Utility vehicle
AssigneePolaris Industries Inc.
InventorAdam J. Schlangen
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Abstract
A vehicle frame includes a cab frame including a front portion, an intermediate portion, and a rear portion; a longitudinal frame member supporting the cab frame at the intermediate portion; a first vertical member disposed between the front portion of the cab frame and the longitudinal frame member; a second vertical member including at least a portion extending upward from the longitudinal frame member; and a horizontal member extending between the first vertical member and the second vertical member.
Claims20
A vehicle frame comprising:
- a cab frame including a front portion, an intermediate portion, and a rear portion;
- a longitudinal frame member supporting the cab frame at the intermediate portion;
- a first vertical member disposed between the front portion of the cab frame and the longitudinal frame member;
- a second vertical member including at least a portion extending upward from the longitudinal frame member;
- a horizontal member extending between the first vertical member and the second vertical member;
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- a frame member extending from the second vertical member adjacent a junction of the horizontal member and the second vertical member, the frame member extending forward and laterally inward.
A vehicle comprising:
- at least one ground-engaging member configured to contact a ground surface;
- a drivetrain assembly operably coupled to the ground-engaging members;
- a frame supported by the ground-engaging members, the frame including:
- a longitudinal frame member;
- a cab frame positioned above the longitudinal frame member including a front portion and a rear portion;
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- a support for the cab frame including,
- a first vertical member including at least a portion disposed between the longitudinal frame member and the front portion of the cab frame,
- a second vertical member including at least a portion disposed between the longitudinal frame member and the front portion of the cab frame,
- a support for reinforcing the front portion of the cab frame including a horizontal member disposed between the first vertical member and the second vertical member;
- a cross member extending laterally away from the second vertical member;
- a front cross member extending laterally away from the second vertical member and vertically higher than the cross member;
- a first frame member and a second frame member extending between the cross member and the front cross member, wherein the first and second frame members are non-parallel.
A method of assembling a vehicle frame, the vehicle frame comprising a cab frame including a front portion, an intermediate portion, and a rear portion and a longitudinal frame member supporting the cab frame at the intermediate portion, the method comprising:
- disposing a first vertical member between the front portion of the cab frame and the longitudinal frame member;
- disposing a second vertical member such that at least a portion extends upward from the longitudinal frame member;
- disposing a horizontal member between the first vertical member and the second vertical member;
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- disposing a frame member extending from the second vertical member adjacent a junction of the horizontal member and the second vertical member, the frame member extending forward and laterally inward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.