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US 5,855,250 AGranted
Frame for all terrain vehicle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuhiro Nishi
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Abstract
A pair of front and rear arm brackets for supporting swing arms extend between and are integrally joined to a pair of laterally spaced lower frames, and a steering bracket for supporting a steering shaft is disposed between the front and rear arm brackets and between the lower frames, and is integrally joined to the front and rear arm brackets and the lower frames. The front and rear arm brackets and the steering bracket are assembled and welded together into a lower component before being joined to the lower frames.
Claims2
A frame structure for a buggy, comprising:
- a pair of laterally spaced, longitudinally extending lower frames;
- a pair of front and rear arm brackets for supporting swing arms, said front and rear arm brackets extending between and integrally joined to said lower frames;
- a steering bracket for supporting a steering shaft, said steering bracket being disposed between said front and rear arm brackets and between said lower frames, and integrally joined to said front and rear arm brackets and said lower frames;
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- a step bracket and an engine mount arranged behind said steering bracket, wherein said step bracket and said engine mount are welded into a component so as to be integrally joined to said pair of lower frames.
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A frame structure for a buggy, comprising:
- a pair of laterally spaced, longitudinally extending lower frames;
- a pair of laterally spaced front frames extending upwardly from respective front ends of said lower frames;
- a pair of laterally spaced upper frames joined to respective upper ends of said front frames;
- a pair of laterally spaced seat frames extending substantially horizontally rearwardly from respective intermediate portions of said upper frames;
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- a lower component adapted to be fixed to the front portion of said lower frames and comprising a pair of front and rear arm brackets and a steering bracket for supporting a steering shaft disposed between and integrally joined to said pair of front and rear arm brackets, said pair of front and rear arm brackets extending between and being integrally joined to said lower frames, and said steering bracket being joined at the respective lateral sides thereof to corresponding inner surfaces of said lower frames .
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.