Utility vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHidetoshi Kaku, Tyler Furman, Brian Butler, Yoshinori Tsumiyama
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Abstract
A utility vehicle includes a vehicle body, a seat mounted onto the vehicle body, a seat belt configured to be fastened by a person seated on the seat, a retractor for winding in the seat belt, and a retractor mounting device mounted to the vehicle body. The retractor mounting device includes a retractor bracket, and a cover disposed outward relative to the retractor bracket to cover the retractor bracket from an outward direction, and the retractor is mounted to an inner surface of the retractor bracket in the vehicle width direction.
Claims8
A utility vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a seat mounted onto the vehicle body;
- a seat belt configured to be fastened by a person seated on the seat;
- a retractor for winding in the seat belt;
- and
- a retractor mounting device mounted to the vehicle body;
- wherein the retractor mounting device includes a retractor bracket, and a cover disposed outward relative to the retractor bracket to cover the retractor bracket from an outward direction;
- wherein the retractor is mounted to an inner surface of the retractor bracket in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle body, and the cover is disposed outward relative to the retractor bracket in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body;
- wherein the retractor mounting device is a device formed by folding a single plate member in two at a bent portion to have two plate portions;
- and
- wherein one of the two plate portions is the refractor bracket and the other is the cover.
A utility vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a seat mounted onto the vehicle body;
- a seat belt configured to be fastened by a person seated on the seat;
- a retractor for winding in the seat belt;
- and
- a retractor mounting device mounted to the vehicle body;
- wherein the retractor mounting device includes a retractor bracket, and a cover disposed outward relative to the retractor bracket to cover the retractor bracket from an outward direction;
- and
- wherein the retractor is mounted to an inner surface of the retractor bracket in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle body, and the cover is disposed outward relative to the retractor bracket in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body, the utility vehicle further comprising:
- a front seat;
- a rear seat disposed behind the front seat and having a seat bottom;
- and
- a grab bar configured to be grabbed by a person seated on the rear seat,
- wherein:
- the vehicle body has a pillar pipe element disposed laterally in the vehicle width direction relative to the front seat;
- the grab bar is disposed above the seat bottom;
- and
- the retractor mounting device is mounted to the pillar pipe element in a location above the seat bottom and below the grab bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.