Saddle riding vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11092121-B2
Application number	US-201916665202-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2019
Priority date	Nov 16, 2018
Publication date	Aug 17, 2021
Grant date	Aug 17, 2021

Abstract

An intake duct has a front-rear two-split structure, and includes a rear duct connected to a body frame and a front duct connected to the rear duct. The rear duct includes a body frame connection portion that is connected to the body frame and is attached with a rear stay that supports a cowl and a meter, and the front duct is directed forward from the rear duct.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A saddle riding vehicle, in which an intake duct is provided inside an upper cowl configuring an upper portion of the front portion of a cowl, and the intake duct is supported by a body frame and is extended in a vehicle longitudinal direction,
wherein the intake duct has a front-rear two-split structure, and includes a base side member and a distal end member, the base side member being formed as a separate part from a head pipe of the body frame and being connected to the body frame, the distal end member being formed as a separate part from the base side member and being connected to the base side member,
the base side member includes a body frame connection portion connected to the body frame, said base side member has a rear stay attached thereto, said rear stay supporting the cowl and a meter,
the distal end member is directed forward from the base side member,
the intake duct extends so as to be directed downward to the front from a side of the body frame,
a height of a front end portion upper portion of the distal end member is lower than a height of a rear end portion upper portion of the distal end member,
a front stay is provided on an upper surface of a front end portion of the base side member, the front stay extending forward beyond the front end of the base side member, and a camera photographing the front of the vehicle body is disposed above the distal end member, the camera being supported by the front stay,
the front stay is provided at a position lower than a highest position of an upper surface of the base side member,
the camera is disposed between the front stay and the distal end member.

2. The saddle riding vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the base side member, an inner dimension of a front end portion is expanded for a portion located rearward of the front end portion, and
a rear end portion of the distal end member is inserted and connected to the front end portion of the base side member.

3. The saddle riding vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the intake duct has an S-shape in a side view, and
the base side member and the distal end member curve in the vertically reverse direction.

4. The saddle riding vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein a connection portion of the base side member and the distal end member is a portion for switching the curving direction.

5. The saddle riding vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rear stay is disposed on the upper surface of the base side member, and
a junction box is disposed on a lower side of a straight line that passes a distal end portion of the front stay and an upper end portion of the rear stay.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Miki Sosuke
• Kawase Mikihiko
• Karashima Akiyuki
• Hariu Jun

Classifications

• F02M35/10013 Primary

  Means upstream of the air filter; Connection to the ambient air · CPC title

• F02M35/162 Primary

  Motorcycles; All-terrain vehicles, e.g. quads, snowmobiles; Small vehicles, e.g. forklifts · CPC title

• F01P1/06

  Arrangements for cooling other engine or machine parts · CPC title

• F01P2050/16

  Motor-cycles · CPC title

• F02M35/10242

  Devices or means connected to or integrated into air intakes; Air intakes combined with other engine or vehicle parts (filters F02M35/02; silencers F02M35/12 and F02M35/14; air coolers F02B29/04; heaters F02M31/00; air storage tanks F02B21/00; compressors F02B33/00; sensors F02M35/10373) · CPC title