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US 8,556,331 B2Granted
Utility vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshinori Tsumiyama, Hidetoshi Kaku, Chad Enger, Kazuhiro Maeda, Naoki Hashimoto
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AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshinori Tsumiyama, Hidetoshi Kaku, Chad Enger, Kazuhiro Maeda, Naoki Hashimoto
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A utility vehicle includes a vehicle body; a seat provided on the vehicle body; a pair of right and left entrances through which a user to be seated on the seat gets into and out of the vehicle, the entrances being provided at both sides of the vehicle body in a vehicle width direction; and a pair of right and left doors for opening and closing the pair of right and left entrances, respectively; each of the pair of right and left doors including a door body closing at least a portion of a corresponding entrance and a hinge for coupling the door body to the vehicle body such that the door body is rotatable around the hinge; and the door body including a door component which is substantially symmetric in shape in a rightward and leftward direction.
A utility vehicle comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Special type: simplified doors related to cabins of, e.g. golf carts, tractors, jeeps, cranes, forklifts, etc.
Windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors, or similar devices for vehicles
About 5 years 1 month of term left · ends 3 Dec 2031 (estimated)
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a utility vehicle including doors for opening and closing entrances.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a utility vehicle according to Embodiment 1.
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a configuration of the utility vehicle according to Embodiment 1.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where a seat is mounted to a vehicle body as viewed from obliquely downward.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The stated directions are referenced from the perspective of a driver riding in a utility vehicle. It is assumed that the utility vehicle is in a stopped state on a road surface substantially parallel to a horizontal plane.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a utility vehicle 10 according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a configuration of the utility vehicle 10 according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where a seat 51 is mounted to a vehicle body 12 as viewed from obliquely downward.
Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the utility vehicle 10 includes a vehicle body 12, four seat frames 14 mounted to the vehicle body 12, seat bottoms 16 mounted to the four seat frames 14, respectively, and seat backrests 18 mounted to the four seat frames 14, respectively. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, each of the four independent seats S1˜S4 on which a user is seated includes the seat frame 14, the seat bottom 16 and the seat backrest 18. In this embodiment, the seats S1 and S2 at the front side are arranged side by side in a rightward and leftward direction, and the seats S3 and S4 are arranged side by side in the rightward and leftward direction, behind the seats S1 and S2, respectively. The seat S1 located at a front side and at a left side is a driver seat. As shown in FIG. 1, the utility vehicle 10 includes a pair of right and left front doors 200 and a pair of right and left rear doors 202. The pair of right and left front doors 200 is arranged at the front and the pair of right and left rear doors 202 are arranged at the rear.