Vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018170218-A1
Application number	US-201715836926-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 11, 2017
Priority date	Dec 15, 2016
Publication date	Jun 21, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

The vehicle with right and left front seats, a cargo bed located behind the right and left front seats, a guide rail located on the cargo bed, and a rear seat with a seat frame connected to the guide rail and slidable in the front-rear direction along the guide rail. This structure enables the cargo bed to have a sufficient capacity while preventing the vehicle body from increasing in size, and secures freedom in the shape of the rear seat.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle comprising:
right and left front wheels; right and left rear wheels; a body frame; right and left front seats mounted on the body frame; a cargo bed located rearward of the right and left front seats; a guide rail disposed on the cargo bed; and a rear seat including a seat frame that is attached on the guide rail and is slidable in a front-rear direction along the guide rail.

2 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the rear seat includes a seat bottom located in a bottom of the rear seat and a seat back located on a rear side of the seat bottom, and at least the seat back is fixed to the seat frame and slidable in the front-rear direction.

3 . The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
the seat bottom is independently movable with respect to the seat back.

4 . The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
the seat bottom is movable to a laid position at which the seat, bottom allows a rider to sit thereon and is further movable to a standing position at which the seat bottom does not allow the rider to sit thereon.

5 . The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein
when the seat bottom is at the standing position, a seat surface of the seat bottom faces forward.

6 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the rear seat includes a seat bottom located in a bottom of the rear seat and a seat back located on a rear side of the seat bottom, the seat bottom is located in a space defined forward of the cargo bed in a state where the rear seat does not allow a rider to sit thereon.

7 . The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
the seat bottom is movable around a pivot shaft to a laid position and to a standing position.

8 . The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein
the pivot shaft is located at a front end of the cargo bed.

9 . The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
when the seat bottom is in a laid position at which the seat bottom allows a rider to sit thereon, the seat bottom is located on the guide rail.

10 . The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
the seat back Includes a back rest portion which is a lower portion of the seat back for supporting a rider's back, and includes a head rest portion which is an upper portion of the seat back for supporting the rider's head, and both of the head rest portion and the back rest portion are integrally movable in the front-rear direction along the guide rail.

11 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the rear seat is movable to a first state, in which the rear seat allows a rider to sit thereon, and the rear seat is movable to a second state, in which the rear seat does not allow the rider to sit thereon, and when an area in which the seat bottom is located, when the rear seat is in the first state, is defined as a seat bottom area, at least a part of the seat back may be located in a front part of the seat bottom area in a state where the rear seat is in the second state.

12 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the rear seat includes a seat bottom located in a bottom of the rear seat and a seat back located on a rear side of the seat bottom, and a cross portion is located behind the seat back.

13 . The vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein
the rear seat is provided with a seat belt mechanism including a belt, and a guide anchor that guides the belt is attached to the cross portion.

14 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the rear seat is provided with a seat belt mechanism including a belt and a joint provided to the belt, and the rear seat is further provided with a buckle for the joint to be connected, and the cargo bed has an accommodating portion that accommodates the buckle.

15 . The vehicle according to claim 14 , wherein
the accommodating portion is concave, and the cargo bed includes a lid for closing the accommodating portion.

16 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the cargo bed includes a cargo bed floor that has a convex portion and a concave portion, each extending in the front-rear direction, and the guide rail fits into the concave portion or the convex portion.

17 . The vehicle according to clam 16 , wherein
the concave portion and the convex portion extend rearward beyond the guide rail.

18 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a roll cage covering the front and the rear seat, wherein
the roll cage includes a portion located further rearward than the rear seat.

19 . The vehicle according to claim 18 , wherein
the cargo bed includes a portion located further rearward than the portion of the roll cage.

Assignees

• Yamaha Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nowland Dane

Classifications

• B60N2/688

  Particular seat belt attachment and guiding · CPC title

• B60N2/065

  Rear seats · CPC title

• B60N2/305 Primary

  the cushion being hinged on the vehicle frame · CPC title

• B60N2/01

  Arrangement of seats relative to one another · CPC title

• B62D33/02

  Platforms; Open load compartments {(flat wagons including posts or standards B61D3/08)} · CPC title