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US 8,708,086 B2Granted
Saddle-ride type vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHidenori Nagura, Junichi Sakamoto, Shingo Sugiyama
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Abstract
A saddle-ride type vehicle in which the body frame can be reinforced without using a special reinforcing member includes left and right rear frame portions extending rearward and upward from a down frame. The right and left rear frame portions each include a rear frame front half portion and a rear frame rear half portion that are joined together at a joint. The left and right rear frame front half portions are connected to each other by a cross frame. The rear frame rear half portions extend further forward from its joint with the rear frame front half portion and are also joined together by the cross frame, which supports a seat through a storage box.
Claims20
A saddle-ride vehicle comprising:
- a seat for an occupant to sit on;
- a leg passing space located in front of the seat, through which the occupant may pass his/her leg when getting on or off;
- a head pipe located in front of the leg passing space, pivotally supporting a steering system in a rotatable manner;
- a main frame extending rearward and downward from the head pipe;
- a down frame extending rearward from the main frame so as to be located under the leg passing space;
- left and right rear frames located behind the leg passing space, said left and right rear frames extending rearward and upward from the down frame and supporting the seat;
- and
- a cross frame directly connecting lower portions of the left and right rear frames, said cross frame curving forward in a convex form and having support parts for supporting a load of the seat,
- wherein each of the right and left rear frames comprise a rear frame front half portion and a rear frame rear half portion, said right rear frame front half portion being directly joined to said right rear frame rear half portion at a right joint and said left rear frame front half portion being directly joined to said left rear frame rear half portion at a left joint;
- the cross frame directly connects the left and right rear frame front half portions;
- the left rear frame rear half portion integrally having an extension part that extends forward from the left joint;
- the right rear frame rear half portion integrally having an extension part that extends forward from the right joint;
- and
- the extension parts are directly joined to the cross frame.
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A saddle-ride vehicle comprising:
- a seat for an occupant to sit on;
- a leg passing space located in front of the seat and through which the occupant may pass his/her leg when getting on or off;
- a head pipe located in front of the leg passing space, said head pipe pivotally supporting a steering system in a rotatable manner;
- a main frame extending rearward and downward from the head pipe;
- left and right down frames extending rearward from the main frame so as to be located under the leg passing space;
- left and right rear frames located behind the leg passing space, said left and right rear frames extending rearward and upward from the left and right down frames, respectively, and supporting the seat;
- a cross frame directly connecting lower portions of the left and right rear frames, said cross frame curving forward in a convex form;
- a swing arm pivotally supporting a rear wheel on a rear portion thereof and being supported by one of the down frames and the rear frames in a vertically swingable manner;
- and
- a rear cushion unit interposed between a rear upper portion of the swing arm and rear portions of the rear frames,
- wherein the right rear frame comprises a right rear frame front half portion and a right rear frame rear half portion that are directly joined together at a right joint;
- the left rear frame comprises a left rear frame front half portion and a left rear frame rear half portion that are directly joined together at a left joint;
- the right down frame is integrated with the right rear frame front half portion;
- the left down frame is integrated with the left rear frame front half portion;
- the cross frame directly connects the left front frame front half portion to the right rear frame front half portion;
- the right rear frame rear half portion integrally includes a right extension part that extends forward from the right joint;
- the left rear frame rear half portion integrally includes a left extension part that extends forward from the left joint;
- and
- the left and right extension parts are directly joined to the cross frame.
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