Utility vehicle with cargo bed

• US 10,112,659 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2016
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kawasaki Motors Ltd (Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Tsumiyama, Yoshinori, Yamamoto, Teruaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Gooden, Jr., Barry
• Application Number:
  US15/393,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20180186413A1
• Time in Patent Office: 670 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 8/00 Arrangement or mounting of propulsion units not provided for in one of the preceding main groups
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/28 Tipping body constructions
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/283 Elements of tipping devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/13 Roll-over protection electrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements B60R21/01
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2200/124 Buggies, Quads
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 33/02 Platforms; Open load compartments flat wagons including posts or standards B61D3/08
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 33/0625 open
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 39/00 Vehicle bodies not otherwise provided for , e.g. safety vehicles safety equipment B60R21/00

Abstract

A utility vehicle includes a chassis; and a cargo bed disposed behind a riding space. The cargo bed is located above the chassis and has a bottom wall portion on which a cargo is placed. The bottom wall portion extends so as to be inclined downward toward a rear side.

Claims

1. A utility vehicle comprising:

a chassis; and

a cargo bed disposed behind a riding space,

the cargo bed being located above the chassis and having a bottom wall portion on which a cargo is placed, and

an entirety of the bottom wall portion extending so as to be inclined downward toward a rear side in a normal position of the cargo bed where the cargo bed is located on the chassis and the utility vehicle is supported on a horizontal surface.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a pair of left and right side covers that cover left and right side portions of the cargo bed from outer sides thereof in a vehicle width direction, respectively,

the side covers extending substantially horizontally in an anteroposterior direction when viewed from a side face of the utility vehicle and the side covers extending so as to be inclined upward toward a rear side with respect to an extending direction of the bottom wall portion in the normal position of the cargo bed.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the cargo bed has, at a rear end thereof, a rear wall portion;

and

a gap is present between the bottom wall portion and the rear wall portion.

4. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a power unit is installed on the chassis so as to be located below the cargo bed.

5. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein an engine is disposed under the cargo bed.

6. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a transmission is disposed under the cargo bed.

7. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein an engine and a transmission are disposed under the cargo bed.