Headlight mounting arrangement
AssigneeHarley-Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc.
InventorScott J. Saiki
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Abstract
A vehicle comprising a frame, at least one wheel operable to contact a substantially horizontal support surface, a prime mover supported by the frame and in driving engagement with the at least one wheel, a suspension system operable to maintain the frame in an upright position while driving along a straight path and to permit the frame to lean relative to the support surface while cornering, and at least two headlights coupled to the suspension system and arranged in a substantially horizontal configuration, wherein the headlights remain in the substantially horizontal configuration when the frame is in the upright position and when the frame is leaning.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one wheel operable to contact a substantially horizontal support surface;
- a suspension system operable to maintain the frame in an upright position while driving along a straight path and to permit the frame to lean relative to the support surface while cornering;
- and
- at least one headlight mounted on the suspension system and arranged in a substantially horizontal configuration, wherein the headlight remains in the substantially horizontal configuration when the frame is in the upright position and when the frame is leaning.
A vehicle comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one wheel rotatably coupled to the frame and operable to contact a substantially horizontal support surface;
- a suspension system operable to maintain the frame in an upright position while driving along a straight path and to permit the frame to lean relative to the support surface while cornering, the suspension system including a transverse beam pivotally coupled to the frame;
- and
- at least one headlight having a substantially horizontal orientation when the frame is in the upright position and maintaining the substantially horizontal orientation when the frame is leaned while cornering, the orientation of the at least one headlight relative to the transverse beam of the suspension system being substantially unchanged when the frame is leaned from the upright position while cornering.
A vehicle comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one wheel operable to contact a substantially horizontal support surface;
- a suspension system operable to maintain the frame in an upright position while driving along a straight path and to permit the frame to lean relative to the support surface while cornering;
- and
- at least one headlight mounted on the suspension system and arranged in a first orientation when the frame is in the upright position while driving along a straight path, wherein the headlight leans at an angle relative to the first orientation while cornering, and wherein the angle of the lean of the headlight is less than the angle of the lean of the frame while cornering.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.