Off-highway recreational vehicle

US10723397B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Arctic Cat Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jared Spindler
• Mark Esala
• Derek Sorenson · Thief River Falls, US
• Peter Schoenecker · Thief River Falls, US
• Brian Eck · Bemidji, US
• Andrew Hulstein · Thief River Falls, US
• Scott Mazour · Thief River Falls, US
• John Seal · Ardmore, US
• Craig Kennedy · Ham Lake, US
• Ryan Hughes · Thief River Falls, US
• Adam Eric Kuiken · Windom, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 2018
• Grant date: Jul 28, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 18, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49622
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle configuration wherein the center of mass of the vehicle is approximately superimposed upon the passenger and driver centers of mass when seated within the vehicle. An occupant's center of mass can be approximated using a standard center of mass position approximation, or a combination of any number of standard center of mass position approximations. The vehicle's center of mass can be approximately superimposed upon the occupant's center of mass in at least the longitudinal and vertical directions.