Off-road vehicle, reinforcing frame, and method for transporting off-road vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorsTakashi HISAMURA, Naoki KAWAGUCHI, Yuji YOKOYAMA
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Abstract
An off-road vehicle includes: a vehicle body frame to which a roll-over protection structure (ROPS) is detachably attachable; and a reinforcing frame that is detachably attachable to the vehicle body frame instead of the ROPS. The vehicle body frame includes a first vehicle body frame located forward of a driver's seat, and a second vehicle body frame located rearward of the driver's seat. The reinforcing frame couples the first vehicle body frame and the second vehicle body frame to each other.
Claims15
An off-road vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body frame to which a roll-over protection structure (ROPS) is detachably attachable;
- and
- a reinforcing frame that is replaceable with the ROPS and is detachably attachable to the vehicle body frame, wherein
- the vehicle body frame includes a first vehicle body frame and a second vehicle body frame, the first vehicle body frame being located forward of a driver's seat, the second vehicle body frame being located rearward of the driver's seat, and
- the reinforcing frame couples the first vehicle body frame and the second vehicle body frame to each other.
A reinforcing frame that is attached to an off-road vehicle during transportation of the off-road vehicle, the reinforcing frame being detachably attachable to a vehicle body frame of the off-road vehicle instead of a ROPS, and operable to couple a first vehicle body frame and a second vehicle body frame to each other, the first vehicle body frame being located forward of a driver's seat of the off-road vehicle, the second vehicle body frame being located rearward of the driver's seat.
A method for transporting an off-road vehicle including a vehicle body frame to which a ROPS is attachable, the method comprising:
- attaching a reinforcing frame replacing with the ROPS to the vehicle body frame before transportation of the off-road vehicle, the reinforcing frame operable to couple a first vehicle body frame and a second vehicle body frame of the vehicle body frame to each other, the first vehicle body frame being located forward of a driver's seat of the off-road vehicle, the second vehicle body frame being located rearward of the driver's seat;
- transporting the off-road vehicle to which the reinforcing frame is attached;
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- detaching the reinforcing frame from the vehicle body frame and attaching the ROPS to the vehicle body frame, after transportation of the off-road vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.