US 7,549,676 B2
All terrain vehicle
Masayuki Uchiyama, Shizuoka (Japan)
Assigned to Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka (Japan)
Filed on Jun. 01, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/142,711.
Prior Publication US 2006/0273546 A1, Dec. 07, 2006
Int. Cl. B62D 25/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 280—847  [180/89.1; 180/313; 180/291; 362/476] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An all terrain vehicle comprising:
right and left front wheels respectively disposed on front right and left sides of a body frame;
right and left front fenders respectively disposed above the right and left front wheels;
right and left headlights respectively disposed in front of the right and left front fenders, each of the right and left headlights including at least one attachment bracket; and
right and left brackets detachably mounted to the body frame so as to be located below the right and left front fenders, respectively; wherein
the right and left headlights are mounted to the right and left brackets via the at least one attachment bracket, respectively, and the right and left headlights are not attached to any other structure of the vehicle other than the right and left brackets via the at least one attachment bracket, respectively;
the right and left front fenders are attached to the right and left brackets, respectively;
each of the right and left front fenders has a bent shape having a front side portion extending obliquely forward below and a rear side portion extending obliquely rearward below; and
each of the right and left brackets includes frame boss sections to be fixed to the body frame, an upper fender boss section arranged to support an area near a boundary between the front side portion and the rear side portion of the respective front fender, a rear fender boss section arranged to support the rear side portion, and light boss sections arranged to support the respective headlight.