Pannier mounting structure in saddle-riding type vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9896143-B2
Application number	US-201715485007-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 11, 2017
Priority date	Jun 27, 2016
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

In a pannier mounting structure, a pannier is mounted on a side portion in a vehicle widthwise direction of a motorcycle through a pannier stay. The pannier stay includes a first retaining portion and a second retaining portion beneath the first retaining portion. The pannier has a rear surface provided with a first retaining bag that opens downwards and a second retaining bag that is positioned below the first retaining bag and opens upwards. While the first retaining portion is inserted into the first retaining bag through an opening in a lower portion thereof, the second retaining portion is inserted into the second retaining bag through an opening in an upper portion thereof and is engaged within the second retaining bag.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pannier mounting structure for a saddle-riding type vehicle for fitting a pannier to a side portion in a vehicle widthwise direction of a vehicle body, which structure comprises:
a stay provided in one of the pannier and the vehicle body; and
an opposing member provided in the other of the pannier and the vehicle body, the opposing member confronting the stay in the vehicle widthwise direction, wherein:
the stay includes a first retaining portion on one side in a first direction and a second retaining portion on the other side in the first direction;
the opposing member includes a first inhibiting portion and a second inhibiting portion;
the first inhibiting portion is engaged with the first retaining portion of the stay to inhibit a relative movement of the pannier relative to the vehicle body towards the one side in the first direction on a plane crossing the vehicle widthwise direction;
the second inhibiting portion is engaged with the second retaining portion of the stay to permit a movement in the first direction but to inhibit the relative movement of the pannier relative to the vehicle body in a second direction transverse to the first direction;
the first inhibiting portion and the second inhibiting portion are disposed spaced from each other in the first direction on the plane crossing the vehicle widthwise direction; and
in a condition in which the relative movement of the pannier in the second direction relative to the vehicle body is inhibited by the second inhibiting portion, and in a condition in which the pannier is moved towards the other side in the first direction relative to the vehicle body, the stay is spaced from the first inhibiting portion in the first direction so as to assume a position adjacent to the second inhibiting portion.

2. The pannier mounting structure for the saddle-riding type vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the first inhibiting portion inhibits downward movement of the pannier relative to the vehicle body;
the second inhibiting portion inhibits movement of the pannier relative to the vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body;
at least one of the first inhibiting portion and the second inhibiting portion includes a covering portion covering the stay from the vehicle widthwise direction, the covering portion regulating movement of the pannier in the vehicle widthwise direction relative to the stay; and
the second inhibiting portion is, in a condition in which the relative movement of the pannier in the longitudinal direction relative to the vehicle body is inhibited, so configured as to permit the pannier to be relatively movable upwardly relative to the vehicle body and, in a condition in which the pannier is moved to an uppermost end relative to the vehicle body, the stay and the first inhibiting portion are spaced from each other in a vertical direction.

3. The pannier mounting structure for the saddle-riding type vehicle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
The opposing member includes one side surface, facing the vehicle widthwise direction, provided with a first retaining bag and a second retaining bag positioned on the other side of the first direction of the first retaining bag, the first retaining bag opening in the other side of the first direction and forming the first inhibiting portion, the second retaining bag opening in the one of the first direction and forming the second inhibiting portion; and
in a condition in which the first retaining portion is inserted into the first retaining bag through an opening on the other side of the first direction, the second retaining portion is inserted into the second retaining bag through an opening on the one side of the first direction and is then engaged within the second retaining bag.

4. The pannier mounting structure for the saddle-riding type vehicle as claimed in claim 3 , wherein:
the second retaining portion is displaced in the second direction relative to the first retaining portion; and
the second retaining bag is displaced in the second direction relative to the first retaining bag.

5. The pannier mounting structure for the saddle-riding type vehicle as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a belt configured to fasten the first and second retaining portions from the first direction during a condition in which the first and second retaining portions are inserted in the first and second retaining bags, respectively.

6. A saddle-riding type vehicle provided with the pannier mounting structure as defined in claim 1 .

7. A pannier which is fitted to a side portion in a vehicle widthwise direction of a saddle-riding type vehicle through a stay, which stay includes a first retaining portion on one side in a first direction and a second retaining portion on the other side in the first direction, the pannier comprising:
one side surface in the vehicle widthwise direction provided with an opposing member which confronts the stay, wherein:
the opposing member includes a first inhibiting portion and a second inhibiting portion;
the first inhibiting portion is engaged with the first retaining portion of the stay to inhibit a relative movement of the pannier relative to the vehicle body towards the one side in the first direction on a plane crossing the vehicle widthwise direction;
the second inhibiting portion is engaged with the second retaining portion of the stay to permit a movement in the first direction but to inhibit the relative movement of the pannier relative to the vehicle body in a second direction transverse to the first direction;
the first inhibiting portion and the second inhibiting portion are disposed spaced from each other in the first direction on the plane crossing the vehicle widthwise direction; and
in a condition in which the relative movement of the pannier in the second direction relative to the vehicle body is inhibited by the second inhibiting portion, and in a condition in which the pannier is moved towards the other side in the first direction relative to the vehicle body, the stay is spaced from the first inhibiting portion in the first direction so as to assume a position adjacent to the second inhibiting portion.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Kokubo Takahiro
• Kasugai Hiroyuki
• Miyawaki Makoto

Classifications

• B62J9/26

  to the saddle, e.g. saddle bags · CPC title

• B62J9/001 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B62J9/00

  Containers specially adapted for cycles, e.g. panniers or saddle bags · CPC title

• B62J7/08 Primary

  Equipment for securing luggage on carriers · CPC title

• B62J9/27

  characterised by mounting arrangements, e.g. quick release arrangements · CPC title