US 9,855,937 B2Granted

Motorcycle

AssigneeKawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsHiroshi Ishii, Tomo Yamamoto, Daisuke Saeki

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Abstract

Provided is a motorcycle which can provide a space inside a main frame to place other members therein, and make it difficult for an outside impact to be transmitted to a hydraulic unit. A motorcycle comprises a head pipe which supports a rotary shaft around which a handle is rotatable with respect to a vehicle body; a pair of right and left main frames extending in a forward and rearward direction from the head pipe; and a hydraulic unit mounted to one of the pair of right and left main frames, wherein the pair of right and left main frames have increased-space portions, which define a space with a dimension increasing in an obliquely rearward direction from the head pipe toward maximum-space portions of the main frames, and wherein the hydraulic unit is mounted to an outer portion of the increased-space portion of one of the main frames.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A motorcycle comprising:

a head pipe which supports a rotary shaft around which a handle is rotatable with respect to a vehicle body in such a manner that the rotary shaft is rotatable;
a pair of right and left main frames extending in a forward and rearward direction from the head pipe;
and
a hydraulic unit mounted to one of the pair of right and left main frames,
wherein the pair of right and left main frames have increased-space portions, which define a space with a dimension increasing in an obliquely rearward direction from the head pipe toward maximum-space portions of the main frames, which define a space with a greatest dimension,
wherein the hydraulic unit is mounted to an outer portion of the increased-space portion of one of the main frames, and
wherein the hydraulic unit is placed in such a manner that a whole of the hydraulic unit or a center of gravity of the hydraulic unit is located in a placement space that is inward relative to a virtual line extending in the forward and rearward direction along an outer edge of one of the maximum-space portions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/039,025Filed 29 Nov 2013
Published: US 2017/0036653 A19 Feb 2017
Granted: 2 Jan 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

B60T 8/344
Systems characterised by their lay-out: hydraulic systems
B60T 8/3685
Combined with other mechanical components, e.g. pump units, master cylinders: characterised by the mounting of the modulator unit onto the vehicle
B62K 11/04
Frames: characterised by the engine being between front and rear wheels
B62K 11/14
Motorcycles, engine-assisted cycles or motor scooters with one or two wheels: handlebar constructions, or arrangements of controls thereon,…