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US 7,410,019 B2Granted
Bracket assembly for all-terrain vehicle
AssigneeYamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America
InventorKeith Kotrla
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Abstract
An all terrain vehicle includes a body frame and a pair of brackets connected to the main frame. The all terrain vehicle also includes an air intake shroud, a pair of headlights, and an engine cooling apparatus, each of which is mounted directly to the pair of brackets.
Claims16
A vehicle comprising:
- a body frame;
- and
- a pair of brackets connected to the body frame;
- wherein
- at least two of an air intake shroud, a pair of headlights, and an engine cooling apparatus, are mounted directly to the pair of brackets;
- each of the pair of brackets extends from the body frame toward a front of the vehicle;
- each of the pair of brackets includes at least one arm extending toward the front of the vehicle, the engine cooling apparatus is mounted between the at least one arm of the pair of brackets and each of the pair of headlights is mounted on a respective one of the pair of brackets outside of the engine cooling apparatus;
- and
- the pair of brackets are connected to each other only by the body frame, the engine cooling apparatus, or the air intake shroud.
6 more elements
A method of assembling a vehicle comprising the steps of:
- providing a body frame;
- providing a pair of brackets;
- mounting the pair of brackets to the body frame;
- and
- fixing at least two of an air intake shroud, a pair of headlights, and an engine cooling apparatus, directly to the at least one bracket;
- wherein
- the step of providing the pair of brackets includes arranging the pair of brackets such that each of the pair of brackets extends from the body frame toward a front of the vehicle;
- each of the pair of brackets includes at least one arm extending toward the front of the vehicle, the engine cooling apparatus is mounted between the at least one arm of the pair of brackets and the pair of headlights is mounted on the pair of brackets outside of the engine cooling apparatus;
- and
- the pair of brackets are connected to each other only by the body frame, the engine cooling apparatus, or the air intake shroud.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.