Patent ID: 11897578
Assignee: POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 17:
18. A snow vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle frame extending along a longitudinal centerline;
a seat supported by the vehicle frame;
a powertrain assembly supported by the vehicle frame and an engine operably coupled to a transmission;
a fuel tank fluidly coupled to the engine;
a gear shifter linkage operably coupled to the transmission;
an exhaust assembly fluidly coupled to the engine and including at least a muffler and an exhaust conduit extending between a portion of the engine and the muffler;
a rear suspension assembly comprising at least a tunnel, and the tunnel includes at least an upper surface, a first side, and a second side; and
a drive belt operably coupled to the powertrain assembly at a transmission output, and an envelope is defined between the upper surface of the tunnel, the first side of the tunnel, the second side of the tunnel, and an upper surface of the seat, and at least a portion of the exhaust conduit is positioned within the envelope, and a portion of the gear shifter linkage is positioned rearwardly of the transmission output, wherein a forward extent of the fuel tank is positioned rearwardly of the forward extent of the seat.