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US 7,681,682 B2Granted
Straddle-type vehicle
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShidehiko Miyashiro
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Abstract
A straddle-type vehicle that has a fuel pump mounted on the bottom of a fuel tank disposed above an engine provides simplified maintenance and cleaning of the upper portion of the engine and its peripheral parts. A fuel tank support section that connects a fuel tank such that the fuel tank can turn on a connection bolt. The fuel tank support section connects a body frame to a front end section of the fuel tank. A fuel injection device is disposed under a rear end section of the fuel tank.
Claims8
A straddle-type vehicle comprising:
- an engine;
- a body frame on which the engine is mounted;
- a fuel tank disposed above the engine;
- a fuel pump mounted in the fuel tank;
- a part connected to the fuel pump, and
- a fuel tank support section that supports the fuel tank such that the fuel tank can turn about the fuel tank support section;
- wherein
- the fuel tank support section supports one end section of the fuel tank in a front/rear direction of the vehicle, and the part is disposed under an other end section of the fuel tank,
- the one end section is a front end section of the fuel tank, and
- the other end section is in a rear portion of the fuel tank and is spaced apart from the one end section by a certain distance, wherein the fuel tank support section comprises:
- a support section formed in the body frame;
- the front end section provided at the front end of the fuel tank;
- and a turning shaft attached to the support section along the width direction of the vehicle, wherein a body frame-side bolt hole into which the turning shaft is inserted is formed in the support section, a tank-side bolt hole into which the turning shaft is inserted is formed in the front end section, and the turning shaft is inserted into the body frame-side bolt hole and the tank-side bolt hole.
10 more elements
A straddle-type vehicle comprising:
- an engine;
- a body frame on which the engine is mounted;
- a fuel tank disposed above the engine;
- a fuel pump mounted in the fuel tank;
- a part connected to the fuel pump;
- and
- a fuel tank support section that supports the fuel tank such that the fuel tank can turn about the fuel tank support section, wherein the fuel tank support section comprises:
- a support section formed in the body frame;
- the front end section provided at the front end of the fuel tank;
- and a turning shaft attached to the support section along the width direction of the vehicle, wherein a body frame-side bolt hole into which the turning shaft is inserted is formed in the support section, a tank-side bolt hole into which the turning shaft is inserted is formed in the front end section, and the turning shaft is inserted into the body frame-side bolt hole and the tank-side bolt hole, wherein the fuel tank support section supports one end section of the fuel tank in a front/rear direction of the vehicle, and the part is disposed under an other end section of the fuel tank, and
- the one end section or the other end section is positioned in a front portion of the fuel tank, and the other of the one end section and the other end section is positioned in a rear portion of the fuel tank.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.