Vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9475413-B2
Application number	US-201514666646-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2015
Priority date	Mar 25, 2014
Publication date	Oct 25, 2016
Grant date	Oct 25, 2016

Abstract

A vehicle includes a pair of support portions that connect a frame portion and a roll-over protection cage to each other; a cross member that extends in a width direction of the vehicle and connects the pair of support portions to each other at positions higher than centers of the pair of support portions in an up-down direction of the vehicle; a first seat portion, a second seat portion, and a third seat portion in a front row; and a seat belt unit corresponding to the second seat portion. The seat belt unit includes a winding device located at a position lower than a shoulder anchor. The cross member is located between an upper end of the shoulder anchor and a lower end of the winding device in a front view of the vehicle, and supports the shoulder anchor and the winding device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle including a front row of seats and a rear row of seats arranged in a fore-aft direction of the vehicle, the vehicle comprising:
a pair of front wheels;
at least a pair of rear wheels;
a frame portion supporting the pair of front wheels and the pair of rear wheels;
a roll-over protection cage disposed above the front row of seats and the rear row of seats, and supported by the frame portion;
a pair of support portions extending in an up-down direction of the vehicle on a left side and a right side in a width direction of the vehicle, and connecting the frame portion and the roll-over protection cage to each other;
a cross member extending in the width direction of the vehicle between the front row of seats and the rear row of seats, and connecting the pair of support portions to each other;
a first seat portion, a second seat portion, and a third seat portion arranged in the width direction of the vehicle in the front row of seats and supported by the frame portion; and
a seat belt unit corresponding to the second seat portion; wherein
the second seat portion is located between the first seat portion and the third seat portion;
the seat belt unit includes a belt member, a winding device to wind the belt member, a shoulder anchor slidably supporting the belt member drawn out of the winding device, and a buckle portion located at an obliquely downward position from the shoulder anchor in a front view of the vehicle to fix the belt member;
the winding device is located at a position lower than the shoulder anchor;
the cross member connects the pair of support portions to each other at a position higher than centers of the pair of support portions in the up-down direction of the vehicle; and
the cross member is located between an upper end of the shoulder anchor and a lower end of the winding device in the front view of the vehicle, and supports the shoulder anchor and the winding device.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first support portion that is U-shaped or substantially U-shaped and includes two end portions connected to the cross member; and
a second support portion that is U-shaped or substantially U-shaped and includes two end portions connected to the cross member; wherein
the shoulder anchor is supported by the cross member via the first support portion; and
the winding device is supported by the cross member via the second support portion.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising a grab bar that includes a first end portion and a second end portion; wherein
the first end portion of the grab bar is attached to the cross member; and
the second end portion of the grab bar is attached to the second support portion.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a grab bar including a first end portion attached to the cross member.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising fasteners connecting each of the pair of support portions and the cross member to each other.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the second seat portion includes a headrest portion, and the cross member overlaps the headrest portion in the front view of the vehicle.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a steering wheel located in front of the first seat portion; wherein
the shoulder anchor and the winding device are disposed adjacent to the first seat portion in the width direction of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Yamaha Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hayashi Tomoyuki
• Sunahiro Kazuo
• Hidaka Fumihiro

Classifications

• B60R21/13

  Roll-over protection (electrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements B60R21/01) · CPC title

• B60R22/18 Primary

  Anchoring devices · CPC title

• B60N2/682

  Joining means · CPC title

• B60R22/34

  Belt retractors, e.g. reels (anchoring devices {, e.g. guide loops} , with means to tension the belt in an emergency B60R22/195) · CPC title

• B60N2/64

  Back-rests {or cushions (B60N2/2222 takes precedence)} · CPC title