# US 10,308,315 B2 · Saddle-ridden vehicle

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- Number: US 10,308,315 B2
- Document ID: US10308315B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/843,987
- Filed: 2017-12-15
- Published: 2018-04-19
- Granted: 2019-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2015-10-27
- Assignees: Suzuki Motor Corporation
- Applicants: Suzuki Motor Corporation
- Inventors: Ryohei Hamaguchi; Kazuhiro Okita
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10308315B2

## CPC

- B62M 7/02: with engine between front and rear wheels
- B62J 40/10: characterised by air duct arrangements
- B62K 11/04: characterised by the engine being between front and rear wheels
- F02B 29/04: Cooling of air intake supply
- F02B 61/02: for driving cycles
- F02D 41/0007: {for control of turbo-charged or super-charged engines (control of the pumps per se F02B37/12)}
- F02M 35/048: {Arranging or mounting on or with respect to engines or vehicle bodies}
- F02M 35/10157: {Supercharged engines}
- F02M 35/162: {Motorcycles; All-terrain vehicles, e.g. quads, snowmobiles; Small vehicles, e.g. forklifts}
- Y02T 10/12: Improving ICE efficiencies
- B62M: RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR {SINGLE-TRACK} CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of transmissions in vehicles in general B60K; transmission elements per se F16)
- B62J: CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
- B62K: CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDECARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE
- F02B: INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (gas-turbine plants F02C; hot-gas or combustion-product positive-displacement engine plants F02G)
- F02D: CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES (vehicle fittings, acting on a single sub-unit only, for automatically controlling vehicle speed B60K31/00; conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function, road vehicle drive control systems for purposes other than the control of a single sub-unit B60W)
- F02M: SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

A saddle-ridden vehicle includes: a pair of frame members which are disposed on one side and on other side in a vehicle width direction so as to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction; an engine which is disposed between and supported by the pair of frame members; an air cleaner which cleans air for fuel combustion; a supercharger which compresses the air cleaned by the air cleaner; an intercooler which cools, using a cooling wind, the air compressed by the supercharger and supplies resulting air to the engine; and an exhaust wind duct which determines a discharge position or a discharge direction of the cooling wind discharged from the intercooler, and the exhaust wind duct is disposed above the engine on the one side in the vehicle width direction and extends to rear of the engine.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A saddle-ridden vehicle comprising:
a pair of frame members which are disposed on one side of the vehicle and on an opposite side of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction so as to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction;
an engine which is disposed between and supported by the pair of frame members;
an air cleaner which cleans air for fuel combustion;
a supercharger which compresses the air cleaned by the air cleaner;
an intercooler which cools, using a cooling wind, the air compressed by the supercharger;
a surge tank which temporarily stores the air cooled by the intercooler; and
an electronically controlled throttle device which controls a rate of supply of air from the surge tank to an intake port of the engine, wherein:
the electronically controlled throttle device comprises:
a throttle body having an air intake passage which connects the surge tank and the intake port of the engine;
a throttle valve disposed in the air intake passage;
and
a drive motor which controls a degree of an opening position of the throttle valve; and
the intercooler is disposed above the engine on the one side in the vehicle width direction and the drive motor is disposed at a top-rear side of the engine on the opposite side in the vehicle width direction; and
wherein the drive motor is disposed below the air cleaner and the surge tank, at a position that is distant from one of the pair of frame members located on the opposite side in the vehicle width direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 1, wherein:
the saddle-ridden vehicle further comprises an exhaust wind duct from which the cooling wind discharged from the intercooler is discharged; and
the exhaust wind duct is disposed between the intercooler and the drive motor, and a discharge outlet of the exhaust wind duct is located on the one side in the vehicle width direction.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the surge tank is disposed in the top-rear of the engine between the intercooler and the drive motor.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 1, wherein, in a top view of the saddle-ridden vehicle, the intercooler and the drive motor are disposed between the pair of frame members.