Hybrid straddle vehicle
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorsMasaki Nishiyabu, Ryosuke Ohori, Takuya Noami, Tetsuji Yamamoto
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Abstract
A hybrid straddle vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; an electric motor that generates power to be transmitted to a driving wheel; an inverter that controls electric power to be supplied to the electric motor; a first radiator that cools the internal combustion engine; and a second radiator that cools at least one cooling target selected from the group consisting of the electric motor and the inverter, at least a part of the second radiator overlapping the first radiator when viewed from a vehicle front side, the second radiator being located in front of the first radiator.
Claims16
A hybrid straddle vehicle comprising:
- an internal combustion engine;
- an electric motor that generates power to be transmitted to a driving wheel;
- an inverter that controls electric power to be supplied to the electric motor;
- a first radiator that cools the internal combustion engine;
- and
- a second radiator that cools at least one cooling target selected from the group consisting of the electric motor and the inverter, at least a part of the second radiator overlapping the first radiator when viewed from a vehicle front side, the second radiator being located in front of the first radiator in a front-rear direction of the hybrid straddle vehicle, wherein
- the second radiator is located at one side of a left-right direction center of the first radiator in a left-right direction.
A hybrid straddle vehicle comprising:
- an internal combustion engine;
- an electric motor that generates power to be transmitted to a driving wheel;
- an inverter that controls electric power to be supplied to the electric motor;
- a first radiator that cools the internal combustion engine;
- a second radiator that cools at least one cooling target selected from the group consisting of the electric motor and the inverter, at least a part of the second radiator overlapping the first radiator when viewed from a vehicle front side, the second radiator being located in front of the first radiator in a front-rear direction of the hybrid straddle vehicle;
- and
- a front fender located in front of the first radiator and the second radiator, wherein
- a lower end of the second radiator is located higher than a lower end of the front fender.
A hybrid straddle vehicle comprising:
- an internal combustion engine;
- an electric motor that generates power to be transmitted to a driving wheel;
- an inverter that controls electric power to be supplied to the electric motor;
- a first radiator that cools the internal combustion engine;
- a second radiator that cools at least one cooling target selected from the group consisting of the electric motor and the inverter, at least a part of the second radiator overlapping the first radiator when viewed from a vehicle front side, the second radiator being located in front of the first radiator in a front-rear direction of the hybrid straddle vehicle;
- a cover that covers a component of the internal combustion engine and is detachable;
- and
- a pump that generates a flow of a cooling liquid between the second radiator and the cooling target, wherein
- the pump is fixed to the cover.
A hybrid straddle vehicle comprising:
- an internal combustion engine;
- an electric motor that generates power to be transmitted to a driving wheel;
- an inverter that controls electric power to be supplied to the electric motor;
- a first radiator that cools the internal combustion engine;
- and
- a second radiator that cools at least one cooling target selected from the group consisting of the electric motor and the inverter, at least a part of the second radiator overlapping the first radiator when viewed from a vehicle front side, the second radiator being located in front of the first radiator, wherein
- the second radiator is located at one side of a vehicle center line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.