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Granted Patent B2
US 10,518,630 · App. 16/223,017 · Granted Dec 31, 2019

Vehicle

Inventors: Ryotaro Uno (Shizuoka, JP); Masahide Shimbori (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
B60K11/04B60K11/08B60R9/06F01P3/18B60K2005/003B60Y2200/124
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Patent No.
US 10,518,630
App. No.
16/223,017
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a vehicle that can efficiently cool a radiator even when the radiator is placed in the rear of a seat. The vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a seat supported by the vehicle body frame, a radiator placed in the rear of the seat and above a seat surface of the seat and including a fan placement surface on which a fan is provided and an air inflow surface opposite to the fan placement surface, the air inflow surface facing at least rearward, and a first outside air guide having a first intake port opening rearward and guiding outside air taken in from the first intake port to the air inflow surface.

Claims (49)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body frame;

a seat supported by the vehicle body frame;

a radiator positioned behind the seat and above a seat surface of the seat, the radiator comprising a fan placement surface on which a fan is provided and an air inflow surface opposite to the fan placement surface, the air inflow surface facing at least rearward; and

a first outside air guide comprising a first intake port opening rearward, the first outside air guide configured to guide outside air taken in from the first intake port to the air inflow surface.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second outside air guide comprising a second intake port opening forward, the second outside air guide configured to guide the outside air taken in from the second intake port to the air inflow surface.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first intake port is positioned below the air inflow surface.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first intake port is positioned to the rear of the air inflow surface.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first intake port is positioned in a rear end part of a vehicle body.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a luggage carrier provided in the rear of the seat,

wherein the first outside air guide is formed below a luggage mount surface of the luggage carrier.

7. The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein a portion of the first outside air guide is formed by the luggage carrier.

8. The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the first intake port is positioned in a rear end part of the luggage carrier.

9. The vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a partition wall positioned between the first outside air guide and the second outside air guide.

10. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein, of the air inflow surface, a first area to which the outside air is guided by the first outside air guide is larger than a second area to which the outside air is guided by the second outside air guide.

11. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein

the seat is a plurality of seats positioned side-by-side in vehicle width directions, and

the second intake port is positioned between the plurality of seats in a front view.

12. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the air inflow surface faces rearward and upward.

13. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the radiator is formed in a plate shape and positioned to be inclined so that the air inflow surface faces rearward and upward and the fan placement surface faces forward and downward.

14. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the air inflow surface extends in vehicle width directions.

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

a luggage carrier positioned in the rear of the seat,

wherein the radiator is positioned between the seat and the luggage carrier.

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

a cover,

wherein the cover is arranged in a position opposing the air inflow surface.

17. The vehicle according to claim 16 , wherein a plurality of slits are formed on each side of the cover in the vehicle width direction.

18. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an engine positioned in the rear of the seat,

wherein the fan placement surface faces in a direction of the engine.

19. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a wind shield positioned in the front of the seat.

20. The vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a wind shield positioned in the front of the seat; and

a third outside air guide comprising a third intake port in the front of the wind shield and having an emission port of the outside air taken in from the third intake port in the rear of the wind shield.

21. The vehicle according to claim 20 , further comprising:

a front panel configured to cover a front part of the vehicle body frame; and

a cover attached to the front panel,

wherein the third outside air guide is formed by the front panel and the cover.

22. A vehicle comprising:

a vehicle body frame;

a seat supported by the vehicle body frame;

a radiator positioned behind the seat and above a seat surface of the seat, the radiator comprising a fan placement surface on which a fan is positioned and an air inflow surface opposite to the fan placement surface;

a first outside air guide comprising a first intake port opening rearward, the first outside air guide configured to guide outside air taken in from the first intake port to the air inflow surface; and

a second outside air guide comprising a second intake port opening forward, the second outside air guide configured to guide the outside air taken in from the second intake port to the air inflow surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2018
From: UNO, RYOTARO; SHIMBORI, MASAHIDE
To: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 047800/0653 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-251309 · Dec 27, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190193553A1 · Jun 27, 2019
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