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US 8,136,352 B2Granted
Cover member for plural exhaust pipes
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNobuhiro Arai
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Abstract
A vehicle that sufficiently insulates heat between plural exhaust pipes connected to an engine. A cover member bridges over and covers the periphery of the exhaust pipes. A thermal insulation member fills in a space on a line connecting centers of the exhaust pipes, and a space in the vicinity of the line.
Claims14
A vehicle comprising:
- an engine;
- plural exhaust pipes connected to the engine and including a first exhaust pipe and a second exhaust pipe having an area therebetween, all of the plural exhaust pipes being disposed outside of said area;
- a first cover member bridged over the plural exhaust pipes and covering a periphery of the plural exhaust pipes;
- a second cover member provided between the plural exhaust pipes and a fuel tank, and covering an upper part and side parts of the first cover member, the second cover member including an area cover portion covering said area so as to not cover any of the plural exhaust pipes, the second cover member being larger in a width direction of the vehicle than the first cover member;
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- a thermal insulation member filling in a space on a line connecting centers of the respective plural exhaust pipes and a space in the vicinity of the line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.