IP Library Granted Patent US 12,024,255
Granted Patent B2
US 12,024,255 · App. 17/401,983 · Granted Jul 2, 2024

Straddle type vehicle

Inventors: Hiroshi Tamura (Kobe, JP); Takeshi Kashihara (Kobe, JP); Kiyotaka Akagi (Kobe, JP); Juichi Oyanagi (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
B62J50/225B62J50/22
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Patent No.
US 12,024,255
App. No.
17/401,983
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A straddle type vehicle includes a meter display device that displays a vehicle state, a meter panel that forms an outer shell covering the periphery of the meter display device, and a meter support member that supports the meter display device on a vehicle body frame. The meter support member includes a main body disposed below the meter panel, supporting the meter display device, and attached to the vehicle body frame, and an exposed portion joined to the main body, exposed above the meter panel, and disposed around the meter display device.

Claims (36)

1. A straddle vehicle comprising:

a meter display device configured to display a vehicle state;

a meter panel forming an outer shell covering a periphery of the meter display device; and

a meter support member configured to support the meter display device on a vehicle body frame,

wherein the meter support member includes a main body disposed below the meter panel, supporting the meter display device, and attached to the vehicle body frame, and an exposed portion joined to the main body, exposed above the meter panel, and disposed around the meter display device, and the main body and the exposed portion are integrally formed to have a one-piece construction,

wherein the main body of the meter support member includes a pair of outer frame portions on both outer sides of the meter display device with respect to a vehicle width direction, and the main body extends in an up-down direction, and

wherein the outer frame portions and the exposed portion are formed in shapes having the same cross section.

2. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the exposed portion of the meter support member is in a bar-shape and includes a portion extending in the vehicle width direction and portions on both sides with respect to the vehicle width direction, the portions on both sides extending downward to be joined to the pair of outer frame portions below the meter panel.

3. The straddle vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein each of the both sides of the exposed portion with respect to the vehicle width direction is inclined outward with respect to the vehicle width direction toward a lower side.

4. The straddle vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the outer frame portions and the exposed portion are in bar-shapes having a same cross section.

5. The straddle vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the exposed portion includes a pair of protruding portions extending upward beyond the meter panel from joints where the pair of outer frame portions of the main body and the pair of protruding portions join, and an extension portion bent from the pair of protruding portions and extending in a direction orthogonal to the up-down direction, and

wherein the meter panel has cutouts through which the pair of protruding portions penetrates in the up-down direction, and an overlapping portion overlapping the extension portion in the up-down direction.

6. The straddle vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the cutouts of the meter panel are opened to a front side of the meter panel.

7. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the meter panel includes a visor above the meter display device and protruding upward further than a displaying face of the meter display device in a normal direction of the displaying face, and

wherein the exposed portion is separately disposed above the visor and is disposed further in a front side than a rear end of the visor.

8. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the meter panel includes a visor above the meter display device and protruding upward further than a displaying face of the meter display device in a normal direction of the displaying face,

wherein the visor protrudes in a trapezoidal shape, and

wherein the exposed portion is formed in a trapezoidal shape separately along a periphery of the visor.

9. A straddle vehicle comprising:

a meter display device configured to display a vehicle state;

a meter panel forming an outer shell covering a periphery of the meter display device; and

a meter support member configured to support the meter display device on a vehicle body frame,

wherein the meter support member includes a main body disposed below the meter panel, supporting the meter display device, and attached to the vehicle body frame, and an exposed portion joined to the main body, exposed above the meter panel, and disposed around the meter display device,

wherein the main body of the meter support member includes a pair of outer frame portions on both outer sides of the meter display device with respect to a vehicle width direction, and the main body extends in an up-down direction,

wherein the exposed portion of the meter support member is in a bar-shape and includes a portion extending in the vehicle width direction and portions on both sides with respect to the vehicle width direction, the portions on both sides extending downward to be joined to the pair of outer frame portions below the meter panel,

wherein the exposed portion includes a pair of protruding portions extending upward beyond the meter panel from joints where the pair of outer frame portions of the main body and the pair of protruding portions join, and an extension portion bent from the pair of protruding portions and extending in a direction orthogonal to the up-down direction, and

wherein the meter panel has cutouts through which the pair of protruding portions penetrates in the up-down direction, and an overlapping portion overlapping the extension portion in the up-down direction.

10. A straddle vehicle comprising:

a meter display device configured to display a vehicle state;

a meter panel forming an outer shell covering a periphery of the meter display device; and

a meter support member configured to support the meter display device on a vehicle body frame,

wherein the meter support member includes a main body disposed below the meter panel, supporting the meter display device, and attached to the vehicle body frame, and an exposed portion joined to the main body, exposed above the meter panel, and disposed around the meter display device,

wherein the meter panel includes a visor above the meter display device and protruding upward further than a displaying face of the meter display device in a normal direction of the displaying face,

wherein the visor protrudes in a trapezoidal shape, and

wherein the exposed portion is formed in a trapezoidal shape separately along a periphery of the visor.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 21, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058811/0875 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2021
From: TAMURA, HIROSHI; KASHIHARA, TAKESHI; AKAGI, KIYOTAKA; OYANAGI, JUICHI
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 057185/0611 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-140016 · Aug 21, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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