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Vehicle

  • US 9,493,208 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2014
  • Issued: 11/15/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
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1. A vehicle comprising:

  • a body frame that leans to a right when the vehicle turns right and that leans to a left when the vehicle turns left;

    a steerable right front wheel and left front wheel that are aligned in a left-and-right direction of the body frame;

    a right shock absorbing device that supports the right front wheel at a lower portion thereof so as to absorb an upward displacement of the right front wheel in an up-and-down direction of the body frame;

    a left shock absorbing device that supports the left front wheel at a lower portion thereof so as to absorb an upward displacement of the left front wheel in the up-and-down direction of the body frame;

    a link mechanism including;

    a right side portion that supports an upper portion of the right shock absorbing device so as to allow the upper portion to turn about a right steering axis that extends in the up-and-down direction of the body frame;

    a left side portion that supports an upper portion of the left shock absorbing device so as to allow the upper portion to turn about a left steering axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the right steering axis;

    an upper cross portion that supports, at a right end portion thereof, an upper portion of the right side portion so as to allow the upper portion to turn about an upper right axis that extends in a front-and-rear direction of the body frame and supports, at a left end portion thereof, an upper portion of the left side portion so as to allow the upper portion to turn about an upper left axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the upper right axis, and that is supported at a middle portion thereof on the body frame so as to turn about an upper middle axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the upper right axis and the upper left axis; and

    a lower cross portion that supports, at a right end portion thereof, a lower portion of the right side portion so as to allow the lower portion to turn about a lower right axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the upper right axis and supports, at a left end portion thereof, a lower portion of the left side portion so as to allow the lower portion to turn about a lower left axis that is parallel or substantially parallel to the upper left axis, and that is supported at a middle portion thereof on the body frame so as to turn about a lower middle axis that is parallel to the upper middle axis;

    a body cover that covers at least a portion of the link mechanism; and

    a right lamp and a left lamp that are aligned in the left-and-right direction of the body frame, the right lamp including a right light source and the left lamp including a left light source;

    whereinthe right lamp includes a right link side portion that is located behind a front end portion of the link mechanism that is located above the upper middle axis in the up-and-down direction of the body frame and ahead of a rear end portion of the link mechanism that is located above the upper middle axis in the up-and-down direction of the body frame, in a side view of the vehicle in an upright state;

    the right link side portion is located on the right of a locus along which the link mechanism extends when the upper cross portion turns relative to the body frame in relation to the left-and-right direction of the body frame, when looking at the vehicle in the upright state from the front of the upper middle axis;

    at least a portion of the right link side portion is located on the left of a right end portion of the body cover in the left-and-right direction of the body frame, above the upper middle axis in the up-and-down direction of the body frame, and below an upper end portion of the link mechanism in relation to the up-and-down direction of the body frame that results when the upper cross portion turns clockwise to a maximum extent relative to the body frame, when looking at the vehicle in the upright state from the front of the upper middle axis;

    the left lamp includes a left link side portion that is located behind the front end portion of the link mechanism that is located above the upper middle axis in the up-and-down direction of the body frame and ahead of the rear end portion of the link mechanism that is located above the upper middle axis in the up-and-down direction of the body frame in relation to the direction of the upper middle axis, in the side view of the vehicle in the upright state;

    the left link side portion is located on the left of a locus along which the link mechanism extends when the upper cross portion turns relative to the body frame in the left-and-right direction of the body frame, when looking at the vehicle in the upright state from the front of the upper middle axis; and

    at least a portion of the left link side portion is located on the right of a left end portion of the body cover in the left-and-right direction of the body frame, above the upper middle axis in the up-and-down direction of the body frame, and below an upper end portion of the link mechanism in relation to the up-and-down direction of the body frame that results when the upper cross portion turns counterclockwise to a maximum extent relative to the body frame, when looking at the vehicle in the upright state from the front of the upper middle axis.

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