Patent ID: 6823956
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: F16H,Y10S

Abstract:
An all terrain vehicle comprising a frame assembly, an engine unit mounted to said frame assembly, a pair of rear wheels supporting said frame assembly, a seat disposed generally above at least a portion of said engine unit, said engine unit comprising a continuously variable transmission, said transmission comprising an input pulley, an output pulley and an endless loop connecting said input pulley and said output pulley, said transmission being disposed within a chamber defined at least in part by a transmission cover, a cooling system cooperating with said chamber to introduce cooling air to said chamber and to remove said cooling air from said chamber, a storage compartment disposed at least partially beneath said seat, a partition defining an exhaust chamber within a portion of said storage compartment, said cooling system comprising an exhaust duct, said exhaust duct communicating with said exhaust chamber and said exhaust chamber communicating with the atmosphere.