IP Library Granted Patent US 10,202,099
Granted Patent B2
US 10,202,099 · App. 15/393,367 · Granted Feb 12, 2019

Utility vehicle

Inventors: Yoshinori Tsumiyama (Miki, JP); Teruaki Yamamoto (Himeji, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60R22/34B60N2/58B60R22/18
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,202,099
App. No.
15/393,367
Granted
Feb 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A utility vehicle includes a seat having a seat cushion and a seat back, a seat back cover which covers a rear surface of the seat back, and a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat. The seat belt includes a belt, a tongue plate, an anchor disposed outside a seat cushion in a vehicle width direction, a buckle, and a retractor disposed substantially above the anchor for winding the belt. The seat back cover extends over the rear surface of the seat back and extends to a rear side of the retractor.

Claims (15)

1. A utility vehicle comprising:

a seat having a seat cushion on which an occupant is seated, and a seat back on which the occupant leans;

a seat back cover which covers a rear surface of the seat back; and

a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat, wherein

the seat belt comprises:

a belt;

a tongue plate movably mounted on the belt;

an anchor mounted on a distal end of the belt and disposed outside a seat cushion in a vehicle width direction;

a buckle on which the tongue plate is detachably mounted; and

a retractor disposed substantially above the anchor for winding the belt, and

wherein the seat back cover extends over the rear surface of the seat back and extends to a rear side of the retractor such that the seat back cover conceals both the retractor and the rear surface of the seat back as viewed from a rear side of the utility vehicle.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the seat back cover has a seat back cover recessed portion which surrounds a portion of the retractor.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the utility vehicle further comprises a carrier disposed behind the seat back cover with a distance therebetween,

the seat back cover includes a reinforcing rib which projects from a rear surface of the seat back cover and extends in a height direction, and

the carrier has a carrier recessed portion in which a distal end portion of the reinforcing rib of the seat back cover is accommodated.

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 29, 2016
From: TSUMIYAMA, YOSHINORI; YAMAMOTO, TERUAKI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 040801/0311 →
Continuity (1)
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Cited By (1)
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