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US 4,790,087 AGranted
License plate assembly for motorcycles
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKenji Hamada, Masato Iwakura
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Abstract
A license plate assembly on a motorcycle includes a stay by which a license plate is erected from a rear cover over a rear wheel behind a seat, and an illumination device embedded in the rear cover below and behind the license plate for upwardly emitting a light beam to illuminate the license plate.
Claims3
A license plate assembly on a motorcycle having a front and a rear and including a rear cover and a seat, the assembly comprising:
- a rear light unit disposed at the rear end of said rear cover;
- a license plate having a display surface directed substantially rearwardly of said motorcycle;
- a stay by which said license plate is erected rearward of said seat from said rear cover;
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- an illumination device disposed separately from said rear light unit and embedded into a cavity formed in said rear cover below and rearward of said license plate, said illumination device having a lamp for upwardly emitting a light beam to directly illuminate said display surface.
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