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US 7,882,916 B2Granted
Vehicle
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakehiro Miyamoto
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Abstract
A motorcycle in which a central axis of a shaft and a central axis of front forks are not parallel to each other, and assembly work of the shaft, front forks and an upper bracket is not complicated. A steering shaft is rotatably supported by a head pipe. An upper bracket supports the steering shaft and front forks. The steering shaft includes upper and lower steering shafts. The upper steering shaft is inserted in the upper bracket and then fixed to the lower steering shaft.
Claims11
A vehicle comprising:
- a head pipe;
- a shaft rotatably supported by the head pipe;
- a front fork;
- and
- a topside bracket arranged to support the shaft and the front fork;
- wherein
- the shaft includes a topside shaft and a downside shaft;
- the topside shaft is inserted in the topside bracket and then fixed to the downside shaft;
- and
- the shaft and the front fork are arranged not to be parallel to each other so that a shared central axis of the topside shaft and the downside shaft intersects with a central axis of the front fork.
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