Leaning vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12280848-B2
Application number	US-202218689208-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 23, 2022
Priority date	Oct 20, 2021
Publication date	Apr 22, 2025
Grant date	Apr 22, 2025

Abstract

The invention relates to a leaning vehicle, having at least one vehicle component, such as a swing arm or handlebar, which has a receiving portion, having at least one illumination unit which comprises a head portion, in which or on which at least one indicating means is arranged, and which comprises a foot portion and which comprises a joining portion which is arranged on the foot portion and which runs parallel to the receiving portion of the vehicle component and with which the illumination unit is secured on the receiving portion of the vehicle component, wherein the illumination unit can be secured on the receiving portion along a joining direction running transversely or obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the leaning vehicle, and wherein the illumination unit comprises its longest extent in a direction parallel to the joining direction, and having at least one reinforcing means which is secured on the receiving portion of the vehicle component, wherein said reinforcing means lies at least in sections transversely to the joining direction against a coupling surface of the foot portion of the illumination unit so as to be in surface contact with said coupling surface, and wherein said reinforcing means surrounds the foot portion at least in sections circumferentially.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle component of a leaning vehicle comprising:
a receiving portion; and
at least one illumination unit which comprises a head portion, in which or on which at least one indicating means is arranged, and which comprises a foot portion and which comprises a joining portion which is arranged on the foot portion and which runs parallel to the receiving portion of the vehicle component and with which the illumination unit is fastened to the receiving portion of the vehicle component, wherein
the illumination unit is fastenable to the receiving portion along a joining direction running transversely or obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the leaning vehicle,
the illumination unit comprises its longest extent in a direction parallel to the joining direction, and having at least one reinforcing means which is fastened to the receiving portion of the vehicle component,
the reinforcing means lies at least in sections transversely to the joining direction against a coupling surface of the foot portion of the illumination unit so as to be in surface contact with the coupling surface,
the reinforcing means circumferentially surrounds the foot portion at least in sections, and
the reinforcing means comprises at least one elastically bendable fastening element.

2. The vehicle component according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing means is fastened, in a form-fitting, integrally bonded and/or force-fitting manner, to the foot portion of the illumination unit.

3. The leaning vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one elastically bendable fastening element, upon transferring the reinforcing means along a coupling direction, is displaceable into a coupled arrangement transversely to the coupling direction and, in the coupled arrangement, is automatically moveable into the nondisplaced arrangement, and which, in the coupled arrangement, engages behind a recess on the foot portion of the illumination unit with respect to the coupling direction.

4. The leaning vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the reinforcing means comprises at least two fastening elements and the foot portion of the illumination unit comprises at least two recesses, wherein in the coupled arrangement, the foot portion is arranged between the two fastening elements, and wherein the two fastening elements have a U-shaped or clip-like cross section, and/or in that the at least two fastening elements comprise at the respectively free ends a hook-like portion which extends in a direction of the free end of the opposite fastening element and which, in the coupled arrangement, lies against the respective recess of the foot portion.

5. The leaning vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein on the side facing the coupling surface of the foot portion, the at least one fastening element of the reinforcing means comprises at least one projection extending in the direction of the coupling surface of the foot portion and/or in that, on the side facing the fastening element of the reinforcing means, the at least one foot portion comprises at least one aperture in the coupling surface which is formed in a complementary manner to the projection of the fastening element and in which the projection is configured to engage in the joined arrangement.

6. The leaning vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the reinforcing means comprises a coupling portion which runs parallel to the receiving portion of the vehicle component and which comprises at least one opening via which the reinforcing means is releasably fastened to the receiving portion of the vehicle component by a fastening means.

7. The leaning vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the joining portion of the illumination unit comprises at least one cutout by means of which the illumination unit is releasably fastened to the receiving portion of the vehicle component by a further fastening means, and/or in that the joining portion of the illumination unit projects beyond the coupling surface of the foot portion in the joined arrangement in the direction of the reinforcing means.

8. The leaning vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the reinforcing means comprises, between the two fastening elements, a continuous clearance which overlaps with the joining portion of the illumination unit and through which the joining portion of the illumination unit is externally accessible at least in part in the region of the cutout.

9. The leaning vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the reinforcing means comprises at least one rib-like supporting element which extends from the at least one fastening element to the coupling portion and which comprises a wedge-shaped cross section in a plane running parallel to an axis through the joining direction.

10. The leaning vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the at least one fastening element, the at least one coupling portion and/or the at least one supporting element, form a common one-piece injection-molded component.

Assignees

• Bayerische Motoren Werke Ag

Inventors

• Hairer Michael
• Ottillinger Klaus

Classifications

• B62J6/055 Primary

  Electrical means, e.g. lamps · CPC title

• B62J6/05 Primary

  Direction indicators · CPC title