Saddle-ridden vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10086903-B2
Application number	US-201615332565-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2016
Priority date	Oct 27, 2015
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

A saddle-ridden vehicle includes: a pair of frame members which are disposed on one side and on other side in a vehicle width direction so as to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction; an engine which is disposed between and supported by the pair of frame members; an air cleaner which cleans air for fuel combustion; a supercharger which compresses the air cleaned by the air cleaner; an intercooler which cools, using a cooling wind, the air compressed by the supercharger and supplies resulting air to the engine; and an exhaust wind duct which determines a discharge position or a discharge direction of the cooling wind discharged from the intercooler, and the exhaust wind duct is disposed above the engine on the one side in the vehicle width direction and extends to rear of the engine.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A saddle-ridden vehicle comprising:
a pair of frame members which are disposed on one side of the vehicle and on an opposite side of the vehicle, respectively, in a vehicle width direction so as to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction;
an engine which is disposed between and supported by the pair of frame members;
an air cleaner which cleans air for fuel combustion;
a supercharger which compresses the air cleaned by the air cleaner;
an intercooler which cools, using a cooling wind, the air compressed by the supercharger and supplies resulting air to the engine, wherein the intercooler is disposed above the engine on the one side of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction; and
an exhaust wind duct from which the cooling wind discharged from the intercooler is discharged, wherein:
the exhaust wind duct is disposed above the engine on the one side of the vehicle and extends to a rear of the engine.

2. The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein, in a side view of the saddle-ridden vehicle, one of the pair of frame members alongside which the exhaust wind duct extends is disposed on the one side in the vehicle width direction.

3. The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein, in a top view of the saddle-ridden vehicle, the exhaust wind duct is disposed between the pair of frame members.

4. The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the exhaust wind duct extends toward a center line in the vehicle width direction.

5. The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the exhaust wind duct comprises a support portion which supports the intercooler.

6. The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the exhaust wind duct is attached to the air cleaner.

7. The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the air cleaner and the intercooler are arranged side by side in the vehicle width direction above the engine;
the exhaust wind duct comprises an exhaust wind introduction portion into which the cooling wind discharged from the intercooler is introduced and an exhaust wind guide portion which guides, to a prescribed direction, the cooling wind introduced into the exhaust wind introduction portion; and
the exhaust wind introduction portion is disposed between the air cleaner and the intercooler.

8. The saddle-ridden vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein:
the exhaust wind duct comprises an expansion portion between the exhaust wind introduction portion and the exhaust wind guide portion; and
the expansion portion comprises a passage through which the cooling wind flows from the exhaust wind introduction portion to the exhaust wind guide portion, and an intermediate portion of the passage is larger in flow passage area than an inflow end and an outflow end of the passage.

Assignees

• Suzuki Motor Corp

Inventors

• Hamaguchi Ryohei
• Okita Kazuhiro

Classifications

• F02B61/02

  for driving cycles · CPC title

• B62J17/00

  Weather guards for riders; Fairings or stream-lining parts not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• F02D41/0007

  for control of turbo-charged or super-charged engines (control of the pumps per se F02B37/12) · CPC title

• F02B29/04

  Cooling of air intake supply · CPC title

• B62K11/04

  characterised by the engine being between front and rear wheels · CPC title