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Motorcycle

  • US 9,238,496 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2007
  • Issued: 01/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A motorcycle comprising:

  • a first vibration generator mounted on an upper right region of an upwardly facing surface of a seat bottom plate of an occupant seat,a second vibration generator mounted on an upper left region of the upwardly facing surface of the seat bottom plate of the occupant seat,the first and second vibration generators are directly mounted on the upwardly facing surface of the seat bottom plate and extend lengthwise in a front-to-rear direction along the seat bottom plate of the occupant seat, so that long sides of the first and second vibration generators extend parallel to each other, anddriver means capable of selectively driving either one of, or both of, the first and second vibration generators in an upward direction in response to at least one of inputted outside information and vehicle information detected by an in-vehicle system to generate a vibration,wherein each of the first and second generators includes a housing with a body portion slidably supporting a plurality of magnetic movable members in a vertical direction, and a skirt portion extended downward from the body portion and connected to the seat bottom plate,wherein the body portion is provided with partially spherical flexible members made of an elastic material in positions corresponding to one or more of the movable members protruding upward through holes in the upper surface of the body portion,wherein the flexible members are made of a member different from the body portion of the housing and are adhered onto the body portion by an adhesive.

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