IP Library Granted Patent US 7,766,355
Granted Patent B2
US 7,766,355 · App. 12/233,317 · Granted Aug 3, 2010

Motorcycle rear fender assembly

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Patent No.
US 7,766,355
App. No.
12/233,317
Granted
Aug 3, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motorcycle rear fender assembly includes a rear fender mounted on a vehicle frame structure above a vehicle rear wheel, which fender is divided, in a forward and rearward direction, into three components, including an anterior rear fender subassembly forming a front portion of the rear fender, an intermediate rear fender subassembly forming an intermediate portion of the rear fender, and a posterior rear fender subassembly forming a rear portion of the rear fender.

Claims (17)

1. A motorcycle rear fender assembly comprising:

a rear fender mounted on a motorcycle frame structure above a motorcycle rear wheel and including:

fastening members;

an anterior rear fender subassembly forming an anterior portion of the rear fender;

an intermediate rear fender subassembly forming an intermediate portion of the rear fender; and

a posterior rear fender subassembly forming a rear potion of the rear fender, the anterior rear fender subassembly, the intermediate rear fender subassembly and the posterior rear fender subassembly being disposed in an alignment to extend in a longitudinal axis of the motorcycle and being inter connected with the fastening members.

2. The motorcycle rear fender assembly as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a flap continued from the rear fender and covering a region rearwardly upwardly of the motorcycle rear wheel and wherein at least the posterior rear fender subassembly and the flap are removably mounted on the motorcycle.

3. The motorcycle rear fender assembly as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the posterior rear fender subassembly is fastened to the motorcycle through the fastening members, at least some of those fastening members being those concurrently used to connect the flap to the motorcycle frame structure.

4. The motorcycle rear fender assembly as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a taillight and turn signal lights both mounted on the flap.

5. The motorcycle rear fender assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate rear fender subassembly has a rear portion overlapped with a front portion of the posterior rear fender subassembly.

6. The motorcycle rear fender assembly as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the intermediate rear fender subassembly has a rear portion overlapped with a front portion of the posterior rear fender subassembly.

7. The motorcycle rear fender assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the anterior rear fender subassembly, the intermediate rear fender subassembly and the posterior rear fender subassembly are molded articles separate from each other.

8. The motorcycle rear fender assembly as claimed in claim 7 , wherein at least two of the anterior rear fender subassembly, the intermediate rear fender subassembly and the posterior rear fender subassembly are made of resinous materials of different colors.

9. The motorcycle rear fender assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate rear fender subassembly and the posterior rear fender subassembly are colored in different colors, respectively.

10. The motorcycle rear fender assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein two of the anterior rear fender subassembly, the intermediate rear fender subassembly and the posterior rear fender subassembly are colored in different colors, respectively.

11. The motorcycle rear fender assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the posterior rear fender subassembly is mounted on the motorcycle in a fashion separably relative to the intermediate rear fender subassembly.

12. The motorcycle rear fender assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the posterior rear fender subassembly protrudes rearwardly from the motorcycle frame structure.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 2, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060300/0504 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2008
From: ICHIHARA, FUMIO
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 021644/0540 →