IP Library Granted Patent US 11,590,837
Granted Patent B2
US 11,590,837 · App. 17/488,803 · Granted Feb 28, 2023

Saddle-riding vehicle

Inventors: Tatsuya Hatanaka (Kobe, JP); Shunsuke Hayakoshi (Kobe, JP)
B60K11/06B60K11/08F01P5/06F01P11/10B62K11/04
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Patent No.
US 11,590,837
App. No.
17/488,803
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A saddle-riding vehicle includes a radiator in front of an engine of the saddle-riding vehicle and on one lateral side of the vehicle in a vehicle widthwise direction with respect to a center line in the vehicle widthwise direction. The radiator includes: a radiator body that allows coolant of the engine to flow through the radiator body; a radiator fan at a rear face of the radiator body; and a fan cover that covers the radiator fan from a rear of the radiator fan to guide exhaust air from the radiator to the one lateral side in the vehicle widthwise direction.

Claims (30)

1. A saddle-riding vehicle comprising:

an engine which is a drive source of the vehicle; and

a radiator in front of the engine and on one lateral side of a vehicle body in a vehicle widthwise direction with respect to a center line in the vehicle widthwise direction,

wherein the radiator includes:

a radiator body that allows coolant of the engine to flow through the radiator body;

a radiator fan at a rear face of the radiator body; and

a fan cover that covers the radiator fan from a rear of the radiator fan to guide exhaust air from the radiator to the one lateral side in the vehicle widthwise direction,

wherein the fan cover includes:

an upper half including a guide wall that guides the exhaust air from the radiator toward the one lateral side in the vehicle widthwise direction, and

a lower half that is open.

2. The saddle-riding vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fan cover includes a lateral wall that prevents the exhaust air exiting the radiator from flowing toward the other lateral side in the vehicle widthwise direction.

3. The saddle-riding vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the engine includes an exhaust pipe extending on the other lateral side of the engine in the vehicle widthwise direction.

4. The saddle-riding vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the guide wall guides the exhaust air from the radiator downward and toward the one lateral side in the vehicle widthwise direction.

5. The saddle-riding vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , comprising an intrusive-flow prevention structure that prevents the exhaust air exiting the radiator fan from flowing frontward of the radiator.

6. The saddle-riding vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fan cover includes a cover opening defined therein.

7. A saddle-riding vehicle comprising:

an engine which is a drive source of the vehicle; and

a radiator in front of the engine and on one lateral side of a vehicle body in a vehicle widthwise direction with respect to a center line in the vehicle widthwise direction,

wherein the radiator includes:

a radiator body that allows coolant of the engine to flow through the radiator body;

a radiator fan at a rear face of the radiator body; and

a fan cover that covers the radiator fan from a rear of the radiator fan to guide exhaust air from the radiator to the one lateral side in the vehicle widthwise direction,

wherein the fan cover includes:

a rear wall covering an upper half of the radiator fan from the rear of the radiator fan;

a first lateral wall connected to the rear wall and covering the radiator fan from the other lateral side in the vehicle widthwise direction; and

a second lateral wall connected to the rear wall and covering the radiator fan from the one lateral side in the vehicle widthwise direction,

wherein the second lateral wall includes a protruding part protruding downward toward the one lateral side in the vehicle widthwise direction.

8. The saddle-riding vehicle as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the rear wall includes a cover opening defined therein that discharges the exhaust air from the radiator rearward.

9. The saddle-riding vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an inner cowl that is disposed in front of the radiator and guides incoming wind to the radiator,

wherein the inner cowl includes a cowl opening defined therein that is located in an outer lateral part of the inner cowl in the vehicle widthwise direction and guides incoming wind rearward of the radiator.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBER 2948485061 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 061467 FRAME: 0001. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 21, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 061741/0727 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NOS. 29385357, 29385986, 29421245, 29484849 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 060313 FRAME 0629. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 5, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 061467/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2022
From: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 060313/0629 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2021
From: HATANAKA, TATSUYA; HAYAKOSHI, SHUNSUKE
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 057678/0493 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-188444 · Nov 12, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220144075A1 · May 12, 2022
Cited By (1)
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