IP Library Granted Patent US 9,925,902
Granted Patent B2
US 9,925,902 · App. 15/153,769 · Granted Mar 27, 2018

Utility vehicle

Inventors: Yoshinori Tsumiyama (Miki, JP); Takashi Hisamura (Kakogawa, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60N2/688B60N2/38B60N2/449B60R22/26B60R22/34B60R2022/3402
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,925,902
App. No.
15/153,769
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A utility vehicle is provided with a seat frame disposed below a seat for a crew and supporting the seat, the utility vehicle includes: a seatbelt apparatus configured to hold the crew sitting on the seat; in which the seat frame includes a projection projecting outward in a vehicle width direction from the seat and covering a top of a fuel tank, the seatbelt apparatus includes a retractor supporting an end of webbing so as to freely wind the webbing, and the retractor is attached to the projection.

Claims (15)

1. A utility vehicle provided with a seat frame disposed below a seat for a crew and supporting the seat, the utility vehicle comprising:

a seatbelt apparatus configured to hold the crew sitting on the seat; wherein

the seat frame includes a projection projecting outward in a vehicle width direction from the seat and covering a top of a fuel tank,

the seatbelt apparatus includes a retractor supporting an end of webbing so as to freely wind the webbing, and the retractor is attached to the projection.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the retractor includes a webbing support located inside in the vehicle width direction with respect to an end surface in the vehicle width direction of the projection.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a hip guard member provided adjacent to the seat and configured to guard the crew sitting on the seat from outside in the vehicle width direction; wherein

the retractor projects outward in the vehicle width direction from the hip guard member.

4. The utility vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the retractor and the hip guard member each have an inner end surface in the vehicle width direction, and the inner end surfaces in the vehicle width direction are flush with each other and are located outside in the vehicle width direction with respect to an end surface in the vehicle width direction of the seat in a top view.

5. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the seat has a bench shape;

the seat has a left portion serving as a driver seating area;

the seat is provided with a hand brake that is located outside to the left in the vehicle width direction;

the retractor of the seatbelt apparatus is attached to the seat frame; and

the retractor is located behind the hand brake.

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 May 13, 2016
From: TSUMIYAMA, YOSHINORI; HISAMURA, TAKASHI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 038581/0809 →
Continuity (1)
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