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Granted Patent B2
US 10,150,363 · App. 14/920,269 · Granted Dec 11, 2018

Scooter-type vehicle

Inventors: Chinyu Hsieh (Taoyuan, TW); Wenching Hsu (Taoyuan, TW)
Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 10,150,363
App. No.
14/920,269
Granted
Dec 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A scooter-type vehicle including a front vehicle cover covering a head pipe, a rear vehicle cover extending backwards from a foot rest and covering a space below a saddle, and a headlight unit disposed in front of the front vehicle cover. The headlight unit includes a reflector headlight, including a light source disposed at one side further right or left than the head pipe and a first reflector, and a projector headlight, including another light source disposed at the other side further right or left than the head pipe, a second reflector, and a lens disposed in front of the second light source in a convex shape toward the front. In a side view, a portion of the projector headlight overlaps with the reflector headlight. In a top view, a rear end of the reflector headlight is located further forward than a rear end of the projector headlight.

Claims (19)

1. A scooter-type vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle frame comprising a head pipe;

a front wheel, rotatably supported by the head pipe;

a saddle portion, located further rearward than the head pipe;

a power unit, supported by the vehicle frame, and located below or directly underneath the saddle portion in a side view of the vehicle;

a vehicle cover comprising a foot rest portion disposed further forward and lower than the saddle portion, a front vehicle cover portion extending upwards from a front end of the foot rest portion and covering the head pipe, and a rear vehicle cover portion extending backwards from a rear end of the foot rest portion and covering a space below or directly underneath the saddle portion;

a headlight unit disposed at a front portion of the front vehicle cover portion;

a fuel tank, disposed below the foot rest portion; and

a fuel feeding portion, for feeding fuel to the fuel tank;

wherein the headlight unit comprises: a reflector headlight comprising a first light source disposed at one side further right or left than the head pipe, and a first reflector reflecting light from the first light source; and a projector headlight, comprising a second light source disposed at the other side further right or left than the head pipe, a second reflector reflecting light from the second light source, and a lens disposed in front of the second light source and the lens being disposed in a convex shape toward the front of the vehicle, and in a side view the projector headlight being disposed such that a portion thereof overlaps with the reflector headlight; and in a top view of the headlight unit, a rear end of the reflector headlight is located further forward than a rear end of the projector headlight,

the fuel feeding portion comprises: a fuel feeding opening portion disposed at a rear portion of the front vehicle cover portion, and disposed at the one side further right or left than the head pipe; and a fuel feeding channel disposed at the one side inside the front vehicle cover portion, and connecting the fuel feeding opening portion with the fuel tank, and

wherein, in a side view, the fuel feeding portion is disposed such that at least a portion thereof overlaps with the head pipe in a front and back direction of the vehicle, and, in an up and down direction of the vehicle, at least a portion of the fuel feeding portion is located between a horizontal line passing through an upper end of the headlight unit and a horizontal line passing through a lower end of the headlight unit.

2. The scooter-type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein, in a front view, at least a portion of the first reflector of the reflector headlight overlaps with a center line of the head pipe, and at least a portion of the second reflector of the projector headlight overlaps with the first reflector of the reflector headlight.

3. The scooter-type vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein at least part of the fuel feeding portion is disposed to the rear of or behind the reflector headlight.

4. The scooter-type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein at least part of the fuel feeding portion is disposed to the rear of or behind the reflector headlight.

5. The scooter-type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the fuel feeding channel comprises a sub tank and a fuel feeding pipe, and the fuel feeding pipe is inserted into the sub tank disposed below the fuel feeding opening portion and in a side view the headlight unit is disposed to overlap with at least a portion of the sub tank in the up and down direction of the vehicle and to overlap with at least a portion of the sub tank in the front and back direction of the vehicle.

6. The scooter-type vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein, in a front view, at least a portion of the first reflector of the reflector headlight overlaps with a center line of the head pipe, and at least a portion of the second reflector of the projector headlight overlaps with the first reflector of the reflector headlight.

7. The scooter-type vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein at least part of the fuel feeding portion is disposed to the rear of or behind the reflector headlight.

8. The scooter-type vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein at least part of the fuel feeding portion is disposed to the rear of or behind the reflector headlight.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2015
From: HSIEH, CHINYU; HSU, WENCHING
To: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2014 1 0578531 · Oct 24, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160114671A1 · Apr 28, 2016