Straddle-type vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10046823-B2
Application number	US-201615275655-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2016
Priority date	Sep 28, 2015
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

A straddle-type vehicle comprises a front wheel and a rear wheel, an engine disposed between the front wheel and the rear wheel, an air cleaner box disposed above the engine, and a vehicle body behavior sensor provided on a periphery of the air cleaner box and located above a bottom wall surface of the air cleaner box.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A straddle-type vehicle comprising:
a front wheel and a rear wheel;
an engine disposed between the front wheel and the rear wheel;
a fuel tank;
an air cleaner box disposed above the engine; and
a vehicle body behavior sensor provided on a periphery of the air cleaner box and located above a bottom wall surface of the air cleaner box,
wherein when viewed from above, the vehicle body behavior sensor is disposed in such a manner that the vehicle body behavior sensor is hidden by the fuel tank.

2. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least a portion of the air cleaner box is disposed on a straight line connecting the vehicle body behavior sensor and the engine to each other.

3. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vehicle body behavior sensor is attached and supported on the air cleaner box.

4. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 3 ,
wherein the air cleaner box includes a reinforcement structure which suppresses a vibration in a thickness direction of a support surface on which the vehicle body behavior sensor is supported.

5. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 4 ,
wherein the reinforcement structure includes a plurality of plate members.

6. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vehicle body behavior sensor is disposed on a side wall surface of the air cleaner box.

7. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least a part of the vehicle body behavior sensor conforms to an air-intake connection passage connecting the air cleaner box and the engine to each other, in a position in a forward and rearward direction.

8. A straddle-type vehicle comprising:
a front wheel and a rear wheel;
an engine disposed between the front wheel and the rear wheel;
a vehicle component disposed above the engine; and
a vehicle body behavior sensor disposed above a bottom wall surface of the vehicle component, and attached on the vehicle component,
wherein a fuel supply pipe is fastened to the vehicle component by a fastening member.

9. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 8 , further comprising:
an injector provided at the vehicle component,
wherein the fuel supply pipe is connected to a fuel tank and supplies fuel to the injector.

10. A straddle-type vehicle comprising:
a front wheel and a rear wheel;
an engine disposed between the front wheel and the rear wheel;
an air cleaner box disposed above the engine; and
a vehicle body behavior sensor provided on a periphery of the air cleaner box and located above a bottom wall surface of the air cleaner box,
wherein the vehicle body behavior sensor is attached and supported on the air cleaner box, and
wherein the air cleaner box has on an outer wall surface thereof, a recess in which at least a portion of the vehicle body behavior sensor is accommodated.

11. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 10 ,
wherein the recess of the air cleaner box includes a fastening surface to which the vehicle body behavior sensor is fastened, and protruding surfaces protruding upward from both ends of the fastening surface in a vehicle width direction, and
wherein an inner space of the recess opens forward along the fastening surface.

12. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 4 ,
wherein the air cleaner box is formed of a resin material, and
wherein the reinforcement structure is constituted by a plate member for increasing stiffness of a wall surface of the air cleaner box.

13. The straddle-type vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fuel tank is disposed above the air cleaner box, and
wherein the vehicle body behavior sensor is disposed between the fuel tank and the air cleaner box.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Azuma Seiji
• Yoshida Atsuya
• Nishida Koji

Classifications

• B62L3/00

  Brake-actuating mechanisms {(for back-pedalling brakes B62L5/00)}; Arrangements thereof · CPC title

• B60T8/1706

  for single-track vehicles, e.g. motorcycles · CPC title

• B60T8/172

  Determining control parameters used in the regulation, e.g. by calculations involving measured or detected parameters {(B60T8/17551 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B62J45/4151

  for sensing lateral inclination of the cycle · CPC title

• F02M35/048

  Arranging or mounting on or with respect to engines or vehicle bodies · CPC title