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US 11,767,060 B2Granted
Lightweight vehicle
AssigneeTextron Innovations Inc.
InventorsDonny Lee Hammond, Jr., Sam Dean Smith, Trevor Douglas Roebuck, Landon Niles Ball
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Abstract
A universal assembly platform for lightweight vehicles, wherein the platform comprises a main vehicle chassis structure, a front suspension system connected to the main vehicle chassis structure and to which one or more front wheel assembly is mountable, and a rear suspension system connected to the main vehicle chassis structure and to which one or more rear wheel assembly is mountable. The rear suspension system is connected to the main vehicle chassis structure such that when the one or more rear wheel assembly is mounted to the rear suspension system a rear wheel of the one or more rear wheel assembly defines the distal end of an overall length of the vehicle.
Claims17
A lightweight vehicle, said lightweight vehicle comprising:
- a pair of rear wheel assemblies;
- one or more front wheel assembly;
- a universal assembly platform, said platform comprising:
- a planar main vehicle chassis structure;
- a front suspension system connected directly to the planar main vehicle chassis structure and to which the one or more front wheel assembly is mounted;
- a rear suspension system connected directly to the planar main vehicle chassis structure and to which the pair of rear wheel assemblies are mounted, wherein a front distal end of the at least one front wheel assembly is longitudinally forward of a front end of the planar main vehicle chassis and a rear distal end of the rear wheel assemblies are longitudinally rearward of a rear end of the planar main vehicle chassis;
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- a forward facing seating structure mounted to the planar main vehicle chassis such that a portion of a seat bottom of the seating structure is located longitudinally rearward of an axis extending through a center of the rear wheel assemblies.
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A lightweight vehicle, said lightweight vehicle comprising:
- a pair of rear wheel assemblies;
- one or more front wheel assembly;
- a universal assembly platform for lightweight vehicles, said platform comprising:
- a planar main vehicle chassis structure;
- a floorboard disposed on a top of the planar main vehicle chassis structure;
- a front suspension system connected to the main vehicle chassis structure and to which the one or more front wheel assembly is mounted;
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- a rear suspension system connected to the main vehicle chassis structure and to which the pair of rear wheel assemblies are mounted such that the pair of rear wheel assemblies define the rearmost limit of an overall length of the vehicle;
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- a front row forward facing seating structure connected to the universal assembly platform, the front row forward facing seat structure comprising:
- a front row seat pedestal mounted to the universal assembly platform;
- and
- a front row seat mounted to the front row seat pedestal, the front row seat comprising a seat bottom and a seat back;
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- a rear row forward facing seating structure connected to the universal assembly platform, the rear row forward facing seat structure comprising:
- a rear row seat pedestal mounted to the universal assembly platform such that a bottom of the rear row seat pedestal is disposed on same plane as a bottom of the front row seat pedestal;
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- a rear row seat mounted to the seat pedestal, the seat comprising a seat bottom and a seat back,
- wherein the seat pedestal of the rear row forward facing seating structure is mounted to the universal assembly platform such that the seat pedestal of the rear row forward facing seating structure is disposed between the pair of rear wheel assemblies, and a portion of the seat back extends behind the rear distal end of rear wheel assemblies.
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A lightweight vehicle, said lightweight vehicle comprising:
- a pair of rear wheel assemblies;
- one or more front wheel assembly;
- a universal assembly platform for lightweight vehicles, said platform comprising:
- a planar main vehicle chassis structure;
- a floorboard disposed on a top of the planar main vehicle chassis structure;
- a front suspension system connected directly to the planar main vehicle chassis structure and to which the one or more front wheel assembly is mounted;
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- a rear suspension system connected directly to the planar main vehicle chassis structure and to which the pair of rear wheel assemblies are mounted, wherein a front distal end of the at least one front wheel assembly is longitudinally forward of a front end of the planar main vehicle chassis and a rear distal end of the rear wheel assemblies are longitudinally rearward of a rear end of the planar main vehicle chassis;
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- a front row forward facing seating structure connected to the universal assembly platform, the front row forward facing seat structure comprising:
- a front row seat pedestal mounted to the universal assembly platform;
- and
- a front row seat mounted to the front row seat pedestal, the front row seat comprising a seat bottom and a seat back;
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- a rear row forward facing seating structure connected to the universal assembly platform, the rear row forward facing seat structure comprising:
- a rear row seat pedestal mounted to the universal assembly platform such that a bottom of the rear row seat pedestal is disposed on same plane as a bottom of the front row seat pedestal;
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- a rear row seat mounted to the seat pedestal, the seat comprising a seat bottom and a seat back,
- wherein the seat pedestal of the rear row forward facing seating structure is mounted to the universal assembly platform such that the seat pedestal of the rear row forward facing seating structure is disposed between the pair of rear wheel assemblies, and a portion the rear row seat pedestal and the rear row seat bottom are located longitudinally rearward of an axis extending through a center of the rear wheel assemblies.
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