Patent ID: 9649924
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B60G,B60K,B60Y

Claim:
1. A work or utility vehicle comprising: a drive source; a vehicle body frame; left and right front wheels supported on the vehicle body frame; left and right rear wheels supported on the vehicle body frame; a transmission case supported on the vehicle body frame and transmitting a driving force from the drive source to at least the left and right rear wheels; left and right vertical frames arranged in a rear frame section of the vehicle body frame; at least one left and right suspension arm movably coupled to a respective one of the left and right vertical frames; a detachably mounted guard member protecting the transmission case and having a protecting portion disposed behind the left and right vertical frames; an upper end of the guard member being arranged below an upper end of the left and right vertical frames; the protecting portion being located such that an imaginary horizontal line oriented along a front and back direction of the vehicle body frame passes through the transmission case and a vertical center of the protecting portion; a stabilizer supported at two ends by suspension arms of the left and right rear wheels and being arranged in a position that is lower than the guard member; and the stabilizer being arranged closer to a lower end than to an upper end of the left and right vertical frames, wherein the protecting portion of the guard member is structured and arranged to overlie and protect a rear side of the transmission case and the stabilizer is arranged forwardly of the protecting portion.