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US 11,214,330 B2Granted
Front-wheel suspension device for saddle riding vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHideki Inaizumi, Takahiro Taguma, Takayuki Kitayama, Konomu Hoshi, Hirotaka Nagatani
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Abstract
A motorcycle includes: a front swing arm that includes upper arms and lower arms; a fork holder; a front fork; and a front cushion unit. The fork holder of a front-wheel suspension device includes a pair of left and right sideward extended portions which extend in the vehicle width direction. The front ends of the left and right upper arms are attached to the left and right sideward extended portions though connecting shafts, respectively.
Claims4
A front-wheel suspension device of a saddle riding vehicle, comprising:
- a swing arm including an upper arm and a lower arm that are mounted to a body frame in a swingable manner;
- a fork holder that is coupled to the upper arm and the lower arm in a swingable manner;
- a front fork that is steerably supported by the fork holder and also that supports a front wheel;
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- a buffer that extends from the body frame to the lower arm,
- wherein the fork holder includes an extended portion that extends in a vehicle width direction, and the upper arm has a front end attached to the extended portion, and
- the lower arm and the buffer are coupled at a coupling site, and, as viewed in a side view of the vehicle, the coupling site is placed upward of a coupling site of the lower arm to the body frame.
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