IP Library Granted Patent US 9,896,134
Granted Patent B2
US 9,896,134 · App. 15/153,787 · Granted Feb 20, 2018

Utility vehicle

Inventors: Yoshinori Tsumiyama (Miki, JP); Takashi Hisamura (Kakogawa, JP); Chad Enger (Lincoln, NE)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D25/085B60Q1/0408B60R19/52B62D25/16
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Patent No.
US 9,896,134
App. No.
15/153,787
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A utility vehicle includes a main frame, a front grille, and right and left headlight assemblies each provided between the front grille and a portion of the main frame facing the front grille in an anteroposterior direction of the utility vehicle, and including a front end attached to a rear side of the front grille and a rear end attached to the portion of the main frame.

Claims (15)

1. A utility vehicle comprising:

a main frame;

a front grille including through holes; and

right and left headlight assemblies each provided between the front grille and a portion of the main frame facing the front grille in an anteroposterior direction of the utility vehicle, including a front end attached to a rear side of the front grille and a rear end attached to the portion of the main frame, and including a headlamp positioned with respect to the through hole of the front grille to emit light forward through the through hole,

wherein each of the right and left headlight assemblies is provided, at the rear end, with a convex portion extending in the anteroposterior direction of the utility vehicle,

the main frame has engagement holes engaging with the convex portions of the right and left headlight assemblies in the anteroposterior direction of the utility vehicle, and

the convex portions of the right and left headlight assemblies and the engagement holes of the main frame are configured to temporarily-fix the front grille, which the right and left head light assemblies are attached to, on the main frame.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the right and left headlight assemblies includes a headlamp housing having an opening at its front end and accommodating the headlamp, and

the headlamp housing has an edge of the opening attached to the front grille and a rear end attached to the main frame.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the headlamp is an LED lamp provided with a cooling fin.

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

a hood attached to the main frame; and

right and left fenders disposed on the right and the left of the hood and attached to the main frame; wherein

the front grille is attached to the hood, the right fender, and the left fender to be supported by the main frame.

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; ENGER, CHAD
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 038581/0311 →
Continuity (1)
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