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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2023
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Donny Lee Hammond, Jr., Augusta, GA (US);
Sam Dean Smith, Martinez, GA (US);
Trevor Douglas Roebuck, Evans, GA (US);
Landon Niles Ball, North Augusta, SC (US);
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
A lightweight vehicle includes a pair of rear wheel assemblies, one or more front wheel assemblies, a universal assembly platform, and forward facing seating. The universal assembly platform includes a main vehicle chassis, a front suspension system coupled to the main vehicle chassis and to which the one or more front wheel assemblies is mounted, and a rear suspension system coupled to the main vehicle chassis and to which the pair of rear wheel assemblies is mounted. A front distal end of the one or more front wheel assemblies is longitudinally forward of a front end of the main vehicle chassis. The forward facing seating is mounted to the main vehicle chassis such that a portion of a seat bottom of the forward facing seating is located longitudinally rearward of an axis extending through a center of the pair of rear wheel assemblies.