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All-terrain vehicle

US8967318B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

11References

1Claims

0Family size

Assignee

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. · JP

Inventors

Naoki Kuwabara · Saitama, JP
Bunzo Seki · Saitama, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 16, 2011
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 16, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62K2005/001
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An all-terrain vehicle (10) includes a vehicle body frame (11), a drive shaft (23) in the form of a constant velocity ball joint, and a lower arm (33) extending laterally of the vehicle. The drive shaft extends substantially parallel with the lower arm and includes an intermediate shaft (101) and a bearing portion (102) mounted to a vehicle-body-side end of the intermediate shaft. The bearing portion (102) is disposed to be positioned substantially on a vertical line passing over a vehicle-body-side connection portion (33a) of the lower arm.

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