IP Library Granted Patent US 12,214,840
Granted Patent B2
US 12,214,840 · App. 17/790,188 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Removable windscreen arrangement for a tilting vehicle

Inventors: Richard Engl (Munich, DE); Jens Wasser (Ismaning, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
B62J17/04
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Patent No.
US 12,214,840
App. No.
17/790,188
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A windscreen arrangement for fastening to a vehicle, in particular to a tilting vehicle, is provided, with a windscreen for at least partially deflecting a headwind during use of the vehicle, and with a securing device for fastening the windscreen to the vehicle, wherein the securing device has at least one connecting portion and at least one latching portion which are each designed for releasably connecting to the vehicle. In addition, a vehicle with a corresponding windscreen arrangement is provided.

Claims (25)

1. A windscreen arrangement to be secured to a vehicle, comprising:

a windscreen for at least partially deflecting a headwind when the vehicle is used; and

a securing apparatus for securing the windscreen to the vehicle, wherein the securing apparatus comprises at least one connection portion and at least one locking portion which are constructed in each case for releasable connection to the vehicle;

wherein the at least one locking portion comprises a recess for at least partially engaging around a vehicle-side retention portion, and an opening of the recess and a main axis of the connection portion face together in an insertion direction of the connection portion.

2. The windscreen arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein

the vehicle is a tilting vehicle.

3. The windscreen arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one connection portion is constructed in a cylindrical, tapered or conical manner about the main axis, and is configured for coaxial engagement in at least one vehicle-side receiving member of the vehicle.

4. The windscreen arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein

a position of the connection portion is constructed to be able to be adjusted in a direction of the main axis of the connection portion with respect to the windscreen.

5. The windscreen arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one locking portion further comprises a closure element which is rotatable relative to the recess about an axis, between a closed position and an open position, in response to contact with the vehicle-side retention portion, and

in the closed position, the closure element closes the opening of the recess such that the vehicle-side retention portion, in a state installed on the vehicle, is retained in the recess.

6. The windscreen arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein

the at least one locking portion further comprises a closure element which is movable relative to the recess and which is movable between an open position and a closed position, and

in the closed position, the closure element closes the opening of the recess such that the vehicle-side retention portion, in a state installed on the vehicle, is retained in the recess.

7. A vehicle comprising a windscreen arrangement according to claim 1 .

8. The vehicle according to claim 7 , comprising:

a front wheel fork, wherein at least one vehicle-side receiving member for coaxial engagement of the at least one connection portion is constructed at an upper end of the front wheel fork.

9. The vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein

the at least one vehicle-side receiving member is constructed at an upper end of a fork leg, a stand tube or an immersion tube of the front wheel fork.

10. The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein

the at least one vehicle-side receiving member is formed so as to complement the respective connection portion.

11. The vehicle according to at least one of claim 7 , wherein

the at least one vehicle-side retention portion comprises at least one continuation portion which is orientated in a substantially horizontal manner and which is retained in the at least one locking portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2022
From: ENGL, RICHARD; WASSER, JENS
To: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 060368/0891 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 109 198.2 · Apr 2, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230042667A1 · Feb 9, 2023
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