Utility vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9446796-B2
Application number	US-201414585792-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2014
Priority date	Dec 30, 2014
Publication date	Sep 20, 2016
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016

Abstract

A utility vehicle including: a chassis; an engine provided on the chassis; an engine room accommodating the engine; a storage box provided next to the engine room and accommodating an air cleaner or a battery; a partition member dividing the engine room and the storage box; and a rivet configured to detachably attach at least part of the partition member to the chassis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A utility vehicle comprising:
a chassis;
an engine provided on the chassis;
an engine room accommodating the engine;
a storage box provided next to the engine room and accommodating equipment of the engine;
a partition member dividing the engine room and the storage box;
an attachment portion configured to detachably attach at least part of the partition member to the chassis; and
a bracket attached to the chassis, wherein the partition member and a fuel pipe of the engine are attached to the bracket.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the equipment includes an intake port of an air intake duct of an air cleaner.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the engine has an engine accessory that requires check or maintenance, and
the attachment portion is located at a position corresponding to the engine accessory.

4. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the partition member is made of elastic member.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Nozaki Takuma
• Ohshita Yuji
• Tanaka Shinichi
• Takagi Jun

Classifications

• F02M35/048

  Arranging or mounting on or with respect to engines or vehicle bodies · CPC title

• F02M37/007

  characterised by its use in vehicles, in stationary plants or in small engines, e.g. hand held tools · CPC title

• B60K13/02

  concerning intake · CPC title

• B60K5/00

  Arrangement or mounting of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units (B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00) · CPC title

• F02M35/162

  Motorcycles; All-terrain vehicles, e.g. quads, snowmobiles; Small vehicles, e.g. forklifts · CPC title