IP Library Granted Patent US 9,944,320
Granted Patent B1
US 9,944,320 · App. 15/393,447 · Granted Apr 17, 2018

Utility vehicle

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,944,320
App. No.
15/393,447
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
Kind
B1
Abstract

A vehicle including: left and right bottom frames, extending in a front-rear direction, supporting a floor plate; a rear-gear support; a bottom rear frame coupling rear ends of the bottom frames, extending in a width direction, to which the rear-gear support is welded; left and right upper frames, extending in the front-rear direction, supporting a cargo bed; a rear lateral frame, coupling rear ends of the upper frames extending in the width direction; left and right rear vertical frames, extending in a top-bottom direction, coupling the upper frames and the bottom rear frames; left and right rear L-shape frames, extending in the front-rear direction and the width direction, coupling the rear vertical frames and the rear lateral frame; and left and right arm supports, supporting rear-wheel support arms, and having upper ends coupled to the rear L shape frames and lower ends coupled to the rear gear support.

Claims (14)

1. A utility vehicle comprising:

a pair of left and right bottom frames that extend in a front-rear direction and support a floor plate;

a rear gear support member that supports a gear box for rear wheels;

a bottom rear frame that couples rear ends of the bottom frames and extends linearly in a vehicle width direction and to which the rear gear support member is welded;

a pair of left and right upper frames that are provided above the bottom frames, extend in the front-rear direction, and support a cargo bed;

a rear lateral frame that couples rear ends of the upper frames and extends in the vehicle width direction;

a pair of left and right rear vertical frames that extend in a top-bottom direction and couple the upper frames and the bottom rear frames;

a pair of left and right rear L shape frames that are provided above the rear gear support member, extend in the front-rear direction and the vehicle width direction, and couple the rear vertical frames and the rear lateral frame; and

a pair of left and right arm support members that support rear-wheel support arms supporting the rear wheels,

the arm support members being configured such that upper ends thereof are coupled to the rear L shape frames and lower ends thereof are coupled to the rear gear support member.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the arm support members extend linearly in the top-bottom direction.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising shock absorbers that elastically couple the rear-wheel support arms to a vehicle body,

the shock absorbers being supported by parts where coupling members that couple the upper frames and the rear L shape frames are coupled to the upper frames, respectively.

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 040801/0153 →