Utility vehicle

• US 9,352,496 B2
• Filed: 12/24/2013
• Issued: 05/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kawasaki Motors Ltd (Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Takahashi, Keiji, Tsumiyama, Yoshinori
• Primary Examiner(s): FRISBY, KEITH J
• Application Number:
  US14/140,004
• Publication Number:
  US 20150175113A1
• Time in Patent Office: 889 Days
• Field of Search: 296/24.43, 296/24.4, 296/183.2, 296/190.1, 296/190.08, 280/756, 280/748, 280/749, 298/17.R, 150/154, 150/166, 150/168, 160/DIG.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2035/0827 using UV radiation
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2037/0046 In-mould printing, in-mould transfer printing
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 35/08 by wave energy or particle radiation B29C64/00, B29C71/04 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 37/0032 the coating being applied upon the mould surface before introducing the moulding compound, e.g. applying a gelcoat B29C44/14 and B29C44/32 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 11/00038 Production of contact lenses
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 11/00903 on the surface
• CPC Class Codes: B60P 1/283 Elements of tipping devices
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/026 Rigid partitions inside vehicles, e.g. between passengers and load compartments B60R21/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/13 Roll-over protection electrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements B60R21/01
• 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

Abstract

A utility vehicle is equipped with a R.O.P.S. enclosing a passenger space, a cargo bed disposed behind the passenger space, and a screen disposed between the passenger space and the cargo bed. The screen is divided into an upper screen and a lower screen.

Claims

1. A utility vehicle comprising:

a roll-over protective structure enclosing a passenger space;

a cargo bed behind said passenger space, said cargo bed having side walls; and

a screen between said passenger space and said cargo bed, said screen being divided into a lower screen attached to said cargo bed and an upper screen attached to said roll-over protective structure;

wherein said cargo bed is rotatably supported on a pivot shaft of a chassis of the utility vehicle so as to be movable up and down between a normal position, in which said cargo bed is in a non-raised state, and a dump position, in which said cargo bed is in a raised state; and

wherein said lower screen includes;

a lower frame portion including an intermediate connection member connecting a left side and a right side of said lower frame portion at a substantially upper location thereof with respect to a vertical direction; and

a lower screen body portion mounted within said lower frame portion, said lower screen body portion being made of a resin material and having a lower screen portion extending upwardly from said side walls of said cargo bed, said lower screen portion having openings penetrating in a front-rear direction at a substantially central location thereof with respect to the vertical direction, said intermediate connection member extending in a vehicle width direction within said openings.

2. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said upper screen comprises a plurality of metal pipes arranged to form a lattice shape.

3. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said openings of said lower screen portion are lower openings, said upper screen having upper openings at an inner portion of said upper screen excluding a peripheral portion of said upper screen, said upper openings being sized to allow passengers riding in said passenger space to have a rearward view from the vehicle.

4. The utility vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said upper screen is made of a transparent member.