Motorcycle provided with trunks

• US 5,025,883 A
• Filed: 12/15/1989
• Issued: 06/25/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Nakashima, Tai, Morishima, Kazuo, Kashio, Yoshiaki, Morinaka, Shigehisa, Yamazaki, Takeshi, Akimori, Giichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Kashnikow, Andres
• Assistant Examiner(s): CULBRETH, ERIC D
• Application Number:
  US07/449,417
• Time in Patent Office: 557 Days
• Field of Search: 180/219, 296/24.1, 296/78.1, 296/76, 224/39, 224/32 A, 224/32 R, 70/256, 292/28, 292/80, 292/50, 292/DIG. 25, 297/DIG. 9, 297/243, 297/457
• US Class Current: 180/219
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 1/28 Other additional equipment, e.g. back-rests for children
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 11/24 specially adapted for helmets containers under the saddle for helmets B62J9/14
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 45/10 Arrangement of audio equipment; Supports therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 6/04 Rear lights
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 7/00 Luggage carriers
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 9/23 above or alongside the rear wheel B62J9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 9/27 characterised by mounting arrangements, e.g. quick release arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 9/30 characterised by locking arrangements, e.g. top case locks integrated in a vehicle central locking system
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 11/04 characterised by the engine being between front and rear wheels
• CPC Class Codes: B62K 19/46 Luggage carriers forming part of frame luggage carriers per se B62J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 292/25 Remote control

Abstract

A motorcycle provided with a central trunk and left and right trunks at the rear portion of the vehicle body. The vehicle body frame of this motorcycle is composed of a main vehicle body frame at the front and a rear vehicle body frame that can be detachably mounted to this main vehicle body frame. The rear vehicle body frame constitutes a trunk assembly jointly with a central trunk, a left trunk, a right trunk and other equipments such as lamps, and after the above-mentioned trunk assembly has been formed preliminarily as one unit outside of a main assembly line, it is detachably mounted to the main vehicle body frame on the main assembly line. Accordingly, the work on the main assembly line becomes little and simple, and a productivity is improved. Upon replacement of a rear wheel tire, it is only necessary to dismount the entire trunk assembly together with the rear vehicle body frame without individually dismounting a large number of equipments.

Claims

1. A motorcycle comprising:

a front body frame mounting an engine and longitudinally spaced front and rear wheels;

a rear body frame;

a trunk assembly;

means on said rear body frame for fixedly attaching said trunk assembly;

said rear body frame being positioned longitudinally rearwardly of said front body frame to locate said trunk assembly in enclosing relation with respect to said rear wheel to form the cover thereof;

means for detachably connecting said rear body frame to said front body frame, whereby detachment of said connecting means permits removal of said rear body frame and said trunk assembly to expose said rear wheel; and

a helmet anchoring device attached to said trunk assembly, said device comprising a helmet hook, a swingable locking piece for lockingly securing said helmet hook in its closed position, and means disposed in the interior of said trunk assembly for operating said locking piece.

2. A motorcycle according to claim 1 in which said helmet anchoring device comprises a base frame attached to said trunk assembly, a movable locking piece including a hook-shaped member for attaching a helmet, a rotatable pivot mounting said locking piece penetrating a wall of said trunk assembly, and a locking piece manipulator disposed interiorly of said trunk assembly having one end engaging said rotatable pivot and its other end mounting a handle.

3. A motorcycle comprising:

a body frame;

a trunk assembly attached to said body frame;

a helmet anchoring device attached to said trunk assembly, said device including openable and closeable means for securing a helmet;

a swingable locking piece engageable with said helmet securing means for securing said helmet securing means in its closed position; and

means disposed in the interior of said trunk assembly for operating said locking piece.

4. A motorcycle according to claim 3 in which said helmet anchoring device comprises a base frame attached to said trunk assembly, a movable locking piece including a hook-shaped member for attaching a helmet, a rotatable pivot mounting said locking piece penetrating a wall of said trunk assembly, and a locking piece manipulator disposed interiorly of said trunk assembly having one end engaging said rotatable pivot and its other end mounting a handle.

5. A motorcycle comprising:

a body frame;

a trunk assembly disposed on a rearward portion of said body frame;

a seat spaced forwardly of said trunk assembly and including a cushion construction having an interior resilient filler and an exterior covering skin whose upper face forms a sitting surface;

a bottom plate supported by said body frame and mounting said seat, said bottom plate extending beneath said seat to a position spaced from said trunk assembly and defining a space therebetween;

a backrest disposed on said trunk assembly adjacent said seat and having a bottom edge vertically spaced above said sitting surface of said seat;

an under-backrest buffer having a cushion construction similar to that of said extending across said space between said seat and said backrest bottom, and including a water drain port communicating with said space, said drain port being disposed adjacent the connection formed by a sewn attachment between said seat and said under-backrest buffer.

