IP Library Granted Patent US 10,710,666
Granted Patent B2
US 10,710,666 · App. 15/852,306 · Granted Jul 14, 2020

Motorcycle frame

Inventors: Minoru Makihara (Kobe, JP); Hideaki Kawai (Akashi, JP)
Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
B62K11/04B62H1/02B62K19/18B62K25/283
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Patent No.
US 10,710,666
App. No.
15/852,306
Granted
Jul 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motorcycle frame includes a head pipe, a pair of front main frames, and a pair of rear main frames. The pair of front main frames separates in a vehicle width direction from the head pipe, extends toward a power engine that is located on a rear side of the head pipe, and includes power-engine fixing parts that are fixed to the power engine at positions that overlap with the power engine as viewed in the vehicle width direction. The pair of rear main frames extends rearward from the power-engine fixing parts of the pair of front main frames.

Claims (19)

1. A motorcycle frame comprising:

a head pipe;

a pair of front main frames that separate in a vehicle width direction from said head pipe, extend toward a power engine that is located on a rear side of said head pipe, and include power engine fixing parts that are fixed to said power engine at positions that overlap with said power engine as viewed in the vehicle width direction;

a pair of rear main frames that extend rearward respectively from said power-engine fixing parts of said pair of front main frames;

a pivot bracket that is fixed to a rear part of said power engine, swingably supports swing arms that extend toward the rear of the motorcycle frame, and includes a rear suspension supporter that supports one end of a rear suspension;

a pair of rear auxiliary frames that support said pivot bracket and said power engine with respect to said pair of rear main frames; and

a pair of brackets that are supported to said pair of rear auxiliary frames and are supported on opposite sides of said pivot bracket, and that support pivot shafts of the swing arms from outer sides of said pivot bracket.

2. The motorcycle frame according to claim 1 , wherein

said power engine includes a cylinder head located above a crankcase, and

said power-engine fixing parts are fixed to said cylinder head.

3. The motorcycle frame according to claim 1 , wherein

said power-engine fixing parts are provided at positions below a fuel tank, as viewed in the vehicle width direction, and

said pair of front main frames is coupled to a tank supporter that supports said fuel tank.

4. The motorcycle frame according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a pair of front under frames that are provided below said pair of front main frames, separate in the vehicle width direction from said head pipe, and extend toward said power engine to be fixed to said power engine.

5. The motorcycle frame according to claim 1 , wherein

a first front main frame of said pair of front main frames is coupled to a second front main frame of said pair of front main frames in the vehicle width direction via said power engine, and wherein

the motorcycle frame further comprises:

a vehicle-width frame that couples said pair of rear main frames to each other.

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 Dec 22, 2017
From: MAKIHARA, MINORU; KAWAI, HIDEAKI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 044470/0617 →