IP Library › Granted Patent US 8,973,696
Granted Patent B2
US 8,973,696 · App. 13/393,057 · Granted Mar 10, 2015

Motorcycle

Inventors: Akira Hamauzu (Saitama, JP); Tetsuo Takeshige (Saitama, JP); Kotaro Fujiyama (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
B60T8/3225B62K19/30B60T8/3685B60Y2200/12B62J6/18B62K11/04B62K19/38
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Patent No.
US 8,973,696
App. No.
13/393,057
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a motorcycle in which a distinction between a main harness and ABS pipes can be easily made to enhance flexibility of packaging design of the motorcycle and to facilitate operations for assembly and piping, thereby improving productivity of the motorcycle. A main harness 50 for supplying electric power from a battery 61 to multiple electric components 62 to 67 is arranged on one side in a right-to-left direction of a vehicle 10 , and ABS pipes 101, 102 and 106 for transmitting a hydraulic pressure to a brake caliper 74 are arranged on the other side in the right-to-left direction of the vehicle 10.

Claims (11)

1. A motorcycle comprising:

a main harness connected to a battery and arranged to extend in a front-to-back direction of a vehicle in order to supply electric power to a plurality of electrical components provided on the vehicle;

an anti-lock braking system connected to brake calipers for a front wheel and a rear wheel and configured to adjust a brake hydraulic pressure depending on brake lock conditions of the front wheel and the rear wheel;

an anti-lock braking system pipe configured to transmit the brake hydraulic pressure of the anti-lock braking system; and

a vehicle body frame including a right and left pair of frames,

wherein the main harness and the anti-lock braking system pipe are arranged along the right and left pair of frames,

wherein the main harness is provided on the left frame of the right and left pair of the frames and the anti-lock braking system pipe is provided on the right frame of the right and left pair of the frames, and

wherein the brake calipers for the front wheel and the rear wheel are provided on the vehicle while being offset to the right with respect to a vehicle body center line, and an anti-lock braking system modulator of the anti-lock braking system is provided on the vehicle while being offset to the right with respect to the vehicle body center line,

wherein the battery is provided on the vehicle while being offset to the left with respect to the vehicle body center line,

wherein the motor cycle further comprises engine electrical components including an ignition coil, an AI solenoid, a regulator, a starter magnetic switch, a fuse box and a heaterless oxygen sensor, and

wherein all of the engine electrical components are arranged on the left side of the vehicle body center line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2012
From: HAMAUZU, AKIRA; TAKESHIGE, TETSUO; FUJIYAMA, KOTARO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028053/0166 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-200502 · Aug 31, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120186895A1 · Jul 26, 2012