6. A motorcycle according to claim 5 in which said water drain port is formed in said under-backrest buffer.

7. A motorcycle comprising:

a front body frame mounting an engine and longitudinally spaced front and rear wheels;

a rear body frame;

a trunk assembly including laterally spaced left and right trunks disposed on opposite sides of said rear wheel and a central trunk overlying said rear wheel, each of said trunks having generally rectangularly disposed front, rear and lateral side surfaces defining a box-like structure and a shutting lid for closing the top thereof;

means on said rear body frame for fixedly attaching said trunk assembly;

means forming a recess in the rear surface of said central trunk and a tail light assembly disposed in said recess, said recess forming means including a shutting lid removably attached to said central trunk and accessible from the interior thereof for accessing said tail light assembly;

said rear body frame being positioned longitudinally rearwardly of said front body frame to locate said trunk assembly in enclosing relation with respect to said rear wheel to form the cover thereof; and

means for detachably connecting said rear body frame to said front body frame, whereby detachment of said connecting means permits removal of said rear body frame and said trunk assembly to expose said rear wheel.

8. A motorcycle comprising:

a front body frame mounting an engine and longitudinally spaced front and rear wheels;

a rear body frame;

a trunk assembly including laterally spaced left and right trunks disposed on opposite sides of said rear wheel and a central trunk overlying said rear wheel, each of said trunks having generally rectangularly disposed front, rear and lateral side surfaces defining a box-like structure and a shutting lid for closing the top thereof;

a seat on said front body frame;

a sitting surface on said seat;

a backrest disposed on said central trunk front surface and having its bottom edge vertically spaced above the sitting surface of said seat; and

an under-backrest buffer positioned intermediate the sitting surface of said seat and said backrest bottom edge, said seat, said backrest and said under-backrest buffer each being defined by a cushion construction including an interior resilient filler and an exterior covering skin, and wherein said underbackrest bluffer is connected to said seat by a sewn attachment of the respective covering skins thereof;

said seat having a bottom plate supported by said front body frame, means forming a space between said bottom plate and said central trunk front surface, and a water drain port formed adjacent the connection between said seat and said under-backrest buffer communicating with said space;

means on said rear body frame for fixedly attaching said trunk assembly;

said rear body frame being positioned longitudinally rearwardly of said front body frame to locate said trunk assembly in enclosing relation with respect to said rear wheel to form the cover thereof; and

means for detachably connecting said rear body frame to said front body frame, whereby detachment of said connecting means permits removal of said rear body frame and said trunk assembly to expose said rear wheel.

9. A motorcycle comprising:

a front body frame mounting an engine and longitudinally spaced front and rear wheels;

a rear body frame;

a trunk assembly fixedly attached to said rear body frame and having vertically spaced sides and a top member operating to define a covered space for reception of said rear wheel, said trunk assembly including laterally spaced left and right trunks disposed on opposite sides of said rear wheel and a central trunk extending between said left and right trunks and overlying said rear wheel, each of said trunks being separately connected to said rear body frame and having generally rectangularly disposed front, rear and lateral side surfaces defining a box-like structure and a shutting lid for closing the top thereof,

a rear fender extending between said left and right trunks beneath said central trunk, said rear fender being connected to said left and right trunks and to said rear body frame respectively;

said rear body frame being positioned longitudinally rearwardly of said front body frame to operably dispose said rear wheel in confronting, face-to-face relation with said trunk assembly within the space formed thereby;

means for releasably connecting said rear body frame to said front body frame, whereby release of said connecting means permits removal of said rear body frame and said trunk assembly as a unit to expose said rear wheel;

a seat on said front body frame;

a sitting surface on said seat;

a backrest disposed on said central trunk front surface and having its bottom edge vertically spaced above the sitting surface of said seat;

an under-backrest buffer positioned intermediate the sitting surface of said seat and said backrest bottom edge;

said backrest and said under-backrest buffer each being defined by a cushion construction including an interior resilient filler and an exterior covering skin, wherein said under-backrest buffer is connected to said seat by a sewn attachment of the respective covering skins thereof;

said seat including a bottom plate supported by said front body frame, means forming a space between said bottom plate and said central trunk front surface, and a water drain port formed in said under-backrest buffer adjacent the connection between said seat and said under-backrest buffer and communicating with said space.