Windshield assembly for a vehicle
AssigneeBombardier Recreational Products Inc.
InventorsMarc Vachon, Simon Baldachino
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Abstract
A windshield assembly for a vehicle, the windshield assembly comprising: a windshield having a lower end and an upper end; a windshield base attached to the lower end of the windshield; and a deck panel configured for connecting to the vehicle. The deck panel is slidingly connected to the windshield base for permitting the windshield to move linearly, with respect to the deck panel, from a rest position, responsive to a force in a plane of the windshield. The deck panel is pivotally connected to the windshield base about a first pivot axis for permitting the windshield to rotate about the first pivot responsive to a force perpendicular to the windshield.
Claims20
A windshield assembly for a vehicle, the windshield assembly comprising:
- a windshield having a lower end and an upper end;
- a windshield base attached to the lower end of the windshield;
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- a deck panel configured for connecting to the vehicle,
- the deck panel being slidingly connected to the windshield base for permitting the windshield to move linearly, with respect to the deck panel, from a rest position, responsive to a force in a plane of the windshield, and
- the deck panel being pivotally connected to the windshield base about a first pivot axis for permitting the windshield to rotate about a first pivot responsive to a force perpendicular to the windshield.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body having at least one external surface;
- a motor supported at least in part by the vehicle body;
- a propulsion system connected to the vehicle body and operatively connected to the motor;
- a windshield assembly comprising:
- a windshield having a lower end and an upper end;
- a windshield base attached to the lower end of the windshield;
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- a deck panel connected to the vehicle body,
- the deck panel being slidingly connected to the windshield base for permitting the windshield to move linearly, with respect to the deck panel, from a rest position, responsive to a force in a plane of the windshield, and
- the deck panel being pivotally connected to the windshield base about a first pivot axis for permitting the windshield to rotate about the first pivot responsive to a force perpendicular to the windshield.
A windshield assembly for a vehicle, the windshield assembly comprising:
- a windshield having a lower end and an upper end;
- a windshield base attached to the lower end of the windshield;
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- a deck panel connectable to the vehicle and movably connected to the windshield base by:
- a first mechanism permitting the windshield to move linearly with respect to the deck panel responsive to a first force;
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- a second mechanism permitting the windshield to rotate about a first pivot responsive to a second force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.