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US 12,617,484 B2Granted
Straddle vehicle
AssigneesKawasaki Motors, Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH
InventorsHiroaki Amano, Tomoaki Saio, Gen Okuzuka
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Abstract
A motorcycle includes a brake lamp, a brake operation unit, a first switching unit, a second switching unit, and a brake controller. The first switching unit switches a circuit state so that a driving current is supplied to the brake lamp while the brake operation is being performed. The second switching unit switches the circuit state between a closed state in which the driving current is supplied to the brake lamp regardless of the brake operation and an opened state in which the second switching unit is not electrically connected with the brake lamp. The brake controller controls to actuate the brake and switches the second switching unit from the opened state to the closed state when the brake activation condition is met.
Claims9
A straddle vehicle, comprising:
- a brake lamp configured to be turned on by supply of a driving current;
- a brake operation unit configured to receive a brake operation;
- a first switching unit configured to switch a circuit state so that the driving current is supplied to the brake lamp while the brake operation is performed;
- a second switching unit configured to switch a circuit state between a closed state in which the driving current is supplied to the brake lamp regardless of the brake operation and an opened state in which the second switching unit is not electrically connected with the brake lamp;
- a brake controller configured to control a brake actuation and switching of the second switching unit from the opened state to the closed state when a condition of the brake activation is met;
- a first circuit connecting from the first switching unit to the brake lamp;
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- a second circuit connecting from the second switching unit to the brake lamp, the first and second circuits being independent,
- wherein the brake controller performs a turning on check process in which the brake controller switches the second switching unit from the opened state to the closed state in order to check whether a function of turning on the brake lamp by the brake controller is normal or not.
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A straddle vehicle, comprising:
- a brake lamp configured to be turned on by supply of a driving current;
- a brake operation unit configured to receive a brake operation;
- a first switching unit configured to switch a circuit state so that the driving current is supplied to the brake lamp while the brake operation is performed;
- a second switching unit configured to switch a circuit state between a closed state in which the driving current is supplied to the brake lamp regardless of the brake operation and an opened state in which the second switching unit is not electrically connected with the brake lamp;
- a brake controller configured to control a brake actuation and switching of the second switching unit from the opened state to the closed state when a condition of the brake activation is met;
- a first circuit connecting from the first switching unit to the brake lamp;
- a second circuit connecting from the second switching unit to the brake lamp, the first and second circuits being independent;
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- a third switching unit configured to switch a circuit state between a closed state in which the driving current is supplied to the brake lamp by the brake operation and an opened state in which the driving current is not supplied to the brake lamp even if the brake operation is performed,
- wherein the brake controller turns off the brake lamp by switching the third switching unit from the closed state to the opened state when the brake controller determines a turning off condition is met, and
- wherein the brake controller performs a turning off check process in which the brake controller switches the third switching unit from the closed state to the opened state in order to check whether a function of turning off the brake lamp by the brake controller is normal or not.
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A straddle vehicle, comprising:
- a brake lamp configured to be turned on by supply of a driving current;
- a brake operation unit configured to receive a brake operation;
- a first switching unit configured to switch a circuit state so that the driving current is supplied to the brake lamp while the brake operation is performed;
- a second switching unit configured to switch a circuit state between a closed state in which the driving current is supplied to the brake lamp regardless of the brake operation and an opened state in which the second switching unit is not electrically connected with the brake lamp;
- and
- a brake controller configured to control a brake actuation and switching of the second switching unit from the opened state to the closed state when a condition of the brake activation is met,
- wherein the brake controller performs a turning on check process in which the brake controller switches the second switching unit from the opened state to the closed state in order to check whether a function of turning on the brake lamp by the brake controller is normal or not, and
- wherein the brake controller automatically performs the turning on check process when an electrical system is started.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.