IP Library Granted Patent US 11,628,900
Granted Patent B2
US 11,628,900 · App. 17/451,744 · Granted Apr 18, 2023

Straddle vehicle

Inventors: Tomo Yamamoto (Akashi, JP); Takashi Nishiyama (Akashi, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
B62J6/01B62J6/026B62J17/02
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Patent No.
US 11,628,900
App. No.
17/451,744
Granted
Apr 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A straddle vehicle includes a vehicle body, a headlamp main body, and a driver circuit. The driver circuit drives the headlamp main body. The headlamp main body includes a housing that accommodates a light emission member. The driver circuit is disposed outside the housing.

Claims (84)

1. A straddle vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body;

a headlamp main body including a housing that accommodates a light emission member;

a driver circuit driving the headlamp main body; and

a cowl including:

a front cowl disposed at a front part of the vehicle;

a first side cowl disposed at a first side of the vehicle; and

a second side cowl disposed at a second side of the vehicle,

wherein the driver circuit is arranged near an inner surface of the first side cowl,

wherein the driver circuit is disposed outside the housing in a vehicle width direction, and

wherein the driver circuit is spaced from the housing.

2. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the driver circuit has a substrate and wherein an angle between a thickness direction of the substrate and the vehicle width direction is smaller than an angle between the thickness direction of the substrate and a front-rear direction of the vehicle body.

3. The straddle vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein a blocking member is disposed rearward of the driver circuit.

4. The straddle vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a radiator; and

a side stand supporting the vehicle body in an inclined state in which the vehicle body is inclined to one side in the vehicle width direction when in use,

wherein relative to the radiator, the driver circuit is located on the side on which the vehicle body is inclined when the side stand is in use.

5. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a further headlamp main body adjacent to the headlamp main body,

wherein the headlamp main bodies are arranged in a pair in the vehicle width direction, wherein each of the headlamp main bodies is configured so that an optical axis is adjustable by changing positions of at least two points among:

a first point and a second point located at different heights from each other; and

a third point located farther from a center of the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body than any of the first point and the second point, and

wherein a height of the third point is higher than a height of an intermediate position between the first point and the second point.

6. The straddle vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein an airflow guiding hole is arranged between the pair of the headlamp main bodies.

7. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a radiator,

wherein a reservoir tank of the radiator is provided on one side in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body and

wherein the driver circuit is located on a side opposite to the side on which the reservoir tank is located in the vehicle width direction.

8. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a canister located on one side of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction,

wherein the driver circuit is located on a side opposite to the side on which the canister is located in the vehicle width direction.

9. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the driver circuit driving the headlamp main body is disposed at a part of the first side cowl that is located lower than the front cowl.

10. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the driver circuit driving the headlamp main body is located below the housing that accommodates the light emission member.

11. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a radiator cooling a drive source, the radiator including a radiator core,

wherein the driver circuit driving the headlamp main body is disposed outside of the radiator core in the vehicle width direction, the driver circuit driving the headlamp main body is disposed forward of the radiator, and

wherein when the vehicle body is in a neutral position in which the vehicle body does not lean, a height of the driver circuit is the same as a height of the radiator.

12. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a radiator cooling a drive source, the radiator including a radiator core; and

a blocking member preventing air that has passed through the radiator from back-flowing forward is disposed between the driver circuit and the radiator,

wherein the driver circuit driving the headlamp main body is disposed forward of the radiator.

13. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a radiator cooling a drive source, the radiator including a radiator core; and

a side stand supporting the vehicle body in an inclined state in which the vehicle body is inclined to one side in the vehicle width direction when in use,

wherein relative to the radiator, the driver circuit is located on the side on which the vehicle body is inclined when the side stand is in use, and

wherein the driver circuit driving the headlamp main body is disposed outside of the radiator core in the vehicle width direction.

14. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a radiator cooling a drive source, the radiator including a radiator core;

a side stand supporting the vehicle body in an inclined state in which the vehicle body is inclined to one side in the vehicle width direction when in use; and

a canister located on one side of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction,

wherein a reservoir tank of the radiator is provided on one side in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body,

wherein the driver circuit is located on a side opposite to the side on which the canister is located in the vehicle width direction,

wherein the driver circuit is located on a side opposite to the side on which the reservoir tank is located in the vehicle width direction,

wherein relative to the radiator, the driver circuit is located on the side on which the vehicle body is inclined when the side stand is in use, and

wherein the driver circuit driving the headlamp main body is disposed outside of the radiator core in the vehicle width direction.

15. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a radiator cooling a drive source, the radiator including a radiator core,

wherein the driver circuit driving the headlamp main body is disposed outside of the radiator core in the vehicle width direction,

wherein a reservoir tank of the radiator is provided on one side in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body, and

wherein the driver circuit is located on a side opposite to the side on which the reservoir tank is located in the vehicle width direction.

16. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a radiator cooling a drive source, the radiator including a radiator core; and

a canister located on one side of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction,

wherein the driver circuit is located on a side opposite to the side on which the canister is located in the vehicle width direction and

wherein the driver circuit driving the headlamp main body is disposed outside of the radiator core in the vehicle width direction.

17. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the driver circuit is formed in a rectangular shape, the driver circuit being inclined and arranged so that one side of the rectangular shape follows an inclination of a front edge of the first side cowl.

18. A straddle vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body;

a headlamp main body including a housing that accommodates a light emission member;

a driver circuit driving the headlamp main body; and

a cowl,

wherein the driver circuit driving the headlamp main body is disposed outside the housing in a vehicle width direction,

wherein the driver circuit is located below the housing,

wherein the driver circuit is spaced from the housing, and

wherein the cowl includes a first side cowl disposed at a first side of the vehicle and a second side cowl disposed at a second side of the vehicle and wherein the driver circuit is in the first side cowl.

19. A straddle vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle body;

a headlamp main body including a housing that accommodates a light emission member;

a driver circuit driving the headlamp main body, the driver circuit being disposed outside the housing in a vehicle width direction, the driver circuit being located below the housing, the driver circuit being spaced from the housing;

a cowl;

a radiator cooling a drive source, the radiator including a radiator core; and

a side stand supporting the vehicle body in an inclined state in which the vehicle body is inclined to one side in the vehicle width direction when in use,

wherein relative to the radiator, the driver circuit is located on the side on which the vehicle body is inclined when the side stand is in use, and

wherein the driver circuit driving the headlamp main body is disposed outside of the radiator core in the vehicle width direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2021
From: YAMAMOTO, TOMO; NISHIYAMA, TAKASHI
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-178479 · Oct 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220126941A1 · Apr 28, 2022
Cited By (1)
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