Off-highway recreational device

US10933932B2 · 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: Oct 25, 2019
• Grant date: Mar 2, 2021
• Expiry date: Oct 25, 2039

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.