Patent ID: 9586627
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B62D

Claim:
1. An off-road vehicle, comprising: a front-side housing that is positioned between a pair of front fender portions, is covered by a front hood, and houses at least one electrical component; an instrument panel that is provided with a first surface that is disposed above a front portion of a passenger compartment, a second surface that extends forward and diagonally downward from an upper end of the first surface and is continuous with respective rear ends of the front fender portions on the left and right and the front hood, and a third surface that extends diagonally forward and downward from a lower end of the first surface and is continuous with an upper end of a front-floor cover raised upward from a front floor positioned in the passenger compartment; and an instrument panel frame that extends in a vehicle-width direction forward of the first surface of the instrument panel and respectively supports left and right end portions of the instrument panel, a steering column, and a rear end of the front-side housing, wherein the front-side housing has at the rear end a support portion supported by the instrument panel, and the rear end of the front-side housing and the upper end of the front-floor cover define a gap that is substantially blocked by a member that is a separate component from the front-side housing and the front-floor cover.