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US 10,519,819 B2Granted
Mounting structure of oil control valve unit and motorcycle
AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation
InventorHisashi Ozeki
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Abstract
There is provided a mounting structure of an oil control valve unit configured to control a hydraulic pressure to a variable valve timing device of an engine. The engine is supported by a vehicle body frame. The oil control valve unit is mounted to an outer surface of the engine. The oil control valve unit is detachably mounted to the outer surface of the engine avoiding the vehicle body frame.
Claims4
A motorcycle comprising:
- a vehicle body frame;
- an engine with a variable valve timing device, the engine supported by the vehicle body frame;
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- an oil control valve unit configured to control a hydraulic pressure to the variable valve timing device of the engine,
- wherein the oil control valve unit is mounted to an outer surface of the engine,
- wherein the oil control valve unit is detachably mounted to the outer surface of the engine avoiding the vehicle body frame,
- wherein the vehicle body frame comprises a pair of right and left main frames extending rearward from a head pipe, and a pair of right and left down frames extending obliquely downward from the head pipe toward a rear of the motorcycle,
- wherein the oil control valve unit is detachably mounted to a right or left side surface of the engine between the main frames and the down frames,
- wherein a mounting space of the oil control valve unit exists on a movement trajectory of the down frames upon mounting of the vehicle body frame to the engine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.