IP Library Granted Patent US 10,384,726
Granted Patent B1
US 10,384,726 · App. 16/228,271 · Granted Aug 20, 2019

Side-by-side vehicle

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Patent No.
US 10,384,726
App. No.
16/228,271
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A side-by-side vehicle includes a vehicle body frame; a driving power unit supported by the vehicle body frame; and a cargo carrier which is disposed above the driving power unit and has a loading space. The cargo carrier includes a bottom wall defining a bottom surface of the loading space. The bottom wall includes a center bottom wall portion, a rear bottom wall portion provided rearward of the center bottom wall portion and configured to be higher than the center bottom wall portion, and a protruding wall portion protruding upward from a rear end of the center bottom wall portion and connected to a front end of the rear bottom wall portion. The protruding wall portion is provided with a drain hole through which a space formed above the center bottom wall portion is in communication with a space formed under the rear bottom wall portion.

Claims (24)

1. A side-by-side vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body frame including a cabin frame section surrounding a riding space in which seats for a driver and a passenger are provided, and a rear frame section disposed rearward of the cabin frame section;

a driving power unit supported by the vehicle body frame; and

a cargo carrier which is disposed above the driving power unit in a state in which the cargo carrier is supported by the rear frame section, and has a loading space with a depressed shape,

wherein the cargo carrier includes a bottom wall defining a bottom surface of the loading space,

wherein the bottom wall includes a center bottom wall portion, a rear bottom wall portion provided rearward of the center bottom wall portion and configured to be higher than the center bottom wall portion, and a protruding wall portion protruding upward from a rear end of the center bottom wall portion and connected to a front end of the rear bottom wall portion, and

wherein the protruding wall portion is provided with a drain hole through which a space formed above the center bottom wall portion is in communication with a space formed under the rear bottom wall portion.

2. The side-by-side vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a tail cover disposed under the rear bottom wall portion of the cargo carrier,

wherein the tail cover includes a support portion supporting a lower surface of the rear bottom wall portion from below, and a groove extending in a forward and rearward direction at a location that is below the rear bottom wall portion, and

wherein a front opening of the groove is in communication with the drain hole and a rear opening of the groove opens in a rearward direction.

3. The side-by-side vehicle according to claim 2 ,

wherein a bottom surface of the groove of the tail cover is inclined in the rearward direction and in a downward direction.

4. The side-by-side vehicle according to claim 2 ,

wherein a front end portion of the groove of the tail cover includes a protruding portion which protrudes more forward than the drain hole and is in contact with a rear end portion of the center bottom wall portion from below.

5. The side-by-side vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bottom wall includes a side bottom wall portion which is provided outward of the center bottom wall portion in a vehicle width direction, the side bottom wall portion being higher than the center bottom wall portion and lower than the rear bottom wall portion.

6. The side-by-side vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bottom wall includes a front bottom wall portion which is provided forward of the center bottom wall portion and is substantially as high as the rear bottom wall portion.

7. The side-by-side vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the cargo carrier includes a side wall defining a side surface of the loading space and a shoulder wall protruding laterally from an upper end of the side wall, and

wherein an upper surface of the shoulder wall is inclined in a downward direction toward the loading space.

8. The side-by-side vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the center bottom wall portion includes a bottom surface which is continuous with a lower edge of the drain hole, and a rib surface partially protruding upward from the bottom surface.

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 20, 2018
From: NAKAMURA, KENTA; TAKEGAMI, ITSUO
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 047836/0016 →