said lower screen includes:

a lower frame portion including an intermediate connection member connecting a left side and a right side of said lower frame portion at a substantially upper location thereof with respect to a vertical direction; and

a lower screen body portion mounted within said lower frame portion, said lower screen body portion being made of a resin material and having a lower screen portion extending upwardly from said side walls of said cargo bed, said lower screen portion having openings penetrating in a front-rear direction at a substantially central location thereof with respect to the vertical direction, said intermediate connection member extending in a vehicle width direction within said openings.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said upper screen comprises a plurality of metal pipes arranged to form a lattice shape.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said openings of said lower screen portion are lower openings, said upper screen having upper openings at an inner portion of said upper screen excluding a peripheral portion of said upper screen, said upper openings being sized to allow passengers riding in said passenger space to have a rearward view from the vehicle.

4. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said upper screen is made of a transparent member.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 2, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060300/0504 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 24, 2013
From: TAKAHASHI, KEIJI; TSUMIYAMA, YOSHINORI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 031845/0098 →