Saddle-ride type vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9834268-B2
Application number	US-201514941116-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2015
Priority date	Sep 30, 2014
Publication date	Dec 5, 2017
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017

Abstract

A saddle-ride type vehicle is capable of achieving miniaturization of a front cowl while ensuring a flow rate of air introduction. An opening penetrating through a longitudinal direction of a vehicle is formed below the center in a height direction of a vertically long windshield. First traveling air is passed through the opening formed in the windshield. A direction of the first traveling air is then changed by a guide member, and is moved upward along a back surface of the windshield. Excessive vacuum on the back surface of the windshield is corrected. Since an opening is formed in the windshield, it is not necessary to increase a width of the front cowl, and miniaturization of the front cowl can be achieved. Since the windshield is formed as a vertically long windshield, the opening can be formed to be vertically long, and an opening area can be ensured.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A saddle-ride type vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body frame having a head pipe;
a front wheel suspension arranged below the head pipe;
a handlebar arranged above the head pipe and configured to steer the front wheel suspension;
a front cowl supported on the vehicle body frame and covering an upper part of the front wheel suspension and the handlebar from a front side of the vehicle;
a windshield supported on the vehicle body frame through a windshield stay and arranged above the front cowl; and
an opening in the windshield opened below a center in a height direction of the windshield and having a bottom edge spaced above a bottom edge of the windshield,
wherein a guide member is configured to allow first traveling air from the opening to flow along a back surface of the windshield, the guide member being arranged behind the opening.

2. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the windshield stay is provided with right and left side guide surfaces for sandwiching the guide member and suppressing dispersion of the first traveling air in the vehicle width direction.

3. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the windshield is obliquely attached in such a manner that an upper part thereof is positioned rearward of the vehicle in comparison with a lower part thereof in a side view of the vehicle, and a mounting angle with respect to a horizontal line is set within a range of 45° to 80°.

4. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the windshield has right and left notches formed on right and left sides of the opening, the notches being formed in such a manner that a lower part of the windshield is recessed inward in the vehicle width direction in comparison with the center in the height direction,
wherein the front cowl is provided with inner wall guide surfaces extending rearward of the vehicle and keeping predetermined intervals from the notches, and
wherein second traveling air is introduced between the notches and the inner wall guide surfaces.

5. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the notches have inclined edges provided above the notches and inclined in order to be heightened outward in the vehicle width direction,
wherein the front cowl has inclined pieces in positions behind the inclined edges, the inclined pieces being bent rearward of the vehicle along ridge lines substantially parallel to the inclined edges, and
wherein third traveling air flowing along the inclined edges is directed to the center of vehicle width by the inclined pieces.

6. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the windshield has right and left notches formed on right and left sides of the opening, the notches being formed in such a manner that a lower part of the windshield is recessed inward in the vehicle width direction in comparison with the center in the height direction,
wherein the front cowl is provided with inner wall guide surfaces extending rearward of the vehicle and keeping predetermined intervals from the notches, and
wherein second traveling air is introduced between the notches and the inner wall guide surfaces.

7. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein the notches have inclined edges provided above the notches and inclined in order to be heightened outward in the vehicle width direction,
wherein the front cowl has inclined pieces in positions behind the inclined edges, the inclined pieces being bent rearward of the vehicle along ridge lines substantially parallel to the inclined edges, and
wherein third traveling air flowing along the inclined edges is directed to the center of vehicle width by the inclined pieces.

8. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the windshield has right and left notches formed on right and left sides of the opening, the notches being formed in such a manner that a lower part of the windshield is recessed inward in the vehicle width direction in comparison with the center in the height direction,
wherein the front cowl is provided with inner wall guide surfaces extending rearward of the vehicle and keeping predetermined intervals from the notches, and
wherein second traveling air is introduced between the notches and the inner wall guide surfaces.

9. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 8 , wherein the notches have inclined edges provided above the notches and inclined in order to be heightened outward in the vehicle width direction,
wherein the front cowl has inclined pieces in positions behind the inclined edges, the inclined pieces being bent rearward of the vehicle along ridge lines substantially parallel to the inclined edges, and
wherein third traveling air flowing along the inclined edges is directed to the center of vehicle width by the inclined pieces.

10. A saddle-ride type vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body frame having a head pipe;
a front wheel suspension arranged below the head pipe;
a handlebar arranged above the head pipe and configured to steer the front wheel suspension;
a front cowl supported on the vehicle body frame and covering an upper part of the front wheel suspension and the handlebar from a front side of the vehicle;
a windshield supported on the vehicle body frame through a windshield stay and arranged above the front cowl;
an opening opened below a center in a height direction of the windshield and penetrating through a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
a guide member configured to allow first traveling air from the opening to flow along a back surface of the windshield, the guide member being arranged behind the opening; and
right and left notches formed on right and left sides of the opening, each notch having a top edge, a side edge and a bottom edge,
wherein the front cowl has an upper edge parallel to and spaced from the top edge of each notch, and
wherein an inclined piece extends from each upper edge of the front cowl and extends behind the windshield.

11. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 10 , wherein the windshield stay is provided with right and left side guide surfaces for sandwiching the guide member and suppressing dispersion of the first traveling air in the vehicle width direction.

12. The saddle-ride type vehicle according to claim 11 , wherein the windshield is obliquely attached in such a manner that an upper part thereof is positioned rearward of the vehicle in comparison with a lower part thereof in a side view of the vehicle, and a mounting angle with respect to a horizontal line is set within a range of 45° to 80°.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tanabe Gen
• Seo Satoshi
• Komatsu Akihiro
• Okubo Takefumi
• Akieda Masao

Classifications

• B62K19/00

  Cycle frames · CPC title

• B62K25/005

  characterised by the axle being supported at one end only · CPC title

• B62K21/12

  Handlebars; Handlebar stems · CPC title

• B62J17/04 Primary

  Windscreens · CPC title

• B62J17/02 Primary

  shielding only the rider's front · CPC title