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Utility vehicle with a self-contained driver compartment

US4235470A · kind A · utility

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24Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 3, 1978
Grant dateNov 25, 1980
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Expiry dateJul 3, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62D33/0604
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A utility vehicle with a self-contained driver compartment and with spring and damping elements by which the driver compartment is elastically supported on the rest of the vehicle mass. Located centrally between the driver compartment and the rest of the vehicle there is provided a guide arrangement which guides the driver compartment in all its motions relative to the rest of the vehicle and which consists of a vertical guide as well as two rotating guides coupled with it, their pivot axes being in the vehicle's longitudinal direction and transverse to it.

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