# US 2013/0240584 A1 · Trunk of motorcycle

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- Number: US 2013/0240584 A1
- Document ID: US20130240584A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/793,614
- Filed: 2013-03-11
- Published: 2013-09-19
- Earliest claimed: 2012-03-14
- Assignees: Michio Nagayoshi; Suzuki Motor Corporation; Makoto Iida
- Applicants: Suzuki Motor Corporation
- Inventors: Michio NAGAYOSHI; Makoto IIDA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130240584A1

## CPC

- B60Q 1/2661: {mounted on parts having other functions (on wheels B60Q1/326)}
- B62J 6/045: indicating braking
- B62J 9/23: above or alongside the rear wheel (B62J9/26 takes precedence)
- B62J 9/24: on specially adapted racks, e.g. for top or side cases
- B62J 11/19: specially adapted for electric wires
- B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B62J: CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS

## Abstract

A motorcycle is provided a trunk having a storage compartment. The trunk includes a trunk body member having an upper opening, and including an outer body member and an inner body member provided inside the outer body member, and a lid member attached to the trunk body member so as to cover the opening of the trunk body member and provided with a lamp device for illuminating a rear side of the trunk, the lid member including an outer lid member and an inner lid member provided inside the outer lid member. A wire cord of the lamp device is passed through a gap between the outer lid member and the inner lid member and a gap between the outer body member and the inner body member.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A trunk of a motorcycle provided with a storage compartment, comprising:
a trunk body member having an upper opening and including an outer body member and an inner body member provided inside the outer body member;
a lid member attached to the trunk body member so as to cover the opening of the trunk body member and provided with a lamp device for illuminating a rear side of the trunk, the lid member including an outer lid member and an inner lid member provided inside the outer lid member; and
a wire cord of the lamp device passing through a gap between the outer lid member and the inner lid member and a gap between the outer body member and the inner body member.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The trunk of a motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein the lid member is rotatably connected to the trunk body member through a hinge portion, the wire cord is accommodated in a housing provided in a vicinity of the hinge portion, the wire cord has a slack portion for allowing rotation of the lid member in a vicinity of the hinge portion, and the slack portion is accommodated in the housing.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The trunk of a motorcycle according to claim 2, wherein a guide portion for slackening the wire cord in a rotating axis direction of the hinge portion is formed in a vicinity of the hinge portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The trunk of a motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein an attachment surface for the lamp device is formed to the outer lid member, a communication hole communicating the gap between the outer lid member and the inner lid member to an outside of the trunk is formed in the attachment surface, and the lamp device is attached so as to block the communication hole.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The trunk of a motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein the inner lid member has an edge overlapped with an edge portion of the inner body member from an outside in a closed state of the lid member.