Patents Assigned to Yamaha Motor Mfg. Corp. of America
  • Patent number: 7422082
    Abstract: A small-sized vehicle has a structure that enables reductions in the number of assembly steps and that improves the sealing property of a connecting portion without causing a cost increase. The small-sized vehicle includes a floor panel having a foot panel portion on which an occupant places his/her feet and a front panel portion arranged to extend upwardly between a suspension system and the legs of the occupant, the foot panel portion and the front panel portion being integrally formed of resin, and the floor panel made of resin is arranged and fixed on a vehicle body frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Yamaha Motor Mfg. Corp. of America
    Inventor: David Reffitt
  • Patent number: 7350854
    Abstract: An all terrain vehicle includes a main body and a rear fender mounted on a rear portion of the main body. The rear fender includes a rear central portion and two lateral portions extending from the rear central portion. The rear central portion of the rear fender defines a carrier surface with no bars or other members disposed on or above the carrier surface defined by the rear central portion of the rear fender. The rear central portion of the rear fender having a length that is greater than a width thereof. The rear carrier bar is arranged substantially parallel to, when viewed from above, at least a portion of an outer periphery of the rear central portion of the rear fender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Yamaha Motor Mfg. Corp. of America
    Inventor: Bryan Harper
  • Patent number: 7264298
    Abstract: A seat unit for a small-sized vehicle improves an appearance of a rear surface of a seat back and includes a bottom plate, a cushioning body disposed on a front surface of the bottom plate, an outer layer member which covers the cushioning body and has an outer periphery that is fixed to the bottom plate, and a cover plate fixed to an outer periphery of the bottom plate and covering a portion of the outer layer member which is fixed to the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Yamaha Motor Mfg. Corp. of America
    Inventor: Steven Cover
  • Patent number: 7258394
    Abstract: An all terrain vehicle includes a substantially V-shaped front fender, a substantially V-shaped front carrier bar, and a substantially V-shaped grille. Apexes of the substantially V-shaped front fender, the substantially V-shaped front carrier bar and the substantially V-shaped grille are substantially aligned along a common vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Yamaha Motor Mfg. Corp. of America
    Inventors: Keith Kotrla, Craig Smith