US2018170218A1PendingUtilityA1

Vehicle

Assignee: YAMAHA MOTOR CO LTDPriority: Dec 15, 2016Filed: Dec 11, 2017Published: Jun 21, 2018
Est. expiryDec 15, 2036(~10.3 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Dane Nowland
B60N 2/688B60N 2/065B60N 2/305B60N 2/01B62D 33/02B62D 21/02B60N 2/48B62D 21/12B60N 2/3022B62D 27/06B60N 2/80
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Abstract

The vehicle with right and left front seats, a cargo bed located behind the right and left front seats, a guide rail located on the cargo bed, and a rear seat with a seat frame connected to the guide rail and slidable in the front-rear direction along the guide rail. This structure enables the cargo bed to have a sufficient capacity while preventing the vehicle body from increasing in size, and secures freedom in the shape of the rear seat.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A vehicle comprising:
 right and left front wheels;   right and left rear wheels;   a body frame;   right and left front seats mounted on the body frame;   a cargo bed located rearward of the right and left front seats;   a guide rail disposed on the cargo bed; and   a rear seat including a seat frame that is attached on the guide rail and is slidable in a front-rear direction along the guide rail.   
     
     
         2 . The vehicle according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the rear seat includes a seat bottom located in a bottom of the rear seat and a seat back located on a rear side of the seat bottom, and   at least the seat back is fixed to the seat frame and slidable in the front-rear direction.   
     
     
         3 . The vehicle according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the seat bottom is independently movable with respect to the seat back.   
     
     
         4 . The vehicle according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the seat bottom is movable to a laid position at which the seat, bottom allows a rider to sit thereon and is further movable to a standing position at which the seat bottom does not allow the rider to sit thereon.   
     
     
         5 . The vehicle according to  claim 4 , wherein
 when the seat bottom is at the standing position, a seat surface of the seat bottom faces forward.   
     
     
         6 . The vehicle according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the rear seat includes a seat bottom located in a bottom of the rear seat and a seat back located on a rear side of the seat bottom,   the seat bottom is located in a space defined forward of the cargo bed in a state where the rear seat does not allow a rider to sit thereon.   
     
     
         7 . The vehicle according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the seat bottom is movable around a pivot shaft to a laid position and to a standing position.   
     
     
         8 . The vehicle according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the pivot shaft is located at a front end of the cargo bed.   
     
     
         9 . The vehicle according to  claim 3 , wherein
 when the seat bottom is in a laid position at which the seat bottom allows a rider to sit thereon, the seat bottom is located on the guide rail.   
     
     
         10 . The vehicle according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the seat back Includes a back rest portion which is a lower portion of the seat back for supporting a rider's back, and includes a head rest portion which is an upper portion of the seat back for supporting the rider's head, and   both of the head rest portion and the back rest portion are integrally movable in the front-rear direction along the guide rail.   
     
     
         11 . The vehicle according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the rear seat is movable to a first state, in which the rear seat allows a rider to sit thereon, and the rear seat is movable to a second state, in which the rear seat does not allow the rider to sit thereon, and   when an area in which the seat bottom is located, when the rear seat is in the first state, is defined as a seat bottom area, at least a part of the seat back may be located in a front part of the seat bottom area in a state where the rear seat is in the second state.   
     
     
         12 . The vehicle according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the rear seat includes a seat bottom located in a bottom of the rear seat and a seat back located on a rear side of the seat bottom, and   a cross portion is located behind the seat back.   
     
     
         13 . The vehicle according to  claim 13 , wherein
 the rear seat is provided with a seat belt mechanism including a belt, and   a guide anchor that guides the belt is attached to the cross portion.   
     
     
         14 . The vehicle according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the rear seat is provided with a seat belt mechanism including a belt and a joint provided to the belt, and the rear seat is further provided with a buckle for the joint to be connected, and   the cargo bed has an accommodating portion that accommodates the buckle.   
     
     
         15 . The vehicle according to  claim 14 , wherein
 the accommodating portion is concave, and   the cargo bed includes a lid for closing the accommodating portion.   
     
     
         16 . The vehicle according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the cargo bed includes a cargo bed floor that has a convex portion and a concave portion, each extending in the front-rear direction, and   the guide rail fits into the concave portion or the convex portion.   
     
     
         17 . The vehicle according to clam  16 , wherein
 the concave portion and the convex portion extend rearward beyond the guide rail.   
     
     
         18 . The vehicle according to  claim 1 , further comprising a roll cage covering the front and the rear seat, wherein
 the roll cage includes a portion located further rearward than the rear seat.   
     
     
         19 . The vehicle according to  claim 18 , wherein
 the cargo bed includes a portion located further rearward than the portion of the roll cage.

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