Vehicle body structure of saddle type vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10723401-B2
Application number	US-201815906052-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2018
Priority date	Mar 27, 2017
Publication date	Jul 28, 2020
Grant date	Jul 28, 2020

Abstract

This vehicle body structure of a saddle type vehicle includes a rear vehicle body mono-frame ( 22 ) having a merging portion ( 22 a ) configured to merge a pair of right and left front vehicle body frames ( 21 ) provided with at least a part of a fuel tank ( 8 ) interposed therebetween behind the fuel tank ( 8 ) and below a seat ( 9 ), and also configured to extend continuously to the front vehicle body frames ( 21 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle body structure of a motorcycle comprising:
a rear vehicle body mono-frame having a merging portion configured to merge a pair of right and left front vehicle body frames provided with at least a part of a fuel tank interposed therebetween below a seat, and also configured to extend continuously to the front vehicle body frames, wherein:
the rear vehicle body mono-frame comprises an engine installing portion on which an engine is installed, and a cushion installing portion on which a cushion is installed, and
the engine installing portion and the cushion installing portion vertically overlap each other at least partially in a side view.

2. The vehicle body structure of a motorcycle according to claim 1 , wherein the merging portion is located in front of an imaginary line configured to connect a middle point of the seat in a forward and rearward direction with a step in the side view.

3. The vehicle body structure of a motorcycle according to claim 1 , wherein the rear vehicle body mono-frame has a hollow structure, an exhaust component is provided on a first side of the rear vehicle body mono-frame, and an electrical component is provided on a second side of the rear vehicle body mono-frame opposite the first side.

4. The vehicle body structure of a motorcycle according to claim 1 , wherein the rear vehicle body mono-frame comprises a fuel tank installing portion on which the fuel tank is installed.

5. The vehicle body structure of a motorcycle according to claim 1 , wherein the fuel tank is provided on a same axial line as a cushion axial line.

6. The vehicle body structure of a motorcycle according to claim 5 , wherein the rear vehicle body mono-frame comprises a fuel tank installing portion on which the fuel tank is installed, and the fuel tank installing portion is supported by a cushion installing portion on which a cushion is installed.

7. The vehicle body structure of a motorcycle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rear vehicle body mono-frame comprises a cushion installing portion on which a cushion is installed, and a reinforcing portion configured to reinforce the cushion installing portion, and
wherein a welded portion of a seat frame is provided to surround an outer circumference of a joint portion between the cushion installing portion and the reinforcing portion.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsushima Satoshi
• Sasaki Toru

Classifications

• B62J35/00 Primary

  Fuel tanks specially adapted for motorcycles or engine-assisted cycles; Arrangements thereof (fuel tanks forming part of cycle frames B62K11/00; tanks in general B60K {; closure caps for fuel tanks B60K15/0406}) · CPC title

• B62K11/06

  the frame being of single-beam type · CPC title

• B62K11/04 Primary

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

• B62J1/08 Primary

  Frames for saddles; Connections between saddle frames and seat pillars; Seat pillars (attaching seat pillars to cycle frames B62K19/36) · CPC title

• B62M7/06

  directly under the saddle or seat · CPC title