Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100207416 | SEAT STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE INCORPORATING SAME - A seat structure for a vehicle, such as a motorcycle, includes a seat arranged rearwardly of a fuel tank mounted on a vehicle body frame. The seat includes a cushion member, and a bottom plate for holding the cushion member. The cushion member is made of an elastic material. The bottom plate is fixed to the vehicle body frame and to the fuel tank. The cushion member includes a bulging portion which bulges forwardly from a front end portion of the bottom plate and onto an upper surface of a stepped portion of the fuel tank. The bulging portion is supported on the upper surface of the fuel tank. | 08-19-2010 |
20100213000 | VEHICULAR MUFFLER AND MOTORCYCLE INCORPORATING SAME - A vehicular muffler is configured and arranged to smoothly introduce exhaust gas into a sound-absorbing material disposed inside of an outer case which has a plurality of relatively short inner sleeves therein. The muffler includes a porous plate which is disposed inside of the outer case, and which is connected to an exhaust pipe, and the porous plate is operatively connected to an outlet pipe which discharges an exhaust gas to the outside environment through an opening formed in an outlet side of the outer case. In one embodiment, the inner sleeves are arranged substantially parallel to each other, and are fluidly connected to a joint exhaust feed pipe disposed inside the outer case. The inner sleeves are connected to the outlet pipe on the outlet side of the outer case. | 08-26-2010 |
20110147118 | SILENCER/MUFFLER - In a muffler which includes an outer tube which configures an outer wall, an inner tube provided in the outer tube and having punching holes formed therein, and a sound absorbing material filled between the outer tube and the inner tube, and which is attached to an exhaust pipe for exhausting exhaust gas from an engine, the number of punching holes at portions of the inner tube which have a great length to the outer tube is set greater than the number of punching holes at portions of the inner tube which have a small length to the outer tube in comparison with the portions having the great length. | 06-23-2011 |
20120186905 | MOTORCYCLE EXHAUST SYSTEM STRUCTURE INCLUDING A RESONATOR PROVIDED TO AN EXHAUST PIPE - In a motorcycle in which an internal combustion engine including a crankcase, a cylinder, and a cylinder head is attached to a vehicle body frame, an exhaust system includes an exhaust pipe connected to the cylinder head, and a resonator having a communication hole in communication with an inside of the exhaust pipe. The exhaust pipe is curved after being extended forward from the cylinder head and is then extended rearward in such a manner as to pass by a lateral side of the cylinder above the crankcase, while the resonator is arranged in a space between the exhaust pipe and the cylinder, and is joined to a side surface of the exhaust pipe facing inwardly of the motorcycle. | 07-26-2012 |
20120248734 | VEHICLE BODY FRAME AND REAR FENDER ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTORCYCLE, AND MOTORCYCLE INCLUDING SAME - A motorcycle has a rear fender configured for strength and rigidity when the rear fender is lifted upwardly, while minimizing mass thereof. The motorcycle includes main frame sections extending rearwardly from a head pipe, left and right pivot plates attached to rear ends of the main frame sections and extending downwardly, and a swing arm, having a front end supported on the pivot plates to be swingably movable thereon, and a rear end configured to support a rear wheel. The motorcycle also includes left and right seat rails for supporting a seat thereon, left and right reinforcing rods extending between the seat rails and the pivot plates, and a rear fender mounted on the seat rails above the rear wheel. The rear fender includes projecting portions supported at front end portions thereof by front mounting flanges, the projecting portions projecting forwardly and contacting the seat rails from above. | 10-04-2012 |
20130015007 | EXTERIOR SHROUD MEMBER FOR A SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE INCORPORATING THE SAMEAANM INOUE; YusukeAACI SAITAMAAACO JPAAGP INOUE; Yusuke SAITAMA JPAANM YAMA; ShiroAACI SAITAMAAACO JPAAGP YAMA; Shiro SAITAMA JP - An exterior member such as a shroud, for a saddle-type vehicle including a head pipe and a main frame extending rearward from the head pipe, has a hook member formed on an inner side thereof. The hook member is configured for being engaged onto the main frame such that the exterior member is supported by the main frame. The exterior member is locked to the vehicle by engaging the hook member onto the main frame, thereby supporting the exterior member on the main frame. Such arrangement enables the exterior member to be affixed to the frame with a simple structure, without detrimentally affecting the external appearance of the vehicle. | 01-17-2013 |
20130015008 | EXTERIOR COVER FOR SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE INCORPORATING THE SAMEAANM YAMA; ShiroAACI SaitamaAACO JPAAGP YAMA; Shiro Saitama JPAANM Inoue; YusukeAACI SaitamaAACO JPAAGP Inoue; Yusuke Saitama JP - An exterior cover (shroud) for a saddle-type vehicle is formed by integrally uniting a plurality of resin members including a front cover section and a rear cover section. The shroud is insert molded to form an overlapping part where the front cover section and the rear cover section overlap with each other. The front cover section has an external-appearance-surface side at the overlapping part. The rear cover section has a non-external-appearance-surface side, which overlaps with the front cover section at the overlapping part. The rear cover section has a rib extending on the non-external-appearance-surface side. Such exterior cover prevents a sink mark from being generated in the external appearance surface of the front cover section, and improves the external appearance of vehicle. | 01-17-2013 |
20140091597 | COWLING FASTENING STRUCTURE - In a cowling fastening structure ( | 04-03-2014 |