Door for utility vehicle and utility vehicle employing same door

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9724984-B2
Application number	US-201514665516-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2015
Priority date	Mar 23, 2015
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

A door for utility vehicle including a door body part provided with a grip part used for opening and closing the door. The door body part is supported by a vehicle body frame in a manner of being capable of being set at a plurality of closed states each having a different gap between the door body part and the vehicle body frame.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A door for utility vehicle, wherein:
the door includes a door body part provided with a grip part used for opening and closing the door;
the door body part is supported by a vehicle body frame in a manner of being capable of being set at a plurality of closed states each having a different gap between the door body part and the vehicle body frame;
the door body part is provided with a latch part formed to be concaved forward from a rear face of the door body part;
the vehicle body frame is provided with an engagement part projecting forward from the vehicle body frame for engaging with the latch part;
the latch part includes a first latch part for realizing engagement with the engagement part at a first step of a partially closed state having a gap between the door body part and the vehicle body part, and a second latch part for realizing engagement with the engagement part at a second step of a completely closed state having no gap between the door body part and the vehicle body frame; and
the first latch part is provided on an inner side relative to the second latch part in the vehicle width direction.

2. A utility vehicle including the door according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Yamamoto Teruaki

Classifications

• B60J5/0463 Primary

  Conceptual assembling of door, i.e. how door frame parts should be fitted together to form door · CPC title

• B60J5/0487 Primary

  simplified doors related to cabins of, e.g. golf carts, tractors, jeeps, cranes, forklifts, etc. · CPC title

• E05B85/04

  Strikers · CPC title

• B60J5/04 Primary

  arranged at the vehicle sides {(panel mounted arm-rests B60N2/78; wall liners B60R13/02; door edge guards B60R13/043; padded linings associated with the side doors B60R21/0428)} · CPC title

• E05C17/46

  in which the wing or a member fixed thereon is engaged by a movable fastening member in a fixed position; in which a movable fastening member mounted on the wing engages a stationary member · CPC title