IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,414,148
Granted Patent B2
US 11,414,148 · App. 16/988,147 · Granted Aug 16, 2022

Straddled vehicle

Inventor: Kenichi Muramatsu (Iwata, JP)
Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62J6/027B62J6/029
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Patent No.
US 11,414,148
App. No.
16/988,147
Granted
Aug 16, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A straddle vehicle includes a front fork unit provided to be inclined rearwardly, a front cover provided forwardly of the front fork unit, and having a rear cover member, and a front cover member separately provided from the front cover member and positioned forwardly of the rear cover member, a headlamp provided at the front cover, a holder attached to the rear cover member and holds the headlamp, and a driver that drives the headlamp. The driver stored in the front cover such that the driver is located at a position farther upward than the headlamp, farther rearward than a first virtual line extending in a up-and-down direction through a rear end of the headlamp in a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle, and farther rearward than a second virtual line extending in parallel with an axis of the front fork unit in the side view of the vehicle.

Claims (22)

1. A straddled vehicle, comprising:

a front fork unit that is provided to be inclined rearwardly;

a front cover that is provided forwardly of the front fork unit, the front cover having a rear cover member, and a front cover member separately provided from the rear cover member, the front cover member being provided forwardly of the rear cover member, the rear cover member being attached to the front fork unit and being at a position farther forward than the front fork unit;

a headlamp that includes a light-emitting diode that emits light, and is provided at the front cover;

a holder that is attached to the rear cover member of the front cover, and holds the headlamp;

a meter unit that displays a traveling speed of the vehicle, in a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle, the meter unit being located at a position farther upward than the headlamp and farther rearward than a first virtual line that extends in an up-and-down direction through a rear end of the headlamp and a second virtual line that extends through a front end of the headlamp and a front end of the meter unit; and

a driver that drives the headlamp, the driver being stored in the front cover such that

at least a part of the driver is located at a position farther upward than the headlamp,

at least a part of the driver is located at a position farther rearward than the first virtual line in the front-to-rear direction of the vehicle, and

the driver is located at a position farther rearward than the second virtual line in the front-to-rear direction of the vehicle.

2. The straddled vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the driver rectifies an electric current supplied to the light-emitting diode.

3. The straddled vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of harnesses that include at least two harnesses respectively connected to the headlamp and the driver; and

a connector for connecting one of the plurality of harnesses to another one of the plurality of harnesses, wherein

the connector and at least a part of one of the plurality of harnesses are stored in the front cover.

4. The straddled vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the headlamp and the driver are provided to be located at a center of the vehicle in a left-and-right direction in a front view of the vehicle.

5. The straddled vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the headlamp further includes an optical system that leads the light emitted by the light-emitting diode forwardly of the vehicle, and

the holder includes an optical system operating element for adjusting a traveling direction of the light from the headlamp by changing a position or an orientation of the optical system.

6. The straddled vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the holder is made of resin.

7. The straddled vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the driver is stored in the front cover to be entirely located at a position farther upward than the headlamp.

8. The straddled vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the second virtual line extends in parallel with an axis of the front fork unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2020
From: MURAMATSU, KENICHI
To: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 053435/0525 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-153048 · Aug 23, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210053638A1 · Feb 25, 2021