US 7,740,100 B2Granted

Cover structure for buggy vehicle

AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.

InventorsShinji Takahashi, Kenzo Shimizu, Seiji Hanafusa, Takao Yamamoto

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Abstract

A body cover being formed by joining together a plurality of cover members including a maintenance cover which is detachably disposed on the side of the power unit. A pedal which is actuated by an individual operating the vehicle wherein the overall body frame is covered without modifying the structure and arrangement of the pedal. A suspension system wherein a swing arm type or an independent suspension type may be used in the vehicle. A light structure for a tail light wherein attaching lighting components such as a light emitting section are attached to a substrate formed in part of a lid of a utility box attached to a rear part of a vehicle. The lighting components such as the substrate are directly assembled in the concave section, and a lens is attached to the concave section by welding.

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Dependent claims

A cover structure for a buggy vehicle which contains a power unit and a fuel tank disposed above the power unit, said power units and fuel tank being mounted on a body frame and an operator's seat is disposed rearwardly of the fuel tank, said cover structure comprising:

a body cover for covering the overall body frame as well as the power unit and the fuel tank, the body cover being formed by joining together a plurality of cover members including maintenance covers which are detachably disposed on the side of the power unit,
a knee grip and a mud guard forming parts of the plurality of cover members and vertically spaced apart from each other so as to position the maintenance covers therebetween, wherein the body cover includes said maintenance covers with the mud guard being disposed below the maintenance covers and the knee grip being disposed above the maintenance covers, a tank cover disposed forward of the knee grip and above the maintenance covers with a front fender being disposed forward of the maintenance covers, which serve as the cover members, and wherein the maintenance covers are each disposed on the side of the power unit and detachably connected to the tank cover, the knee grip and the mud guard which surround the maintenance covers.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.