Vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11305642-B2
Application number	US-202017113131-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2020
Priority date	Dec 10, 2019
Publication date	Apr 19, 2022
Grant date	Apr 19, 2022

Abstract

The vehicle of the present application includes a vehicle frame; a muffler supported by the vehicle frame; and a supporting unit comprising a rubber damper, located between the muffler and the vehicle frame and, connected to the vehicle frame such that the muffler is suspended from the vehicle frame and supported by the vehicle frame. The supporting unit comprises a first bracket and a second bracket on the first bracket.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle frame; a muffler supported by the vehicle frame; and a supporting unit comprising a rubber damper, located between the muffler and the vehicle frame and, connected to the vehicle frame such that the muffler is suspended from the vehicle frame and supported by the vehicle frame,
wherein:
the supporting unit comprises a first bracket and a second bracket on the first bracket;
the first bracket comprises a first body distant from an outer surface of the muffler and a first attachment attached to an outer surface of the muffler, and extending along a first axis from the first body on the outer surface of the muffler; and
the second bracket comprises a second body distant from the first bracket and a holder on the second body, configured to hold the rubber damper and connected to the vehicle frame via the rubber damper, and a second attachment attached to the first attachment of the first bracket, and extending from the second body;
wherein the first attachment comprises: a first sub-attachment, a second sub-attachment and a third sub-attachment,
wherein the second attachment comprises: a fourth sub-attachment, a fifth sub-attachment and a sixth sub-attachment,
wherein the first sub-attachment is positioned in between the fourth sub-attachment and the fifth sub-attachment in a second axis along the outer surface and crossing the first axis.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the second sub-attachment and the third sub-attachment are disposed on a different position on the second axis.

3. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the fourth sub-attachment, the fifth sub-attachment or the sixth sub-attachment extends toward one direction along the first axis while a different one of the fourth sub-attachment, the fifth sub-attachment or the sixth sub-attachment extends toward an opposite direction.

4. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the second sub-attachment and the third sub-attachment are disposed on a different position on the second axis.

5. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein:
the first attachment comprises a first sub-attachment, a second sub-attachment and a third sub-attachment; the second attachment comprises a fourth sub-attachment, a fifth sub-attachment and a sixth sub-attachment;
one of the first, second or third sub-attachments extends toward one direction along the first axis from the first body while another of the first, second or third sub-attachments extends toward an opposite direction from the first body;
one of the fourth, fifth or sixth sub-attachments of the second attachment extends toward one direction along the first axis from the second body while another of fourth, fifth or sixth sub-attachments extends toward the opposite direction from the second body;
each sub-attachments of the first attachment is disposed on a different position on the second axis;
each sub-attachments of the second attachment is disposed on a different position on the second axis;
a position of one of the first, second or third sub-attachments of the first attachment coincides with a position of one of the fourth, fifth of sixth sub-attachments of the second attachment on the second axis;
the one of the first, second or third sub-attachments of the first attachment extends toward one direction along the first axis while the one of the fourth, fifth of sixth sub-attachments of the second attachment extends toward the opposite direction along the first axis;
a position of the other of the first, second or third sub-attachments of the first attachment coincides with a position of the other of the fourth, fifth of sixth sub-attachments of the second attachment on the second axis; and
the other of the first, second or third sub-attachments of the first attachment extends toward one direction along the first axis while the other of the fourth, fifth of sixth sub-attachments of the second attachment extends toward the opposite direction along the first axis.

6. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the second sub-attachment and the fourth sub-attachment are approximately a same width and have a same position on the first axis.

7. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the fourth sub-attachment and the fifth sub-attachment are located on a same location in the first axis, but are displaced in the second axis.

8. The vehicle of claim 1 wherein the sixth sub-attachment is positioned in between the second sub-attachment and the third sub-attachment in the second axis direction.

Assignees

• Yamaha Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Eshima Makoto
• Deguchi Yoichiro

Classifications

• F01N2470/00

  Structure or shape of exhaust gas passages, pipes or tubes · CPC title

• B60K13/04 Primary

  concerning exhaust · CPC title

• F01N2510/00

  Surface coverings · CPC title

• B60K13/00

  Arrangement in connection with combustion air intake or gas exhaust of propulsion units · CPC title

• B60K11/00

  Arrangement in connection with cooling of propulsion units · CPC title