Patent ID: 8439148

Claim:
A vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame; an engine operatively attached to the vehicle body frame and operable to generate power; and a power transmission unit for transmitting power from the engine to wheels of the vehicle; wherein the vehicle body frame comprises: a plurality of main frame sections extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle at a lower portion of the vehicle body frame; a plurality of front frame sections extending vertically at a front portion of the vehicle body frame; and a suspension-supporting bracket arranged between said main frame sections and said front frame sections and having a plurality of suspension arm-supporting portions thereon for supporting left and right suspension arms, respectively, said plurality of suspension arm-supporting portions comprising a front suspension arm-supporting portion and a rear suspension arm-supporting portion, wherein the suspension-supporting bracket comprises a main plate member having a pair of diagonally oriented concave portions formed thereon and extending along intersecting diagonal lines, and wherein the front and rear suspension arm-supporting portions are formed integrally with the main plate member on left and right sides thereof, respectively, and are joined to front end portions and lower end portions of the front frame sections.