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US 10,239,562 B2Granted
Vehicle
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKeith Kotrla
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Abstract
A vehicle with a passenger area having a seat disposed therein and an opening of the passenger area on the right or left sides of the seat. The vehicle frame includes an opening frame portion defining the opening of the passenger area. The opening frame portion comprises a lower attachment portion for attaching a hinge of a first door to the opening frame portion, and an upper attachment portion for attaching a hinge of a second door to the opening frame portion. The lower attachment portion and the upper attachment portion are portions formed by at least one of machining and welding. The lower attachment portion is formed in the main body frame of the vehicle frame, and the upper attachment portion is formed in the case of the vehicle frame.
Claims15
A vehicle comprising:
- a right front wheel and a left front wheel;
- a right rear wheel and a left rear wheel;
- a passenger area having a seat disposed therein;
- an opening of the passenger area, located on a right side or a left side of the seat,, wherein an inner area of the opening is not partitioned by a member extending from a lower end of the opening to an upper end of the opening;
- and
- a vehicle frame comprising
- a main body frame supporting the seat, the right front wheel, the left front wheel, the right rear wheel and the left rear wheel;
- a cage formed separately from the main body frame and joined to the main body frame to cover the seat in a side view of a vehicle body;
- and
- an opening frame portion which defines the opening of the passenger area and which is formed by the main body frame and the cage,
- wherein
- the opening frame portion comprises
- a lower attachment portion for attaching a hinge of a first door to the opening frame portion, the lower attachment portion being a portion formed by at least one of machining and welding, and
- an upper attachment portion for attaching a hinge of a second door to the opening frame portion, the upper attachment portion being a portion formed by at least one of machining end welding,
- the lower attachment portion is formed on the main body frame, and
- the upper attachment portion is formed on the cage.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a right front wheel and a left front wheel;
- a right rear wheel and a left rear wheel;
- a passenger area having a seat disposed therein;
- an opening of the passenger area located on a right side or a left side of the seat, wherein an inner area of the opening is not partitioned by a member extending from a lower end of the opening to an upper end of the opening;
- and
- a vehicle frame comprising
- a main body frame supporting the seat, the right front wheel, the left front wheel, the right rear wheel and the left rear wheel;
- a cage formed separately from the main body frame and joined to the main body frame to cover the seat in a side view of a vehicle body;
- and
- an opening frame portion defining the opening of the passenger area, formed by the main body frame and the cage,
- wherein
- the opening frame portion comprises
- a lower attachment portion for attaching a hinge of a first door to the opening frame portion, the lower attachment portion being a portion formed by at least one of machining and welding, the lower attachment portion being located lower than a center of the opening in a vertical direction, and
- an upper attachment portion for attaching a hinge of a second door to the opening frame portion, the upper attachment portion being a portion formed by at least one of machining and welding, the upper attachment portion being located higher than the center of the opening in the vertical direction.
11 more elements
A vehicle comprising:
- a right front wheel and a left front wheel;
- a right rear wheel and a left rear wheel;
- a passenger area having a seat disposed therein;
- an opening of the passenger area located on a right side or a left side of the seat, wherein an inner area of the opening is not partitioned by a member extending from a lower end of the opening to an upper end of the opening;
- and
- a vehicle frame comprising
- a main body frame supporting the seat, the right front wheel, the left front wheel, the right rear wheel and the left rear wheel;
- a cage formed separately from the main body frame and joined to the main body frame to cover the seat in a side view of a vehicle body;
- and
- an opening frame portion formed by the main body frame and the cage and defining the opening of the passenger area,
- wherein
- the opening frame portion comprises
- a lower attachment portion for attaching a hinge of a first door to the opening frame portion, the lower attachment portion being a portion formed by at least one of machining and welding, and
- an upper attachment portion for attaching, to the opening frame portion, a hinge of a second door that has a larger width in a vertical direction than that of the first door, the upper attachment portion being a portion formed by at least one of machining and welding.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.