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US 2010/0301627 A1Published application
Motorcycle with an automatic air deflector
AssigneeNu-Tek Inventions, LLC
InventorB. T. Kern
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Abstract
A fairing upper moves with a steering assembly pivotably connected to the frame of a motorcycle. An engine guard is connected to the motorcycle frame, and a fairing lower is connected to the engine guard. A deflector is positioned adjacent to the fairing lower. The deflector includes a hinge, so the deflector has a closed hinge position and an open hinge position. A spring urges the deflector toward the closed hinge position. The spring is tensioned such that when the motorcycle reaches an open speed, wind resistance overcomes the spring tension and moves the deflector from the closed hinge position to the open hinge position.
Claims21
A motorcycle including:
- a frame;
- a steeling assembly pivotably connected to the frame;
- a fairing upper connected to the steering assembly, the fairing upper including a bottom edge;
- an engine guard connected to the frame;
- a fairing lower connected to the engine guard, the fairing lower having a top end;
- and
- a deflector positioned adjacent to the fairing lower top end, the deflector including a hinge such that the deflector has a closed hinge position and an open hinge position, where the deflector includes a deflector plate with a front lip angled downward such that air horizontally approaching the deflector plate is deflected over the deflector plate and air approaching the deflector plate from below an opening angle is deflected under the deflector plate, where the front lip has a leading edge and a trailing edge and the leading edge is lower than the fairing upper bottom edge when the deflector is in the open hinge position and the trailing edge is higher than the fairing tipper bottom edge in the open hinge position such that pivoting the steering assembly with the deflector in the open hinge position causes contact between the fairing upper bottom edge with the front lip between the leading and trailing edges, the deflector further comprising a spring connected to the deflector plate where the spring urges the deflector plate towards the closed hinge position, and where the spring is tensioned such that sufficient wind resistance overcomes the spring tension and moves the deflector from the closed hinge position to the open hinge position.
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A motorcycle comprising:
- a frame;
- a steering assembly pivotably connected to the frame;
- a fairing upper connected to the steering assembly;
- an engine guard connected to the frame;
- a fairing lower connected to the engine guard, the fairing lower having a top end;
- and
- a deflector positioned adjacent to the fairing lower top end, the deflector including a hinge such that the deflector has a closed hinge position and an open hinge position;
- and
- means for automatically moving the deflector from the closed hinge position to the open hinge position based on motorcycle speed.
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A motorcycle comprising:
- a frame;
- a steering assembly pivotably connected to the frame;
- a fairing upper connected to the steering assembly, the fairing upper having a bottom edge;
- an engine guard connected to the frame;
- a fairing lower connected to the engine guard, the fairing lower having a top end;
- and
- a deflector positioned adjacent to the fairing lower top end, the deflector including a hinge such that the deflector has an open hinge position and a closed hinge position, the deflector including a deflector plate having a front lip, the front lip including a leading edge and a trailing edge, where the front lip training edge is higher than the fairing upper bottom edge when the deflector is in the open hinge position.
4 more elements
A motorcycle comprising:
- a frame;
- a steering assembly pivotably connected to the frame;
- a fairing upper connected to the steering assembly;
- an engine guard connected to the frame;
- a fairing lower connected to the engine guard;
- and
- a deflector positioned adjacent to the fairing lower, the deflector including a hinge such that the deflector has an open hinge position and a closed hinge position, the deflector also having a spring urging the deflector into a closed hinge position where the spring is tensioned such that sufficient wind resistance moves the deflector from a closed hinge position to an open hinge position.
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A method of stabilizing a moving motorcycle comprising:
- providing a motorcycle with a deflector mounted on a fairing lower, where the deflector has an open hinge position and a closed hinge position;
- moving the deflector from the closed hinge position to the open hinge position automatically when the motorcycle reaches an open speed;
- and
- deflecting air away from a motorcycle front end center point when the deflector is in the open hinge position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.