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US 10,569,819 B2Granted
All-terrain vehicle
AssigneePolaris Industries Inc.
InventorsRyan K. Lovold, Cameron Fisher, Thomas C. Hanegraaf
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Abstract
An all-terrain vehicle has an air ventilation system positioned adjacent a rearmost point of the front ground engaging members and directing air rearwardly through an engine compartment, wherein the air ventilation system includes at least one air scoop adjacent a front of the vehicle for directing the air. In addition, an ATV has a rear rack having an integral storage bin, where the storage bin is one piece with the rear rack. The storage bin is sealed.
Claims20
An all-terrain vehicle, comprising:
- a longitudinally extending frame;
- front and rear ground engaging members coupled to and supporting the frame;
- a straddle seat coupled to the frame for supporting at least one rider;
- an engine positioned under the seat and coupled to the frame, the engine being positioned within an engine compartment;
- a transmission drivingly coupled to the engine and drivingly coupled to the front and rear ground engaging members;
- a foot pedestal positioned on each of the left and right sides of the frame for placement of the rider's feet;
- a body panel substantially enclosing each lateral side of the frame above the foot pedestals and below the seat;
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- an air ventilation system comprising an air intake positioned adjacent a rearmost point of the front ground engaging members and further comprising a defined air flow path internally of the body panel directing air rearwardly through the engine compartment and inward of the left and right foot pedestals, wherein the air flow path exits the engine compartment rearward of the engine.
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An all-terrain vehicle, comprising:
- a longitudinally extending frame;
- front and rear ground engaging members coupled to and supporting the frame;
- a straddle seat coupled to the frame for supporting at least one rider;
- an engine positioned under the seat and coupled to the frame, the engine being positioned within an engine compartment;
- a transmission drivingly coupled to the engine and drivingly coupled to the front and rear ground engaging members;
- a foot pedestal positioned on each of the left and right sides of the frame for placement of the rider's feet;
- an air ventilation system positioned adjacent a rearmost point of the front ground engaging members and directing air rearwardly through the engine compartment and to a rear of the vehicle, wherein the air ventilation system includes at least one air scoop adjacent a front of the vehicle for directing the air along a path, and the path of the air extending through the engine compartment rearwardly past at least a rearward portion of the engine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.