US 9,428,235 B2Granted

Vehicle

AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsKazuhisa Takano, Toshio Iizuka, Hirotoshi Noguchi

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Abstract

A vehicle includes a front end of a front portion and at least a portion of a headlamp disposed on the left of a right end of a right front wheel and on the right of a left end of a left front wheel when the vehicle is in the upright state, above upper ends of the right front wheel and the left front wheel, and below an upper end of a lower cross portion in relation to an up-and-down direction of a body frame in a position located ahead of a front end of the lower cross portion when looking at the vehicle from a side thereof.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A vehicle comprising:

a body frame that leans to a right of the vehicle when the vehicle turns right and that leans to a left of the vehicle when the vehicle turns left;
a right front wheel and a left front wheel that are aligned in a left-and-right direction of the body frame;
a right suspension device that supports the right front wheel at a lower portion thereof and that absorbs an upward displacement of the right front wheel in an up-and-down direction of the body frame;
a left suspension device that supports the left front wheel at a lower portion thereof and that absorbs an upward displacement of the left front wheel in the up-and-down direction of the body frame;
a link mechanism which includes:
a right side portion that supports an upper portion of the right suspension device so as to allow the upper portion of the right suspension device to turn about a right steering axis that extends in the up-and-down direction of the body frame;
a left side portion that supports an upper portion of the left suspension device so as to allow the upper portion of the left suspension device to turn about a left steering axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the right steering axis;
an upper cross portion that supports an upper portion of the right side portion at a right end portion thereof so as to allow the upper portion of the right side portion to turn about an upper right axis that extends in a front-and-rear direction of the body frame and supports an upper portion of the left side portion at a left end portion thereof so as to allow the upper portion of the left side portion to turn about an upper left axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the upper right axis and that is supported on the body frame at a middle portion thereof so as to turn about an upper middle axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the upper right axis and the upper left axis;
and
a lower cross portion that supports a lower portion of the right side portion at a right end portion so as to allow the upper portion to turn about a lower right axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the upper right axis and supports a lower portion of the left side portion at a left end portion thereof so as to allow the upper portion to turn about a lower left axis that is parallel or substantially parallel the upper left axis and that is supported on the body frame at a middle portion thereof so as to turn about a lower middle axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the upper middle axis;
a headlamp including a light source that emits light to a front of the vehicle;
and
a body cover that covers at least a portion of the headlamp, the upper cross portion, and a right side surface, a left side surface, and an upper surface of the lower cross portion;
wherein
at least a portion of the headlamp is disposed on the left of a right end of the right front wheel and on the right of a left end of the left front wheel when the vehicle is in an upright state, above upper ends of the right front wheel and the left front wheel, below an upper end of the lower cross portion in relation to the up-and-down direction of the body frame in a position located ahead of a front end of the lower cross portion in a side view of the vehicle;
in a front end portion of the vehicle that includes the headlamp and the body cover:
a front edge of the front portion of the vehicle extends from a front end to above the upper cross portion and to behind the front end of the lower cross portion in the side view of the vehicle when the vehicle is in the upright state;
and
the front end of the front portion of the vehicle is disposed on the left of the right end of the right front wheel and on the right of the left end of the left front wheel when the vehicle is in the upright state, above the upper ends of the right front wheel and the left front wheel, and below the upper end of the lower cross portion in relation to the up-and-down direction of the body frame in a position located ahead of the front end of the lower cross portion in the side view of the vehicle.

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Facts

Application: 14/901,379Filed 30 Jun 2014
Priority: JP 2013-1384881 Jul 2013
Published: US 2016/0152292 A12 Jun 2016
Granted: 30 Aug 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

B62K 5/10
Cycles with handlebars, equipped with three or more main road wheels: with means for inwardly inclining the vehicle body on bends
B62J 6/026
Specially adapted for motorcycles or the like: characterised by the structure, e.g. casings
B62K 5/027
Tricycles: motorcycles with three wheels
B62K 5/05
Tricycles: characterised by a single rear wheel

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Abstract

A vehicle comprising:

a body frame that leans to a right of the vehicle when the vehicle turns right and that leans to a left of the vehicle when the vehicle turns left;
a right front wheel and a left front wheel that are aligned in a left-and-right direction of the body frame;
a right suspension device that supports the right front wheel at a lower portion thereof and that absorbs an upward displacement of the right front wheel in an up-and-down direction of the body frame;
a left suspension device that supports the left front wheel at a lower portion thereof and that absorbs an upward displacement of the left front wheel in the up-and-down direction of the body frame;
a link mechanism which includes:
a right side portion that supports an upper portion of the right suspension device so as to allow the upper portion of the right suspension device to turn about a right steering axis that extends in the up-and-down direction of the body frame;
a left side portion that supports an upper portion of the left suspension device so as to allow the upper portion of the left suspension device to turn about a left steering axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the right steering axis;
an upper cross portion that supports an upper portion of the right side portion at a right end portion thereof so as to allow the upper portion of the right side portion to turn about an upper right axis that extends in a front-and-rear direction of the body frame and supports an upper portion of the left side portion at a left end portion thereof so as to allow the upper portion of the left side portion to turn about an upper left axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the upper right axis and that is supported on the body frame at a middle portion thereof so as to turn about an upper middle axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the upper right axis and the upper left axis;
and
a lower cross portion that supports a lower portion of the right side portion at a right end portion so as to allow the upper portion to turn about a lower right axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the upper right axis and supports a lower portion of the left side portion at a left end portion thereof so as to allow the upper portion to turn about a lower left axis that is parallel or substantially parallel the upper left axis and that is supported on the body frame at a middle portion thereof so as to turn about a lower middle axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the upper middle axis;
a headlamp including a light source that emits light to a front of the vehicle;
and
a body cover that covers at least a portion of the headlamp, the upper cross portion, and a right side surface, a left side surface, and an upper surface of the lower cross portion;
wherein
at least a portion of the headlamp is disposed on the left of a right end of the right front wheel and on the right of a left end of the left front wheel when the vehicle is in an upright state, above upper ends of the right front wheel and the left front wheel, below an upper end of the lower cross portion in relation to the up-and-down direction of the body frame in a position located ahead of a front end of the lower cross portion in a side view of the vehicle;
in a front end portion of the vehicle that includes the headlamp and the body cover:
a front edge of the front portion of the vehicle extends from a front end to above the upper cross portion and to behind the front end of the lower cross portion in the side view of the vehicle when the vehicle is in the upright state;
and
the front end of the front portion of the vehicle is disposed on the left of the right end of the right front wheel and on the right of the left end of the left front wheel when the vehicle is in the upright state, above the upper ends of the right front wheel and the left front wheel, and below the upper end of the lower cross portion in relation to the up-and-down direction of the body frame in a position located ahead of the front end of the lower cross portion in the side view of the vehicle.

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Facts

Application

14/901,379Filed 30 Jun 2014

Priority

JP 2013-1384881 Jul 2013

Published

US 2016/0152292 A12 Jun 2016

Granted

30 Aug 2016

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

B62K 5/10
Cycles with handlebars, equipped with three or more main road wheels: with means for inwardly inclining the vehicle body on bends
B62J 6/026
Specially adapted for motorcycles or the like: characterised by the structure, e.g. casings
B62K 5/027
Tricycles: motorcycles with three wheels
B62K 5/05
Tricycles: characterised by a single rear wheel