Electrical accessory mounting device for a saddle-type vehicle

• US 8,627,990 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2011
• Issued: 01/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Nakajima, Shoichi, Kawano, Shizuo, Oe, Yoshifumi
• Primary Examiner(s): WAGGENSPACK, ADAM J
• Application Number:
  US13/052,823
• Publication Number:
  US 20110233250A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,030 Days
• Field of Search: 224/420, 224/545, 224/546, 224/547, 224/548, 224/550, 224/562, 224/559, 224/553, 224/555, 224/556
• US Class Current: 224/420
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 11/00 Supporting arrangements specially adapted for fastening specific devices to cycles, e.g. supports for attaching maps
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 50/225 Mounting arrangements therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 9/25 to the fuel tank, e.g. magnetic tank bags

Abstract

There is provided an electrical accessory mounting device capable of adjusting an electrical accessory to the position viewable from a rider. The mounting device of the navigation apparatus 20 mounted on the steering stem pipe 3 of the saddle-type vehicle 1 comprises the fixture 4 mounted on the saddle-type vehicle 1, the bracket 5 holding the navigation apparatus 20, and the angular setting means 37 making at least part of the bracket 5 movable to the fixture 4 in the longitudinal direction of the saddle-type vehicle 1 and setting an angle of the bracket 5 to a predetermined angle by the position corresponding to the movement of the bracket 5. The angular setting means 37 includes a pair of long holes 34, 35 provided on the fixture 4 and a pair of screws 36F, 36B moving along a pair of long holes 34, 35 provided on the bracket 5. Thus, the angle of the navigation apparatus 20 can be adjusted by back-and-forth movement of the bracket 5, thereby allowing the electrical accessory to be adjusted to an easily viewable position where other members do not interfere.

Claims

1. An electrical accessory mounting device for a saddle-type vehicle, said device comprising:

a fixture mounted on a steering pipe of the saddle-type vehicle;

a holding bracket attached to an upper side of the fixture and configured to hold an electrical accessory on an upper portion thereof; and

an angular setting means configured to make at least part of said holding bracket movable relative to said fixture in a longitudinal direction of the saddle-type vehicle, and to set an angle of said holding bracket to a predetermined angle according to a position corresponding to the movement of said holding bracket in the longitudinal direction,

wherein said fixture includes a receiving portion receiving said holding bracket in a position-adjustable manner, said receiving portion comprising a base portion and first side plates provided integrally with said base portion on both sides of said base portion and being formed in a U-shape whose upper portion is open,

said holding bracket comprises an attachment portion configured to attach said electrical accessory thereto and second side plates provided integrally with said attachment portion on both sides of said attachment portion and has an inverted U-shape whose lower portion is open, and

said angular setting means comprises a pair of guides provided on one of said first side plates of said fixture and said second side plates of said holding bracket, and a pair of movement portions provided on the other of said first side plates of said fixture and said second side plates of said holding bracket portion, said movement portions configured to move along a pair of said guides.

2. The electrical accessory mounting device for a saddle-type vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said angular setting means is configured to allow said holding bracket to move in parallel or an upper section thereof to rotate rearwardly of the vehicle when said holding bracket is moved from back to front.

3. The electrical accessory mounting device for a saddle-type vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said pair of guides comprises an elongated opening and said movement portion is a screw configured to move along said long hole.

4. The electrical accessory mounting device for a saddle-type vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said pair of guides comprises an elongated opening and said movement portion is a screw configured to move along said long hole.

5. The electrical accessory mounting device for a saddle-type vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said pair of said guides comprise a first guide and a second guide each having an elongated opening, wherein a main axis of the first guide is generally perpendicular to a main axis of the second guide.

6. The electrical accessory mounting device for a saddle-type vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said pair of said guides comprise a first guide and a second guide each having an elongated opening, wherein a main axis of the first guide is generally perpendicular to a main axis of the second guide.

7. The electrical accessory mounting device for a saddle-type vehicle according to claim 3, wherein said pair of said guides comprise a first guide and a second guide each having an elongated opening, wherein a main axis of the first guide is generally perpendicular to a main axis of the second guide.

8. The electrical accessory mounting device for a saddle-type vehicle according to claim 4, wherein said pair of said guides comprise a first guide and a second guide each having an elongated opening, wherein a main axis of the first guide is generally perpendicular to a main axis of the second guide.

9. The electrical accessory mounting device for a saddle-type vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said fixture includes an insertion portion which is inserted into said steering pipe and fixed thereto.

10. The electrical accessory mounting device for a saddle-type vehicle according to claim 9, wherein said insertion portion includes an insertion pipe formed on said base portion at a center of a bottom face thereof and a nut body provided at a bottom of said insertion pipe, said insertion pipe having a first inclined surface obliquely formed at a lower end thereof, said nut body having a second inclined surface which is formed so as to correspond to said first inclined surface at an upper portion thereof.