US 8,418,793 B2Granted

Motorcycle

AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.

InventorsKengo Yano, Mamoru Ito, Sadamichi Enjo, Fujio Nakamura, Naoki Okada

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Abstract

A motorcycle that can facilitate identification of and taking in and out of an article stored below a rear seat includes a storage box that is mounted to a body frame. The front portion of the storage box is covered by a front seat. The rear portion of the storage box is covered by the rear seat and the rear seat is surrounded by the rear spoiler. The rear spoiler has an opening portion that is almost-rectangular as viewed from above. When the rear seat is removed, an article can be put in and taken out from the storage box through the opening portion. A first seal member is attached to the bottom plate of the rear seat, and is pressed against the circumferential edge portion of the opening portion to thereby seal between the rear seat and the rear spoiler.

Claims22

Dependent claims

A motorcycle comprising:

a body frame;
a storage box mounted to the body frame;
a front seat covering a front portion of the storage box;
a rear seat covering a rear portion of the storage box;
and
a rear spoiler surrounding the rear seat;
wherein the rear spoiler has a generally rectangular through hole formed therethrough, the generally rectangular through hole is fully surrounded and defined by a circumferential edge portion of the rear spoiler, and when the rear seat is removed, an article can be put in and taken out of the storage box through the generally rectangular through hole from the storage box, and
a first seal member is attached to a bottom plate of the rear seat, and is pressed against the circumferential edge portion of the rear spoiler to thereby seal between the rear seat and the rear spoiler,
wherein a second seal member is attached to a bottom plate of the front seat, and is pressed against a front portion of the circumferential edge portion and against a circumferential edge formed around a through hole of the storage box to thereby seal between the front seat and the storage box.

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A storage box arrangement for a vehicle comprising:

a storage box;
a rear seat covering a rear portion of the storage box;
and
a rear spoiler surrounding the rear seat;
wherein the rear spoiler has a generally rectangular through hole formed therethrough, the generally rectangular through hole is fully surrounded and defined by a circumferential edge portion of the rear spoiler, and when the rear seat is removed, an article can be put in and taken out of the storage box through the generally rectangular through hole from the storage box, and
a first seal member is attached to a bottom plate of the rear seat, and is pressed against the circumferential edge portion of the rear spoiler to thereby seal between the rear seat and the rear spoiler,
wherein a second seal member is attached to a bottom plate of a front seat of the vehicle, and is pressed against a front portion of the circumferential edge portion and against a circumferential edge formed around a through hole of the storage box to thereby seal between the front seat and the storage box.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.