Utility vehicle

• US 8,152,215 B1
• Filed: 12/27/2010
• Issued: 04/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kawasaki Motors
• Original Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Tsumiyama, Yoshinori, Kaku, Hidetoshi, Furman, Tyler, Maeda, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Lyjak, Lori
• Application Number:
  US12/979,234
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• Field of Search: 297/362.12, 297/354.1, 297/362.13, 297/452.18, 297/452.2, 297/463.1, 296/63
• US Class Current: 296/63
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/015 Attaching seats directly to vehicle chassis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/38 specially constructed for use on tractors or like off-road vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/68 Seat frames
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/682 Joining means

Abstract

A utility vehicle comprises a vehicle body frame; a seat frame including a seat bottom support member and a seat backrest support member, at least the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member being formed by square pipes with rectangular cross-sections; a seat bottom fastened to the seat bottom support member; and a seat backrest fastened to the seat backrest support member; wherein the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member of the seat frame are integral with each other to have a bent portion; and the seat bottom support member of the seat frame is fastened to the vehicle body frame.

Claims

1. A utility vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body frame;

a seat frame including a seat bottom support member and a seat backrest support member, at least the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member being formed by square pipes with rectangular cross-sections;

a seat bottom fastened to the seat bottom support member; and

a seat backrest fastened to the seat backrest support member;

wherein the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member of the seat frame are integral with each other to have a bent portion;

the seat bottom support member of the seat frame is fastened to the vehicle body frame;

the seat backrest has a convex portion and a recess on a back surface thereof; and

the seat backrest support member is fastened to the seat backrest in contact with a back surface of the seat backrest and is disposed forward relative to a rear surface of the convex portion.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the seat bottom support member of the seat frame is fastened to the vehicle body frame in such a manner that the seat bottom support member is in surface contact with the vehicle body frame.

5. The utility vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein the seat frame having the bent portion has a configuration in which a square pipe of a straight-line shape is bent at a portion of the square pipe which is provided with a portion formed by cutting, in a direction toward the portion formed by cutting, and the portion formed by cutting is welded.

6. The utility vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein at the bent portion or in a vicinity of the bent portion of the seat frame, a seat belt accommodating portion is fastened to the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member.

9. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, comprising:

a plurality of seats arranged at least either front and rear sides or at right and left sides;

the seats being provided separately; and

each of the plurality of seats includes the seat frame, the seat bottom and the seat backrest.

3. A utility vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body frame;

a seat frame including a seat bottom support member and a seat backrest support member, at least the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member being formed by square pipes with rectangular cross-sections;

a seat bottom fastened to the seat bottom support member; and

a seat backrest fastened to the seat backrest support member;

wherein the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member of the seat frame are integral with each other to have a bent portion;

the seat bottom support member of the seat frame is fastened to the vehicle body frame; and

each of the seat bottom and the seat backrest has an opposite surface opposite to the seat frame in a rightward and leftward direction.

4. A utility vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body frame;

a seat frame including a seat bottom support member and a seat backrest support member, at least the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member being formed by square pipes with rectangular cross-sections;

a seat bottom fastened to the seat bottom support member; and

a seat backrest fastened to the seat backrest support member;

wherein the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member of the seat frame are integral with each other to have a bent portion;

the seat bottom support member of the seat frame is fastened to the vehicle body frame; and

the seat bottom is provided with a rubber-made damper on a portion of a lower surface of the seat bottom which is opposite to an upper surface of the seat bottom support member.

7. A utility vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body frame;

a seat frame including a seat bottom support member and a seat backrest support member, at least the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member being formed by square pipes with rectangular cross-sections;

a seat bottom fastened to the seat bottom support member; and

a seat backrest fastened to the seat backrest support member;

wherein the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member of the seat frame are integral with each other to have a bent portion;

the seat bottom support member of the seat frame is fastened to the vehicle body frame;

the seat frame includes a first fastening portion;

the vehicle body frame includes a second fastening portion opposite to the first fastening portion;

one of the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion has a plurality of first mounting holes arranged in a forward and rearward direction;

the other of the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion has a second mounting hole corresponding to one of the plurality of first mounting holes; and

the first fastening portion is fastened to the second fastening portion by a fastener member inserted into one of the plurality of first mounting holes and into the second mounting hole.

8. A utility vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body frame;

a seat frame including a seat bottom support member and a seat backrest support member, at least the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member being formed by square pipes with rectangular cross-sections;

a seat bottom fastened to the seat bottom support member; and

a seat backrest fastened to the seat backrest support member;

wherein the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member of the seat frame are integral with each other to have a bent portion;

the seat bottom support member of the seat frame is fastened to the vehicle body frame; and

the seat backrest has, on a front surface thereof, a swelling portion extending along a backbone of a passenger.