STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A straddle type vehicle, comprising:
- a throttle valve for adjusting the amount of air intake of an engine;
an acceleration controller for opening and closing the throttle valve and configured for operation by a rider;
an electric motor for actuating the throttle valve;
a first member displaced together with the throttle valve, the first member having a first original position when the throttle valve is fully closed;
a second member displaced in response to the acceleration controller, the second member having a second original position when the acceleration controller is fully closed;
an elastic body interposed between the first member and the second member when at least the first member and the second member are in the first original position and the second original position, respectively, the elastic body generating a restoring force to return the first member to the first original position when the second member is in the second original position, and maintaining the second member in the second original position by being elastically deformed until the first member reaches a predetermined position when the first member is displaced from the first original position to a direction in which the throttle valve opens in a state in which the second member is in the second original position; and
a control device responsive to a predetermined control signal, the control device being configured to open the throttle valve by driving the electric motor and displacing the first member until the first member reaches at most the predetermined position in response to the predetermined control signal.
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Abstract
A straddle type vehicle includes a protrusion which is displaced together with a throttle valve, a lever pulley which is displaced in response to the rotation of a throttle grip, a spring and a control device. The spring generates elastic force to return the protrusion to a first original position when the lever pulley is in a second original position. The spring maintains the lever pulley in the second original position by being elastically deformed until the protrusion reaches a predetermined position in which the protrusion is displaced from the first original position in such a direction that the throttle valve opens when the lever pulley is in the second original position. The control device opens the throttle valve by displacing the protrusion until the protrusion reaches the predetermined position in a gear shift change when the throttle grip is fully closed.
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9 Claims
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1. A straddle type vehicle, comprising:
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a throttle valve for adjusting the amount of air intake of an engine; an acceleration controller for opening and closing the throttle valve and configured for operation by a rider; an electric motor for actuating the throttle valve; a first member displaced together with the throttle valve, the first member having a first original position when the throttle valve is fully closed; a second member displaced in response to the acceleration controller, the second member having a second original position when the acceleration controller is fully closed; an elastic body interposed between the first member and the second member when at least the first member and the second member are in the first original position and the second original position, respectively, the elastic body generating a restoring force to return the first member to the first original position when the second member is in the second original position, and maintaining the second member in the second original position by being elastically deformed until the first member reaches a predetermined position when the first member is displaced from the first original position to a direction in which the throttle valve opens in a state in which the second member is in the second original position; and a control device responsive to a predetermined control signal, the control device being configured to open the throttle valve by driving the electric motor and displacing the first member until the first member reaches at most the predetermined position in response to the predetermined control signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A straddle type vehicle, comprising:
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an electronically and mechanically controllable throttle valve for adjusting the amount of air intake of an engine; a first member displaced together with the throttle valve in a state in which a position of the first member when the throttle valve is fully closed is set as a first original position; a second member displaced in accordance with an acceleration controller in a state in which a position of the second member when the acceleration controller is fully closed is set as a second original position; and an elastic body operatively coupled between the first member and the second member when at least the first member and the second member are in the first original position and the second original position, respectively, the elastic body generating a restoring force to return the first member to the first original position when the second member is in the second original position, and maintaining the second member in the second original position by being elastically deformed until the first member reaches a predetermined position when the first member is displaced from the first original position in a direction in which the throttle valve opens in a state in which the second member is in the second original position.
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