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US 8,418,794 B2Granted
Straddle-type vehicle
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasanori Shibata, Takeshi Okada, Takayuki Oishi, Makio Koike
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Abstract
A straddle-type vehicle includes a canister that is arranged to be warmed up during an operation of an engine and is arranged to be cooled down during a stop of the engine. In the straddle-type vehicle, a fuel tank is arranged over an engine, at least a portion of a carburetor that constitutes a throttle body is arranged below the fuel tank and behind a cylinder and a cylinder head, and at least a portion of a canister is arranged between the fuel tank and the cylinder head.
Claims13
A straddle-type vehicle comprising:
- an engine including a crankcase, a cylinder arranged on the crankcase, and a cylinder head arranged on the cylinder, to generate power to drive a wheel;
- a fuel tank arranged over the engine and to store fuel consumed by the engine;
- a throttle body at least partially arranged below the fuel tank and behind the cylinder and the cylinder head, and to adjust an amount of an air-fuel mixture supplied to the engine;
- and
- a canister connected to the fuel tank and the throttle body, and arranged to suppress gas generated by evaporation of the fuel in the fuel tank from being emitted to ambient air;
- wherein
- the canister is arranged entirely below a lowermost end portion of the fuel tank and at least partially above the cylinder head in a side view of the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.