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US 12,479,290 · App. 17/938,969 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Off-road vehicle

Inventors: Yusuke Nakashima (Akashi, JP); Yumi Miyake (Akashi, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
B60K15/063B60R7/043B60K2015/0632
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Patent No.
US 12,479,290
App. No.
17/938,969
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An off-road vehicle includes a seat located adjacent to an entrance in a vehicle compartment, and a storage located below the seat and having a housing space therein. The storage has an access opening opened to the entrance such that the housing space is accessible from the entrance.

Claims (39)

1 . An off-road vehicle comprising:

a seat located adjacent to an entrance in a vehicle compartment; and

a storage for goods or baggage located below the seat and including:

a housing space therein; and

an access opening opened upward and to an outside in a vehicle width direction such that the housing space is accessible from the entrance,

wherein the housing space is recessed lower than a lower end of the entrance.

2 . An off-road vehicle comprising:

a seat located adjacent to a user entrance for a vehicle compartment;

a storage located below the seat and including:

a housing space therein; and

an access opening opened to the entrance such that the housing space is accessible from the entrance; and

a door that opens or closes the entrance,

wherein the access opening is covered with the closed door and is not covered with any member other than the closed door.

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

the storage is part of a partition that divides the vehicle compartment and a space therebelow from each other.

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

the storage further includes a housing box defining the housing space and a partition plate extending from the housing box and not defining the housing space.

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

a fuel tank is located in the space, and

the storage covers part of the fuel tank.

6 . The off-road vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising:

an underguard located below the vehicle compartment,

wherein the storage is located apart from the underguard on an upper side thereof.

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

the storage further includes a drain hole that causes the housing space and an outside thereof to communicate with each other.

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

the storage further includes a housing box defining the housing space and including an upper opening,

the housing box includes a bottom plate defining a lower portion of the housing space and an outer plate defining an outer portion of the housing space in the vehicle width direction,

the outer plate includes a side opening opened to an outside in the vehicle width direction, located at an upper end of the outer plate and connected to the upper opening, and

the upper opening and the side opening are the access opening.

9 . An off-road vehicle comprising:

a seat located adjacent to an entrance in a vehicle compartment; and

a storage for goods or baggage located below the seat and including a housing space therein,

wherein the storage further includes:

an access opening opened to the entrance such that the housing space is accessible from the entrance; and

a housing box defining the housing space and including an upper opening,

the housing box includes a bottom plate defining a lower portion of the housing space and an outer plate defining an outer portion of the housing space in a vehicle width direction,

the outer plate has a side opening opened to an outside in the vehicle width direction, located at an upper end of the outer plate and connected to the upper opening, and

the upper opening and the side opening are the access opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2022
From: NAKASHIMA, YUSUKE; MIYAKE, YUMI
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062023/0921 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240075808A1 · Mar 7, 2024
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