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US 7,401,597 B2Granted
Fuel supply device for motorcycle and motorcycle
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMunetaka Koike, Shidehiko Miyashiro
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Abstract
A fuel supply device for a motorcycle facilitates a narrower vehicle width to improve maneuverability. A fuel tank is disposed above a body frame, and a first fuel pump is fixed to a part of the fuel tank facing the body frame and positioned inside of the fuel tank via a mount seat. The first fuel pump is disposed such that at least a portion of the mount seat overlaps the vehicle body frame as viewed from above the motorcycle.
Claims23
A fuel supply device for a motorcycle comprising:
- a body frame extending in a fore to aft direction of the motorcycle;
- a fuel tank disposed above the body frame;
- a first fuel pump attached to a bottom portion of the fuel tank via a mount seat;
- and
- a rider's seat that covers a top surface of the fuel tank as viewed from a lateral side of the motorcycle, wherein a forward end of the seat is positioned before the first fuel pump,
- wherein at least a portion of the mount seat overlaps with the body frame as viewed from above the motorcycle.
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A motorcycle comprising:
- a body frame extending in a fore to aft direction of the motorcycle;
- a fuel tank disposed above the body frame;
- a first fuel pump attached to a bottom portion of the fuel tank via a mount seat;
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- a rider's seat that covers a top surface of the fuel tank as viewed from a lateral side of the motorcycle, wherein a forward end of the seat is positioned before the first fuel pump,
- wherein at least a portion of the mount seat overlaps the body frame as viewed from above the motorcycle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.