# US 10,501,145 B2 · Master cylinder device for rear wheel brake of motorcycle and arrangement method of master cylinder device for rear wheel brake of motorcycle

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- Number: US 10,501,145 B2
- Document ID: US10501145B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/863,430
- Filed: 2018-01-05
- Published: 2018-08-02
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2017-02-01
- Assignees: Suzuki Motor Corporation
- Applicants: Suzuki Motor Corporation
- Inventors: Tatsuya Yuse; Kuninari Kurabayashi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10501145B2

## CPC

- B62L 3/04: for control by a foot lever (foot levers for control of cycles in general B62K23/08)
- B62L: BRAKES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES {(arrangements in cycles for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions B60T8/00)}

## Abstract

A master cylinder device 38 for a rear wheel brake of a motorcycle includes a master cylinder 35 and a reserve tank 36. The cylinder 35 discharges brake fluid when a piston thereof is pushed by depression of a brake pedal 40. The reserve tank is integrally formed with a cylinder body 35a of the master cylinder 35. A contour 60 of a rear wheel side of the master cylinder device 38 extending continuously from a bottom end α of the master cylinder body 35a in a vertical direction to an upper end β of the reserve tank 36 in the vertical direction is linearly formed to be oriented obliquely rearward and upward in a vehicle side view.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A master cylinder device for a rear wheel brake of a motorcycle comprising:
a master cylinder that discharges brake fluid when a piston thereof is pushed by depression of a brake pedal; and
a reserve tank integrally formed with a cylinder body of the master cylinder,
wherein a contour of a rear wheel side of the master cylinder device extending continuously from a bottom end of the master cylinder body in a vertical direction to an upper end of the reserve tank in the vertical direction is linearly formed to be oriented obliquely rearward and upward in a vehicle side view, wherein a linear shape of the contour of the rear wheel side of the master cylinder device is formed by a plate-shaped rib protruding from the cylinder body toward the rear wheel side; and the rib is provided along an inner edge of a bottom surface of the reserve tank in a vehicle width direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The master cylinder device according to claim 1, wherein the reserve tank is formed into an inverted trapezoidal shape in which a base side is shorter in length than an upper side in the vertical direction in the vehicle side view and wherein a rear surface of the reserve tank is formed to be inclined rearward and upward.

### Claim 3

A master cylinder device for a rear wheel brake of a motorcycle comprising:
a master cylinder that discharges brake fluid when a piston thereof is pushed by depression of a brake pedal; and
a reserve tank integrally formed with a cylinder body of the master cylinder,
wherein a contour of a rear wheel side of the master cylinder device extending continuously from a bottom end of the master cylinder body in a vertical direction to an upper end of the reserve tank in the vertical direction is linearly formed to be oriented obliquely rearward and upward in a vehicle side view, and
wherein the contour of the rear wheel side of the master cylinder device has an inclination of 40 degrees or more and less than 90 degrees with respect to a bottom surface of the reserve tank.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

An arrangement method of a master cylinder device for a rear wheel brake of a motorcycle, wherein the master cylinder device according to claim 1 is arranged in such a manner that the linearly formed contour of the rear wheel side of the master cylinder device is inclined at an angle of 40 degrees or more and less than 90 degrees from a horizontal direction in a vehicle side view.