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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2011
Applicants:
Naoki Kuwabara, Wako, JP;
Bunzo Seki, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Naoki Kuwabara, Wako, JP;
Bunzo Seki, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 3/14 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01); B62K 5/01 (2013.01); B60K 17/30 (2006.01); B62K 5/00 (2013.01); B60K 5/02 (2006.01); B60K 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 3/14 (2013.01); B60G 7/008 (2013.01); B60G 2200/142 (2013.01); B60G 2200/44 (2013.01); B60G 2204/148 (2013.01); B60G 2300/124 (2013.01); B62K 5/01 (2013.01); B62K 2005/001 (2013.01); B60K 5/02 (2013.01); B60K 17/22 (2013.01); B60K 17/303 (2013.01);
Abstract
An all-terrain vehicle () includes a vehicle body frame (), a drive shaft () in the form of a constant velocity ball joint, and a lower arm () extending laterally of the vehicle. The drive shaft extends substantially parallel with the lower arm and includes an intermediate shaft () and a bearing portion () mounted to a vehicle-body-side end of the intermediate shaft. The bearing portion () is disposed to be positioned substantially on a vertical line passing over a vehicle-body-side connection portion () of the lower arm.