IP Library Granted Patent US 12,291,272
Granted Patent B2
US 12,291,272 · App. 18/354,699 · Granted May 6, 2025

Off-road vehicle

Inventor: Takashi Hisamura (Akashi, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
B62D23/005B60R21/13B62D21/183B60R2021/137B62D65/024
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Patent No.
US 12,291,272
App. No.
18/354,699
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An off-road vehicle includes a vehicle body frame 1 and a ROPS 2 coupled to the vehicle body frame 1 . The ROPS 2 has a front-rear frame 3 extending substantially in a front-rear direction, a vehicle width frame 4 extending substantially in a vehicle width direction, and brackets 6 coupling the front-rear frame 3 and the vehicle width frame 4 to each other.

Claims (39)

1. An off-road vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body frame; and

a ROPS coupled to the vehicle body frame,

wherein the ROPS has a front-rear frame extending substantially in a front-rear direction, a vehicle width frame extending substantially in a vehicle width direction, and a bracket coupling the front-rear frame and the vehicle width frame to each other,

wherein the front-rear frame includes a pair of first front-rear frames having A-pillars located on both right and left sides, and

wherein the bracket covers a bent portion of one of the A-pillars from an inside in the vehicle width direction and covers a lower part of the vehicle width frame, and is fixed to the front-rear frame at a position forward of the bent portion and at a position behind the bent portion.

2. The off-road vehicle of claim 1 , wherein

the vehicle width frame includes a first vehicle width frame and a second vehicle width frame located at a rear with respect to the first vehicle width frame,

the front-rear frame includes a second front-rear frame coupling the first vehicle width frame and the second vehicle width frame to each other, the second front-rear frame being located between the pair of first front-rear frames, and

the second front-rear frame is coupled at least to the first vehicle width frame through an additional bracket fixed to the second front-rear frame.

3. The off-road vehicle of claim 1 , wherein

the vehicle width frame includes a first vehicle width frame, a second vehicle width frame located at a rear with respect to the first vehicle width frame, and a third vehicle width frame located at the rear with respect to the second vehicle width frame,

the bracket includes separate brackets, and

each of the first vehicle width frame, the second vehicle width frame, and the third vehicle width frame is coupled to the pair of first front-rear frames through the separate brackets.

4. The off-road vehicle of claim 1 , wherein

the ROPS further has an upper-lower frame extending substantially in an upper-lower direction, and

the upper-lower frame couples a coupling portion between the front-rear frame and the vehicle width frame to the vehicle body frame.

5. The off-road vehicle of claim 1 , wherein

the ROPS further has two upper-lower frames extending substantially in an upper-lower direction,

the vehicle body frame has a connection frame coupling the two upper-lower frames to each other, and

the vehicle width frame, the two upper-lower frames, and the connection frame are connected in an annular shape.

6. The off-road vehicle of claim 1 , wherein

the bracket includes a first bracket and a second bracket,

the first bracket is fixed to the front-rear frame, and

the second bracket is fixed to the vehicle width frame.

7. The off-road vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the bracket is fixed to the front-rear frame by bolts that pass through the front-rear frame in the vehicle width direction.

8. An off-road vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body frame; and

a ROPS coupled to the vehicle body frame,

wherein the ROPS has a front-rear frame extending substantially in a front-rear direction, a vehicle width frame extending substantially in a vehicle width direction, a bracket coupling the front-rear frame and the vehicle width frame to each other, and an upper-lower frame extending substantially in an upper-lower direction, and

the upper-lower frame couples a frame supporting a shock absorber in the vehicle body frame and the vehicle width frame to each other.

9. An off-road vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body frame; and

a ROPS coupled to the vehicle body frame, wherein

the ROPS has a front-rear frame extending substantially in a front-rear direction, a vehicle width frame extending substantially in a vehicle width direction, and a bracket coupling the front-rear frame and the vehicle width frame to each other,

the vehicle width frame includes a first vehicle width frame and a second vehicle width frame located at a rear with respect to the first vehicle width frame,

the front-rear frame includes a pair of first front-rear frames having A-pillars located on both right and left sides and a second front-rear frame coupling the first vehicle width frame and the second vehicle width frame to each other and that is located between the pair of first front-rear frames,

the bracket covers a bent portion of one of the A-pillars from an inside in the vehicle width direction and covers a lower part of the vehicle width frame, and is fixed to the front-rear frame at a position forward of the bent portion and at a position behind the bent portion, and

the second front-rear frame is coupled at least to the first vehicle width frame through a second bracket.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2023
From: HISAMURA, TAKASHI
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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