Four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle having an accessory socket

• US 6,104,099 A
• Filed: 10/19/1998
• Issued: 08/15/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Takegami, Itsuo, Mizuta, Fumio
• Primary Examiner(s): Paladini, Albert W.
• Application Number:
  US09/174,559
• Time in Patent Office: 666 Days
• Field of Search: 307/9.1, 307/10.1, 307/150, 362/258, 296/19, 439/34, 414/426, 280/61.54, 180/233, 180/54.7
• US Class Current: 307/9.1
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5213 Covers
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/746 using a screw ring

Abstract

In a four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle, a handlebar bracket is attached to the upper end of a steering shaft, a handlebar has a central part fastened to the handlebar bracket with clamping members, a bracket is attached to the clamping member, and a handlebar cover is fixedly attached to the bracket so as to cover the central part of the handlebar from above. An accessory socket is disposed inside the handlebar cover and is held on the bracket. An accessory plug electrically connected to an external electric apparatus can be inserted inside the handlebar cover through a recess formed in a side wall of the handlebar cover and can be connected to the accessory socket. A battery is electrically connected to the accessory socket.

Claims

1. A power supply device, comprising:

a four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle including a steering shaft having an upper end;

a handlebar bracket attached to the upper end of the steering shaft;

a handlebar having a central part fastened to the handlebar bracket;

a handlebar cover fixedly disposed so as to cover the central part of the handlebar from above and having a side wall provided with a recess;

an accessory socket disposed inside the handlebar cover and capable of being connected to an accessory plug electrically connected to an external electric apparatus and inserted inside the handlebar cover through the recess of the handlebar cover; and

a battery electrically connected to the accessory socket.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein terminals connected to insulated wires connected to the accessory socket are connected to those of insulated wires connected to the battery in a space covered with the handlebar cover.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the insulated wires connected to the battery are extended along the steering shaft.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the handlebar is fastened to the handlebar bracket with clamping members, a bracket is fixed to the clamping member, and the accessory socket is fixedly inserted in a hole formed in the bracket.

5. The device according to claim 4, wherein the handlebar cover is detachably attached to the bracket.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein an open end of the accessory socket to be engaged with the accessory plug is covered with a detachable cap to seal the accessory socket.