Saddle-riding type vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9010475-B2
Application number	US-201213397217-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2012
Priority date	Feb 23, 2011
Publication date	Apr 21, 2015
Grant date	Apr 21, 2015

Abstract

An antilock brake control unit in a saddle-riding type vehicle includes a storage box disposed behind a head pipe and above an engine unit with a fuel tank disposed behind the storage box and obliquely above and behind the engine unit. A riding seat is disposed above the fuel tank. A seat supporting frame extends rearwardly and upwardly from rear parts of a pair of left and right main frames and crosses a front part of a fuel tank provided between the pair of left and right main frames with an upper end of the seat supporting frame supporting a front part of a riding seat. An antilock brake control unit is disposed at a position covered with the seat supporting frame from above.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A saddle-riding vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body frame having a head pipe steerably supporting a front fork pivotally supporting a front wheel and a pair of left and right main frames extending rearwardly from the head pipe;
an engine unit supported on the vehicle body frame;
a storage box supported on the main frames and disposed behind the head pipe and above the engine unit;
a fuel tank supported on the vehicle body frame and disposed behind the storage box and obliquely above and behind the engine unit;
a riding seat disposed above the fuel tank;
an antilock brake control unit for preventing the vehicle from falling into a locked state in braking by controlling the pressure of fluid supplied to a disc brake provided on at least one of the front wheel and a rear wheel;
a seat supporting frame extending rearwardly and upwardly from the rear part of the pair of left and right main frames and crossing a front part of the fuel tank is provided between the pair of left and right main frames with an upper end of the seat supporting frame supporting a front part of the riding seat, said antilock brake control unit being disposed above the engine unit so as to be covered with the seat supporting frame from above; and
a hydraulic modulator for adjusting a fluid pressure generated by hydraulic generating means, first hydraulic control means disposed below and in front of the hydraulic modulator for further control of the fluid pressure from the hydraulic modulator, and a first hydraulic pipeline connecting the hydraulic modulator and the first hydraulic control means together and sloping forward and downwardly in the side view at least in a portion on a first hydraulic control means side is disposed in an area surrounded by the engine unit, the storage box and the fuel tank in the side view and is thus supported on the vehicle body frame.

2. The saddle-riding vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the antilock brake control unit further includes, in addition to the hydraulic modulator, the first hydraulic pipeline and the first hydraulic control means, a second hydraulic pipeline having one end connected to the hydraulic modulator, and second hydraulic control means connected to another end of the second hydraulic pipeline for further control of the fluid pressure from the hydraulic modulator and disposed on any one of the left and right sides of the hydraulic modulator;
the antilock brake control unit and a modulator stay fixed to the vehicle body frame so as to support the hydraulic modulator are disposed between the pair of left and right main frames; and
the second hydraulic control means is fastened together with the hydraulic modulator to the modulator stay.

3. The saddle-riding vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein harness holding members holding harnesses are attached to the side opposite to one of the left and right sides of the modulator stay where the second hydraulic control means is disposed, the harness holding members disposed between both the main frames in the planar view.

4. The saddle-riding vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
a projection projecting downwardly in front of the antilock brake control unit is integrally provided in a front lower portion of the storage box, and
a change box is formed in the projection.

5. The saddle-riding vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the hydraulic modulator includes a modulator main body and a cover integrally provided with a coupler and attached to the modulator main body;
a pair of left and right sidewall parts are provided in the modulator stay to sandwich the modulator main body therebetween; and
the coupler is disposed between the modulator main body and one of the pair of left and right sidewall parts.

6. The saddle-riding vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
a projection projecting downwardly in front of the antilock brake control unit is integrally provided in a front lower portion of the storage box, and
a change box is formed in the projection.

7. The saddle-riding vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
a projection projecting downwardly in front of the antilock brake control unit is integrally provided in a front lower portion of the storage box, and
a change box is formed in the projection.

8. The antilock brake control for use with a saddle-riding vehicle according to claim 1 , and further including an ECU box housing an ECU for controlling operations of the antilock brake control unit, said ECU box being fixed and disposed between the antilock brake control unit and the fuel tank.

9. An antilock brake control for use with a saddle-riding vehicle comprising:
an antilock brake control unit for preventing the vehicle from falling into a locked state in braking by controlling the pressure of fluid supplied to a disc brake provided on at least one of a front wheel and a rear wheel,
a seat supporting frame extending rearwardly and upwardly from a rear part of a pair of left and right main frames and crossing a front part of a fuel tank;
the antilock brake control unit is disposed above an engine unit to be covered with the seat supporting frame from above;
a projection projecting downwardly in front of the antilock brake control unit is integrally provided in a front lower portion of a storage box, and
a change box is formed in the projection.

10. The antilock brake control for use with a saddle-riding vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the antilock brake control unit includes a hydraulic modulator for adjusting a fluid pressure generated by hydraulic generating means, first hydraulic control means disposed below and in front of the hydraulic modulator for further control of the fluid pressure from the hydraulic modulator, and a first hydraulic pipeline connecting the hydraulic modulator and the first hydraulic control means together and sloping forward and downwardly in the side view at least in a portion on a first hydraulic control means side is disposed in an area surrounded by the engine unit, a storage box and the fuel tank in the side view and is thus supported on a vehicle body frame.

11. The antilock brake control for use with a saddle-riding vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the antilock brake control unit further includes, in addition to the hydraulic modulator, the first hydraulic pipeline and the first hydraulic control means, a second hydraulic pipeline having one end connected to the hydraulic modulator, and second hydraulic control means connected to another end of the second hydraulic pipeline for further control of the fluid pressure from the hydraulic modulator and disposed on any one of the left and right sides of the hydraulic modulator;
the antilock brake control unit and a modulator stay fixed to a vehicle body frame so as to support the hydraulic modulator are disposed between the pair of left and right main frames; and
the second hydraulic control means is fastened together with the hydraulic modulator to the modulator stay.

12. The antilock brake control for use with a saddle-riding vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein harness holding members holding harnesses are attached to the side opposite to one of the left and right sides of the modulator stay where the second hydraulic control means is disposed, the harness holding members disposed between both the main frames in the planar view.

Assignees

• Nagai Ryuichi
• Oshima Tadashi
• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nagai Ryuichi
• Oshima Tadashi

Classifications

• B62K19/46

  Luggage carriers forming part of frame (luggage carriers per se B62J7/00) · CPC title

• B60T8/3685

  characterised by the mounting of the modulator unit onto the vehicle · CPC title

• B62K19/38

  for attaching brake members · CPC title

• B62K11/04

  characterised by the engine being between front and rear wheels · 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