Motorcycle and tail light structure thereof

• US 20040170024A1
• Filed: 03/07/2003
• Published: 09/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Motor Taiwan Company Limited (Yamaha Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Motor Taiwan Company Limited (Yamaha Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Chia-Hsien, Sheu, Wen-Ching
• Granted Patent: US 7,114,836 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/473
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 6/04 Rear lights

Abstract

The present invention discloses a tail light structure of a motorcycle/scooter and a motorcycle/scooter equipped with the tail light structure, which can provide a better indication of the rear indicators for safe driving. The tail light structure includes a base and a tail light, and the base can be connected to the rear cover and the fender of the motorcycle as an integrated module to improve rigidity. The base includes a first securing plate, a second securing plate and an extending plate, the extending plate including a first extending portion and a second extending portion, the front of the second securing plate being connected approximately perpendicular to the bottom of the first securing plate, and the first extending portion being perpendicularly disposed below the rear of the second securing plate. The top of the second extending portion is connected to the bottom of the first extending portion, and the second extending portion backwardly tilts at an angle to the first extending portion. The tail light is snugly equipped on the structure constituted by the first securing plate and the second securing plate.

Claims

1. A tail light structure of a motorcycle, comprising:

a base, including;

a first securing plate disposed approximately vertically;

a second securing plate, the front of the second securing plate being connected to the bottom of the first securing plate; and

an extending plate disposed below the rear of the second securing plate; and

a tail light equipped on an approximately L-shaped structure constituted by the first securing plate and the second securing plate.

2. The tail light structure of a motorcycle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the extending plate includes a first extending portion and a second extending portion, the first extending portion is approximately perpendicular to the second securing plate, the top of the second extending portion is connected to the bottom of the first extending portion, and the second extending portion tilts at an angle toward the first extending portion.

3. The tail light structure of a motorcycle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the base further includes an arc plate disposed between the top of the extending plate and the second securing plate.

4. The tail light structure of a motorcycle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the base further includes a side portion which includes peripheries of the first securing plate and the second securing plate and a side of the extending plate and is approximately perpendicular to the first securing plate, the second securing plate and the extending plate.

5. The tail light structure of a motorcycle in accordance with claim 2, wherein the base further includes two fixing bars beside the second extending portion for securing a fender.

6. The tail light structure of a motorcycle in accordance with claim 2, further including an optical reflection plate adhered to the first extending portion.

7. The tail light structure of a motorcycle in accordance with claim 2, further including a license frame secured on the second extending portion.

8. The tail light structure of a motorcycle in accordance with claim 2, wherein the second extending portion includes a convex for supporting a license plate.

9. The tail light structure of a motorcycle in accordance with claim 4, further including two rear indicators connected to the side portion.

10. The tail light structure of a motorcycle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the base is integrally formed by resin.

11. The tail light structure of a motorcycle in accordance with claim 2, wherein the angle between the first extending portion and the second extending portion is within a range of 12 to 18 degrees.

12. The tail light structure of a motorcycle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the rear bottom surface of the tail light includes a transparent board.

13. The tail light structure of a motorcycle in accordance with claim 1, wherein the first securing plate includes at least one screw hole for securing the first securing plate to a rear cover of the motorcycle.

14. A motorcycle, comprising:

a rear wheel;

a rear cover disposed above the rear wheel;

a fender disposed along at least one part of the rear wheel;

a base connected to the rear cover and the fender; and

a tail light secured on the base.

15. The motorcycle in accordance with claim 14, wherein the fender is connected to the rear cover.

16. The motorcycle in accordance with claim 15, further comprising a connecting rack connected to the rear cover and the fender and being separable from the base.

17. The motorcycle in accordance with claim 14, wherein the base comprises:

a securing plate snugly secured on the rear cover and extending backwards from the rear cover approximately horizontally; and

an extending plate for securing the fender and extending downwards from the securing plate approximately vertically.

18. The motorcycle in accordance with claim 14, further comprising two rear indicators connected to the base.

19. The motorcycle in accordance with claim 14, further comprising a license frame secured on the base.

20. The motorcycle in accordance with claim 14, further comprising an optical reflection plate adhered on the base.

21. The motorcycle in accordance with claim 14, wherein the base is integrally formed by resin.