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US 11,766,932 B2Granted
Off road vehicle
AssigneeArctic Cat Inc.
InventorsBrian Harris, Todd MacDonald, Cody Kallock, Robby Gordon, Mike Niemiec, Michael McKeen
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Abstract
An off-road vehicle includes a frame, a front suspension, and a rear suspension. In some examples of the off-road vehicle, the rear suspension includes trailing arms with are pivotally attached to the frame rearward of an operator area. Further, the frame can include a front subframe assembly and a rear subframe assembly which are easily removable from the main frame of the vehicle to permit access to various components of the off-road vehicle.
Claims17
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle frame;
- a rear subframe, wherein the rear subframe is removable from the vehicle frame;
- a rear bulkhead, the rear bulkhead located forwardly of a rear of the rear subframe,
- wherein the rear bulkhead is connected to the vehicle frame and wherein
- removal of the rear subframe allows access to the rear bulkhead;
- an engine, the engine being transverse to a longitude of the vehicle;
- and
- a transmission, wherein the rear bulkhead is coupled to a rear of the transmission.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle frame;
- a rear subframe;
- a rear bulkhead, the rear bulkhead forwardly of a rear of the rear subframe;
- a rear engine cradle connected to the vehicle frame and the rear subframe;
- and
- an engine, the engine being transverse to a longitude of the vehicle and coupled to the rear engine cradle, wherein the rear engine cradle suspends the engine above a portion of the rear subframe, wherein the rear engine cradle is U-shaped and attaches to both a front and rear of the engine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.