ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE OF INCLINATION ANGLE SENSOR

• US 20100258373A1
• Filed: 06/25/2010
• Published: 10/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shigeto Inami, Takao Yamamoto
• Original Assignee: Shigeto Inami, Takao Yamamoto
• Inventors: YAMAMOTO, Takao, Inami, Shigeto
• Granted Patent: US 8,205,707 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 180/282
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 45/415 Inclination sensors
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 45/423 on or besides the wheel
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 5/01 Motorcycles with four or more wheels specially adapted for disabled riders B62K5/003

Abstract

In a vehicle of a type which does not bank a vehicle body at the time of turning, an inclination angle sensor is provided which receives the least influence of a centrifugal force at the time of turning. In a four-wheeled buggy that includes a vehicle body frame, four longitudinal wheels including front wheels and rear wheels are provided together with an engine, a fuel tank and a fuel pump. A steering shaft is connected to a steering handle with an inclination angle sensor arranged above a seat and being positioned in front of the steering shaft. Accordingly, the inclination angle sensor is hardly influenced by a centrifugal force at the time of turning.

Claims

1. An arrangement structure of an inclination angle sensor mounted on a four-wheeled buggy for traveling on irregular ground which includes a frame, four wheels with balloon tires which are supported on the frame, and a steering shaft which is connected to a steering handle, the argument comprising:

an inclination angle sensor, said inclination angle sensor being arranged in front of the steering shaft above and in the vicinity of an axis of the front wheels and behind an upper portion of a radiator.

2. The arrangement structure of an inclination angle sensor according to claim 1, wherein the inclination angle sensor is positioned behind the axis of the front wheels.

3. The arrangement structure of an inclination angle sensor according to claim 1, wherein the inclination angle sensor is arranged behind the radiator in a spaced-apart manner.

4. The arrangement structure of an inclination angle sensor according to claim 2, wherein the inclination angle sensor is arranged behind the radiator in a spaced-apart manner.

5. The arrangement structure of an inclination angle sensor according to claim 1, wherein an electric wire is connected to an upper portion of the inclination angle sensor.

6. The arrangement structure of an inclination angle sensor according to claim 2, wherein an electric wire is connected to an upper portion of the inclination angle sensor.

7. The arrangement structure of an inclination angle sensor according to claim 3, wherein an electric wire is connected to an upper portion of the inclination angle sensor.

8. The arrangement structure of an inclination angle sensor according to claim 4, wherein an electric wire is connected to an upper portion of the inclination angle sensor.

9. The arrangement structure of an inclination angle sensor according to claim 1, wherein the inclination angle sensor is arranged such that the inclination angle sensor is offset to one side of a body of buggy in the vicinity of a cross member which is arranged to extend between left and right vehicle body frames, both side portions of a casing are fixed to the cross member by using bolts, and the inclination angle sensor is positioned below an upper end of the cross member.

10. The arrangement structure of an inclination angle sensor according to claim 2, wherein the inclination angle sensor is arranged such that the inclination angle sensor is offset to one side of a body of buggy in the vicinity of a cross member which is arranged to extend between left and right vehicle body frames, both side portions of a casing are fixed to the cross member by using bolts, and the inclination angle sensor is positioned below an upper end of the cross member.

11. The arrangement structure of an inclination angle sensor according to claim 3, wherein the inclination angle sensor is arranged such that the inclination angle sensor is offset to one side of a body of buggy in the vicinity of a cross member which is arranged to extend between left and right vehicle body frames, both side portions of a casing are fixed to the cross member by using bolts, and the inclination angle sensor is positioned below an upper end of the cross member.

12. The arrangement structure of an inclination angle sensor according to claim 4, wherein the inclination angle sensor is arranged such that the inclination angle sensor is offset to one side of a body of buggy in the vicinity of a cross member which is arranged to extend between left and right vehicle body frames, both side portions of a casing are fixed to the cross member by using bolts, and the inclination angle sensor is positioned below an upper end of the cross member.

13. The arrangement structure of an inclination angle sensor according to claim 5, wherein the inclination angle sensor is arranged such that the inclination angle sensor is offset to one side of a body of buggy in the vicinity of a cross member which is arranged to extend between left and right vehicle body frames, both side portions of a casing are fixed to the cross member by using bolts, and the inclination angle sensor is positioned below an upper end of the cross member.

14. The arrangement structure of an inclination angle sensor according to claim 6, wherein the inclination angle sensor is arranged such that the inclination angle sensor is offset to one side of a body of buggy in the vicinity of a cross member which is arranged to extend between left and right vehicle body frames, both side portions of a casing are fixed to the cross member by using bolts, and the inclination angle sensor is positioned below an upper end of the cross member.

15. The arrangement structure of an inclination angle sensor according to claim 7, wherein the inclination angle sensor is arranged such that the inclination angle sensor is offset to one side of a body of buggy in the vicinity of a cross member which is arranged to extend between left and right vehicle body frames, both side portions of a casing are fixed to the cross member by using bolts, and the inclination angle sensor is positioned below an upper end of the cross member.

16. The arrangement structure of an inclination angle sensor according to claim 8, wherein the inclination angle sensor is arranged such that the inclination angle sensor is offset to one side of a body of buggy in the vicinity of a cross member which is arranged to extend between left and right vehicle body frames, both side portions of a casing are fixed to the cross member by using bolts, and the inclination angle sensor is positioned below an upper end of the cross member.