IP Library Granted Patent US 10,005,511
Granted Patent B2
US 10,005,511 · App. 15/275,655 · Granted Jun 26, 2018

Straddle-type vehicle

Inventors: Seiji Azuma (Kako-gun, JP); Atsuya Yoshida (Kakogawa, JP); Koji Nishida (Kakogawa, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62J99/00B62J35/00B62M7/02F02M35/042F02M35/048F02M35/162B62J2099/002B62K2207/00
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Patent No.
US 10,005,511
App. No.
15/275,655
Granted
Jun 26, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A straddle-type vehicle comprises a front wheel and a rear wheel, an engine disposed between the front wheel and the rear wheel, an air cleaner box disposed above the engine, and a vehicle body behavior sensor provided on a periphery of the air cleaner box and located above a bottom wall surface of the air cleaner box.

Claims (44)

1. A straddle-type vehicle comprising:

a front wheel and a rear wheel;

an engine disposed between the front wheel and the rear wheel;

a fuel tank;

an air cleaner box disposed above the engine; and

a vehicle body behavior sensor provided on a periphery of the air cleaner box and located above a bottom wall surface of the air cleaner box,

wherein when viewed from above, the vehicle body behavior sensor is disposed in such a manner that the vehicle body behavior sensor is hidden by the fuel tank.

2. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least a portion of the air cleaner box is disposed on a straight line connecting the vehicle body behavior sensor and the engine to each other.

3. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the vehicle body behavior sensor is attached and supported on the air cleaner box.

4. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 3 ,

wherein the air cleaner box includes a reinforcement structure which suppresses a vibration in a thickness direction of a support surface on which the vehicle body behavior sensor is supported.

5. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 4 ,

wherein the reinforcement structure includes a plurality of plate members.

6. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the vehicle body behavior sensor is disposed on a side wall surface of the air cleaner box.

7. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least a part of the vehicle body behavior sensor conforms to an air-intake connection passage connecting the air cleaner box and the engine to each other, in a position in a forward and rearward direction.

8. A straddle-type vehicle comprising:

a front wheel and a rear wheel;

an engine disposed between the front wheel and the rear wheel;

a vehicle component disposed above the engine; and

a vehicle body behavior sensor disposed above a bottom wall surface of the vehicle component, and attached on the vehicle component,

wherein a fuel supply pipe is fastened to the vehicle component by a fastening member.

9. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 8 , further comprising:

an injector provided at the vehicle component,

wherein the fuel supply pipe is connected to a fuel tank and supplies fuel to the injector.

10. A straddle-type vehicle comprising:

a front wheel and a rear wheel;

an engine disposed between the front wheel and the rear wheel;

an air cleaner box disposed above the engine; and

a vehicle body behavior sensor provided on a periphery of the air cleaner box and located above a bottom wall surface of the air cleaner box,

wherein the vehicle body behavior sensor is attached and supported on the air cleaner box, and

wherein the air cleaner box has on an outer wall surface thereof, a recess in which at least a portion of the vehicle body behavior sensor is accommodated.

11. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 10 ,

wherein the recess of the air cleaner box includes a fastening surface to which the vehicle body behavior sensor is fastened, and protruding surfaces protruding upward from both ends of the fastening surface in a vehicle width direction, and

wherein an inner space of the recess opens forward along the fastening surface.

12. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 4 ,

wherein the air cleaner box is formed of a resin material, and

wherein the reinforcement structure is constituted by a plate member for increasing stiffness of a wall surface of the air cleaner box.

13. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fuel tank is disposed above the air cleaner box, and

wherein the vehicle body behavior sensor is disposed between the fuel tank and the air cleaner box.

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 Sep 26, 2016
From: AZUMA, SEIJI; YOSHIDA, ATSUYA; NISHIDA, KOJI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 039854/0319 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-190002 · Sep 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170088210A1 · Mar 30, 2017