Side-by-side vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10202151-B1
Application number	US-201815928990-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Mar 22, 2018
Priority date	Mar 22, 2018
Publication date	Feb 12, 2019
Grant date	Feb 12, 2019

Abstract

A cargo carrier having a depressed loading space includes a base carrier member, and a pair of right and left side carrier members disposed on right and left sides, respectively, of the base carrier member, and fastened to the pair of right and left rear frame members, respectively, from above. The base carrier member includes a bottom wall portion forming a bottom surface of the loading space, a front wall portion protruding upward from a front end of the bottom wall portion, and a pair of right and left side wall portions protruding upward from a right end and a left end, respectively, of the bottom wall portion. The pair of right and left side wall portions of the base carrier member are removably mountable on the pair of right and left side carrier members, respectively.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A side-by-side vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body frame including a cabin frame section surrounding a riding space in which seats for a driver and a passenger are provided, and a pair of right and left rear frame sections disposed rearward of the cabin frame section;
a driving power unit supported by the vehicle body frame; and
a cargo carrier which is disposed above the driving power unit in a state in which the cargo carrier is supported by the vehicle body frame, and has a loading space with a depressed shape,
wherein the cargo carrier includes a base carrier member, and a pair of right and left side carrier members disposed on right and left sides, respectively, of the base carrier member and fastened to the pair of right and left rear frame sections, respectively, from above,
wherein the base carrier member includes a bottom wall portion forming a bottom surface of the loading space, a front wall portion protruding upward from a front end of the bottom wall portion, and a pair of right and left side wall portions protruding upward from a right end and a left end, respectively, of the bottom wall portion, and
wherein the pair of right and left side wall portions of the base carrier member are removably mountable on the pair of right and left side carrier members, respectively.

2. The side-by-side vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pair of right and left side wall portions of the base carrier member are removably fastened to the pair of right and left side wall portions of the pair of right and left side carrier members, respectively, in a state in which the pair of right and left side wall portions of the base carrier member are lapped on the pair of right and left side wall portions of the pair of right and left side carrier members, respectively, from the loading space side.

3. The side-by-side vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pair of right and left side carrier members include a pair of right and left side wall portions, respectively, forming side surfaces of the loading space,
wherein upper ends of the pair of right and left side wall portions of the base carrier member are lower than an upper end of the front wall portion of the base carrier member, and
wherein the pair of right and left side wall portions of the base carrier member are removably mountable on the pair of right and left side wall portions of the pair of right and left side carrier members, respectively.

4. The side-by-side vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a battery and an air cleaner box which are disposed in front of the base carrier member,
wherein the cargo carrier further includes a front carrier member covering the battery and the air cleaner box from above,
wherein the front carrier member includes an upper wall portion disposed above the battery and the air cleaner box, a rear wall portion protruding downward from a rear end of the upper wall portion and forming a front surface of the loading space, and a pair of right and left side wall portions protruding downward from a right end and a left end, respectively, of the upper wall portion,
wherein the rear wall portion of the front carrier member is removably mountable on the front wall portion of the base carrier member, and
wherein the pair of right and left side wall portions of the front carrier member are removably mountable on the pair of right and left side carrier members, respectively.

5. The side-by-side vehicle according to claim 4 , further comprising:
wherein the vehicle body frame includes a cross frame section disposed rearward of the cabin frame section and connecting front end portions of the pair of right and left rear frame sections to each other,
wherein the front carrier member further includes a front wall portion protruding downward from a front end of the upper wall portion, and
wherein the front wall portion of the front carrier member includes an engagement portion which is engageable with an engaged portion formed in the cross frame section.

6. The side-by-side vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the bottom wall portion of the base carrier member includes a depressed region formed with a drain hole, and a plurality of convex portions protruding upward from the depressed region in such a manner that the plurality of convex portions are spaced apart from each other,
wherein upper surfaces of the plurality of convex portions are horizontal surfaces, respectively, which are on a same plane, and
wherein a bottom surface of the depressed region is an inclined surface which is inclined toward the drain hole.

7. The side-by-side vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vehicle body frame further includes a pair of right and left rear gusset frame sections coupling upper portions of the cabin frame section to rear portions of the pair of right and left rear frame sections, respectively,
wherein the pair of right and left side carrier members have openings, respectively, to expose the rear portions of the pair of right and left rear frame sections, and
wherein the pair of right and left rear gusset frame sections are fastened to the rear portions of the pair of right and left rear frame sections, respectively, through the openings of the pair of right and left side carrier members.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Nakamura Kenta
• Hisamura Takashi
• Takegami Itsuo

Classifications

• B60K5/02

  with the engine main axis, e.g. crankshaft axis, substantially in or parallel to the longitudinal centre line of the vehicle · CPC title

• F02M35/162 Primary

  Motorcycles; All-terrain vehicles, e.g. quads, snowmobiles; Small vehicles, e.g. forklifts · CPC title

• B60K2001/0416

  Arrangement in the rear part of the vehicle · CPC title

• B60R16/04

  Arrangement of batteries · CPC title

• B62D23/005

  with integrated chassis in the whole shell, e.g. meshwork, tubes, or the like (B62D33/044 takes precedence) · CPC title