Front structure of saddle-ride type vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHayato Ohashi, Akira Omae
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Abstract
A front cowl for use with a saddle-ride type vehicle includes headlights as well as an air introduction passage configured to introduce a flow of air rearwardly. The air introduction passage is opened in a forward direction to enable the headlights to be cooled by the flow of air that flow through the air introduction passage. Headlights using LEDs as their respective sources of light are placed inside an air introduction passage while supported by a duct that forms the air introduction passage.
Claims18
A front cowl for use with a saddle-ride vehicle provided with at least one headlight and an air introduction passage in a front portion of the front cowl of a vehicle body, comprising:
- a duct forming said air introduction passage, said duct being opened in a forward direction and being configured to introduce a flow of air rearwardly, said duct including a front duct half body and a rear duct half body;
- a mesh member having a peripheral portion positioned between the front duct half body and the rear duct half body, said mesh member extending substantially orthogonally across a width direction of the duct;
- at least one support case being fixed to and penetrating the mesh member;
- wherein the at least one headlight is a LED as a respective source of light, said LED being placed inside the air introduction passage while being positioned within the at least one support case.
A front cowl for use with a saddle-ride vehicle comprising:
- an air introduction passage formed in a front portion of front cowl, said air introduction passage being opened in a forward direction and being configured to introduce a flow of air rearwardly;
- a duct forming said air introduction passage, said duct including a front duct half body and a rear duct half body;
- a mesh member having a peripheral portion positioned between the front duct half body and the rear duct half body, said mesh member extending substantially orthogonally across a width direction of the duct;
- at least one support case being fixed to and penetrating the mesh member;
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- at least one headlight being operatively mounted within said at least one support case for selectively shinning a light in a forward direction;
- wherein the at least one headlight utilizes LEDs as the respective source of light, said at least one headlight being placed inside the air introduction passage while being positioned within the at least one support case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.