US 9,649,928 B2 · All-terrain vehicle

Abstract

An all-terrain vehicle (“ATV”) includes a plurality of ground engaging members and a frame supported above a ground surface by the plurality of ground engaging members. The frame extends along a longitudinal centerline of the ATV. The ATV further includes an operator seat supported by the frame, an engine supported by the frame, and a continuously variable transmission (“CVT”) supported by the frame and operably coupled to the engine. Additionally, the ATV includes a CVT cooling air inlet fluidly coupled to the CVT and positioned forward of a forward end of the operator seat, and a CVT cooling air outlet fluidly coupled to the CVT and positioned forward of the forward end of the operator seat.

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Dependent claims

An ATV, comprising:

a plurality of ground engaging members;
a frame supported above a ground surface by the plurality of ground engaging members and extending along a longitudinal centerline of the ATV;
an operator seat supported by the frame;
an engine supported by the frame;
a CVT supported by the frame and operably coupled to the engine;
a CVT cooling air inlet fluidly coupled to the CVT and positioned forward of a forward end of the operator seat;
a CVT cooling air outlet fluidly coupled to the CVT and positioned forward of the forward end of the operator seat;
and
an engine air inlet fluidly coupled to the engine and positioned forward of the operator seat and laterally aligned with at least one of the CVT cooling air inlet and the CVT cooling air outlet.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/751,114Filed 25 Jun 2015

Published

US 2016/0375757 A129 Dec 2016

Granted

16 May 2017

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification18 codes

B60K 17/342
For driving both front and rear wheels, e.g. four wheel drive vehicles: having a longitudinal, endless element, e.g. belt or chain, for…
B60F 5/003
Other vehicles capable of travelling in or on different media: off the road or amphibian vehicles adaptable for air or space transport
B60K 5/02
Arrangement or mounting of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units: with the engine main axis, e.g. crankshaft axis, substantially in or…
B60K 11/04
With liquid cooling: arrangement or mounting of radiators, radiator shutters, or radiator blinds

All-terrain vehicle

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All-terrain vehicle

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Abstract

Claims38