IP Library Granted Patent US 9,308,813
Granted Patent B1
US 9,308,813 · App. 14/585,875 · Granted Apr 12, 2016

Utility vehicle

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Patent No.
US 9,308,813
App. No.
14/585,875
Granted
Apr 12, 2016
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present invention provides a utility vehicle including fuel system components located compactly. The utility vehicle includes a single or a plurality of seat rows, a cargo bed, a cabin, and an engine. The utility vehicle further includes a fuel tank accommodated in a lower space of one of the seat rows, a fuel system mounting bracket provided next to the fuel tank in the lower space and fixed to a seat frame, and a fuel feed pump and a single or a plurality of fuel system accessories mounted to the fuel system mounting bracket.

Claims (16)

1. A utility vehicle comprising a single or a plurality of seat rows, a cargo bed provided behind the seat rows, a cabin accommodating the seat rows, and an engine, the utility vehicle further comprising:

a fuel tank accommodated in a lower space of one of the seat rows;

a fuel system mounting bracket provided next to the fuel tank in the lower space and fixed to a seat frame; and

a fuel feed pump and a single or a plurality of fuel system accessories mounted to the fuel system mounting bracket.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the fuel system mounting bracket is bridged between upper and lower frame members of the seat frame.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the fuel tank is located at an end in a vehicle width direction in the lower space, and the fuel feed pump and the single or the plurality of fuel system accessories are located closer to a center in the vehicle width direction than the fuel tank.

4. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the single or the plurality of fuel system accessories includes at least one of a fuel filter and a fuel-water separator.

5. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

one of the fuel system accessories is provided, at an upper end, with an air vent path and a fitting for a fuel return hose communicating with the air vent path.

6. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the fuel system mounting bracket has a single vertical mounting surface, and the fuel feed pump and the single or the plurality of fuel system accessories are mounted to the single mounting surface.

7. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

a resin fitting connected to a fuel return hose is insert molded into an upper wall of the fuel tank to be integral with the tank and project upward.

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 30, 2014
From: EGAMI, KOICHI; NOZAKI, TAKUMA; OHSHITA, YUJI; TAKAGI, JUN; ORIHASHI, YOSHIHIKO; FUKUUCHI, MASASHI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 034602/0371 →