IP Library Granted Patent US 10,493,892
Granted Patent B2
US 10,493,892 · App. 15/393,393 · Granted Dec 3, 2019

Utility vehicle

Inventors: Yoshinori Tsumiyama (Miki, JP); Teruaki Yamamoto (Himeji, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60P1/28B62D33/02B60Y2200/20
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Patent No.
US 10,493,892
App. No.
15/393,393
Granted
Dec 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An utility vehicle includes a chassis; a ROPS that surrounds a riding space; a cargo bed that is disposed behind the riding space and is pivotably supported by a pivot of the chassis so as to be movable up and down between a normal position at which a front portion of the cargo bed is not lifted and is supported on the chassis and a dumping position at which the front portion of the cargo bed is lifted; and a pair of left and right cargo bed support portions that are attached to the ROPS, extend backward, and support side portions of the front portion of the cargo bed at the normal position from below.

Claims (12)

1. An utility vehicle comprising:

a chassis;

a ROPS that surrounds a riding space;

a cargo bed that is disposed behind the riding space and is pivotably supported by a pivot of the chassis so as to be movable up and down between a normal position at which a front portion of the cargo bed is not lifted and is supported on the chassis and a dumping position at which the front portion of the cargo bed is lifted; and

a pair of left and right cargo bed support portions that are fixed to the ROPS, extend backward, and support lower surfaces of side portions of the front portion of the cargo bed at the normal position from below.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the ROPS has a pair of upper and lower cross members that extend in a vehicle width direction behind the riding space, and

the cargo bed support portions are fixed to and extend across the pair of upper and lower cross members.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a first cargo bed locking unit that fixes the cargo bed at the normal position to the chassis,

the first cargo bed locking unit having a hook receiver that is provided on one of the side portions of the cargo bed and a hook that is provided on the chassis and is configured to be capable of being locked to the hook receiver, and

at least part of the first cargo bed locking unit overlaps the cargo bed support portions when viewed from a side face of the utility vehicle.

4. The utility vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein a second cargo bed locking unit is provided on the other of the side portions of the cargo bed.

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 040801/0252 →
Continuity (1)
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