Patent attributes
An apparatus and methods are provided for a chassis for an off-road vehicle that includes A-pillar supports. The chassis is a welded-tube variety of chassis that includes a front portion and a rear portion that are joined to an intervening passenger cabin portion. A front canopy is coupled to the front portion and reinforces the chassis during loading forces due to front struts. Each of the A-pillar supports includes a vertical brace disposed between the front canopy and a side brace of the vehicle. The vertical brace extends downward from the front canopy, adjacently to an A-pillar and a hinge pillar, to the side brace. The frontward stay extends forward from substantially a midpoint of the vertical brace to a joining of the A-pillar and the hinge pillar. The A-pillar supports reinforce the front canopy and provide structural integrity to a front of the passenger cabin portion.
