Side-by-side vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10246153-B2
Application number	US-201314051700-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2013
Priority date	Oct 11, 2012
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

The present invention relates to all terrain vehicles having at least a pair of laterally spaced apart seating surfaces.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A utility vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of ground-engaging members;
a frame supported by the ground-engaging members;
a drivetrain supported by the frame;
an operator's area defined by side by side seats and operator controls;
a cab frame covering the operator's area and defined by at least first and second front support portions, at least first and second rear support portions, and longitudinally extending sections coupling the front and rear support portions; and
the operator's area having a driver seat having a driver restraint harness and a passenger seat having a passenger restraint harness, the driver seat and the passenger seat being in a side-by-side arrangement, the cab frame being configured to support the driver restraint harness for the driver seat and the passenger restraint harness for the passenger seat, the driver and passenger restraint harnesses each comprising a first coupling location, a second coupling location, a third coupling location, a fourth coupling location, and a latching mechanism, wherein a first shoulder belt retractor is coupled to the cab frame at the first coupling location of the driver restraint harness and a second shoulder belt retractor is coupled to the cab frame at the first coupling location of the passenger restraint harness, and the first and second shoulder belt retractors are rearward of a rear surface of a seat back of the respective driver and passenger seats, each of the first and second shoulder belt retractors being configured to adjust a length of a respective belt, and the third and fourth coupling locations for the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness are directly coupled to the frame and positioned vertically lower than the latching mechanism of the respective driver and passenger restraint harnesses and laterally outward from seat bottoms of the driver seat and the passenger seat, and wherein the third coupling location of the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness includes a hip retractor coupled to the frame, and at least a portion of the hip retractor of the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness being positioned above an upper surface of the respective seat bottom and at least a portion of the hip retractor of the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness being positioned below the upper surface of the respective seat bottom.

2. The utility vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the shoulder belt retractors are coupled to the first and second rear support portions.

3. The utility vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the cab frame further comprises a cross bar extending between the first and second rear support portions, and the shoulder belt retractors are coupled to the cross bar.

4. The utility vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the shoulder belt retractors are coupled to the cross bar vertically positioned below a top of seat backs.

5. The utility vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein plural shoulder belt retractors are provided for each seat.

6. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein each of the hip retractors at the third coupling location of the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness is coupled to the frame on one lateral side of the respective seat.

7. The utility vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the fourth coupling location of the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness each comprises a hip retractor coupled to the frame on a second lateral side of the respective seats, wherein the hip retractors of the driver restraint harness are laterally adjacent to a seat bottom of the driver seat, and wherein the hip retractors of the passenger restraint harness are laterally adjacent to a seat bottom of the passenger seat.

8. The utility vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the shoulder belt retractor of the driver restraint harness is completely rearward of the rear surface of the seat back of the driver seat.

9. The utility vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the belt of the driver restraint harness is extendable over a front surface of the seat back of the driver seat.

10. The utility vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the driver restraint harness further includes a second belt, the belt of the first shoulder belt retractor being retractably coupled at the first coupling location and the driver latching mechanism and the second belt being retractably coupled at the second coupling location and the driver latching mechanism, and the passenger restraint harness further includes a second belt, the belt of the second shoulder belt retractor being retractably coupled at the first coupling location and the passenger latching mechanism and the second belt being retractably coupled at the second coupling location and the passenger latching mechanism, the first and second belts of both the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness configured to extend over an upward facing outer surface of the respective driver and passenger seats.

11. The utility vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the third coupling locations for the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness are directly coupled to the frame at a position vertically lower than an upper surface of the seat bottom of the driver and passenger seats.

12. The utility vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the fourth coupling locations for the driver restraint harness and the passenger restraint harness are positioned one of vertically above and vertically aligned with the seat bottom of the driver and passenger seats.

13. A utility vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of ground-engaging members;
a frame supported by the ground-engaging members;
a drivetrain supported by the frame; and
an operator area having a seating portion supported by the frame and including a driver seat having a driver restraint harness and a longitudinal midline and a passenger seat having a passenger restraint harness and a longitudinal midline, the driver seat and the passenger seat being in a side-by-side arrangement, the frame being configured to support the driver restraint harness for the driver seat and the passenger restraint harness for the passenger seat, the driver restraint harness being coupled to the frame at a first left side coupling location and a second left side coupling location, wherein the first left side coupling location and the second left side coupling location are rearward of a rear surface of a seat back of the driver seat and below a top of the seat back of the driver seat, and the driver restraint harness being further coupled to the frame in at least one of a third left side coupling location, a fourth left side coupling location, a fifth left side coupling location, and a sixth left side coupling location, and the passenger restraint harness being coupled to the frame at a first right side coupling location and a second right side coupling location, wherein the first right side coupling location and the second right side coupling location are rearward of a rear surface of a seat back of the passenger seat and below a top of the seat back of the passenger seat, and the passenger restraint harness being further coupled to the frame in at least one of a third right side coupling location, a fourth right side coupling location, a fifth right side coupling location, and a sixth right side coupling location, the driver restraint harness including a first strap retractably coupled at the first left side coupling location and a second strap retractably coupled at the second left side coupling location and the passenger restraint harness including a first strap retractably coupled at the first right side coupling location and a

Assignees

• Polaris Inc

Inventors

• Deckard Aaron D
• Swain Phillip B
• Ives Andy T
• Schlangen Adam J
• Roytek Corrie S
• Goffman Daniel L
• Johnson Clinton A

Classifications

• F16B19/002

  Resiliently deformable pins (F16B21/06 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B62D23/005 Primary

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

• B60N2/005

  Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles {, e.g. dismountable auxiliary seats}(B60N2/02 takes precedence {; for railway vehicles B61D1/04}) · CPC title

• B60R22/00

  Safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles (safety belts or body harnesses in general A62B35/00) · CPC title

• B60N2/90

  Details or parts not otherwise provided for · CPC title