US 12,084,145 B2
Off-road vehicle
Derek Sorenson, Thief River Falls, MN (US); Brent Gilge, Bemidji, MN (US); Chuck Simenson, Thief River Falls, MN (US); Christopher J. Evans, Warren, MN (US); and Todd Ethan MacDonald, Montague, CA (US)
Assigned to Arctic Cat Inc., Thief River Falls, MN (US)
Filed by Arctic Cat Inc., Thief River Falls, MN (US)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,767.
Application 17/745,767 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/529,725, filed on Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/115,526, filed on Nov. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0348283 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B62K 5/01 (2013.01); B62K 5/007 (2013.01)
CPC B62K 5/007 (2013.01) [B62K 5/01 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An off-road vehicle comprising:
a frame;
a plurality of front ground engaging members;
an engine; and
a steering assembly, the steering assembly comprising a steering post mechanically coupled to a plurality of front ground engaging members, each of the front ground engaging members coupled to the frame via a steering control arm,
wherein the steering control arm comprises a parallel portion and an angled portion, the parallel portion is connected to the frame and the angled portion is connected to a ground engaging member assembly;
wherein the parallel portion is substantially parallel to a ground plane and the angled portion is angled relative to the ground plane,
wherein the parallel portion extends a lateral distance that is greater than a lateral width of the frame.