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US 11,378,178 B2Granted
Straddle vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorsMasaki Nishiyabu, Kyohei Izumi, Yuji Hida
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Abstract
A straddle vehicle includes: a prime mover; a hydraulically actuated main clutch disposed in a power transmission route between the prime mover and a drive wheel; an oil control valve unit that controls flow of a hydraulic oil supplied to the main clutch; and a power unit case including a case body and a cover removably mounted on the case body, the power unit case accommodating at least the main clutch. The oil control valve unit is secured to the case body.
Claims9
A straddle vehicle comprising:
- a prime mover;
- a hydraulically actuated main clutch disposed in a power transmission route between the prime mover and a drive wheel;
- an oil control valve unit that controls flow of a hydraulic oil supplied to the main clutch;
- and
- a power unit case comprising a case body and a cover removably mounted on the case body, the power unit case accommodating at least the main clutch, wherein
- the oil control valve unit is secured to the case body,
- the main clutch comprises an inlet port into which the hydraulic oil is supplied,
- each of the case body and the cover comprises a hydraulic oil passage, and
- the oil coming out of the oil control valve unit flows through the hydraulic oil passage of the case body and then through the hydraulic oil passage of the cover to enter the inlet port of the main clutch.
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A straddle vehicle comprising:
- a prime mover comprising a drive shaft having an axis extending in a vehicle width direction of the straddle vehicle;
- a hydraulically actuated main clutch disposed in a power transmission route between the prime mover and a drive wheel;
- an oil control valve unit that controls flow of a hydraulic oil supplied to the main clutch;
- and
- a power unit case accommodating at least the main clutch and comprising:
- a case body;
- a cover removably mounted on the case body;
- and
- a main chamber accommodating the drive shaft and a subsidiary chamber accommodating the main clutch, the subsidiary chamber being defined between the case body and the cover and located on one side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the main chamber, wherein
- the oil control valve unit is secured to the case body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.