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Granted Patent B2
US 12,365,419 · App. 18/396,877 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Saddle-type vehicle

Inventors: Kenta Nakamura (Lincoln, NE); Seth Lansman (Lincoln, NE)
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
B62K21/125B62K5/01
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,365,419
App. No.
18/396,877
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A saddle-type vehicle includes: a handlebar extending in a vehicle width direction and including a handle grip at an end part on a vehicle outside; a hand guard disposed in front of the handle grip; and a hand guard stay that supports the hand guard with respect to the handlebar. The hand guard stay is fixed to the handlebar at a position close to the vehicle width direction center relative to the handle grip, and extends toward the front of the handle grip from a fixing position.

Claims (56)

1. A saddle riding vehicle comprising:

a handlebar extending in a vehicle width direction and including a handle grip at an end part on a vehicle outside;

a hand guard disposed in front of the handle grip; and

a hand guard stay that supports the hand guard with respect to the handlebar,

wherein:

the handlebar includes a handle side bracket,

the hand guard stay includes a stay side bracket,

the hand guard stay is fixed to the handlebar by fastening the stay side bracket to the handle side bracket, and

the hand guard stay is fixed to the handlebar at a position closer to a vehicle width direction center than the handle grip, and extends toward the front of the handle grip from a fixing position.

2. The saddle riding vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the handlebar includes

a first part that is a part applied with the handle grip and extending in the vehicle width direction, and

a second part extending downward from an end part on a vehicle width direction center side of the first part, and

the hand guard stay is fixed to the second part.

3. The saddle riding vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein;

the hand guard stay is fixed to the handle side bracket.

4. The saddle riding vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a center cover covering a vehicle width direction center part of the handlebar,

wherein:

the center cover includes an opening part through which the handlebar is inserted, and

the hand guard stay is fixed to the handlebar inside the center cover and extends to an outside of the center cover through the opening part.

5. The saddle riding vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein;

the hand guard stay includes an attachment part formed to be flat, and

the hand guard is fixed to the attachment part.

6. The saddle riding vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein;

the hand guard is disposed on a front side of the attachment part and is fastened to the attachment part with a bolt and a nut, and

the nut includes a cap nut, and is screwed to the bolt on a rear side of the attachment part.

7. The saddle riding vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein;

the hand guard includes a facing surface facing the handle grip and fixed to the hand guard stay, and

a rising part rising from the facing surface on a handle grip side is formed around a part to which the hand guard stay is fixed, of the facing surface.

8. The saddle riding vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein:

the rising part is a rib formed on the facing surface.

9. The saddle riding vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein:

the hand guard is fixed to the hand guard stay at a terminal part on a vehicle outside of the hand guard stay, and

the rib includes an arc-shaped part surrounding the terminal part of the hand guard stay.

10. The saddle riding vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein;

the saddle riding vehicle is a four-wheel vehicle.

11. A saddle riding vehicle, comprising:

a handlebar extending in a vehicle width direction and including a handle grip at an end part on a vehicle outside;

a hand guard disposed in front of the handle grip;

a hand guard stay that supports the hand guard with respect to the handlebar;

an operation device included in the handlebar adjacent to the handle grip; and

harnesses extending from the operation device toward the vehicle width direction center,

wherein:

the hand guard stay is fixed to the handlebar at a position closer to the vehicle width direction center than the handle grip, and extends toward the front of the handle grip from a fixing position, and

the hand guard stay extends in a downward curved manner from a position of the hand guard toward the fixing position.

12. The saddle riding vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein:

the hand guard stay extends toward the fixing position through below the harnesses.

13. The saddle riding vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein:

the hand guard stay includes a pipe part, and the pipe part is provided so as to face the harnesses.

14. A saddle riding vehicle comprising:

a handlebar extending in a vehicle width direction and including a handle grip at an end part on a vehicle outside;

a hand guard disposed in front of the handle grip; and

a hand guard stay that supports the hand guard with respect to the handlebar, wherein

the hand guard stay is fixed to the handlebar at a position closer to a center to a vehicle width direction center than the handle grip, and extends toward the front of the handle grip from a fixing position, and

the fixing position of the hand guard stay and the handlebar is below the handle grip.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2024
From: NAKAMURA, KENTA; LANSMAN, SETH
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250214673A1 · Jul 3, 2025
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