Saddle-ride type vehicle

• US 10,336,269 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2017
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Usa, Masanori, Kishikawa, Keisuke, Niijima, Shun
• Primary Examiner(s): Rocca, Joseph M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Williams, Maurice L
• Application Number:
  US15/450,563
• Publication Number:
  US 20170282818A1
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0239 Electronic boxes
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/1706 for single-track vehicles, e.g. motorcycles
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/171 Detecting parameters used in the regulation; Measuring values used in the regulation
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 8/3685 characterised by the mounting of the modulator unit onto the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 1/14 Separate pillions
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 15/00 Mud-guards for wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 45/41 characterised by the type of sensor
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 11/04 characterised by the engine being between front and rear wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 19/38 for attaching brake members
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 19/40 for attaching accessories, e.g. article carriers, lamps
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 25/283 for cycles without a pedal crank, e.g. motorcycles
• CPC Class Codes: B62L 1/00 Brakes back-pedalling brakes B62L5/00; Arrangements thereof
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 1/3732 having an annular or the like shape, e.g. grommet-type resilient mountings

Abstract

One embodiment provides a saddle-ride type vehicle. The vehicle includes a main frame; a drive source supported by a lower side of the main frame; an energy storing part supported by an upper side of the main frame; a front wheel steerably supported via a front fork mounted on a front side of the main frame; a rear wheel supported via a swing arm mounted on a rear side of the main frame and configured to be driven by the drive source; and seat frames disposed on the rear side of the main frame to support a riding seat. A braking control device is disposed within a lateral width between the seat frames, and is supported by a rear fender supported by the seat frame via a vibration control member. And, an inertia measuring device is supported by the braking control device.

Claims

1. A saddle-ride type vehicle (1) including:

a main frame (2b);

a drive source (E) supported by a lower side of the main frame (2b);

an energy storing part (5) supported by an upper side of the main frame (2b);

a front wheel (FW) steerably supported via a front fork (3) mounted on a front side of the main frame (2b);

a rear wheel (RW) supported via a swing arm (8) mounted on a rear side of the main frame (2b) and configured to be driven by the drive source (E);

seat frames (2c) disposed on the rear side of the main frame (2b) to support a riding seat (7),

a braking control device (10) disposed within a lateral width between the seat frames (2c) and configured to control braking of the front wheel (FW) or the rear wheel (RW); and

an inertia measuring device (20) configured to measure inertias in X, Y and Z axes of the vehicle,

wherein a rear fender (42) is supported by the seat frames (2c) and the braking control device (10) is supported by the rear fender via a vibration control member (61), and

wherein the inertia measuring device (20) is supported by the braking control device (10).

2. The vehicle (1) of claim 1,

wherein the braking control device (10) is supported by a bolt (71) fastened to the rear fender (42) via the vibration control member (61), and

wherein the inertia measuring device (20) is supported by a mounting bracket (25) which is co-fastened to the bolt (71).

3. The vehicle (1) of claim 2,

wherein the braking control device (10) is disposed in a frontwardly and downwardly inclined manner, and

wherein the mounting bracket (25) is disposed in front of and below the braking control device (10).

4. The vehicle (1) of claim 2,

wherein the mounting bracket (25) includes an engaging portion (25k) which engages with the rear fender (42) and restricts the rotation of the mounting bracket (25).

5. The vehicle (1) of claim 2,

wherein the rear fender (42) is supported by the seat frame (2c) via a placing portion (42fk) on which the rear fender (42) is placed by being caught by an upper surface (2cu) of the seat frame (2c), and

wherein the riding seat (7) is disposed above the rear fender (42).

6. The vehicle (1) of claim 1,

wherein the inertia measuring device (20) is disposed behind the energy storing part (5) and in front of the braking control device (10), and the inertia measuring device (20) is disposed at a height where the inertia measuring device (20) overlaps with the energy storing part (5) and the braking control device (10) in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

7. The vehicle (1) of claim 6,

wherein the inertia measuring device (20) is covered by an inertia measuring device cover (26) from above, and the inertia measuring device cover (26) is brought into contact with the energy storing part (5) and is supported by the seat frame (2c).