Working vehicle
US8746394B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 15, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 7, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60Y2200/141
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A continuously variable transmission as a speed change unit is inclined such that an upper portion of the transmission is displaced more than a lower portion of the transmission toward one side in a lateral direction of a vehicle body. Thereby, a space on the other side of the upper portion of the transmission in a vehicle body frame is enlarged, and a muffler is arranged in the space. The vehicle body frame may an inverted trapezoid shape, when viewed in a longitudinal direction, with an imaginary line connecting upper ends of left and right vertical frames as an upper base and an imaginary line connecting lower ends of the vertical frames as a lower base. Inside the trapezoid, a longitudinally oriented long muffler is arranged in a vicinity of one of the upper left and right corners of the trapezoid.
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