Utility vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9352496-B2
Application number	US-201314140004-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2013
Priority date	Dec 24, 2013
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

Abstract

A utility vehicle is equipped with a R.O.P.S. enclosing a passenger space, a cargo bed disposed behind the passenger space, and a screen disposed between the passenger space and the cargo bed. The screen is divided into an upper screen and a lower screen.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A utility vehicle comprising:
a roll-over protective structure enclosing a passenger space;
a cargo bed behind said passenger space, said cargo bed having side walls; and
a screen between said passenger space and said cargo bed, said screen being divided into a lower screen attached to said cargo bed and an upper screen attached to said roll-over protective structure;
wherein said cargo bed is rotatably supported on a pivot shaft of a chassis of the utility vehicle so as to be movable up and down between a normal position, in which said cargo bed is in a non-raised state, and a dump position, in which said cargo bed is in a raised state; and
wherein said lower screen includes:
a lower frame portion including an intermediate connection member connecting a left side and a right side of said lower frame portion at a substantially upper location thereof with respect to a vertical direction; and
a lower screen body portion mounted within said lower frame portion, said lower screen body portion being made of a resin material and having a lower screen portion extending upwardly from said side walls of said cargo bed, said lower screen portion having openings penetrating in a front-rear direction at a substantially central location thereof with respect to the vertical direction, said intermediate connection member extending in a vehicle width direction within said openings.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said upper screen comprises a plurality of metal pipes arranged to form a lattice shape.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said openings of said lower screen portion are lower openings, said upper screen having upper openings at an inner portion of said upper screen excluding a peripheral portion of said upper screen, said upper openings being sized to allow passengers riding in said passenger space to have a rearward view from the vehicle.

4. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein said upper screen is made of a transparent member.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Takahashi Keiji
• Tsumiyama Yoshinori

Classifications

• B29D11/00038

  Production of contact lenses · CPC title

• B29C37/0032

  the coating being applied upon the mould surface before introducing the moulding compound, e.g. applying a gelcoat (B29C44/14 and B29C44/32 take precedence) · CPC title

• B29D11/00903

  on the surface · CPC title

• B29C35/08 Primary

  by wave energy or particle radiation {(B29C64/00, B29C71/04 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B29C2035/0827

  using UV radiation · CPC title