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US 12,227,253 · App. 17/440,464 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Two-wheeled vehicle with fairing coupled to down tube assembly

Inventors: Tyler J. Kramer (St. Paul, MN); Jeffrey D. Oltmans (North Branch, MN); Andrew O. Glaeser (Forest Lake, MN); Juho Pekka Wuollet (East Bethel, MN); Kent A. Underland (Willmar, MN); Cal W. Johnson (Gem Lake, MN); Ronald A. Vorndran (Osceola, WI); G. Jay McKoskey (Forest Lake, MN); Jeffrey M. O'Halloran (Lindstrom, MN)
Assignee: Indian Motorcycle International, LLC
B62J41/00B62J17/02B62J17/04B62J17/10B62J50/22B62K11/04F01N1/02F02M25/06
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Patent No.
US 12,227,253
App. No.
17/440,464
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A two-wheeled vehicle includes a frame, a plurality of ground-engaging members for supporting the frame, and an engine supported by the frame and operably coupled to the ground-engaging members. Additionally, the two-wheel vehicle includes a down tube extending downwardly from a front end of the frame. A front fairing is supported on the down tube.

Claims (9)

1. A two-wheeled vehicle, comprising:

A frame assembly extending longitudinally from a front end to a second end, the frame assembly including a forward frame member, a fairing support mount, and a down tube assembly, wherein the down tube assembly is coupled to the forward frame member, wherein the down tube assembly includes a first down tube member and a second down tube member, each of the first and second down tube members having an upper shoulder;

a plurality of ground-engaging members supporting the frame assembly on a ground surface;

a fairing coupled to the forward frame member and the down tube assembly; and

a pair of brackets, each bracket removably coupled to the down tube assembly and the fairing support mount, where each bracket is coupled to the upper shoulder of one of the first down tube member and the second down tube member.

2. The two-wheeled vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a steering assembly, and the forward frame member includes a head tube configured to receive a portion of the steering assembly, and the bracket extends from a position longitudinally forward of the head tube to a position longitudinally rearward of the head tube.

3. The two-wheeled vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the fairing comprising an outer fairing member and an inner fairing member, and the bracket is coupled to the inner fairing member.

4. The two-wheeled vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the bracket includes a generally vertical leg coupled to the down tube assembly and a generally horizontal leg coupled to the inner fairing member.

5. The two-wheeled vehicle of claim 4 , wherein the down tube assembly supports a radiator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2021
From: KRAMER, TYLER J.; OLTMANS, JEFFREY D.; GLAESER, ANDREW O.; WUOLLET, JUHO PEKKA; UNDERLAND, KENT A.; JOHNSON, CAL W.; VORNDRAN, RONALD A.; MCKOSKEY, G. JAY; O'HALLORAN, JEFFREY M.
To: INDIAN MOTORCYCLE INTERNATIONAL, LLC
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62822435 · Mar 22, 2019
Related Publication 20220161884A1 · May 26, 2022
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