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US 10,246,159 B2Granted
Front structure of saddle-ride type vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsDai Harada, Hiroaki Tsukui
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Abstract
In a motorcycle including grips provided at lateral ends of a steering handlebar to be grasped by an occupant, and a brake lever and a clutch lever provided forward of the steering handlebar, lever guards are provided at the lateral ends of the steering handlebar and extend forward to protect the brake lever and the clutch lever. Mirror bodies are attached to front portions of the lever guards.
Claims16
A front structure of a saddle-ride vehicle, comprising:
- a grip provided at a distal end of a steering handlebar;
- a lever provided forward of the steering handlebar, a distal end of the lever being spaced from the grip in a forward direction by a first distance;
- a lever guard operatively mounted at the distal end of the steering handlebar having a front arm extending in the forward direction from the steering handlebar, the front arm having a length in the first direction greater than the first distance and an inner arm extending horizontally inwardly from a distal end of the front arm passed the distal end of the lever so that the lever is between the grip and inner arm, the inner arm having a length less than the length of the front arm;
- a mirror stay having an upper end and a lower end attached to a distal end of the inner arm, the mirror stay extending vertically from the inner arm;
- and
- a mirror body attached to the upper end of the mirror stay, the mirror body having a mirror, the mirror facing rearwardly,
- wherein the grip, front arm and inner arm form a U-shaped assembly.
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A front structure of a saddle-ride vehicle, comprising:
- a grip adapted to be mounted on a distal end of a steering handlebar;
- a lever adapted to be mounted on the steering handlebar;
- a lever guard operatively mounted at the distal end of the steering handlebar having a front arm extending in a forward direction from the steering handle bar and an inner arm extending horizontally inwardly from a distal end of the front arm, the inner arm having a length less than a length of the front arm;
- a mirror stay having a lower end and an upper end, the lower end of the mirror stay being attached to a distal end of the inner arm, the mirror stay extending vertically and perpendicular to the inner arm;
- a mirror body attached to the upper end of the mirror stay, the mirror body having a bottom edge, the bottom edge being above the inner arm and grip;
- and
- a mirror on the mirror body, the mirror facing rearwardly,
- wherein the grip, front arm and inner arm form a U-shaped assembly.
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A front structure of a saddle-ride vehicle, comprising:
- a grip provided at a distal end of a steering handlebar;
- a lever provided forward of the steering handlebar;
- a lever guard operatively mounted at the distal end of the steering handlebar having a front arm extending in a forward direction from the steering handlebar and an inner arm extending inwardly from a distal end of the front arm;
- a lower end of a mirror stay attached to a distal end of the inner arm;
- and
- a mirror body attached to an upper end of the mirror stay,
- wherein the mirror stay has a horizontal arm overlapping and attached to the inner arm of the lever guard and a vertical arm pivotally attached at a junction to the horizontal arm about a horizontal axis that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the horizontal arm, the vertical arm being perpendicular to the horizontal arm at the junction,
- wherein a fastener extends through the horizontal arm and inner arm in the forward direction, and
- wherein the grip, front arm and inner arm form a U-shaped assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.