Steered wheel suspension device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016339982-A1
Application number	US-201615152955-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 12, 2016
Priority date	May 21, 2015
Publication date	Nov 24, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A fork bracket of a steered wheel suspension device includes a steering shaft boss portion, a pair of fork clamp portions, and a plate-shaped portion. Into the steering shaft boss portion, a steering shaft is internally inserted on a center in a right-left direction. The pair of the fork clamp portions clamps each of a pair of forks on a position away from the steering shaft boss portion to right and left. The plate-shaped portion couples the steering shaft boss portion to the pair of the fork clamp portions. The plate-shaped portion includes a thick portion on a front end side and a thin portion on a rear end side in an area between the steering shaft boss portion and the pair of the fork clamp portions. The thick portion is disposed from the center to each of the pair of the fork clamp portions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A steered wheel suspension device, comprising:
a steering head pipe disposed on a front side of a vehicle; a steering shaft inserted into the steering head pipe; a fork bracket coupled to the steering shaft; and a pair of forks secured to the fork bracket to support a steered wheel, wherein the fork bracket includes:
a steering shaft boss portion into which the steering shaft is internally inserted on a center in a right-left direction;
a pair of fork clamp portions that clamps the respective pair of the forks on positions away from the steering shaft boss portion to right and left; and
a plate-shaped portion that couples the steering shaft boss portion to the pair of the fork clamp portions, wherein
the plate-shaped portion includes a thick portion on a front end side and a thin portion on a rear end side in an area between the steering shaft boss portion and the pair of the fork clamp portions, and the thick portion is disposed from the center to each of the pair of the fork clamp portions.

2 . The steered wheel suspension device according to claim 1 , wherein
the thick portion is disposed to gradually decrease in thickness from the center toward the pair of the fork clamp portions.

3 . The steered wheel suspension device according to claim 1 , wherein
the thin portion is disposed to gradually decrease in thickness from the center toward the pair of the fork clamp portions.

4 . The steered wheel suspension device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plate-shaped portion is disposed to have a part coupled to the pair of the fork clamp portions, and a top surface of the part is depressed with respect to a top surface of the pair of the fork clamp portions.

5 . The steered wheel suspension device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plate-shaped portion is disposed to have a top surface of the center that is depressed with respect to the top surface of the fork clamp portion.

6 . The steered wheel suspension device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plate-shaped portion is disposed to have a top surface warped upward from the center toward the pair of the fork clamp portions.

7 . The steered wheel suspension device according to claim 1 , wherein
the plate-shaped portion is disposed to have a top surface warped downward from the center toward the pair of the fork clamp portions.

8 . The steered wheel suspension device according to claim 1 , wherein
the thick portion is disposed from the steering shaft boss portion to a front end of the plate-shaped portion.

9 . The steered wheel suspension device according to claim 1 , wherein
the front end of the plate-shaped portion inclines forward from the center toward the pair of the fork clamp portions in a plan view.

Assignees

• Suzuki Motor Corp

Inventors

• Wakimoto Yojiro

Classifications

• B62K21/18

  Connections between forks and handlebars or handlebar stems · CPC title

• B62K21/02 Primary

  Front wheel forks or equivalent, e.g. single tine · CPC title

• B62K11/04

  characterised by the engine being between front and rear wheels · CPC title

• B62K11/02

  Frames (motorcycles or cycles with auxiliary engines characterised by position of engine B62M) · CPC title