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US 12,291,272 B2Granted
Off-road vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorTakashi Hisamura
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Abstract
An off-road vehicle includes a vehicle body frame 1 and a ROPS 2 coupled to the vehicle body frame 1. The ROPS 2 has a front-rear frame 3 extending substantially in a front-rear direction, a vehicle width frame 4 extending substantially in a vehicle width direction, and brackets 6 coupling the front-rear frame 3 and the vehicle width frame 4 to each other.
Claims9
An off-road vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body frame;
- and
- a ROPS coupled to the vehicle body frame,
- wherein the ROPS has a front-rear frame extending substantially in a front-rear direction, a vehicle width frame extending substantially in a vehicle width direction, and a bracket coupling the front-rear frame and the vehicle width frame to each other,
- wherein the front-rear frame includes a pair of first front-rear frames having A-pillars located on both right and left sides, and
- wherein the bracket covers a bent portion of one of the A-pillars from an inside in the vehicle width direction and covers a lower part of the vehicle width frame, and is fixed to the front-rear frame at a position forward of the bent portion and at a position behind the bent portion.
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An off-road vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body frame;
- and
- a ROPS coupled to the vehicle body frame,
- wherein the ROPS has a front-rear frame extending substantially in a front-rear direction, a vehicle width frame extending substantially in a vehicle width direction, a bracket coupling the front-rear frame and the vehicle width frame to each other, and an upper-lower frame extending substantially in an upper-lower direction, and
- the upper-lower frame couples a frame supporting a shock absorber in the vehicle body frame and the vehicle width frame to each other.
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An off-road vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body frame;
- and
- a ROPS coupled to the vehicle body frame, wherein
- the ROPS has a front-rear frame extending substantially in a front-rear direction, a vehicle width frame extending substantially in a vehicle width direction, and a bracket coupling the front-rear frame and the vehicle width frame to each other,
- the vehicle width frame includes a first vehicle width frame and a second vehicle width frame located at a rear with respect to the first vehicle width frame,
- the front-rear frame includes a pair of first front-rear frames having A-pillars located on both right and left sides and a second front-rear frame coupling the first vehicle width frame and the second vehicle width frame to each other and that is located between the pair of first front-rear frames,
- the bracket covers a bent portion of one of the A-pillars from an inside in the vehicle width direction and covers a lower part of the vehicle width frame, and is fixed to the front-rear frame at a position forward of the bent portion and at a position behind the bent portion, and
- the second front-rear frame is coupled at least to the first vehicle width frame through a second bracket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.