Saddle-ridden vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11524738-B2
Application number	US-201917309772-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2019
Priority date	Dec 21, 2018
Publication date	Dec 13, 2022
Grant date	Dec 13, 2022

Abstract

A motorcycle includes a tail lamp, a rear covering, rear end components which are a license plate and a license lamp, a rear stay, and a sensor. The tail lamp emits light toward the rear side. The rear covering is provided with the tail lamp. The rear end components are disposed more rearward than the rear covering. The rear stay extends at least rearward from a connecting portion connected to the rear covering and supports the rear end components. The sensor senses an object rearward is at least partially received in an internal space that is formed either in the rear covering or in the rear stay.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A straddle vehicle, comprising:
a tail lamp emitting light toward a rear side;
a rear covering provided with the tail lamp;
a rear end component disposed more rearward than the rear covering;
a rear stay extending at least rearward from a connecting portion connected to the rear covering, the rear stay supporting the rear end component; and
a sensor sensing an object rearward, the sensor being at least partially received in an internal space that is formed either in the rear covering or in the rear stay,
wherein a lower side of the internal space is closed,
wherein the sensor is at least partially received in the internal space formed in the rear stay and wherein the sensor is disposed at a position closer to the connecting portion than the rear end component,
wherein the rear stay includes:
a stay main body to which the sensor is attached; and
an upper covering that is disposed so as to cover at least a part of an upper surface of the stay main body, the part corresponding to a range where the sensor is attached; and

wherein the rear stay further includes a sealing member and wherein the sealing member is disposed between the stay main body and the upper covering, and seals at least a part of a space between the stay main body and the upper covering.

2. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the rear stay includes:
a stay extending-out portion that extends rearward from a connecting portion connected to the rear covering; and
a stay rear end portion that extends downward from the rear end of the stay extending-out portion, and supports the rear end component, and
wherein the sensor is received in the internal space that is formed either in the rear covering or in the stay rear end portion excluding the stay extending-out portion.

3. The straddle vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the sensor is received in the stay rear end portion.

4. The straddle vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the rear stay includes a license plate attachment portion to which a license plate can be attached and wherein the sensor is disposed upper than the license plate attachment portion, and lower than a license lamp for illuminating the license plate.

5. The straddle vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the stay rear end portion has a rear wall, side walls formed on both sides in a vehicle width direction, and a top wall and wherein the rear, side, and top walls defining an internal space in which the sensor is received.

6. The straddle vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the stay rear end portion further includes a lower wall that partitions a lower space in which a rear wheel is disposed from the internal space in which the sensor is received.

7. The straddle vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the rear stay has a projecting portion projecting more rearward than a rear surface of the sensor.

8. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is attached to a rear portion of the rear covering, wherein, in a rear view, the sensor and the tail lamp are adjacent to each other, and wherein, in a side view, the sensor and the tail lamp are adjacent to or overlap each other.

9. The straddle vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein a rear surface of the tail lamp is substantially flush with a rear surface of the sensor.

10. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a pair of left and right rear turn lamps,
wherein the sensor senses a range from a left rear side to a right rear side and
wherein the sensor is at least partially positioned closer to the center in a vehicle width direction than the left rear turn lamp, and closer to the center in the vehicle width direction than the right rear turn lamp.

11. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the rear stay is attachable to and detachable from the connecting portion connected to the rear covering and wherein the sensor is received in the internal space that is formed in the rear stay.

12. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the rear stay includes an upper covering being disposed so as to cover an upper side of a range where the sensor is attached; and a lower covering being disposed so as to cover a lower side of the range where the sensor is attached and wherein the upper covering is detachable.

13. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the rear stay includes a stay main body, an upper covering, and a lower covering and wherein the stay main body has a higher rigidity than the upper covering.

14. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is disposed at a position close to a proximal side of the rear stay and wherein the rear stay extends obliquely lower rear side.

15. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the rear stay includes:
a stay extending-out portion extending rearward from a connecting portion connected to the rear covering; and
a stay rear end portion extending downward from the rear end of the stay extending-out portion, and supports the rear end component and
wherein the sensor is disposed closer to a proximal end relative to a midpoint between the proximal end and a distal end of the stay rear end portion.

16. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is in a shape of a rectangular plate and wherein a dimension in a thickness direction extends in the front-rear direction.

17. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is disposed frontward than a lamp disposed in the rear stay and wherein a lamp harness extending from the lamp toward a vehicle body is disposed in an auxiliary space which is a space different from the internal space.

18. The straddle vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is disposed so that a rear end of the sensor is frontward than a rear end of the rear stay and wherein the rear stay extends obliquely lower rear side.

19. A straddle vehicle, comprising:
a tail lamp emitting light toward a rear side;
a rear covering provided with the tail lamp;
a rear end component disposed more rearward than the rear covering;
a rear stay extending at least rearward from a connecting portion connected to the rear covering, the rear stay supporting the rear end component; and
a sensor sensing an object rearward, the sensor being at least partially received in an internal space that is formed either in the rear covering or in the rear stay,
wherein a lower side of the internal space is closed,
wherein the sensor is at least partially received in the internal space formed in the rear stay and wherein the sensor is disposed at a position closer to the connecting portion than the rear end component,
wherein the rear stay includes:
a stay main body to which the sensor is attached; and
an upper covering that is disposed so as to cover at least a part of an upper surface of the stay main body, the part corresponding to a range where the sensor is attached; and

wherein the rear stay further includes a lower covering that is disposed so as to cover at least a part of a lower surface of the stay main body, wherein the stay main body has an insertion hole for having a harness connected to the sensor pass therethrough, and wherein, via the insertion hole, the harness connected to the sensor passes through a space between the stay main body and the lower covering.

20. The straddle vehicle according to claim 19 , wherein the rear end component is a lamp that emits light and wherein a harness connected to the lamp passes through the space b

Assignees

• Kawasaki Motors Ltd

Inventors

• Saeki Daisuke
• Watanabe Hiroyuki
• Nakajima Takeshi
• Matsuzaki Shouta
• Kobayashi Mitsuru

Classifications

• B62J27/00

  Safety equipment · CPC title

• B62J45/41 Primary

  characterised by the type of sensor · CPC title

• B62J17/00

  Weather guards for riders; Fairings or stream-lining parts not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B62J50/26

  Number plates · CPC title

• B62J50/21

  intended to provide information to rider or passenger · CPC title