US 12,139,007 B2
Utility vehicle
Atsushi Tajima, Akashi (JP); and Yoshihiko Inagaki, Hyogo (JP)
Assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Hyogo (JP)
Filed by KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Hyogo (JP)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/201,316.
Application 18/201,316 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/232,834, filed on Apr. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,698,048.
Prior Publication US 2024/0092163 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 13/02 (2006.01); F02M 35/10 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); F16H 57/027 (2012.01)
CPC B60K 13/02 (2013.01) [F02M 35/10144 (2013.01); F16H 57/0416 (2013.01); F16H 57/027 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A utility vehicle comprising:
a body;
a frame supporting the body;
an on-board device mounted on the frame and to which outside air is supplied;
a chamber body having an intake space defined therein, the chamber body being separable in a first direction into a first member on a first side of the chamber body in the first direction and opened to a second side opposite to the first side, and a second member detachably attached to the first member from the second side and opened to the first side, a first one of the first member and the second member having an engaging claw for connecting the first member and the second member, and a second one of the first member and the second member having an engaging portion to be engaged with the engaging claw; and
a connecting pipe connecting the chamber body and the on-board device,
wherein the first member includes a first frame-shaped outer wall portion defining a region on the first side in the intake space, a first tip surface that isforming an end surface at the second side of the first frame-shaped outer wall portion, and a tip protrusion protruding from the first tip surface te-toward the second side,
wherein the second member includes a second frame-shaped outer wall portion defining a region on the second side in the intake space, a second tip surface forming an end surface at the first side of the second frame-shaped outer wall portion, and a tip recess recessed from the second tip surface toward the second side and fittable to the tip protrusion,
wherein the engaging claw has a claw portion extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and towards an interior of the chamber body, and the engaging portion has a recess also extending in the second direction, and
wherein the claw portion of the engaging claw is fitted into the recess of the engaging portion in a direction towards the interior of the chamber body when the engaging claw detachably engages the engaging portion.