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Granted Patent B2
US 12,286,182 · App. 17/519,662 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Straddled vehicle

Inventor: Yojiro Wakimoto (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62J1/28B62J1/08B62J9/14
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Patent No.
US 12,286,182
App. No.
17/519,662
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A straddled vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a main seat, a tandem seat, an accommodation portion provided below the tandem seat, a seat lock mechanism attached to a bottom portion of the tandem seat, and a lock portion attached to the vehicle frame in a front portion of the accommodation portion. The seat lock mechanism includes: a key cylinder that has a main body having a key insertion hole, and an arm pivotable around the main body by a pivoting operation made by a key; and a hook member pivotable along with the pivoting of the arm. The hook member includes a first hook portion engageable with the arm, at least one second hook portion engageable with the lock portion, and a pivoting restriction portion configured to restrict the hook member from pivoting in a state where the key insertion hole does not have the key inserted therein.

Claims (16)

1. A straddled vehicle, comprising:

a vehicle frame;

a main seat located above the vehicle frame;

a tandem seat located above the vehicle frame and to the rear of the main seat;

an accommodation portion provided below the tandem seat;

a seat lock mechanism attached to a bottom portion of the tandem seat, the seat lock mechanism detachably securing the tandem seat to the vehicle frame; and

a lock portion formed in a front portion of the accommodation portion, the lock portion being attached to the vehicle frame and being engageable with the seat lock mechanism, wherein

the seat lock mechanism includes:

a key cylinder including

a main body having a key insertion hole, for a key to be inserted therein, and

an arm protruding from the main body, the arm being pivotable around the main body by a pivoting operation made by the key inserted into the key insertion hole, and

a hook member configured to pivot along with the pivoting of the arm of the key cylinder, the hook member including

a first hook portion engageable with the arm,

at least one second hook portion engageable with the lock portion, and

a pivoting restriction portion configured to restrict the hook member from pivoting in a state where the key insertion hole does not have the key inserted therein.

2. The straddled vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the pivoting restriction portion is a portion extending from the first hook portion, so as to be located on a side opposite to the first hook portion with respect to the arm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2021
From: WAKIMOTO, YOJIRO
To: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 058027/0692 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-202192 · Dec 4, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220177063A1 · Jun 9, 2022
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