Straddle-type vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11485442-B2
Application number	US-201816650411-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2018
Priority date	Sep 28, 2017
Publication date	Nov 1, 2022
Grant date	Nov 1, 2022

Abstract

The present invention relates to a straddle-type vehicle provided with: a front wheel; a rear wheel; an electrical component box that houses a battery; electrical components such as a relay connected to the battery; and electrical component attachment parts with which the electrical components are attached to the electrical component box, wherein the electrical component box is made of a resin, and at least a bank angle sensor is housed in the electrical component box.

First claim

What is claim is:

1. A saddle vehicle comprising:
a front wheel;
a rear wheel; and
an electrical component box that houses a battery and includes mounting portions on which electrical components, which are connected to the battery, are mounted, wherein
the electrical component box is made of resin,
at least a bank angle sensor is housed in the electrical component box,
the electrical component box is fixed to a side of a triangular portion of a frame made up of a main frame, a seat frame, and a rear frame,
the electrical component box includes a coupler holding portion that holds a coupler for coupling a plurality of wire harnesses together, and
the coupler holding portion is placed inside the main frame.

2. The saddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the battery is placed inside the electrical component box near a lower apex corresponding to the triangular portion,
a start magnet switch is obliquely placed inside the electrical component box near a side portion extending to one upper apex from the lower apex corresponding to the triangular portion, and
the bank angle sensor is placed inside the electrical component box close to the battery and the start magnet switch and above the start magnet switch.

3. The saddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
an electronic control unit is housed in the electrical component box, and
a protrusion for guiding a wire harness is provided between the electronic control unit and the bank angle sensor.

4. The saddle vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
a main fuse, a sub-fuse, a diode, and a regulator are additionally placed in the electrical component box.

5. The saddle vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein
the battery, the start magnet switch, the main fuse, and the sub-fuse are placed in this order in an inside of the electrical component box, from the lower apex corresponding to the triangular portion to the one upper apex.

6. The saddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
an upper part of the electrical component box is placed below the seat frame on an outward side in a vehicle-width direction, and
ribs for guiding wire harnesses are provided an upper end face of the electrical component box in locations that overlap the seat frame when viewed from a side.

7. The saddle vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein
the ribs include at least one first rib and at least one second rib which are placed in an alternating manner,
the first rib is provided on an outward side in the vehicle-width direction and has an arc-like shape facing an inward side in the vehicle-width direction, and
the second rib is provided on an inward side in the vehicle-width direction and has an arc-like shape facing an outward side in the vehicle-width direction.

8. The saddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the coupler holding portion includes a harness holding portion for holding wire harnesses.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shiokawa Tatsuya
• Narazaki Yasuo
• Yokomura Hikaru
• Kawabata Tsunehiro

Classifications

• B62K19/30

  Frame parts shaped to receive other cycle parts or accessories (axle suspensions B62K25/00) · CPC title

• B62J9/22

  between the main frame tubes, e.g. suspended from the top tube · CPC title

• B62K19/00

  Cycle frames · CPC title

• B62J45/20

  Cycle computers as cycle accessories · CPC title

• B62J43/30

  for providing power to equipment other than for propulsion · CPC title