Structure for disposing fuel tank for straddle-type vehicle
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsOki Miyakozawa, Mitsuru Sakamoto, Masataka Taketsuna, Yuuji Shimizu, Masatsugu Arimura
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Abstract
A fuel tank for a straddle-type vehicle includes a two-piece structure made up of a lower panel and an upper panel, each panel having a flange which is formed at a side peripheral edge thereof and joined with the other flange to form the fuel tank, and side portions provided with tank side covers each having a specified vertical width to cover the flanges. The fuel tank is located in a manner such that the upper panel is exposed upward at an upper surface portion.
Claims14
A fuel tank for a straddle-type vehicle, comprising:
- a two-piece structure made up of a lower panel and an upper panel, each panel having a flange which is formed at a side peripheral edge thereof, wherein each flange extends in a horizontal direction and is joined with the other flange in a vertical direction to form the fuel tank;
- side portions provided with tank side covers each having a specified vertical width to cover the flanges,
- wherein the fuel tank is located in a manner such that the upper panel is exposed upward at an upper surface portion;
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- a storage box disposed in a space defined closely behind a head pipe and between the fuel tank and an engine, wherein regions on sides of the storage box are covered with removable storage box side covers.
A fuel tank for a straddle-type vehicle, comprising:
- a two-piece structure made up of a lower panel and an upper panel, each panel having a flange which is formed at a side peripheral edge thereof and joined with the other flange to form the fuel tank,
- wherein the fuel tank is located in a manner such that the upper panel is exposed upward at an upper surface portion, and
- wherein the upper surface portion of the upper panel has a mountainous shape in a section taken along a lateral direction of the vehicle, with a line which runs in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, as an edge line;
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- a storage box disposed in a space defined closely behind a head pipe and between the fuel tank and an engine, wherein regions on sides of the storage box are covered with removable storage box side covers.
A fuel tank for a straddle-type vehicle, comprising:
- two parts, vertically divided, a lower panel configuring a lower part and an upper panel configuring an upper part, the fuel tank formed with the lower panel and the upper panel joined together at flanges which are formed at side peripheral edges, and the fuel tank Located in a manner such that the upper panel is exposed upward at an upper surface portion, and
- wherein the upper surface portion of the upper panel assumes a mountainous shape in a section taken along a lateral direction of the vehicle, and a radial dimension R of the mountainous shape is smaller than a height of the fuel tank, wherein the height is a distance from a bottom portion to a top portion of the fuel tank;
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- a storage box disposed in a space defined closely behind a head pipe and between the fuel tank and an engine, wherein regions on sides of the storage box are covered with removable storage box side covers.
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