Patent ID: 9102205
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B60G,B60K,B62D

Abstract:
1. An all-terrain vehicle comprising: a frame; a seat supported by the frame; front and rear wheels supporting the frame; a powertrain supported by the frame and drivingly coupled to the front wheels through front axles and rear wheels through rear axles; a steering assembly operably coupled to the front wheels and including a steering mechanism intermediate the front wheels and a plurality of steering arms operably coupled to the front wheels; front lower control arms, each having a first member and a second member, the first member including a first inner end and a first outer end, and the second member including a second inner end and a second outer end, the first and second inner ends being pivotably coupled to the frame at a lower inner coupling, and the first and second outer ends being coupled to one of the front wheels at a lower outer coupling; front upper control arms, each having a first member and a second member, the first member including a first inner end and a first outer end, and the second member including a second inner end and a second outer end, the first and second inner ends being angled toward each other and pivotably coupled to the frame at a connection consisting of a single upper inner coupling, and the first and second outer ends being coupled to one of the front wheels at an upper outer coupling; and front shock absorbers, each including a lower mount coupled to the upper control arm intermediate the inner and outer ends, and an upper mount coupled to the frame; wherein the single upper inner coupling is positioned vertically above and longitudinally forward of the lower inner coupling, and is positioned directly vertically above one of the steering arms and longitudinally forward of one of the front axles.