# US 10,502,164 B2 · Saddle-ride type vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,502,164 B2 - Document ID: US10502164B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/370,578 - Filed: 2016-12-06 - Published: 2017-06-08 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-08 - Assignees: Suzuki Motor Corporation - Applicants: Suzuki Motor Corporation - Inventors: Masahiro Hamamura; Keiji Hashimoto; Toru Kuwahara; Yutaro Kobayashi; Takahiro Uchiyama; Motohiro Chiku; Hiroo Nakatsugawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10502164B2 ## CPC - F02M 25/0836: {Arrangement of valves controlling the admission of fuel vapour to an engine, e.g. valve being disposed between fuel tank or absorption canister and intake manifold} - B60K 15/03504: {adapted to avoid loss of fuel or fuel vapour, e.g. with vapour recovery systems} - F01P 3/18: Arrangements or mounting of liquid-to-air heat-exchangers (such arrangements on cylinders or cylinder heads F01P3/04; relative to vehicles B60K11/04) - F02B 61/02: for driving cycles - F02M 35/048: {Arranging or mounting on or with respect to engines or vehicle bodies} - F02M 35/162: {Motorcycles; All-terrain vehicles, e.g. quads, snowmobiles; Small vehicles, e.g. forklifts} - B60K 2015/03514: {with vapor recovery means} - B60Y 2200/124: Buggies, Quads - F02M: SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - F01P: COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES (arrangements in connection with cooling of propulsion units in vehicles B60K11/00; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials C09K5/00; {cooling of gas-turbine engines F02C7/12}; heat exchange in general, radiators F28) - F02B: INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (gas-turbine plants F02C; hot-gas or combustion-product positive-displacement engine plants F02G) - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ## Abstract A saddle-ride type vehicle includes an engine unit as a driving power source, a fuel tank, and a canister. The fuel tank is configured to store fuel used by the engine unit. The canister is configured to trap fuel vapor generated in the fuel tank. The canister is disposed adjacent to the fuel tank. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A saddle-ride type vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine as a driving power source; a fuel tank configured to store fuel for the internal combustion engine; a canister configured to trap fuel vapor generated in the fuel tank; a canister holder that holds the canister, wherein the canister is disposed adjacent to the fuel tank, the canister is mounted to the fuel tank via the canister holder, the canister includes a pressure regulating port, the pressure regulating port communicating between an inside and an outside of the canister, and a labyrinth structure is disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the canister and an inner peripheral surface of the canister holder. ### Claim 2 A saddle-ride type vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine as a driving power source; a fuel tank configured to store fuel for the internal combustion engine; a canister configured to trap fuel vapor generated in the fuel tank; a canister holder that holds the canister, wherein the canister includes a pressure regulating port, the pressure regulating port communicating between an inside and an outside of the canister, and a labyrinth structure is disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the canister and an inner peripheral surface of the canister holder. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 2, further comprising a radiator used for the internal combustion engine; a body frame to which the radiator is mounted, wherein: the radiator is mounted to a front portion of the body frame, and the canister is disposed at a lateral side of a radiator fan, the radiator fan being disposed at a rear of the radiator. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 2, further comprising a radiator used for the internal combustion engine; a body frame to which the radiator is mounted, wherein: the radiator is mounted to a front portion of the body frame, and in front view, the canister is disposed below the radiator. ### Claim 5 A saddle-ride type vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine as a driving power source; a fuel tank configured to store fuel for the internal combustion engine; a canister configured to trap fuel vapor generated in the fuel tank; a transmission; an intake duct coupled to the transmission, the intake duct being configured to take in air to cool the transmission; and an exhaust duct coupled to the transmission, the exhaust duct being configured to discharge the air that has cooled the transmission, wherein: the canister is disposed adjacent to the fuel tank, one end of a flow passage that communicates between an inside and an outside of the canister is coupled to the canister, and an other end of the flow passage is disposed near any one of an intake port disposed at the intake duct or an exhaust port disposed at the exhaust duct. ### Claim 6 A saddle-ride type vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine as a driving power source; a fuel tank configured to store fuel for the internal combustion engine; a canister configured to trap fuel vapor generated in the fuel tank; a transmission; an intake duct coupled to the transmission, the intake duct being configured to take in air to cool the transmission; and an exhaust duct coupled to the transmission, the exhaust duct being configured to discharge the air that has cooled the transmission, wherein: one end of a flow passage that communicates between an inside and an outside of the canister is coupled to the canister, and an other end of the flow passage is disposed near any one of an intake port disposed at the intake duct or an exhaust port disposed at the exhaust duct. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 6, further comprising a radiator used for the internal combustion engine; a body frame to which the radiator is mounted, wherein: the radiator is mounted to a front portion of the body frame, and the canister is disposed at a lateral side of a radiator fan, the radiator fan being disposed at a rear of the radiator. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 6, further comprising a radiator used for the internal combustion engine; a body frame to which the radiator is mounted, wherein: the radiator is mounted to a front portion of the body frame, and in front view, the canister is disposed below the radiator. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 6, further comprising a housing configured to house an article, wherein the canister is disposed inside the housing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 6, further comprising an exterior member disposed outside the saddle-ride type vehicle, wherein the canister is disposed at the exterior member.