UTILITY VEHICLE

• US 20190329633A1
• Filed: 04/30/2018
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kawasaki Motors
• Original Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: HISAMURA, Takashi, KINOSHITA, Masato, SPITSNOGLE, Dexter
• Granted Patent: US 10,525,799 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/0413 Inner panel, e.g. characterised by carrying components
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/0415 Outer panel
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/0463 Conceptual assembling of door, i.e. how door frame parts should be fitted together to form door
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 5/0487 simplified doors related to cabins of, e.g. golf carts, tractors, jeeps, cranes, forklifts, etc.
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0217 for loud-speakers
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0021 Doors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0043 for integrated articles, i.e. not substantially protruding from the surrounding parts

Abstract

A utility vehicle includes a door. The door includes an inner door panel disposed close to a cabin, and an outer door panel attached to an outer end of the inner door panel. The outer door panel is attached to an outer end of an upper portion of the inner door panel to expose a lower portion of the inner door panel when viewed from outside the vehicle.

Claims

1. A utility vehicle comprising a door, wherein

the door includes

an inner door panel disposed close to a cabin, and

an outer door panel attached to an outer end of the inner door panel, and

the outer door panel is attached to an outer end of an upper portion of the inner door panel to expose a lower portion of the inner door panel when viewed from outside the vehicle.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

the door includes a door frame, and

the door frame is accommodated in a space between the inner door panel and the outer door panel.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the door frame extends slantedly upward toward a rear side of the vehicle such that a vehicle rear end of the door frame is positioned laterally to a shoulder of a crew on a seat.

4. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 wherein a part of the door frame passes through a slit or a through hole provided at the inner door panel to be positioned closer to the cabin than the lower portion of the inner door panel.

5. The utility vehicle according to claim 1 wherein the inner door panel and the outer door panel are different in color.

6. The utility vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the door frame includes a speaker bracket configured to mount a speaker.