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US 10,086,903 · App. 15/332,565 · Granted Oct 2, 2018

Saddle-ridden vehicle

Inventors: Ryohei Hamaguchi (Hamamatsu, JP); Kazuhiro Okita (Hamamatsu, JP)
Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
B62M7/02B62J17/00B62J99/00B62K11/04F02B29/04F02B61/02F02D41/0007F02M35/048F02M35/10157F02M35/162Y02T10/144Y02T10/146
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Patent No.
US 10,086,903
App. No.
15/332,565
Granted
Oct 2, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A saddle-ridden vehicle includes: a pair of frame members which are disposed on one side and on other side in a vehicle width direction so as to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction; an engine which is disposed between and supported by the pair of frame members; an air cleaner which cleans air for fuel combustion; a supercharger which compresses the air cleaned by the air cleaner; an intercooler which cools, using a cooling wind, the air compressed by the supercharger and supplies resulting air to the engine; and an exhaust wind duct which determines a discharge position or a discharge direction of the cooling wind discharged from the intercooler, and the exhaust wind duct is disposed above the engine on the one side in the vehicle width direction and extends to rear of the engine.

Claims (20)

1. A saddle-ridden vehicle comprising:

a pair of frame members which are disposed on one side of the vehicle and on an opposite side of the vehicle, respectively, in a vehicle width direction so as to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction;

an engine which is disposed between and supported by the pair of frame members;

an air cleaner which cleans air for fuel combustion;

a supercharger which compresses the air cleaned by the air cleaner;

an intercooler which cools, using a cooling wind, the air compressed by the supercharger and supplies resulting air to the engine, wherein the intercooler is disposed above the engine on the one side of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction; and

an exhaust wind duct from which the cooling wind discharged from the intercooler is discharged, wherein:

the exhaust wind duct is disposed above the engine on the one side of the vehicle and extends to a rear of the engine.

2. The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein, in a side view of the saddle-ridden vehicle, one of the pair of frame members alongside which the exhaust wind duct extends is disposed on the one side in the vehicle width direction.

3. The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein, in a top view of the saddle-ridden vehicle, the exhaust wind duct is disposed between the pair of frame members.

4. The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the exhaust wind duct extends toward a center line in the vehicle width direction.

5. The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the exhaust wind duct comprises a support portion which supports the intercooler.

6. The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the exhaust wind duct is attached to the air cleaner.

7. The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

the air cleaner and the intercooler are arranged side by side in the vehicle width direction above the engine;

the exhaust wind duct comprises an exhaust wind introduction portion into which the cooling wind discharged from the intercooler is introduced and an exhaust wind guide portion which guides, to a prescribed direction, the cooling wind introduced into the exhaust wind introduction portion; and

the exhaust wind introduction portion is disposed between the air cleaner and the intercooler.

8. The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein:

the exhaust wind duct comprises an expansion portion between the exhaust wind introduction portion and the exhaust wind guide portion; and

the expansion portion comprises a passage through which the cooling wind flows from the exhaust wind introduction portion to the exhaust wind guide portion, and an intermediate portion of the passage is larger in flow passage area than an inflow end and an outflow end of the passage.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2016
From: HAMAGUCHI, RYOHEI; OKITA, KAZUHIRO
To: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040104/0651 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-210462 · Oct 27, 2015 · national
JP 2015-210464 · Oct 27, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170113758A1 · Apr 27, 2017