Snowmobile storage compartment, display, antenna, and body trim system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11427283-B2
Application number	US-201916723754-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 20, 2019
Priority date	Dec 20, 2019
Publication date	Aug 30, 2022
Grant date	Aug 30, 2022

Abstract

A snowmobile including a hood, a hood cap connected to the hood, and a door, which together define a storage compartment. An antenna is mounted to an upper portion of the hood cap above a headlight. A main body panel is removably coupled to a chassis of the snowmobile by way of a fastener assembly. A first trim panel is removably coupled to the main body panel. The first trim panel has a first thickness and extends a first distance from a side of the snowmobile. A second trim is configured to be coupled to the main body panel in place of the first trim panel. The second trim panel has a second thickness that is different from the first thickness and extends a second distance from the side of the snowmobile that is different than the first distance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A snowmobile comprising:
a hood;
a hood cap connected to the hood;
a door; and
a storage compartment defined by the hood, the hood cap, and the door;
wherein:
the hood cap defines an opening to the storage compartment facing a rear of the snowmobile;
the door is movable into the opening to close the opening and out of the opening to open the opening;
the door includes a hinge mounted to the hood cap below the opening;
the hinge is configured such that as the door rotates out of the opening the door moves downward and outward relative to the opening; and
the hinge rotates about an axis of rotation extending through apertures defined by the hood cap and hood flanges of the hood.

2. The snowmobile of claim 1 , wherein the hinge is connected to the hood cap by way of a pin extending from the hinge into an aperture defined by the hood cap.

3. The snowmobile of claim 2 , wherein the aperture of the hood cap is defined by a cap door flange of the hood cap, the cap door flange is between the hinge and a hood door flange of the hood to retain the pin in cooperation with the hinge and the aperture of the hood cap.

4. The snowmobile of claim 1 , wherein the door is a first door defining a first opening configured to accommodate a first display of a first size.

5. The snowmobile of claim 4 , further comprising a second door defining a second opening configured to accommodate a second display of a second size;
wherein to provide the snowmobile with the first display the first door is removably coupled to the hood cap; and
wherein to provide the snowmobile with the second display the second door is removably coupled to the hood cap.

6. The snowmobile of claim 1 , further comprising:
an inner stop tab extending from an inner curved surface of the hood;
an outer stop tab extending from an outer curved surface of the door;
wherein as the door rotates from a closed position to an open position the outer stop tab moves into contact with the inner stop tab to prevent over rotation of the door.

7. The snowmobile of claim 6 , wherein the inner curved surface and the outer curved surface cover a wire harness extending from a display mounted to the door when the door is in the open position and in the closed position.

8. The snowmobile of claim 1 , further comprising a storage insert removably seated within the storage compartment.

9. The snowmobile of claim 1 , wherein the hood cap includes a cap flange that overlaps and abuts a hood flange of the hood to provide a seal between the hood cap and the hood.

10. The snowmobile of claim 1 , further comprising a USB port mounted on an inner side of the door.

11. A snowmobile comprising:
a hood;
a hood cap connected to the hood;
a door;
a storage compartment defined by the hood, the hood cap, and the door;
an inner stop tab extending from an inner curved surface of the hood; and
an outer stop tab extending from an outer curved surface of the door;
wherein as the door rotates from a closed position to an open position the outer stop tab moves into contact with the inner stop tab to prevent over rotation of the door.

12. A snowmobile comprising:
a hood;
a hood cap connected to the hood;
a door; and
a storage compartment defined by the hood, the hood cap, and the door;
wherein the hood cap includes a cap flange that overlaps and abuts a hood flange of the hood to provide a seal between the hood cap and the hood.

Assignees

• Polaris Inc

Inventors

• Edwards Benjamin T
• Hedlund Michael A
• Bachleitner Ronald W
• Fisher Cameron D
• Rogala James E

Classifications

• B62D25/24

  Superstructure sub-units with access {or drainage} openings having movable or removable closures; {Sealing means therefor}(inlet covers for vehicle fuel tanks B60K15/05) · CPC title

• B62D57/024 Primary

  specially adapted for moving on inclined or vertical surfaces (endless-track vehicles for ascending or descending stairs B62D55/075; hand-carts with provision for travelling up or down stairs B62B5/02) · CPC title

• B62D25/10

  Bonnets or lids {, e.g. for trucks, tractors, busses, work vehicles (for truck beds B60J7/1607; for boats B63B19/12; doors arranged at the vehicle rear B60J5/10; inlet covers for vehicle fuel tanks B60K15/05; for protecting non-occupants of a vehicle B60R21/38)} · CPC title

• H01Q1/1214

  through a wall · CPC title

• B62D27/04

  resilient · CPC title