Four-wheeled vehicle

US8960348B2 · US · B2

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FieldValue
Publication numberUS-8960348-B2
Application numberUS-201314012591-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 28, 2013
Priority dateSep 27, 2012
Publication dateFeb 24, 2015
Grant dateFeb 24, 2015

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Abstract

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A four-wheeled vehicle is provided which increases and secures the volume of an air cleaner while avoiding increase in the number of components and reducing the influence of the air cleaner on other components. The vehicle is equipped with a driver seat and a passenger seat arranged on a vehicle body frame side by side in the vehicle width direction, and is equipped with an engine disposed on the vehicle body frame substantially at the center in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. An air cleaner, constituting a part of an intake device of the engine and formed in an elongated shape in the vehicle width direction, is disposed between the driver seat and the passenger seat.

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We claim: 1. A four-wheeled vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body frame, a driver seat and a passenger seat disposed side by side on said vehicle body frame in a vehicle width direction, an internal combustion engine disposed on said vehicle body frame substantially at a center of said vehicle in a front-rear direction, an air intake device for said internal combustion engine, said air intake device including an air cleaner, and a second passenger seat provided between said…

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  • Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • B60K13/02Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

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What does patent US8960348B2 cover?
A four-wheeled vehicle is provided which increases and secures the volume of an air cleaner while avoiding increase in the number of components and reducing the influence of the air cleaner on other components. The vehicle is equipped with a driver seat and a passenger seat arranged on a vehicle body frame side by side in the vehicle width direction, and is equipped with an engine disposed on t…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Honda Motor Co Ltd, Honda Motor Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60K13/02. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Feb 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).