Body cover structure for saddle-ride type vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKohei Yokouchi, Tomoyuki Maruyama, Tomotake Shimoji, Tetsuo Kojima
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Abstract
A body cover structure for saddle-ride type vehicles that enables enhancement of the user's comfort while increasing the rigidity of covering members constituting a center tunnel part. Step floors are configured of forward inclined parts disposed ahead of the floors in a forward rising shape, horizontal parts disposed either substantially horizontally or in a rearwardly rising shape behind these forward inclined parts, and bent parts connecting the forward inclined parts and the horizontal parts. The middle covers are provided on the lower edges thereof with downwardly extending parts extending toward the bent parts.
Claims20
A body cover structure for saddle-ride type vehicles comprising:
- a center tunnel part provided between a seat and a leg shield covering a front part of a body;
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- step floors for placing legs of an occupant, said step floors being disposed on the two sides of the center tunnel part and extending in the longitudinal direction, the center tunnel part being configured of an inner cover extending rearwardly from the leg shield, erect walls extending upwardly from inner side end parts of the step floors in the vehicle width direction, and middle covers arranged to be long in the longitudinal direction so as to stride over the inner cover and the erect walls;
- wherein the step floors are configured of forward inclined parts disposed ahead thereof in a forward rising shape, horizontal parts disposed either substantially horizontally or in a rearwardly rising shape behind these forward inclined parts, and bent parts connecting the forward inclined parts and the horizontal parts;
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- the middle covers are provided on the lower edges thereof with downwardly extending parts extending toward the bent parts.
A body cover structure for saddle-ride type vehicles comprising:
- a center tunnel part;
- step floors for placing legs of an occupant, said step floors being disposed on each side of the center tunnel part and extending in the longitudinal direction, the center tunnel part being configured of an inner cover extending rearwardly from a leg shield, erect walls extending upwardly from inner side end parts of the step floors in the vehicle width direction, and middle covers arranged to be long in the longitudinal direction so as to stride over the inner cover and the erect walls;
- said step floors including forward inclined parts disposed ahead of thereof in a forward rising shape, horizontal parts disposed either substantially horizontally or in a rearwardly rising shape behind these forward inclined parts, and bent parts connecting the forward inclined parts and the horizontal parts;
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- downwardly extending parts formed on lower edges of the middle covers, said downwardly extending parts extending toward the bent parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.