Saddle-ridden type vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017114709-A1
Application number	US-201615335044-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 26, 2016
Priority date	Oct 27, 2015
Publication date	Apr 27, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

There is provided a saddle-ridden type vehicle. An air intake piping is connected between an air cleaner and a supercharger. An air outlet piping is connected between the supercharger and an intercooler. An air bypass passage is provided between the air outlet piping and the air intake piping to allow compressed air to escape toward an upstream side of the supercharger without flowing in the supercharger. An air bypass valve is configured to open and close the air bypass passage. The supercharger is disposed in front of the engine. The air cleaner is disposed above the engine. The air intake piping extends in an upper-lower direction in a region ranging from the above of the engine to a front of the engine at one side in a vehicle width direction. The air bypass valve is disposed at the rear of the air intake piping.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A saddle-ridden type vehicle comprising:
an engine having a cylinder and a cylinder head above a crank case; an air cleaner configured to purify air for fuel combustion; a supercharger configured to compress the air purified by the air cleaner; an intercooler configured to cool the air compressed by the supercharger and to supply the air to the engine; an air intake piping connected between the air cleaner and the supercharger and configured to supply the air purified by the air cleaner to the supercharger; an air outlet piping connected between the supercharger and the intercooler and configured to supply the air compressed by the supercharger to the intercooler; an air bypass passage provided between the air outlet piping and the air intake piping and configured to allow the compressed air downstream of the supercharger to escape toward an upstream side of the supercharger without flowing the compressed air in the supercharger; and an air bypass valve configured to open and close the air bypass passage, wherein the supercharger is disposed in front of the engine, wherein the air cleaner is disposed above the engine, wherein the air intake piping extends in an upper-lower direction in a region ranging from the above of the engine to a front of the engine at one side in a vehicle width direction, and wherein the air bypass valve is disposed at the rear of the air intake piping.

2 . The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the air bypass valve is disposed at a position higher than the crank case.

3 . The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the air bypass valve is disposed at one side in the vehicle width direction relative to one side surface of the cylinder in the vehicle width direction.

4 . The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the air bypass valve is disposed at a position overlapping with the cylinder, as seen in a side view of the saddle-ridden type vehicle.

5 . The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the air outlet piping is positioned between the air bypass valve and the supercharger.

6 . The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the intercooler is disposed above the engine, wherein the air outlet piping is disposed at other side relative to the air intake piping and extends in the substantially same direction as the air intake piping in the region ranging from the above of the engine to the front of the engine at the one side in the vehicle width direction, and wherein the air bypass passage is formed by a piping configured to interconnect the air intake piping and the air outlet piping.

7 . A saddle-ridden type vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body frame having a head pipe and a pair of frame members each of which is connected to the head pipe and extends rearward from the head pipe with expanding toward one side and the other side in a vehicle width direction, respectively; an engine supported between the pair of frame members; an air cleaner configured to purify air for fuel combustion; a supercharger configured to compress the air purified by the air cleaner; an intercooler configured to cool the air compressed by the supercharger and to supply the air to the engine; an air intake piping connected between the air cleaner and the supercharger and configured to supply the air purified by the air cleaner to the supercharger; and an air outlet piping connected between the supercharger and the intercooler and configured to supply the air compressed by the supercharger to the intercooler, wherein the supercharger is disposed in front of the engine, wherein the air cleaner and the intercooler are disposed above the engine and the supercharger, and wherein both the air intake piping and the air outlet piping extend in an upper-lower direction in a region ranging from the above of the engine to the front of the engine at one side in the vehicle width direction.

8 . The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the air intake piping and the air outlet piping are piped with one of the pair of frame members at one side in the vehicle width direction being interposed between the air intake piping and the air outlet piping.

9 . The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the air outlet piping passes between the pair of frame members and the air intake piping passes an outer side between the pair of frame members.

10 . The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the air cleaner and the intercooler are arranged side by side in the vehicle width direction.

11 . The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 7 ,
wherein the supercharger comprises a turbine unit having a turbine configured to drive by an exhaust gas of the engine and a compressor unit configured to drive by power of the turbine and to compress the air, and wherein the supercharger is disposed so that the compressor unit is positioned at one side in the vehicle width direction relative to the turbine unit.

12 . The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the air intake piping and the air outlet piping are piped along one of the pair of frame members at one side in the vehicle width direction.

13 . A saddle-ridden type vehicle comprising:
an engine having a crank case, a cylinder and a cylinder head provided above the crank case, and a cylinder head cover provided above the cylinder head; a radiator provided in front of the engine and configured to cool cooling water for cooling the engine by traveling wind; an air cleaner configured to purify air for fuel combustion; a supercharger configured to compress the air purified by the air cleaner; an intercooler configured to cool the air compressed by the supercharger and to supply the air to the engine; an air intake piping connected between the air cleaner and the supercharger and configured to supply the air purified by the air cleaner to the supercharger; and an air outlet piping connected between the supercharger and the intercooler and configured to supply the air compressed by the supercharger to the intercooler, wherein the supercharger is disposed between the engine and the radiator, wherein the air cleaner and the intercooler are disposed above the engine and the supercharger, and wherein both the air intake piping and the air outlet piping extend in an upper-lower direction between the engine and the radiator.

14 . The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein the air cleaner and the intercooler are arranged side by side in a vehicle width direction.

15 . The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein the air intake piping and the air outlet piping are arranged at one side in a vehicle width direction.

16 . The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 13 ,
wherein the supercharger comprises a turbine unit having a turbine configured to drive by an exhaust gas of the engine and a compressor unit configured to drive by power of the turbine and to compress the air, and wherein the supercharger is disposed so that the compressor unit is positioned at one side in a vehicle width direction relative to the turbine unit.

17 . The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 13 ,
wherein the air cleaner has an outlet to which an end portion of the air intake piping is connected and which is configured to enable the purified air to flow to the air inlet piping, wherein the intercooler has an inlet to which an end portion of the air outlet piping i

Assignees

• Suzuki Motor Corp

Inventors

• Okita Kazuhiro
• Suzuki Takaya

Classifications

• F01P2060/02

  Intercooler · CPC title

• F01P3/18

  Arrangements or mounting of liquid-to-air heat-exchangers (such arrangements on cylinders or cylinder heads F01P3/04; relative to vehicles B60K11/04) · CPC title

• F01P2050/16

  Motor-cycles · CPC title

• F02M35/10255

  Arrangements of valves; Multi-way valves (F02M35/10032 takes precedence; valves in the plenum chamber F02M35/10065; check valves F02M35/10275) · CPC title

• F02B29/0406 Primary

  Layout of the intake air cooling or coolant circuit · CPC title