IP Library Granted Patent US 12668324
Granted Patent B2
US 12668324 · App. 18/598,741 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Engine

Inventors: Shinichi Yamada (Hamamatsu, JP); Atsushi Sakane (Hamamatsu, JP)
Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
B62K11/04B62M7/02F02B75/16F02D9/08
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12668324
App. No.
18/598,741
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A single-cylinder engine includes a cylinder and a cylinder head stacked on an upper portion of a crankcase, and an electronically controlled throttle interposed in an intake passage behind the cylinder head. The vehicle body frame includes a pair of main frames extending rearward from a head pipe, and rear portions of the pair of main frames form a pair of body frames bent downward behind the cylinder head. The electronically controlled throttle includes a throttle valve provided in the intake passage and an actuator that opens and closes the throttle valve. In a side view, an upper edge of the actuator is along a lower edge of the suspension bracket, and a rear edge of the actuator is along front edges of the body frames.

Claims (20)

1 . A single-cylinder engine supported on a vehicle body frame via a suspension bracket, comprising:

a cylinder and a cylinder head stacked on an upper portion of a crankcase; and

an electronically controlled throttle interposed in an intake passage behind the cylinder head, wherein

the vehicle body frame includes a pair of main frames extending rearward from a head pipe, and rear portions of the pair of main frames form a pair of body frames bent downward behind the cylinder head,

the electronically controlled throttle includes a throttle valve provided in the intake passage and an actuator that opens and closes the throttle valve, and

in a side view, an upper edge of the actuator is along a lower edge of the suspension bracket, and a rear edge of the actuator is along front edges of the body frames.

2 . The engine according to claim 1 , wherein

in a front view, the actuator overlaps the body frames.

3 . The engine according to claim 1 , wherein

in a top view, a rear portion of an outer surface of the actuator is at a position same as outer surfaces of the body frames in a vehicle width direction.

4 . The engine according to claim 1 , wherein

the outer surface of the actuator is positioned outside an outer surface of the cylinder head in the vehicle width direction.

5 . The engine according to claim 1 , wherein

the outer surface of the actuator is tilted rearward to an outside in the vehicle width direction.

6 . The engine according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a starter motor provided behind the cylinder and below the suspension bracket, wherein

a rear portion of the cylinder head is supported on the vehicle body frame via the suspension bracket, and

in a side view, a center line passing through a center of the actuator in a front-rear direction is parallel to a straight line connecting a fixing point of the suspension bracket to the cylinder head and a central axis of the starter motor, and a part of the actuator is positioned between the suspension bracket and the starter motor.

7 . The engine according to claim 1 , wherein

in a top view, the actuator overlaps the suspension bracket.