Motorcycle rear fender structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10864957-B2
Application number	US-201916520151-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 23, 2019
Priority date	Sep 11, 2018
Publication date	Dec 15, 2020
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020

Abstract

There is provided a motorcycle rear fender structure provided at a rear part of a motorcycle. A rear fender main body covers an upper rear side of a rear wheel. A bulging portion bulges outward and rearward from the rear fender main body, the bulging portion in which a wiring chamber is formed. A partition wall is provided in the rear fender main body. The partition wall is provided with a first wiring hole for introducing an electrical wire connected to a lighting device into the wiring chamber. A side wall of the bulging portion is provided with a second wiring hole for wiring the electrical wire introduced into the wiring chamber to the lighting device. The first wiring hole is provided at a position lower than the second wiring hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motorcycle rear fender structure provided at a rear part of a motorcycle, the motorcycle rear fender structure comprising:
a rear fender main body that covers an upper rear side of a rear wheel of the motorcycle;
a bulging portion that bulges outward and rearward from the rear fender main body, the bulging portion in which a wiring chamber is formed; and
a partition wall provided in the rear fender main body,
wherein the partition wall is provided with a first wiring hole for introducing an electrical wire connected to a lighting device into the wiring chamber, a side wall of the bulging portion is provided with a second wiring hole for wiring the electrical wire introduced into the wiring chamber to the lighting device, and the first wiring hole is provided at a position lower than the second wiring hole.

2. The motorcycle rear fender structure according to claim 1 , wherein the bulging portion and the rear fender main body are integrally formed, a front surface side of the bulging portion is formed with an opening part, and the partition wall is formed to close the opening part.

3. The motorcycle rear fender structure according to claim 1 , wherein a drain passage is formed below the wiring chamber along an inner surface of the rear fender main body.

4. The motorcycle rear fender structure according to claim 3 , wherein the drain passage is formed downward along a surface where the partition wall overlaps with the inner surface of the rear fender main body.

5. The motorcycle rear fender structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second wiring hole includes wiring holes for direction indicators provided on left and right side walls of the bulging portion, and a wiring hole for a license plate lamp provided on a rear side wall of the bulging portion, and
wherein an upper wall of the bulging portion is formed as a removable lid member, the lid member comprises left and right side wall portions and a rear wall portion, the left and right side wall portions cover the wiring holes for the direction indicators from outside, and the rear wall portion covers the wiring hole for the license plate lamp from outside.

Assignees

• Suzuki Motor Corp

Inventors

• Ishikawa Yujiro

Classifications

• B62J15/00 Primary

  Mud-guards for wheels · CPC title

• B62J6/055

  Electrical means, e.g. lamps · CPC title

• B62J6/05

  Direction indicators · CPC title

• B62J23/00

  Other protectors specially adapted for cycles · CPC title

• B62J6/01

  Electric circuits · CPC title