Patent ID: 8596406

Claim:
A utility vehicle, comprising: a transmission including a transmission mechanism and a transmission case assembly for accommodating the transmission mechanism; an air discharge duct coupled to the transmission case assembly to discharge air from inside the transmission case assembly; seats arranged side by side in a rightward and leftward direction; and a center console disposed between the seats such that the center console swells upward to be higher than bottom portions of the seats, wherein the air discharge duct includes an upward extending portion extending substantially upward from the transmission case assembly, and a downward extending portion which is bent back at an upper end portion of the upward extending portion, and then extends substantially downward; the upward extending portion and the downward extending portion partially overlap each other in both of a forward and rearward direction and the rightward and leftward direction; and the upper end portion of the air discharge duct protrudes upward to be higher than the bottom portions of the seats and is accommodated into the center console, wherein the transmission mechanism includes a drive pulley assembly mounted to a drive shaft coupled to a crankshaft, a driven pulley assembly mounted to a driven shaft positioned rearward relative to the drive shaft, and a belt wrapped around the drive pulley assembly and the driven pulley assembly; the transmission further includes a centrifugal fan mounted to the drive shaft and accommodated into the transmission case assembly; the transmission case assembly has an air inlet through which air from outside is taken into the transmission case assembly, and an air outlet through which the air is discharged from inside the transmission case assembly; the air inlet is provided at a front portion of the transmission case assembly to face the centrifugal fan; the air outlet is constituted by a tubular portion provided at a rear upper portion of the transmission case assembly; the tubular portion is positioned to face the driven pulley assembly and extends upward from the transmission case assembly such that the tubular portion is tilted forward; and a lower end portion of the upward extending portion is coupled to the tubular portion.