Four wheel vehicle

Details Four wheel vehicle Four wheel vehicle

1989-09-20

1993-10-12

Focarino, Margaret A.

Motor vehicles

Power

Radiators and condensers, mounting

224309, B60K 1104

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active

052517136

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle having a support structure suspended on four wheels. Two seats are located centrally in the vehicle with an engine mounted rearwardly thereof. A radiator is mounted behind and higher than the engine and the seat backs are spaced apart such that an open passage allows flow between the seat backs, over the engine and to the radiator. A carrier rack is positioned above the open passage so as not to interfere with the flow therethrough. A steering assembly includes a tilt mechanism to allow movement of the steering wheel upwardly for improved access to the driver seat. A grab bar extends laterally from the tiltable portion of the steering structure such that it too will tilt upwardly with the tilt mechanism. The grab bar extends laterally to before the passenger seat for use by the passenger in rough terrain. In a second vehicle, a body having a top with recessed ports therein and columns extending rearwardly and downwardly from the top to the main body includes conduits from the ports through the columns to an air cleaner associated with the rear mounted engine. The cockpit remains open beneath the top to receive air flow directed to the radiator. Forwardly on the body, a floor is provided in the cockpit with an upwardly extending wall at the front end thereof. A vertical body panel extends rearwardly from the wall to bisect the forward portion of the cockpit into two footwells. Forwardly of the wall is a compartment for storage.

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patent: 3203604 (1965-08-01), Spence
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patent: 4815550 (1989-03-01), Mather et al.
patent: 4828017 (1989-05-01), Watanabe et al.
"The Lightweights", Hot Rod, Mar. 1969, Bandido on p. 37.

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