Secondary-air supply structure for saddle-ride type vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9708962-B2
Application number	US-201615066890-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2016
Priority date	Mar 27, 2015
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

A secondary-air supply structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle includes a cylinder block and a cylinder head which extend upward from a crankcase, and right and left secondary-air supply pipes which are connected to the right and left of an exhaust outlet portion of the cylinder head and through which secondary air is supplied to an exhaust port. The right and left secondary-air supply pipes extend from the front surface of the cylinder head to the right and left of the cylinder head, respectively, and include bent-back pipe sections extending along the right and left surfaces of the cylinder head and bent back toward the front side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A secondary-air supply structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle, the secondary-air supply structure including a cylinder block and a cylinder head which extend upward from a crankcase, an exhaust port which is provided inside the cylinder head and communicates with a combustion chamber, and an exhaust outlet portion which is provided in a front surface of the cylinder head and communicates with the exhaust port and to which an exhaust pipe is connected, the secondary-air supply structure comprising right and left secondary-air supply pipes which are connected to right and left of the exhaust outlet portion of the cylinder head and through which secondary air is supplied to the exhaust port,
wherein the right and left secondary-air supply pipes extend from the front surface of the cylinder head to right and left of the cylinder head, respectively, and include bent-back pipe sections extending along right and left surfaces of the cylinder head and bent back toward a front side.

2. The secondary-air supply structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the cylinder head includes cooling fins at least on the right and left surfaces thereof, and
axes of connecting paths connecting the right and left secondary-air supply pipes and the exhaust port to each other are inclined to the exhaust port and cross each other inside the exhaust port in a view in a direction of a cylinder axis.

3. The secondary-air supply structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a fuel tank disposed above the cylinder head;
a secondary-air control device disposed forward of the cylinder head and under the fuel tank and provided upstream of the bent-back pipe sections; and
a sub air cleaner provided upstream of the secondary-air control device,
wherein the sub air cleaner is disposed under the fuel tank and offset from the exhaust pipe to any one of a right side and a left side in a plan view.

4. The secondary-air supply structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the sub air cleaner is disposed at a position between the secondary-air control device and the cylinder head in a side view such that an upper side of the sub air cleaner is covered by the fuel tank.

5. The secondary-air supply structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a heat shield member provided under the fuel tank; and
a resonator provided between the sub air cleaner and the secondary-air control device,
wherein the resonator is supported on the heat shield member.

6. The secondary-air supply structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 3 ,
wherein the secondary-air supply pipes on the cylinder head side are formed of metallic pipes while upstream secondary-air supply pipes on the secondary-air control device side are formed of flexible pipes having flexibility, and
connecting portions of the metallic pipes and the flexible pipes at which the metallic pipes and the flexible pipes are connected to each other are adjacent to each other and offset from the exhaust pipe to any one of the right side and the left side in the plan view.

7. The secondary-air supply structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the sub air cleaner includes a cover, the upstream secondary-air supply pipes are connected to the sub air cleaner from a rear side, and a front side of the cover is a closed surface.

8. The secondary-air supply structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a fuel tank disposed above the cylinder head;
a secondary-air control device disposed forward of the cylinder head and under the fuel tank and provided upstream of the bent-back pipe sections; and
a sub air cleaner provided upstream of the secondary-air control device,
wherein the sub air cleaner is disposed under the fuel tank and offset from the exhaust pipe to any one of a right side and a left side in a plan view.

9. The secondary-air supply structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 4 ,
wherein the secondary-air supply pipes on the cylinder head side are formed of metallic pipes while upstream secondary-air supply pipes on the secondary-air control device side are formed of flexible pipes having flexibility, and
connecting portions of the metallic pipes and the flexible pipes at which the metallic pipes and the flexible pipes are connected to each other are adjacent to each other and offset from the exhaust pipe to any one of the right side and the left side in the plan view.

10. The secondary-air supply structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 5 ,
wherein the secondary-air supply pipes on the cylinder head side are formed of metallic pipes while upstream secondary-air supply pipes on the secondary-air control device side are formed of flexible pipes having flexibility, and
connecting portions of the metallic pipes and the flexible pipes at which the metallic pipes and the flexible pipes are connected to each other are adjacent to each other and offset from the exhaust pipe to any one of the right side and the left side in the plan view.

11. The secondary-air supply structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein the sub air cleaner includes a cover, the upstream secondary-air supply pipes are connected to the sub air cleaner from a rear side, and a front side of the cover is a closed surface.

12. The secondary-air supply structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the sub air cleaner includes a cover, the upstream secondary-air supply pipes are connected to the sub air cleaner from a rear side, and a front side of the cover is a closed surface.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kawakubo Shinsuke
• Nakano Jun

Classifications

• F02F1/06

  Shape or arrangement of cooling fins; Finned cylinders · CPC title

• F01N2590/04

  for motorcycles · CPC title

• F01N3/05

  by means of air, e.g. by mixing exhaust with air (silencers working by addition of air to exhaust F01N1/14; arrangements for the supply of additional air for the thermal or catalytic conversion of noxious components of exhaust F01N3/30) · CPC title

• F02F7/0004

  Crankcases of one-cylinder engines · CPC title

• F01N13/082 Primary

  of tailpipe, e.g. with means for mixing air with exhaust for exhaust cooling, dilution or evacuation (F01N13/20 takes precedence) · CPC title