Vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12391328-B2
Application number	US-202117474135-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2021
Priority date	Sep 21, 2020
Publication date	Aug 19, 2025
Grant date	Aug 19, 2025

Abstract

A vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes: a frame; a seat arranged on the frame; a powertrain arranged on the frame; a steering system arranged on the frame, and including a steering shaft, the steering shaft being located in front of the powertrain; and a fuel tank located behind the steering shaft and in front of the powertrain.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle, comprising:
a frame;
a seat arranged on the frame;
a powertrain arranged on the frame;
a steering system arranged on the frame and comprising a steering shaft, and the steering shaft being located in front of the powertrain; and
a fuel tank arranged on the frame, and located behind the steering shaft and in front of the powertrain,
wherein an air filter and a transmission shaft located below the air filter are arranged to the frame, and the fuel tank is located below the air filter and above the transmission shaft;
wherein the fuel tank comprises a tank body;
the frame comprises:
two first main beams spaced apart in a left-right direction;
two second main beams spaced apart in the left-right direction, and located below the two first main beams, respectively;
two first support members spaced apart in the left-right direction, and two ends of each first support member being connected to the first main beam and the second main beam on the same side, respectively; and
two second support members spaced apart in the left-right direction, and two ends of each second support member being connected to the first main beam and the first support member on the same side, respectively, and a part of each second support member being located behind the fuel tank, an entire end of the fuel tank where a fuel filler is arranged extending beyond the corresponding second support member in a direction facing away from a longitudinal central plane of the vehicle along the left-right direction,
wherein the two first main beams, the two first support members and the two second support members define an accommodating space together, the tank body is arranged in the accommodating space, and the two first main beams, the two first support members and the two second support members effectively wrap the tank body, and
wherein a bracket is arranged between the two first support members and the two second support members, the bracket is arranged horizontally and the fuel tank is arranged on the bracket.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a projection of the accommodating space on the longitudinal central plane of the vehicle has a shape of a triangular prism or an inverted trapezoid.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein each first support member extends obliquely backward from top to bottom, and each second support member extends obliquely forward from top to bottom.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a highest point of the tank body is located below the two first main beams.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the steering system further comprises an electronic power steering device, and projections of the fuel tank and the electronic power steering device on a vertical central plane of the vehicle perpendicular to the longitudinal central plane of the vehicle at least partially overlap with each other.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the steering system further comprises a steering linkage hinged with the steering shaft, and a projection of a hinge point of the steering linkage and the steering shaft on a vertical central plane of the vehicle perpendicular to the longitudinal central plane of the vehicle is located in a region of a projection of the fuel tank on the vertical central plane of the vehicle.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the powertrain comprises a crankcase, and the crankcase is mounted on the second main beams.

8. The vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein a projection of the crankcase on a vertical central plane of the vehicle perpendicular to the longitudinal central plane of the vehicle at least partially overlaps with a projection of the fuel tank on the vertical central plane of the vehicle.

9. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the accommodating space is defined by the two first main beams, the two first support members, the two second support members and the bracket.

10. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a backing plate is arranged on the bracket.

11. The vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the backing plate is configured as a flexible rubber pad.

12. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two first support members and the two second support members is configured as a support tube.

13. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the frame is provided a connecting plate, and the steering shaft is connected to the connecting plate;
the fuel tank comprises a tank body, and a highest point of the tank body is located below the connecting plate.

14. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a gear lever is arranged to the frame,
the fuel filler and the gear lever are symmetrical about the longitudinal central plane of the vehicle in the left-right direction.

15. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is configured to a straddle all-terrain vehicle.

16. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the first support member and the second support member on the same side gradually decreases from top to bottom, the tank body matches with the accommodating space in shape, and a sectional area of a lower part of the tank body gradually decreases from top to bottom.

Assignees

• Segway Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Dong Zhen
• Yan Shuting

Classifications

• B62J37/00

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

• B62J35/00 Primary

  Fuel tanks specially adapted for motorcycles or engine-assisted cycles; Arrangements thereof (fuel tanks forming part of cycle frames B62K11/00; tanks in general B60K {; closure caps for fuel tanks B60K15/0406}) · CPC title

• B62K5/01 Primary

  Motorcycles with four or more wheels (specially adapted for disabled riders B62K5/003) · CPC title

• B60Y2200/124

  Buggies, Quads · CPC title

• B60K2015/0637

  the fuel tank is arranged in the front of the vehicle · CPC title