Back to results
US 7,731,238 B2Granted
Straddle-type vehicle
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuyuki Otsubo, Yasuo Okamoto
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A straddle-type vehicle that reliably leads fuel that overflows from a fuel fill opening away to a safe area without specialist components. A fuel tank includes a recess portion that is formed around a fuel fill opening, and a raised section that is formed to the outer side of the recess portion and that is at a higher position than the recess portion.
Claims10
A straddle-type vehicle comprising:
- an engine arranged to generate a driving force;
- and
- a fuel tank arranged to store fuel that is supplied to the engine, wherein a fuel fill opening is formed in an upper surface of the fuel tank, and the fuel tank comprises:
- a recess portion located directly adjacent to a periphery of the fuel fill opening and arranged to surround the fuel fill opening such that the fuel fill opening is located within the recess portion;
- and
- a raised section located on an outer side of the recess portion at a position higher than the recess portion;
- wherein
- the recess portion includes a bottom surface section and a side wall section arranged to extend upwards from the bottom surface section;
- an opening section is provided in the side wall section and arranged to open in a determined direction;
- and
- the bottom surface section inclines in the determined direction towards the opening section.
8 more elements
A straddle-type vehicle comprising:
- a wheel;
- an engine that generates driving force;
- a fuel tank that stores fuel that is supplied to the engine, and in which a fuel fill opening is formed;
- and
- a fender that is disposed beneath the fuel tank and to the outside in the diameter direction of the vehicle wheel, wherein
- the fender includes a gutter member that catches fuel that overflows outward from the periphery of the fuel fill opening, and that leads the caught fuel downward in a determined direction.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.