Straddle type vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10953941-B2
Application number	US-201815987239-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2018
Priority date	May 26, 2017
Publication date	Mar 23, 2021
Grant date	Mar 23, 2021

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a straddle type vehicle that uses resin seat rails, and in which attachment parts of footrests for an occupant of a rear seat of a tandem seat are provided to fastening parts of a member connecting right and left seat rails. The straddle type vehicle may include: resin right and left seat rails extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction; a middle connection member connecting the seat rails to each other; a tandem seat assembled to the seat rails and footrests for an occupant of the tandem seat respectively coupled to the right and left seat rails. A connection part of the middle connection member of the seat rails is provided within a range obtained by vertically extending an outer edge of an attachment part of the footrest coupled to each of the seat rails in side view.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A straddle vehicle comprising:
resin right and left seat rails extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction;
a connection member connecting the seat rails to each other;
a tandem seat assembled to the seat rails; and
footrests for an occupant of the tandem seat respectively coupled to the right and left seat rails, wherein
a connection part of the connection member of the seat rails is provided within a range obtained by vertically extending an outer edge of an overlapping part of each of the seat rails and a footrest bracket portion of each footrest coupled to a respective seat rail, in side view.

2. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the connection member of the seat rails is provided in a vehicle width direction, within a range obtained by horizontally extending an outer edge of an overlapping part of each seat rail and each footrest, in side view.

3. The straddle vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein each footrest bracket portion is provided integrally with an upper end part of each footrest, each footrest being attached to the respective seat rail through the footrest bracket portion, and a connection part of each connection member connecting the seat rails to each other being provided on the inner side of an outer edge of each footrest bracket portion, in side view.

4. The straddle vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein a connection part of each seat rail and each footrest bracket portion at least partially overlaps a connection part of each connection member and the footrest bracket portion, in side view.

5. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein each footrest bracket portion is provided integrally with an upper end part of each footrest, the footrest being attached to the respective seat rail through the footrest bracket portion, and a connection part of each connection member connecting the seat rails to each other being provided on the inner side of an outer edge of each footrest bracket portion, in side view.

6. The straddle vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein a connection part of each seat rail and each footrest bracket portion at least partially overlaps a connection part of each connection member and the footrest bracket portion, in side view.

7. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a connection part of the seat rail and the footrest at least partially overlaps a connection part of the connection member and the footrest, in side view.

Assignees

• Suzuki Motor Corp
• Teijin Ltd

Inventors

• Kondo Naokazu
• Wakabayashi Masayasu
• Kanamori Toshiharu
• Egawa Takahisa
• Kitagawa Masahiro
• Teshima Masatomo

Classifications

• 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

• B62J25/06 Primary

  Bar-type foot rests · CPC title

• B62J1/12

  Box-shaped seats; Bench-type seats, e.g. dual or twin seats · CPC title

• B62K11/02

  Frames (motorcycles or cycles with auxiliary engines characterised by position of engine B62M) · CPC title

• B62K19/16

  the material being wholly or mainly of plastics · CPC title