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US 2014/0211008 A1Published application
Motorcycle having a video camera mounted thereon for monitoring a road surface, and methods of using same
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTetsuya ONO, Masatsugu NISHIMURA
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Abstract
A motorcycle has a video camera attached thereto in such a manner as to shoot sharp images. A motorcycle includes a camera adapted to shoot a road surface. The camera is arranged below an engine or a swing arm and more rearward than the center of a crankshaft of the engine. The swing arm pivotally supports a rear wheel with a rear edge portion thereof. The camera is fastened to, and supported either by a lower portion of the engine or by a lower portion of a vehicle body frame connected to the engine.
Claims20
A motorcycle comprising:
- a vehicle body frame,
- a power unit operatively attached to the vehicle body frame and having a crankshaft,
- a front wheel provided forward of the power unit,
- a rear wheel provided rearward of the power unit,
- a pivot shaft provided, either on the power unit or on the vehicle body frame proximate the power unit at a position more rearward than the crankshaft, and
- a swing arm that is pivotally supported by the pivot shaft, and that pivotally supports the rear wheel thereon at a rear portion thereof,
- a video camera adapted to capture a moving image of a road surface, the video camera arranged below the power unit or the swing arm and in back of a central portion of the crankshaft;
- wherein the video camera is fastened to and supported by at least a lower portion of the power unit or a lower portion of the vehicle body frame proximate the power unit.
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A motorcycle comprising:
- a vehicle body frame,
- a power unit operatively attached to the vehicle body frame and comprising an engine having a crankshaft,
- a front wheel provided forward of the power unit,
- a rear wheel provided rearward of the power unit,
- a pivot shaft provided on the vehicle body frame proximate the power unit at a position rearward of the crankshaft,
- a swing arm that is pivotally supported by the pivot shaft, and that pivotally supports the rear wheel thereon at a rear portion thereof, and
- a video camera adapted to capture a moving image of a road surface, the video camera arranged below the power unit;
- wherein the video camera is fastened to and supported by a support stay having a front end attached to a lower portion of the power unit, and a rear end attached to a lower portion of the vehicle body frame proximate the power unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.