Vehicle cowl for deflecting road debris
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKouta Nakao, Kuniyuki Takahashi
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Abstract
A vehicle cowl may comprise a receiving portion formed as a local depression, and one or more openings formed on sides of the receiving portion. The vehicle cowl may be configured to be disposed rearward of a front wheel of a vehicle, the one or more openings to face rearward and the local depression to extend rearward when the vehicle cowl is in place on the vehicle. The receiving portion may be configured to receive and/or deflect an object or substance splashed or thrown up by the front wheel, such as water, mud or road debris, in a position rearward of the front wheel. Moreover, air can flow through the one or more openings on the sides of the receiving portion, to cool heat-generating parts such as the radiator and engine. The vehicle may be a motorcycle.
Claims20
A vehicle cowl, comprising:
- an inner panel having a central opening formed in an upper end side thereof, the central opening extending downward from an upper edge of the inner panel;
- wind introduction walls formed on sides of the central opening;
- a receiving portion narrower than the central opening, located below the central opening, the receiving portion formed as a local depression in a central surface of the inner panel, extending in an up-and-down direction in a central portion of the inner panel, and including a bottom surface and a pair of rising surfaces formed on left and right ends of the bottom surface;
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- one or more openings formed on sides of the receiving portion;
- the vehicle cowl to be disposed rearward of a front wheel of a vehicle, the one or more openings to face rearward, the receiving portion to be located below a radiator disposed on the vehicle, the bottom surface to face the front wheel and the local depression to extend rearward when the vehicle cowl is in place on the vehicle.
A motorcycle cowl, comprising:
- a curved panel having
- a central opening formed in an upper end side thereof, the central opening extending downward from an upper edge of the curved panel,
- wind introduction walls formed on sides of the central opening,
- an elongated concavity, narrower than the central opening and located below the central opening, formed in a surface of a central portion of the curved panel, the elongated concavity including a bottom surface and a pair of rising surfaces formed on left and right ends of the bottom surface;
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- air flow openings formed on sides of the elongated concavity;
- wherein the cowl is configured to be mounted rearward of a front wheel of a motorcycle, the elongated concavity to be located below a radiator disposed on the motorcycle, and the bottom surface to face the front wheel.
A vehicle cowl, comprising:
- an upper portion having a central opening formed in an upper end side thereof, the central opening extending downward from an upper edge of the upper portion,
- wind introduction walls formed on sides of the central opening,
- deflection means for deflecting any of water, mud or road debris from the vehicle, the deflection means including a curved, elongated concavity, narrower than the central opening and located below the central opening, formed in a central surface of the vehicle cowl, for being arranged rearward of a front wheel of a vehicle and below a radiator disposed on the vehicle, the elongated concavity including a bottom surface to face the front wheel and a pair of rising surfaces formed on left and right ends of the bottom surface;
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- cooling means for cooling the vehicle by way of air flow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.