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Fuel tank of straddle type vehicle

  • US 10,035,556 B2
  • Filed: 08/24/2016
  • Issued: 07/31/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A fuel tank of a straddle type vehicle, the vehicle comprising a body frame in which a main frame is connected to a rear part of a head pipe, the fuel tank and a seat being supported to said body frame in this order from the front at the rear of said head pipe,wherein the fuel tank comprising:

  • a body and a bottom, the fuel tank being formed by placing the body, which is formed of an outer plate on the upper side, on top of the bottom, which is formed of a bottom plate on the lower side, and welding them together, and the rear end of the fuel tank being arranged below the seat, wherein;

    said body is constituted by integrally joining laterally divided parts divided into two parts in the vehicle width direction;

    the body includes a body joint portion placed on and welded to said bottom, the body joint portion being disposed on an entire outer circumferential edge of said body;

    said body joint portion includes a side part disposed along a longitudinal side of the fuel tank,a longitudinal rear part of the side part of said body joint portion protrudes inward in the vehicle width direction and toward an obliquely lower direction; and

    a part of the side part other than the rear part of said body joint portion protrudes inward in the vehicle width direction and toward an obliquely upper direction.

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