IP Library Granted Patent US 12,576,937
Granted Patent B2
US 12,576,937 · App. 17/821,361 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Hybrid straddle vehicle

Inventors: Masaki Nishiyabu (Akashi, JP); Ryosuke Ohori (Akashi, JP); Takuya Noami (Akashi, JP); Tetsuji Yamamoto (Akashi, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
B62K11/04B62J41/00B62K2204/00
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Patent No.
US 12,576,937
App. No.
17/821,361
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hybrid straddle vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; an electric motor that generates power to be transmitted to a driving wheel; an inverter that controls electric power to be supplied to the electric motor; a first radiator that cools the internal combustion engine; and a second radiator that cools at least one cooling target selected from the group consisting of the electric motor and the inverter, at least a part of the second radiator overlapping the first radiator when viewed from a vehicle front side, the second radiator being located in front of the first radiator.

Claims (74)

1 . A hybrid straddle vehicle comprising:

an internal combustion engine;

an electric motor that generates power to be transmitted to a driving wheel;

an inverter that controls electric power to be supplied to the electric motor;

a first radiator that cools the internal combustion engine; and

a second radiator that cools at least one cooling target selected from the group consisting of the electric motor and the inverter, at least a part of the second radiator overlapping the first radiator when viewed from a vehicle front side, the second radiator being located in front of the first radiator in a front-rear direction of the hybrid straddle vehicle, wherein

the second radiator is located at one side of a left-right direction center of the first radiator in a left-right direction.

2 . The hybrid straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:

a left-right direction center of the second radiator overlaps the first radiator when viewed from the vehicle front side.

3 . The hybrid straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a radiator fan adjacent to the first radiator in the front-rear direction to generate a flow of air flowing through the first radiator, wherein

the entire second radiator is located outside the radiator fan when viewed from the vehicle front side.

4 . The hybrid straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the first radiator includes:

a first heat exchanger,

a first inlet tank located at one side of the first heat exchanger in a left-right direction and adjacent to the first heat exchanger, and

a first outlet tank located at the other side of the first heat exchanger in the left-right direction and adjacent to the first heat exchanger; and

the second radiator overlaps the first inlet tank or the first outlet tank when viewed from the vehicle front side.

5 . The hybrid straddle vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein

the second radiator overlaps a portion of the first radiator which is closer to the first inlet tank than to the first outlet tank when viewed from a front side of the hybrid straddle vehicle.

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

an inlet tube connected to the second radiator; and

an outlet tube connected to the second radiator, wherein

the second radiator includes:

a second heat exchanger,

a second inlet tank located at one side of the second heat exchanger in an upper-lower direction and adjacent to the second heat exchanger, and

a second outlet tank located at the other side of the second heat exchanger in the upper-lower direction and adjacent to the second heat exchanger;

the inlet tube is in connection with the second inlet tank;

the outlet tube is in connection with the second outlet tank; and

at least one tube selected from the group consisting of the inlet tube and the outlet tube extends through above or under the first radiator in the front-rear direction.

7 . The hybrid straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

one side of the left-right direction is a first side, and another side of the left-right direction is a second side, and

a first end of the second radiator, which is on the first side of the second radiator, is located further in the left-right direction toward the first side relative to a first end of the first radiator, which is on the first side of the first radiator.

8 . The hybrid straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

a heat exchanger of the second radiator is located in front of and away from a tank of the first radiator.

9 . The hybrid straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the first radiator is directed such that a dimension of the first radiator in a left-right direction of the first radiator is larger than a dimension of the first radiator in an upper-lower direction of the first radiator, and

the second radiator is directed such that a dimension of the second radiator in an upper-lower direction of the second radiator is larger than a dimension of the second radiator in a left-right direction of the second radiator.

10 . A hybrid straddle vehicle comprising:

an internal combustion engine;

an electric motor that generates power to be transmitted to a driving wheel;

an inverter that controls electric power to be supplied to the electric motor;

a first radiator that cools the internal combustion engine;

a second radiator that cools at least one cooling target selected from the group consisting of the electric motor and the inverter, at least a part of the second radiator overlapping the first radiator when viewed from a vehicle front side, the second radiator being located in front of the first radiator in a front-rear direction of the hybrid straddle vehicle; and

a front fender located in front of the first radiator and the second radiator, wherein

a lower end of the second radiator is located higher than a lower end of the front fender.

11 . A hybrid straddle vehicle comprising:

an internal combustion engine;

an electric motor that generates power to be transmitted to a driving wheel;

an inverter that controls electric power to be supplied to the electric motor;

a first radiator that cools the internal combustion engine;

a second radiator that cools at least one cooling target selected from the group consisting of the electric motor and the inverter, at least a part of the second radiator overlapping the first radiator when viewed from a vehicle front side, the second radiator being located in front of the first radiator in a front-rear direction of the hybrid straddle vehicle;

a cover that covers a component of the internal combustion engine and is detachable; and

a pump that generates a flow of a cooling liquid between the second radiator and the cooling target, wherein

the pump is fixed to the cover.

12 . A hybrid straddle vehicle comprising:

an internal combustion engine;

an electric motor that generates power to be transmitted to a driving wheel;

an inverter that controls electric power to be supplied to the electric motor;

a first radiator that cools the internal combustion engine; and

a second radiator that cools at least one cooling target selected from the group consisting of the electric motor and the inverter, at least a part of the second radiator overlapping the first radiator when viewed from a vehicle front side, the second radiator being located in front of the first radiator, wherein

the second radiator is located at one side of a vehicle center line.

13 . The hybrid straddle vehicle according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a front wheel located in front of the first radiator and the second radiator, wherein

the entire second radiator is located outside the front wheel in a left-right direction when viewed from the vehicle front side.

14 . The hybrid straddle vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein

the cooling target and the second radiator are located at one side of a vehicle width direction center of the straddle vehicle in a vehicle width direction.

15 . The hybrid straddle vehicle according to claim 12 , further comprising:

an exhaust pipe by which an exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine is guided, wherein

the exhaust pipe extends toward one side of a vehicle width direction center of the straddle vehicle in a vehicle width direction; and

the second radiator is located at the other side of the vehicle width direction center of the straddle vehicle in the vehicle width direction.

16 . The hybrid straddle vehicle according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a side stand located at one side of a left-right direction of the hybrid straddle vehicle, wherein

the second radiator is located at the one side of the left-right direction relative to a left-right direction center of the hybrid straddle vehicle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2022
From: NISHIYABU, MASAKI; OHORI, RYOSUKE; NOAMI, TAKUYA; YAMAMOTO, TETSUJI
To: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-142677 · Sep 1, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230060450A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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