IP Library Granted Patent US 9,744,928
Granted Patent B1
US 9,744,928 · App. 15/092,862 · Granted Aug 29, 2017

Attachment structure of front fender cover

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Patent No.
US 9,744,928
App. No.
15/092,862
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

An attachment structure of a front fender cover of a utility vehicle, the attachment structure includes: a front fender; a front fender cover attached to the front fender by being inserted to a first end of the front fender and locked at a second end of the front fender; and a retaining member attached to the front fender or the front fender cover and configured to retain the front fender cover at the second end of the front fender at a predetermined distance from the front fender in a state where the front fender cover is inserted to the front fender and is not locked.

Claims (13)

1. An attachment structure of a front fender cover of a utility vehicle, the attachment structure comprising:

a front fender;

a front fender cover attached to the front fender by being inserted to a first end of the front fender and locked at a second end of the front fender; and

a retaining member attached to the front fender or the front fender cover and configured to retain the front fender cover at the second end of the front fender at a predetermined distance from the front fender in a state where the front fender cover is inserted to the front fender and is not locked.

2. The attachment structure of the front fender cover according to claim 1 , wherein

the retaining member is a spring member.

3. The attachment structure of the front fender cover according to claim 1 , wherein

the retaining member is positioned adjacent to each of a pair of lock members that is aligned in a vehicle width direction and is configured to lock the front fender cover to the front fender.

4. The attachment structure of the front fender cover according to claim 1 , wherein

the retaining member is a spring coil member, and

the retaining member is attached by being jointly fastened by a bolt that attaches the front fender to a lower fender cover positioned below the front fender.

5. The attachment structure of the front fender cover according to claim 4 , wherein

the front fender cover has a buffer member that is attached to be in contact with the retaining 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 Apr 7, 2016
From: MAEDA, KAZUHIRO
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 038221/0530 →