Saddle-ride type vehicle with microphone located on operation-portion support portion

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12377928-B2
Application number	US-202117926783-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2021
Priority date	May 28, 2020
Publication date	Aug 5, 2025
Grant date	Aug 5, 2025

Abstract

In a saddle-ride type vehicle, a microphone can capture the speech of a rider easily, and a display portion is easily visible to the rider. In the saddle-ride type vehicle, which includes: a microphone for capturing sound, the microphone being placed forward of a seat for a rider; a display portion for displaying a condition of the vehicle; and a handlebar for steering a front wheel, the microphone is spaced apart from the display portion and placed rearward of the display portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A saddle-ride type vehicle comprising:
a front cover and a windscreen that are at a front portion of a vehicle body cover covering a vehicle body, the front cover covering an upper portion of a steering system and a front end portion of a vehicle body frame from a front and from sides, the windscreen having a plate shape and being tilted upward and rearward when seen from a side of the vehicle;
a display portion and a center cover that are behind the front cover, the display portion displaying a condition of the vehicle, the center cover covering a portion of the vehicle body between a handlebar that steers a front wheel and a seat for a rider from above and from the sides; and
an operation-portion support portion having a plate shape and provided between the display portion and the center cover, wherein
the operation-portion support portion connects to a rear end portion of the display portion, covers a steering shaft from above and connects to the center cover; and
a microphone capturing sound and located forward of the seat for the rider is spaced apart from and rearward of the display portion, and is located on the operation-portion support portion so that a distance between the microphone and the seat in a horizontal direction is smaller than a distance between the windscreen and the microphone in a direction normal to the windscreen.

2. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the handlebar includes grip portions to be held by the rider, and
the microphone is located rearward of the steering shaft of the handlebar and below the grip portions when seen from a side of the vehicle.

3. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a tilted portion tilted downward and rearward is provided, and the microphone is located in the tilted portion.

4. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the microphone is located in a center portion of the saddle-ride type vehicle in a vehicle width direction.

5. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein an operator extending upward is located forward of the microphone, and a height of the operator is greater than a height of the microphone.

6. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a wind deflector extending outward in a vehicle width direction is located forward of the microphone, and
the microphone is located within a width of the wind deflector in a height direction when seen from a side of the vehicle.

7. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the handlebar is configured to be steered left and right relative to a vehicle body front portion located forward of the seat, and the microphone is supported by the vehicle body front portion.

8. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the microphone is located below a lower end portion of the windscreen and rearward of a rear end portion of the windscreen.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takechi Ryo
• Senno Masaharu
• Noguchi Kohei

Classifications

• B62J50/22 Primary

  electronic, e.g. displays · CPC title

• B62J17/04

  Windscreens · CPC title

• B62J45/10

  Arrangement of audio equipment; Supports therefor · CPC title

• B62J17/02 Primary

  shielding only the rider's front · CPC title