IP Library Granted Patent US 10,464,386
Granted Patent B2
US 10,464,386 · App. 15/386,294 · Granted Nov 5, 2019

Suspension structure of utility vehicle

Inventors: Kazumasa Hisada (Hyogo, JP); Gary Bozych (Irvine, CA); Nobuyuki Nishiguchi (Irvine, CA); Takeru Ohshima (Irvine, CA); Yusuke Nakashima (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60G15/067B60G3/20B60G3/202B62D23/005B60G2200/14B60G2200/1442B60G2200/182B60G2200/422B60G2202/312B60G2204/129B60G2204/143B60G2204/148B60G2204/422B60G2206/10B60G2206/50B60G2300/07B60G2300/27B60R21/13B60Y2200/124B60Y2306/01B60Y2410/124
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Patent No.
US 10,464,386
App. No.
15/386,294
Granted
Nov 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A suspension structure of a utility vehicle includes a frame, a wheel, and a trailing arm including an arm extending anteroposteriorly and supported by the frame, a knuckle rotatably supporting the wheel, and a rotary shaft configured to angularly displace the knuckle in a vehicle width direction with respect to the arm.

Claims (10)

1. A suspension structure of a utility vehicle, comprising:

a frame;

a wheel;

a trailing arm including an arm extending anteroposteriorly and supported by the frame, a knuckle rotatably supporting the wheel, and a rotary shaft configured to allow angular displacement of the knuckle in a vehicle width direction with respect to the arm;

a first rod and a second rod aligned so as to be paired vertically with respect to the knuckle, each of the first and second rods extending in the vehicle width direction and having a first end supported by the frame and a second end supported by the knuckle; and

a third rod extending in the vehicle width direction and having a first end supported by the frame and a second end supported ahead of a center of the knuckle, and

wherein the first rod, the second rod and the third rod are placed within the wheel in side view and top view of the utility vehicle, and

wherein the second end of the third rod is supported by the arm or the knuckle, and the first rod and the second rod are supported behind the center of the knuckle.

2. The suspension structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a shock absorber extending vertically and having a first end supported by the frame and a second end supported by the arm.

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 21, 2016
From: HISADA, KAZUMASA; BOZYCH, GARY; NISHIGUCHI, NOBUYUKI; OHSHIMA, TAKERU; NAKASHIMA, YUSUKE
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 041116/0155 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180170135A1 · Jun 21, 2018
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