IP Library Granted Patent US 10,696,117
Granted Patent B2
US 10,696,117 · App. 15/937,315 · Granted Jun 30, 2020

Supporting structure for shock absorber of suspension device of utility vehicle

Inventors: Takashi Hisamura (Hyogo, JP); Yusuke Nakashima (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60G13/003B60G3/04B60R21/13
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Patent No.
US 10,696,117
App. No.
15/937,315
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A supporting structure for a shock absorber of a suspension device of a utility vehicle includes a shock absorber and a vehicle body frame. The shock absorber is supported on a support portion of the vehicle body frame from below the vehicle body frame, and a rollover protective structure (ROPS) is connected to the support portion from above the vehicle body frame.

Claims (16)

1. A supporting structure for a utility vehicle, the supporting structure comprising:

a shock absorber; and

a vehicle body frame,

wherein the shock absorber is supported on a support portion of the vehicle body frame from below the vehicle body frame,

wherein a rollover protective structure (ROPS) is connected to the support portion from above the vehicle body frame, and

wherein, as viewed in a side view of the utility vehicle, the shock absorber and the ROPS are arranged on one straight line.

2. The supporting structure according to claim 1 , wherein the shock absorber is supported on the support portion by a gusset.

3. The supporting structure according to claim 2 , wherein the gusset connects a lower frame connected to the support portion and extending downward and a rear frame connected to the support portion and extending rearward to each other.

4. A supporting structure for a utility vehicle, the supporting structure comprising:

a shock absorber; and

a vehicle body frame,

wherein the shock absorber is supported on a support portion of the vehicle body frame from below the vehicle body frame,

wherein a rollover protective structure (ROPS) is connected to the support portion from above the vehicle body frame, and

wherein as viewed in a front view of the utility vehicle, the shock absorber and the ROPS are arranged on one straight line.

5. The supporting structure according to claim 4 , wherein the shock absorber is supported on the support portion by a gusset.

6. The supporting structure according to claim 5 , wherein the gusset connects a lower frame connected to the support portion and extending downward and a rear frame connected to the support portion and extending rearward to each other.

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 Apr 6, 2018
From: HISAMURA, TAKASHI; NAKASHIMA, YUSUKE
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 045457/0299 →