IP Library Granted Patent US 10,124,832
Granted Patent B2
US 10,124,832 · App. 15/393,383 · Granted Nov 13, 2018

Frame structure of utility vehicle

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Patent No.
US 10,124,832
App. No.
15/393,383
Granted
Nov 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A frame structure of a utility vehicle includes: a left bottom first frame and a right bottom second frame that extend in a front-rear direction and support a floor plate; a bottom front frame that couples a front end of the left bottom first frame and a front end of the right bottom second frame and extends linearly in a vehicle width direction and to which a first support member for a first gear box for front wheels is welded; and a bottom rear frame that couples a rear end of the left bottom first frame and a rear end of the right bottom second frame and extends linearly in the vehicle width direction and to which a second support member for a second gear box for rear wheels is welded, each of the bottom front frame and the bottom rear frame being a cylindrical pipe frame.

Claims (21)

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

a left bottom first frame and a right bottom second frame that extend in a front-rear direction and support a floor plate;

a bottom front frame that couples a front end of the left bottom first frame and a front end of the right bottom second frame and extends linearly in a vehicle width direction and to which a first support member for a first gear box for front wheels is welded;

a bottom rear frame that couples a rear end of the left bottom first frame and a rear end of the right bottom second frame and extends linearly in the vehicle width direction and to which a second support member for a second gear box for rear wheels is welded; and

a left bottom side frame and a right bottom side frame that extend substantially horizontally in the front-rear direction and support the floor plate,

wherein:

the bottom front frame is located in front of the left bottom side frame and the right bottom side frame,

the bottom rear frame is located posterior to the left bottom side frame and the right bottom side frame,

the left bottom side frame is on a left outer side, in the vehicle width direction, of the left bottom first frame,

the right bottom side frame is on a right outer side, in the vehicle width direction, of the right bottom second frame, and

each of the bottom front frame and the bottom rear frame is a cylindrical pipe frame.

2. The frame structure according to claim 1 , wherein:

an external diameter of the bottom front frame is equal to or larger than a shape of a cross section of the left bottom first frame at a part thereof coupled to the bottom front frame, and

the external diameter of the bottom front frame is equal to or larger than a shape of a cross section of the right bottom second frame at a part thereof coupled to the bottom front frame.

3. The frame structure according to claim 1 , wherein

an external diameter of the bottom front frame is equal to or larger than a shape of a cross section of the first support member at a part thereof coupled to the bottom front frame.

4. The frame structure according to claim 1 , wherein:

an external diameter of the bottom rear frame is equal to or larger than a shape of a cross section of the left bottom first frame at a part thereof coupled to the bottom rear frame, and

the external diameter of the bottom rear frame is equal to or larger than a shape of a cross section of the right bottom second frame at a part thereof coupled to the bottom rear frame.

5. The frame structure according to claim 1 , wherein

an external diameter of the bottom rear frame is equal to or larger than a shape of a cross section of the second support member at a part thereof coupled to the bottom rear 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 Dec 29, 2016
From: TSUMIYAMA, YOSHINORI; YAMAMOTO, TERUAKI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 040801/0066 →
Cited By (1)
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