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US 12,409,691 B2Granted
Off-road utility vehicle
AssigneeArctic Cat Inc.
InventorsDevin Joseph Danielson, Adam Christian Krone, Nathan Len Wiater, Aaron Lee Swanson, Erick John Halvorson, Douglas Robert Grangroth, Kevin James Miller, Jared Richard Spindler, Leigh Raymond Collyer, Donald Scott Hansen, Joseph Patrick Wood, Todd MacDonald
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Abstract
An off-highway recreational vehicle having a longitudinal centerline includes a frame and a rear suspension. The rear suspension includes a left A-arm, wherein the left A-arm has a pivot axis, the pivot axis being on a right-hand side of the longitudinal centerline.
Claims16
An off-road utility vehicle comprising:
- a frame;
- an engine;
- a transmission;
- first and second rear half-shafts connected between the transmission and first and second rear wheels;
- and
- a rear suspension that includes first and second upper arms, wherein the first and second upper arms are connected to the frame at a forwardmost upper arm connection point and a rearwardmost upper arm connection point, respectively, wherein the forwardmost upper arm connection point and the rearwardmost upper arm connection point are rearward of a connection of the first and second half-shafts to the transmission, and wherein the rear suspension includes a damping member attached to the frame at a point rearward of the forwardmost upper arm connection point.
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An off-road utility vehicle comprising:
- a frame;
- an engine;
- a transmission;
- first and second rear half-shafts connected between the transmission and first and second rear wheels;
- and
- a rear suspension comprising:
- an upper A-arm having first and second upper arms connected to the frame via first and second upper suspension support members;
- and
- a lower A-arm having first and second lower arms connected to the frame via first and second lower suspension support members, wherein the first and second upper suspension support members and first and second lower suspension support members are located rearward of a connection of the first and second rear half-shafts to the transmission.
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An off-road utility vehicle, comprising:
- a frame;
- an engine;
- a transmission;
- a first rear half-shaft connected to a second rear-half shaft between the transmission and first and second rear wheels;
- and
- a rear suspension including first and second upper arms, and first and second lower arms, wherein the first and second upper arms are connected to the frame rearward of a connection of the first and second half-shafts to the transmission, wherein a first connection of the first upper arm to the frame is forward of a second connection of the second lower arm to the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.