All-terrain vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12428065-B2
Application number	US-202318456104-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2023
Priority date	Aug 25, 2022
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

An all-terrain vehicle includes a vehicle frame, seats, and a fuel tank. The vehicle frame defines a cockpit. The seats include a driver seat and a co-driver seat. The driver seat and the co-driver seat are arranged in the cockpit, the cockpit is provided with a driver foot space in front of the driver seat, and the cockpit is also provided with a co-driver foot space in front of the co-driver seat. The fuel tank is arranged in the cockpit, and is located between the driver foot space and the co-driver foot space.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An all-terrain vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle frame defining a cockpit;
a driver seat and a co-driver seat, the driver seat and the co-driver seat being arranged in the cockpit, the cockpit being provided with a driver foot space in front of the driver seat and a co-driver foot space in front of the co-driver seat; and
a fuel tank arranged in the cockpit, the fuel tank being located between the driver foot space and the co-driver foot space.

2. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a power battery, wherein the power battery is arranged on the vehicle frame, and is located behind the fuel tank.

3. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the power battery is arranged in the cockpit, and the power battery is located below at least one of the driver seat or the co-driver seat.

4. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein a front end of the power battery extends forward beyond a front end of the driver seat and a front end of the co-driver seat, and a gap is defined between the front end of the power battery and a rear end of the fuel tank.

5. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising an instrument, wherein the instrument is fixed to an upper part of vehicle frame, and is located above a rear part of the fuel tank.

6. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle frame comprises an underframe and a front bracket, the front bracket is arranged at a front part of the underframe and extends upwards, and a bottom part of the fuel tank is fixed on the underframe.

7. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the underframe comprises at least two bottom longitudinal beams, the at least two bottom longitudinal beams are arranged at intervals in a transverse direction and located at a middle part of the underframe in the transverse direction, and the bottom part of the fuel tank is fixed on the at least two bottom longitudinal beams.

8. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the underframe comprises a bottom plate fixed on the at least two bottom longitudinal beams.

9. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein a front end of the fuel tank is fixed on the front bracket.

10. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the front bracket comprises at least two vertical beams, the at least two vertical beams are arranged at intervals in a transverse direction and are located at the middle part of the front bracket in the transverse direction, and the front end of the fuel tank is fixed on the at least two vertical beams.

11. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the front bracket further comprises a cross beam coupling the at least two vertical beams, and an auxiliary bracket arranged on the cross beam.

12. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the front bracket comprises at least two auxiliary brackets, and the at least two auxiliary brackets abut on left and right sides of the fuel tank.

13. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a height of the fuel tank is greater than a width of the fuel tank.

14. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a steering wheel arranged at a front side of the driver seat and at a rear side of the driver foot space.

15. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising a driving motor and an engine, wherein the vehicle frame further defines a power cabin, the driving motor and the engine are arranged in the power cabin, the fuel tank is configured to supply fuel to the engine to drive the all-terrain vehicle, and the power battery is configured to power the driving motor to drive the all-terrain vehicle.

16. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 15 , wherein the power cabin is located behind the driver seat and the co-driver seat.

17. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 16 , wherein the driving motor and the engine is arranged in left and right sides of the power cabin.

18. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the vehicle frame comprises an underframe, a bottom part of the fuel tank is fixed on the underframe; and the underframe is provided with a first mounting hole, an edge of the power battery is provided with a second mounting hole, and a bolt is fixedly coupled to the first mounting hole after passing through the second mounting hole.

19. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 18 , wherein the first mounting hole is a screw hole, and the second mounting hole is a through hole.

20. The all-terrain vehicle according to claim 18 , wherein the underframe is provided with a mounting boss having the first mounting hole; and the edge of the power battery is provided with a mounting flange having the second mounting hole.

Assignees

• Segway Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Dong Zhen

Classifications

• B60K15/063 Primary

  Arrangement of tanks · CPC title

• B60K2001/0411

  Arrangement in the front part of the vehicle · CPC title

• B60K2015/0637

  the fuel tank is arranged in the front of the vehicle · CPC title

• B60K1/04

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

• B62D21/183 Primary

  specially adapted for sports vehicles, e.g. race, dune buggies, go-karts (tubular skeleton B62D23/005) · CPC title