US 12,351,248 B2
All-terrain utility vehicle and methods thereof
Varada Prashant Rao, Bengaluru (IN); Shankar Venugopal, Mahindra World (IN); Sayantan Mukherjee, Haltu Kathgola (IN); Ram Mohan Sitaraman, Mahindra World (IN); Siddhartha Raj, Mahindra World (IN); Snigdharani Epari, Mahindra World (IN); Deepak Saini, Mahindra World (IN); Abhishansha Gautam, Mahindra World (IN); Harsh Patel, Mahindra World (IN); and Srinivas Kannan, Mahindra World (IN)
Assigned to MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LIMITED, Mahindra World (IN)
Appl. No. 18/009,551
Filed by MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA LIMITED, Mahindra World (IN)
PCT Filed Jun. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IN2021/050555
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/250696, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202041024382 (IN), filed on Jun. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0043073 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 49/06 (2006.01); B62D 7/15 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 49/0678 (2013.01) [B62D 7/1509 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An all-terrain utility vehicle comprising:
a plurality of vertical axle assemblies, each including a stationary lower vertical axle and a movable upper vertical axle;
a height adjusting system that includes a plurality of linear actuators, each including a final linearly movable member coupled to corresponding said movable upper vertical axle;
a master controller unit coupled to each of said linear actuator of said height adjusting system; and
a wheel track and wheelbase adjusting system, including:
a plurality of pivot assemblies, each being positioned on a chassis of said all-terrain utility vehicle;
a plurality of swing arms, wherein one end of each of said swing arm is pivotably connected to said chassis through corresponding said pivot assembly and another end of each of said swing arm is connected to corresponding said movable upper vertical axle;
a plurality of swing arm position defining members, each being coupled to said chassis; and
a plurality of locking members, each securing a corresponding one of the plurality of swing arms to a corresponding one of the plurality of swing arm position defining members, wherein:
said final linearly movable member of each of said linear actuator moves corresponding said movable upper vertical axle with respect to said stationary lower vertical axle in a telescopic manner thereby raising or lowering said chassis with respect to a ground surface to change a height of said chassis with respect to said ground surface when said linear actuators receives instruction(s) from said master controller unit; and
each of said linear actuator is one of:
an electric linear actuator,
an electro-magnetic linear actuator,
a pneumatic linear actuator, and
a hydraulic linear actuator.