US 12,214,664 B2
Powertrain for a utility vehicle
Anthony J. Ripley, Ham Lake, MN (US); Andrew C. Schleif, Stacy, MN (US); and Alex R. Scheuerell, Wyoming, MN (US)
Assigned to Polaris Industries Inc., Medina, MN (US)
Filed by Polaris Industries Inc., Medina, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/147,937.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/961,442, filed on Jan. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0213822 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. B60K 5/12 (2006.01); B62D 21/10 (2006.01); B62D 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 5/1208 (2013.01) [B62D 21/10 (2013.01); B62D 21/183 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/20 (2013.01)] 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A utility vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of ground-engaging members;
a frame assembly supported on the plurality of ground-engaging members and extending along a longitudinal axis; and
a powertrain assembly supported by the frame assembly and comprising an engine and a transmission, the engine being mechanically coupled to and rearward of the transmission and longitudinally aligned with a portion of the transmission in a fore/aft direction of the utility vehicle, wherein:
an output of the engine is positioned to a first side of a vertical plane that is parallel to the longitudinal axis; and
an output of the transmission is positioned to a second side of the vertical plane; and
the transmission is a continuously variable transmission comprising a steel belt, the steel belt including a plurality of steel blocks with steel bands extending along both sides of the steel blocks, wherein a disconnect is positioned between the output of the transmission and the plurality of ground-engaging members, wherein the disconnect is configured to decouple the ground-engaging members from power at the output of the transmission, the disconnect including having a shaft, a seal, a first bearing, a second bearing, and a collar.