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Granted Patent B2
US 9,016,760 · App. 13/853,697 · Granted Apr 28, 2015

All-terrain vehicle

Inventors: Kosuke Kuroda (Wako, JP); Jun Tomiyama (Wako, JP); Erik Dunshee (Torrance, CA)
Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
B60J5/0487B60R21/06
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Patent No.
US 9,016,760
App. No.
13/853,697
Granted
Apr 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An all-terrain vehicle includes a seat extending in a vehicle width direction and capable of accommodating a driver and at least one passenger, and a door provided on a lateral side of a vehicle body and openable and closable for allowing the driver and the passenger to enter and exit the vehicle. The door is open at an upper part thereof so that in a side view of the vehicle, a face of the driver or passenger is visible from the outside. A top edge of the door has a first region overlapping the driver or the passenger and a second region other than the first region. The top edge is higher at the first region than at the second region.

Claims (20)

1. An all-terrain vehicle comprising:

a seat extending in a width direction of the vehicle and capable of accommodating a driver and at least one passenger; and

a door provided on a lateral side of a vehicle body and openable and closable for allowing the driver and the passenger to enter and exit the vehicle,

wherein the door is open at an upper part thereof so that in a side view of the vehicle, a face of the driver or passenger is visible from the outside,

wherein the door has a top edge having a first region overlapping the driver or the passenger and a second region other than the first region, the top edge being higher at the first region than at the second region,

wherein the vehicle body is provided with a side net attached to the vehicle body at a front and rear of the side net, the side net overlapping at least a portion of the door corresponding to the first region, in a side view of the vehicle, and

wherein the door is openable and closable independently of movement of the side net.

2. The all-terrain vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the top edge of the door slopes upwards from a front end thereof toward a rear end thereof in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

3. The all-terrain vehicle of claim 2 ,

wherein the door is a front door, and a rear door is provided rearwardly of the front door,

wherein the rear door has a top edge having a front end located at substantially the same height as the first region of the front door that overlaps the driver or the passenger, and

wherein the top edge of the rear door slopes downwardly and rearwardly in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

4. The all-terrain vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the door has a bottom edge sloping upwardly and rearwardly in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

5. The all-terrain vehicle of claim 1 ,

wherein the side net has a portion located inwardly of the door, in the width direction of the vehicle, and attached to the vehicle body in a location lower than the top edge of the door.

6. The all-terrain vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the first region of the top edge is located above an imaginary straight line connecting a front end and a rear end of the top edge.

7. The all-terrain vehicle of claim 1 ,

wherein the top edge of the door slopes upwards from a front end thereof to a rear end thereof, in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle,

wherein the second region of the top edge is located forward of the first region, and

wherein the first region of the top edge has a slope angle smaller than a slope angle of the second region of the top edge.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2013
From: KURODA, KOSUKE; TOMIYAMA, JUN; DUNSHEE, ERIK
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031008/0279 →
Continuity (1)
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