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US 7,681,920 B2Granted
Straddle-type vehicle
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYusuke Iwasaki
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AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYusuke Iwasaki
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A straddle-type vehicle with improved protection of a discharge part on a fuel tank. A seat is at least partially arranged above a fuel tank and is fitted on a front load receiving part and a rear load receiving part which are arranged on the fuel tank apart from each other in the front and rear direction of the vehicle. A fuel pump unit has a discharge part for discharging fuel in the fuel tank and supplying the fuel in to an engine. The discharge part is arranged on the fuel tank between the front load receiving part and the rear load receiving part.
A straddle-type vehicle comprising:
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Fuel tanks specially adapted for motorcycles or engine-assisted cycles
Arrangements of fuel supply lines, taps, or the like, on motor cycles
Submerged in fuel, e.g. in reservoir: mounting pumps on fuel tanks
Motorised scooters
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This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 USC 119 of Japanese patent application no. 2005-309142, filed on Oct. 24, 2005, which application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a straddle-type vehicle having a fuel tank in which a fuel pump is housed and, in particular, relates to a discharge part of the fuel pump.
FIG. 1 is a left side view of a motorcycle according to one embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged left side view of a rear part of a vehicle body of the motorcycle of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a plan view of the rear part of the vehicle body of the motorcycle of FIG. 1.
An exemplary embodiment of a straddle-type vehicle according to the present invention is now described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the straddle-type vehicle is realized as a motorcycle.
FIG. 1 is a left side view of a motorcycle 1 according to this embodiment. A direction in which motorcycle 1 travels (direction indicated by arrow F in the drawing) is referred to as “forward direction” of the vehicle and the left and right direction of the vehicle is referred to as “direction of the width of the vehicle”. Moreover, the length in the up and down direction of the vehicle is referred to as “height”.
Motorcycle 1 includes a vehicle body frame 10 forming the skeleton of the vehicle body; a front wheel 2 steered by a handlebar 101; a rear wheel 3 supported by rear arms 5 in such a way as to be able to swing up and down; a seat 20 on which a rider sits; a fuel injection type engine 30; and a fuel tank 40 for storing fuel.