# US 9,434,440 B2 · Supporting structure for rear parts of motorcycle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,434,440 B2 - Document ID: US9434440B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/928,781 - Filed: 2015-10-30 - Published: 2016-02-25 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-05-10 - Assignees: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Youhei Kunisada - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9434440B2 ## CPC - B62J 9/23: above or alongside the rear wheel (B62J9/26 takes precedence) - B62J 25/06: Bar-type foot rests - B62K 11/00: Motorcycles, engine-assisted cycles or motor scooters with one or two wheels (fairings or streamlining parts not forming part of the frame B62J; transmission of drive from engines to wheels B62M) - B62K 11/04: characterised by the engine being between front and rear wheels - B62K 19/00: Cycle frames - B62K 25/283: {for cycles without a pedal crank, e.g. motorcycles} - B62L 3/04: for control by a foot lever (foot levers for control of cycles in general B62K23/08) - F01N 13/08: Other arrangements or adaptations of exhaust conduits {(pipes, joints or supports therefor in general F16L; collecting or removing exhaust gases of vehicle engines in workshops B08B15/00, on highways E01C1/005)} - F01N 13/1805: {Fixing exhaust manifolds, exhaust pipes or pipe sections to each other, to engine or to vehicle body (pipe joints in general F16L; fixing auxiliaries in motor vehicles in general B60K)} - B62K 2025/048: {with suspension manual adjustment details} - F01N 2590/04: for motorcycles - B62J: CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS - B62K: CYCLES; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE SIDECARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE - B62L: BRAKES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CYCLES {(arrangements in cycles for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions B60T8/00)} - F01N: GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES (arrangements in connection with gas exhaust of propulsion units in vehicles B60K13/00; combustion-air intake silencers specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines F02M35/00; protecting against, or damping, noise in general G10K11/16) ## Abstract A supporting structure includes: a step stay which is mounted to a motorcycle frame structure and configured to support a foot step for a passenger; an unit supporting portion provided at the step stay and configured to support an operation unit for manually adjusting a characteristic of a rear wheel shock absorber; a pannier supporting portion provided at the step stay and configured to support a front portion of a pannier mounted to a side portion of a motorcycle body; and a tank supporting portion configured to support a reservoir tank for brake oil. The pannier is disposed rearward of the operation unit, and an operation portion of the operation unit is disposed at a position at which overlap of the operation portion with the step stay and the pannier is avoided as viewed from an outer lateral side. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A motorcycle comprising: a motorcycle frame structure; a foot step for a passenger; a rear wheel shock absorber; an operation unit for manually adjusting a characteristic of the rear wheel shock absorber; a reservoir tank for rear wheel brake oil; and a step stay mounted to the motorcycle frame structure and configured to support the foot step, wherein the step stay comprises: a unit supporting portion configured to support the operation unit with the use of a first screw member; a tank supporting portion configured to support the reservoir tank with with the use of a second screw member; and a pannier supporting portion configured to support a front portion of a pannier for accommodating an article, the pannier supporting portion being engaged in a support reception portion defined at the front portion of the pannier thereby to support the front portion of the pannier when the pannier is mounted to a side portion of a motorcycle body, the pannier supporting portion is disposed rearward of the unit supporting portion, and an operation portion of the operation unit is disposed at a position at which overlap of the operation portion with the step stay and the pannier is avoided as viewed from an outer lateral side. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The motorcycle as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a muffler disposed at a lateral side of a rear wheel, wherein the step stay includes a muffler supporting portion configured to support the muffler. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The motorcycle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the operation unit is supported by the step stay via a unit vibration isolating member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The motorcycle as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the pannier, wherein the pannier is supported by the step stay via a pannier vibration isolating member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The motorcycle as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the pannier, wherein: the operation unit has a rotation axis set so as to be substantially parallel to a lower edge of a rear frame of the motorcycle body which lower edge extends rearward and upward; the tank supporting portion is disposed rearward of and below the unit supporting portion; and the pannier supporting portion is disposed rearward of the tank supporting portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The motorcycle as claimed in claim 1, wherein a tick mark for indicating an amount of operation of the operation unit is provided on the operation unit.