Vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9821861-B2
Application number	US-201415035770-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 12, 2014
Priority date	Nov 13, 2013
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

In a vehicle, a first recess portion extending in a vehicle widthwise direction is located in a boundary portion between a hood portion and a front bumper portion. A second recess portion is located in each of headlight portions. A third recess portion extending in the front-rear direction is located in each of front fender portions. The upper edges of the first, second, and third recess portions define a ridge line which projects toward the outside of the vehicle body and extends from the center in the vehicle widthwise direction to the vehicle body rear side beyond the lower end of a pillar portion through position lamp portions. The ridge line is defined by a first overhang portion of the hood portion, a lamp cover of each of the position lamp portions, and a bulge portion of each of the front fender portions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a windshield covering a front portion of a vehicle interior;
side windows covering side portions of the vehicle interior;
a hood extending obliquely forward and downward from a front end of the windshield;
a front bumper positioned below the hood when viewed from a front of a vehicle body;
front fenders connected to both ends of each of the hood and the front bumper in a vehicle widthwise direction;
headlights positioned in both ends of a front body in the vehicle widthwise direction, the front body being defined by a combination of the front bumper, the front fenders and the hood;
turn signal lamps or position lamps positioned above the headlights; and
pillars vertically extending between the windshield and the side windows; wherein
a first recess having a shape which opens toward the front of the vehicle body and extends in the vehicle widthwise direction is located in a boundary area between the hood and the front bumper;
a second recess having a shape which opens toward the front of the vehicle body is located in each of the headlights;
a third recess which opens toward a side of the vehicle body and extends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body is located in each of the front fenders;
the first recess, the second recesses, and the third recesses are aligned in the vehicle widthwise direction and extend in a row;
upper edges of the first recess, the second recesses and the third recesses define a ridge line which projects toward an outside of the vehicle body and extend from a center in the vehicle widthwise direction to a vehicle body rear side beyond lower ends of the pillars through the turn signal lamps or the position lamps; and
the ridge line includes:
a first overhang which projects toward the front of the vehicle body in a boundary area between the hood and the front bumper;
a second overhang which projects toward the front of the vehicle body in each of the turn signal lamps or the position lamps; and
a bulge of each of the front fenders, which projects toward the side of the vehicle body.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
a bottom positioned in a deepest portion of the first recess is defined by a front grill inserted into the first recess; and
the front grill connects the headlight on a vehicle body left side and the headlight on a vehicle body right side.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein a bottom positioned in a deepest portion of the first recess has a shape which is gradually positioned toward the vehicle body rear side as the bottom goes from a center to both ends along the vehicle widthwise direction.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein each of the third recesses extend from a lower end of each of the headlights as a start point to the rear of the vehicle body through an area located between the bulges of the front fenders and wheel housings each housing a front wheel.

5. The vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein an area between a bottom positioned in a deepest portion of each of the third recesses and the ridge line is defined by an inclined surface which is gradually positioned toward the outside of the vehicle body as the inclined surface extends upwardly.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising door mirrors positioned closer to a vehicle body rear side than the lower ends of the pillars, wherein the ridge line extends to the vehicle body rear side below the door mirrors.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a rear body including rear fenders covering rear wheels; and
a rear windshield in the rear body and covering a rear portion of the vehicle interior; wherein
a rear-side bulge which has a ridge line positioned on an extension of the ridge line and projects toward the side of the vehicle body is located in each of two ends of the rear body in the vehicle widthwise direction; and
a lower end of the rear windshield and the rear-side bulges are aligned in the vehicle widthwise direction when viewed from the rear of the vehicle body.

Assignees

• Yamaha Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Murray Gordon
• Coppuck Frank
• Richards Kevin
• Jones Andrew
• Seward Zachary
• Gabe Paul
• Suzuki Masato

Classifications

• B62D25/02

  Side panels {(B62D33/046 takes precedence; sideboards for open load compartments B62D33/023)} · CPC title

• B62D25/105

  for motor cars · CPC title

• B62D35/00 Primary

  Vehicle bodies characterised by streamlining · CPC title

• B60Q1/0041

  of several lamps in relation to each other · CPC title

• B60Q1/0035

  relative to the vehicle · CPC title