Saddled vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11878768-B2
Application number	US-201917266815-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2019
Priority date	Aug 24, 2018
Publication date	Jan 23, 2024
Grant date	Jan 23, 2024

Abstract

A saddled vehicle includes an air cleaner and a vehicle body movement sensor. The air cleaner takes travel wind in an air cleaner box to purify air of the travel wind and supplies the purified air to an internal combustion engine. The vehicle body movement sensor is received in a recess and measures movement of a vehicle body. The recess is defined by a flat surface that crosses a rear wall of the air cleaner box. This provides a saddled vehicle including a vehicle body movement sensor that is disposed without reducing the volume of an air cleaner box.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A saddled vehicle comprising:
an internal combustion engine configured to generate power;
an air cleaner box having
an upper body and a lower body that are mutually joined at a mating surface;
a rear wall, and
a recess defined by a flat surface, the flat surface configured to cross the rear wall,

the recess having a rear end positioned at the mating surface;
an air cleaner configured to take travel wind in the air cleaner box to purify air of the travel wind and configured to supply the purified air to the internal combustion engine; and
a vehicle body movement sensor received in the recess and configured to measure movement of a vehicle body.

2. The saddled vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a coupler of a sensor harness is joined to the vehicle body movement sensor from behind.

3. The saddled vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein a lateral center plane of the vehicle body movement sensor is disposed on a lateral center plane of the vehicle body.

4. The saddled vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the sensor harness is folded back into a U-shape to extend forward.

5. The saddled vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the flat surface is an inclined surface that goes down rearward so as to cross at an inclined angle of 45 degrees to the rear wall.

6. The saddled vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the vehicle body movement sensor is covered from above with a fuel tank that is disposed behind the air cleaner box.

7. The saddled vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the sensor harness is folded back into a U-shape to extend forward.

8. The saddled vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the air cleaner box is formed with a harness recess that is continuous with the recess and that receives the sensor harness.

9. The saddled vehicle according to claim 8 , further comprising:
an upper injector fitted into an upper wall of the air cleaner box and configured to inject fuel downwardly toward a funnel, the funnel being disposed on a rear side in the air cleaner box;
a fuel supply pipe disposed forward of the vehicle body movement sensor and extending in a vehicle width direction, the fuel supply pipe configured to supply fuel to the upper injector; and
a fuel supply tube connected to the fuel supply pipe and extending to a side of the vehicle body movement sensor on a side opposite to the sensor harness across the vehicle body movement sensor,
wherein the air cleaner box is formed with a tube recess that receives the fuel supply tube on a side opposite to the harness recess across the vehicle body movement sensor.

10. The saddled vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the flat surface is an inclined surface that goes down rearward so as to cross at an inclined angle of 45 degrees to the rear wall.

11. The saddled vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the vehicle body movement sensor is covered from above with a fuel tank that is disposed behind the air cleaner box.

12. The saddled vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the flat surface is an inclined surface that goes down rearward so as to cross at an inclined angle of 45 degrees to the rear wall.

13. The saddled vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the vehicle body movement sensor is covered from above with a fuel tank that is disposed behind the air cleaner box.

14. The saddled vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the flat surface is an inclined surface that goes down rearward so as to cross at an inclined angle of 45 degrees to the rear wall.

15. The saddled vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the vehicle body movement sensor is covered from above with a fuel tank that is disposed behind the air cleaner box.

16. The saddled vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the flat surface is an inclined surface that goes down rearward so as to cross at an inclined angle of 45 degrees to the rear wall.

17. The saddled vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle body movement sensor is covered from above with a fuel tank that is disposed behind the air cleaner box.

18. The saddled vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an upper injector fitted into an upper wall of the air cleaner box and configured to inject fuel downwardly toward a funnel, the funnel being disposed on a rear side in the air cleaner box; and
a fuel supply pipe disposed forward of the vehicle body movement sensor and extending in a vehicle width direction, the fuel supply pipe configured to supply fuel to the upper injector.

19. The saddled vehicle according to claim 18 , wherein the air cleaner box is formed with a tube recess that is continuous with the recess and that receives a fuel supply tube, and the fuel supply tube is connected to the fuel supply pipe and extends to a side of the vehicle body movement sensor.

20. A saddled vehicle comprising:
an internal combustion engine configured to generate power;
an air cleaner configured to take travel wind in an air cleaner box to purify air of the travel wind and configured to supply the purified air to the internal combustion engine; and
a vehicle body movement sensor received in a recess and configured to measure movement of a vehicle body, the recess being defined by a flat surface that crosses a rear wall of the air cleaner box, wherein
a coupler of a sensor harness is joined to the vehicle body movement sensor from behind, and
the sensor harness is folded back into a U-shape to extend forward.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kontani Masahiro
• Kawazumi Takeji
• Kurata Hiroshi
• Okoshi Satoru
• OGAHARA Atsushi

Classifications

• B62M7/02 Primary

  with engine between front and rear wheels · CPC title

• B62J11/19

  specially adapted for electric wires · CPC title

• B62J37/00

  Arrangements of fuel supply lines, taps, or the like, on motor cycles or engine-assisted cycles · CPC title

• B62J40/10

  characterised by air duct arrangements · CPC title

• B62J45/414

  Acceleration sensors · CPC title