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US 2015/0090515 A1Published application
Side-by-side vehicle
AssigneePolaris Industries Inc.
InventorsBrian M. Safranski, Robbi L. Peterson, Richard L. Sunsdahl, Aaron D. Deckard, Louis J. Brady
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Abstract
A vehicle may include a CVT unit or a power source which requires ambient air. An air inlet for an air intake system coupled to the CVT unit or the power source which requires ambient air may be provided in a side of a cargo carrying portion of the vehicle. The vehicle may include a rear radius arm suspension.
Claims18
A vehicle, comprising:
- a frame;
- a plurality of ground engaging members supporting the frame;
- a power source supported by the frame and operatively coupled to at least one of the plurality of ground engaging members to propel the vehicle;
- an operator area supported by the frame, the operator area including seating and operator controls;
- a rear drive unit supported by the frame and positioned rearward of the operator area, the rear drive being operatively coupled to the power source and operatively coupled to at least a first ground engaging member positioned rearward of the operator area through a drive shaft to transfer power received from the power source to the first ground engaging member;
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- a first rear suspension system moveably coupling the first ground engaging member to the frame, the first rear suspension system including a control arm moveably coupled to the frame at a location rearward of the drive shaft connecting the rear drive unit and the first ground engaging member and between a plane passing through a first laterally extending end of the rear drive unit and a centerline longitudinal plane of the vehicle, the plane being parallel to the centerline longitudinal plane of the vehicle.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a frame;
- a plurality of ground engaging members supporting the frame;
- a power source supported by the frame and operatively coupled to at least one of the plurality of ground engaging members to propel the vehicle;
- an operator area supported by the frame, the operator area including seating and operator controls;
- a rear drive unit supported by the frame and positioned rearward of the operator area, the rear drive being operatively coupled to the power source and operatively coupled to at least a first ground engaging member positioned rearward of the operator area through a drive shaft to transfer power received from the power source to the first ground engaging member;
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- a first rear suspension system moveably coupling the first ground engaging member to the frame, the first rear suspension system including a control arm coupled to the frame at a rear face of the frame, the control arm being unobscured by the frame from a viewing direction which is perpendicular to a centerline longitudinal plane of the vehicle and rearward of the vehicle.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a frame;
- a plurality of ground engaging members supporting the frame;
- a power source supported by the frame and operatively coupled to at least one of the plurality of ground engaging members to propel the vehicle;
- an operator area supported by the frame, the operator area including seating and operator controls;
- a rear drive unit supported by the frame and positioned rearward of the operator area, the rear drive being operatively coupled to the power source and operatively coupled to a first ground engaging member positioned rearward of the operator area through a first drive shaft to transfer power received from the power source to the first ground engaging member;
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- a first rear suspension system moveably coupling the first ground engaging member to the frame, the first rear suspension system including
- a first radius arm coupled to the first ground engaging member and coupled to the frame at a first location forward of the first ground engaging member,
- a first control arm coupled to the first ground engaging member and to the frame;
- a first dampening member coupled to the first radius arm and to the frame;
- a bearing carrier coupled to the first ground engaging member, the first radius arm, and the first control arm, the bearing carrier including an opening through which the drive shaft is operatively coupled to the first ground engaging member, wherein the first radius arm may be uncoupled from the frame at the first location and uncoupled from the bearing carrier without uncoupling the drive shaft from the first ground engaging member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.