US 12,151,553 B2
Utility vehicle
Toshifumi Yasuda, Sakai (JP); Yuki Monde, Sakai (JP); Hiroyuki Suzuki, Sakai (JP); and Akihiro Takami, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to Kubota Corporation, Osaka (JP)
Filed by Kubota Corporation, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/627,684.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-067250 (JP), filed on Apr. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0343112 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 17/16 (2006.01); B62D 3/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 17/16 (2013.01) [B62D 3/02 (2013.01); B62D 21/02 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A utility vehicle comprising:
a body comprising a vehicle frame;
wheels;
a differential mechanism held by the vehicle frame;
an input shaft projecting in a front-rear direction of the body from a first end portion of the differential mechanism in the front-rear direction; and
wheel drive shafts extending laterally outward of the body from respective lateral sides of the differential mechanism, the wheel drive shafts configured to transmit a motive power from the input shaft to the wheels, and
wherein:
the differential mechanism comprises:
a cylindrical portion fitted around the input shaft and projecting from the first end portion; and
a connection portion projecting in the front-rear direction from a second end portion of the differential mechanism in the front-rear direction,
the vehicle frame comprises:
a first holder for allowing the vehicle frame to hold the cylindrical portion, and
a second holder for allowing the vehicle frame to hold the connection portion,
the first holder has a through hole receiving the cylindrical portion, the first holder configured to lock the cylindrical portion by the through hole such that the vehicle frame holds the cylindrical portion, and
the second holder comprising a first attachment piece and a second attachment piece arranged in a width direction of the body, the second holder configured to, with the connection portion between the first attachment piece and the second attachment piece, connect the connection portion to the first attachment piece and the second attachment piece by a connection bolt extending in the width direction through the first attachment piece, the connection portion, and the second attachment piece such that the vehicle frame holds the connection portion.