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US 9,399,974 B2Granted
Motorcycle
AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation
InventorsKeisuke Ito, Ken Shibano, Yoshisato Inayama, Kei Hasegawa, Yuta Endo
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Abstract
One or more throttle bodies and a surge tank are disposed behind a cylinder head, and an intercooler is disposed by being adjacent to the surge tank at a position behind the cylinder head and the one or more throttle bodies. A supercharger is provided in front of the intercooler.
Claims17
A motorcycle comprising:
- a pair of left and right vehicle body frames extending in a front-and-rear direction;
- an engine having one or more exhaust ports to which one or more exhaust pipes is/are connected at a front side of a cylinder head, and one or more intake ports to which one or more throttle bodies is/are connected at a rear side of the cylinder head;
- a supercharger disposed at a front side of the engine, and compressing a sucked air for combustion;
- an intercooler cooling the air compressed by the supercharger;
- and
- a surge tank making the air from the intercooler flow to the one or more throttle bodies,
- wherein the one or more throttle bodies and the surge tank are disposed behind the cylinder head, and the intercooler is disposed by being adjacent to the surge tank at a position behind the cylinder head and the one or more throttle bodies, positioned between the pair of left and right vehicle body frames in a view seen from an upper direction of the vehicle body, disposed inclined so that a front side thereof is lowered, and a wind-receiving surface is directed diagonally forward;
- wherein the supercharger is provided in front of the intercooler.
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A motorcycle comprising:
- an engine having one or more exhaust ports to which one or more exhaust pipes is/are connected at a front side of a cylinder head, and one or more intake ports to which one or more throttle bodies is/are connected at a rear side of the cylinder head;
- a supercharger disposed at a front side of the engine, and compressing a sucked air for combustion;
- an intercooler cooling the air compressed by the supercharger;
- a surge tank making the air from the intercooler flow to the one or more throttle bodies;
- and
- a bypass pipe whose one end is connected to an intermediate portion of a coupling pipe which connects the supercharger and the intercooler, and whose other end is connected to the surge tank or an intermediate portion of an outlet pipe which connects the intercooler and the surge tank,
- wherein a control valve which controls an opening/closing of the bypass pipe is provided in the middle of the bypass pipe;
- wherein the one or more throttle bodies and the surge tank are disposed behind the cylinder head, and the intercooler is disposed by being adjacent to the surge tank at a position behind the cylinder head and the one or more throttle bodies;
- and
- wherein the supercharger is provided in front of the intercooler.
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A motorcycle comprising:
- an engine having one or more exhaust ports to which one or more exhaust pipes is/are connected at a front side of a cylinder head, and one or more intake ports to which one or more throttle bodies is/are connected at a rear side of the cylinder head;
- a supercharger disposed at a front side of the engine, and compressing a sucked air for combustion;
- an intercooler cooling the air compressed by the supercharger;
- and
- a surge tank making the air from the intercooler flow to the one or more throttle bodies
- a duct hose part leading a traveling air introduced from a front portion of the vehicle body to a heat-radiating surface of the intercooler to discharge the traveling air to a rear side of the vehicle body
- wherein the one or more throttle bodies and the surge tank are disposed behind the cylinder head, and the intercooler is disposed by being adjacent to the surge tank at a position behind the cylinder head and the one or more throttle bodies;
- wherein the supercharger is provided in front of the intercooler;
- wherein the engine is supported by a pair of frames extended from a steering head pipe toward a rear side and a lower side of the vehicle body;
- and
- wherein the duct hose part disposed substantially linearly from the front portion of the vehicle body to the intercooler by passing through a part between the pair of frames and a lower side of a fuel tank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.