Autobicycle

• US 4,830,135 A
• Filed: 10/16/1987
• Issued: 05/16/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Yamashita, Aiji
• Primary Examiner(s): Marmor, Charles A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CULBRETH, ERIC D
• Application Number:
  US07/109,826
• Time in Patent Office: 578 Days
• Field of Search: 180/219, 180/229, 180/68.1, 180/68.2, 180/68.3, 180/225, 296/78.1, 123/41.7, 123/41.67, 123/41.61
• US Class Current: 180/229
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 11/08 Air inlets for cooling; Shutters or blinds therefor radiator or grille guards B60R19/52
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 17/02 shielding only the rider's front
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 17/10 Ventilation or air guiding devices forming part of fairings
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 61/02 for driving cycles

Abstract

An autobicycle wherein the cooling effect is improved without particularly increasing the wind introducing area of the autobicycle. The autobicycle comprises a partition wall located between a rear portion of an engine carried on a body frame and a body side cover for partitioning the inside of the body side cover to define front and rear sectional chambers. The body side cover continuously covers a range at least from a side portion of the engine to a location below a seat supported above the body frame and has one or more air admitting holes perforated therein. Air admitted into the inside of the body side cover thus cools the engine and some other components of the autobicycle in the front chamber and independently cools different components in the rear chamber.

Claims

1. A motorcycle with a fairing comprising:

a body frame having a front portion and a rear portion;

an engine operatively mounted to said body frame, said engine including a cylinder projecting upwardly, said cylinder including a front portion and a rear portion;

a seat mounted on said rear portion of said body frame;

a fuel tank mounted adjacent to said seat on a front portion of said body frame;

said fairing including a front cowl having an upper portion and a lower portion for covering the front portion of the body frame, a body side cover extending from said front cowl for covering a side portion of said engine and being positioned below said seat, said front cowl having at least one air introducing aperture disposed in said upper and lower portions and said body side cover having at least one air exhausting aperture;

a partition wall including a first portion being substantially vertically mounted and extending between the rear portion of said cylinder and the fairing and a second portion being substantially horizontally mounted and extending between an upper portion of said cylinder and the fairing;

said partition wall, said cylinder and said fairing defining a front sectional chamber with the front portion of said cylinder being disposed therein and a rear sectional chamber provided to the rear of said cylinder for containing portions of said fuel tank and a fuel supply apparatus;

said lower aperture in said front cowl introducing air into said front-sectional chamber for cooling said engine and being exhausted therefrom through said at least one air exhausting hole to the atmosphere;

said upper aperture in said front cowl introducing air into said rear sectional chamber for cooling portions of said fuel tank and fuel supply apparatus and being exhausted therefrom to the atmosphere.

2. The motorcycle with a fairing according to claim 1, and further including additional apertures in said lower portion of said front cowl for supplying additional air for cooling said engine and a transmission operatively connected to said engine.

3. The motorcycle with a fairing according to claim 1, wherein said partition wall is adhered at an edge thereof to a side wall of said engine and is contacted at another edge thereof with an inner face of said body side cover.

4. The motorcycle with a fairing according to claim 3, wherein said partition wall is constructed of a heat resisting rubber material.

5. The motorcycle with a fairing according to claim 1, and further including an air cleaner operatively disposed within said rear sectional chamber for supplying air to said engine.

6. The motorcycle with a fairing according to claim 5, and further including air cleaner inlet ports disposed within said body side cover for supplying air to said air cleaner.

7. The motorcycle with a fairing according to claim 1, wherein said partition wall is a rib formed integrally on and extending inwardly from an inner face of said body side cover until an inner edge thereof almost contacts with a side wall of said engine.

8. The motorcycle with a fairing according to claim 7, wherein a sealing member is attached along the inner edge of said rib for filling a gap between the inner edge of said body side cover and the side wall of said engine.