Saddle-ridden type vehicle

• US 10,208,647 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2016
• Issued: 02/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
• Inventors: Okita, Kazuhiro, Suzuki, Takaya, Yagi, Shintaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Amick, Jacob
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brauch, Charles
• Application Number:
  US15/298,926
• Publication Number:
  US 20170114706A1
• Time in Patent Office: 852 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 11/04 Arrangements of liquid pipes or hoses
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 11/08 Arrangements of lubricant coolers in lubrication apparatus F01M
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 2050/16 Motor-cycles
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 3/12 Arrangements for cooling other engine or machine parts
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 3/18 Arrangements or mounting of liquid-to-air heat-exchangers such arrangements on cylinders or cylinder heads F01P3/04; relative to vehicles B60K11/04
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 5/04 Pump-driving arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 5/10 Pumping liquid coolant; Arrangements of coolant pumps
• CPC Class Codes: F01P 7/14 the coolant being liquid
• CPC Class Codes: F02F 1/10 for liquid cooling

Abstract

There is provided a saddle-ridden type vehicle. A cooling water flow control unit includes a first passage, a second passage, a bypass passage communicating the first and second passages and a thermostat. An engine outlet piping connects a water jacket and the first passage. A radiator inlet piping connects the first passage and a radiator. A radiator outlet piping connects the radiator and the second passage. A water pump inlet piping connects the second passage and a water pump. The water pump is disposed at a side part of a crank case and in front of a crankshaft. The cooling water flow control unit is disposed above a cylinder head cover. The radiator inlet piping, the radiator outlet piping and the water pump inlet piping are disposed between the engine and the radiator.

Claims

1. A saddle-ridden type vehicle comprising:

an engine in which a cylinder and a cylinder head are provided above a crank case and a cylinder head cover is provided above the cylinder head;

a water pump configured to discharge cooling water;

a water jacket provided in the engine and configured to cool the engine by the cooling water discharged from the water pump;

a radiator disposed in front of the engine and configured to cool the cooling water having cooled the engine;

a cooling water flow control unit having a first passage through which the cooling water having cooled the engine flows from the water jacket to the radiator, a second passage through which the cooling water having flowed in the radiator flows from the radiator to the water pump, a bypass passage communicating the first passage and the second passage each other and a thermostat configured to control a flow rate of the cooling water flowing in the radiator;

an engine outlet piping connecting an outlet of the water jacket and an inlet of the first passage of the cooling water flow control unit therebetween;

a radiator inlet piping connecting an outlet of the first passage of the cooling water flow control unit and an inlet of the radiator therebetween;

a radiator outlet piping connecting an outlet of the radiator and an inlet of the second passage of the cooling water flow control unit therebetween; and

a water pump inlet piping connecting an outlet of the second passage of the cooling water flow control unit and an intake port of the water pump therebetween,

wherein the water pump is disposed at a side part of the crank case and in front of a crankshaft of the engine,

wherein the cooling water flow control unit is disposed above the cylinder head cover, and

wherein the radiator inlet piping, the radiator outlet piping and the water pump inlet piping are concentrated in a space between the engine and the radiator.

2. The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the cooling water flow control unit is disposed above a front edge portion of an upper surface of the cylinder head cover.

3. The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the cooling water flow control unit is disposed in front of an axis line of the cylinder, when the engine is seen from a side.

4. The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the water pump is disposed in front of an axis line of the cylinder, when the engine is seen from a side.

5. The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the water pump and the cooling water flow control unit are both disposed at one side deviating from a center of the engine in a right-left direction.

6. The saddle-ridden type vehicle according to claim 1,

wherein a supercharger or an oil cooler is provided at the front of the engine,

wherein a discharge port of the water pump and a cooling water inlet of the supercharger or the oil cooler are connected by an inlet branch piping,

wherein a cooling water outlet of the supercharger or the oil cooler and the inlet of the first passage of the cooling water flow control unit are connected by an outlet branch piping, and

wherein the inlet branch piping and the outlet branch piping are disposed between the engine and the radiator.