Off-highway recreational vehicle

US12270467B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Textron Inc. · US

Inventors

• Hunter Scott Davis · Chapel Hill, US
• Nathan Lundstrom · Augusta, US
• Logan Bastian · Augusta, US
• Stephen Deck · Augusta, US
• Judson Houston · Claxton, US
• Russell Conine · Augusta, US
• Deanna Mock · Claxton, US
• John Lawrence Stocks · Graniteville, US
• David Horne · Claxton, US
• Matthew Fields · Annandale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 15, 2022
• Grant date: Apr 8, 2025
• Expiry date: Sep 15, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H2061/0037
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An off-highway recreational vehicle includes side-by-side passenger and driver seats held within a chassis. The seats sit low in the chassis and are covered by a roll-over protection system (ROPS). The vehicle is powered by an engine rearward of the seats that utilizes a continuously variable transmission (CVT) to provide power to the ground engaging members, wherein the CVT is cooled via air captured by a CVT intake body located adjacent the driver-side seat, between the frame and external panels of the utility vehicle.