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Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2016
Applicant:

Kubota Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;

Inventors:

Masatoshi Sakai, Sakai, JP;

Hiroki Bessho, Sakai, JP;

Kazuyuki Tashiro, Sakai, JP;

Assignee:

Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/52 (2007.10); B60L 11/12 (2006.01); B60W 20/40 (2016.01); B60L 11/14 (2006.01); B60K 6/485 (2007.10); B60W 20/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/52 (2013.01); B60L 11/123 (2013.01); B60L 11/14 (2013.01); B60W 20/40 (2013.01); B60K 6/485 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 2300/18 (2013.01); B60W 2540/06 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/16 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6226 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6265 (2013.01); Y10S 903/916 (2013.01);
Abstract

A utility vehicle includes: a travel unit having a left-right pair of front travel apparatuses and a left-right pair of rear travel apparatuses; an engine capable of driving first travel apparatuses being one of the pair of front travel apparatuses and the pair of rear travel apparatuses; a motor capable of driving second travel apparatuses being the other of the pair of front travel apparatuses and the pair of rear travel apparatuses; and a control apparatus capable of switching between an engine two-wheel drive mode in which only the engine is driven, a motor two-wheel drive mode in which only the motor is driven, and a hybrid four-wheel drive mode in which the engine and the motor are both driven.


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