341 |
Vehicle enclosure apparatus |
US13236533 |
2011-09-19 |
US08366171B2 |
2013-02-05 |
Phillip Pond |
A vehicle-mountable structure is disclosed. Said structure is adapted to substantially conceal a vehicle and operator in an enclosure and provide in a visually attractive appearance. The enclosure is supported by a hierarchy of beams capable of attaching to a vehicle frame in a manner that does not interfere with vehicle operations. |
342 |
Rear body structure for a vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same |
US12874454 |
2010-09-02 |
US08297688B2 |
2012-10-30 |
Masashi Kanezuka |
A rear body structure for a vehicle includes a body cover for covering a vehicle body, a rear grip member attached to a vehicle body frame and configured to be gripped by an occupant of the vehicle during operation of the vehicle, and a rear grip cover attached to and covering the rear grip member. A portion of the body cover overlaps a top surface of the rear grip member. The rear grip member is provided with a body cover positioning section for positioning the body cover thereon. The rear grip cover is arranged above the body cover positioning section of the rear grip member for providing covering thereto. Such vehicle rear body structure provides an improvement in the outward appearance of a rear body structure of a vehicle. |
343 |
Vehicle side cowl with heat exhaust duct |
US12289428 |
2008-10-28 |
US08230958B2 |
2012-07-31 |
Kuniyuki Takahashi; Katsumitsu Wakamatsu |
A vehicle cowl may be arranged on a side portion of a vehicle, and include a duct that extends in a vehicle width direction. The duct may have an inside opening and an outside opening. The inside opening may face inward, toward the vehicle body, and the outside opening may face outward from the vehicle. The cowl may further include a panel for covering a portion of the outside opening. The panel may be arranged so that, when the vehicle is viewed from the front, a portion of the outside opening left uncovered by the panel is shielded by a forward part of the panel, and thus not visible. The vehicle may be a motorcycle. |
344 |
Motorcycle body cover structure and motorcycle incorporating same |
US12459659 |
2009-07-06 |
US08177250B2 |
2012-05-15 |
Kei Fukuyama; Takamasa Kojima |
A body cover structure of a motorcycle includes an upper cover arranged at a position above a front wheel operatively attached to a lower end of a front fork steerably supported by a head pipe at a front end of a body frame, and a pair of right and left cowls that cover at least a portion of a fuel tank mounted on the body frame. The upper cover includes a covering portion for covering a portion of a fuel tank, and each overhanging portion including a ridge line portion that ranges to a lower end of the upper cover, when viewed in a side view, is provided with a respective cowl connected to the upper cover with a portion of each cowl overlapped with the rear of the upper cover, such that the overhanging portion extends outwardly beyond the upper cover in a vehicle-width direction. |
345 |
Vehicle Enclosure Apparatus |
US13236533 |
2011-09-19 |
US20120068489A1 |
2012-03-22 |
Phillip Pond |
A vehicle-mountable structure is disclosed. Said structure is adapted to substantially conceal a vehicle and operator in an enclosure and provide in a visually attractive appearance. The enclosure is supported by a hierarchy of beams capable of attaching to a vehicle frame in a manner that does not interfere with vehicle operations. |
346 |
BULLET RESISTANT SHIELD AND STORAGE COMPARTMENT FOR MOTORCYCLES AND THE LIKE |
US12793042 |
2010-06-03 |
US20110296980A1 |
2011-12-08 |
DENNIS INGRAM |
A two-wheeled vehicle bullet resistant shield and storage compartment, comprising a two-wheeled vehicle, having a front wheel and a rear wheel. The rear wheel including a removable first compartment and second compartment. The removable first compartment and second compartment being mounted to said rear wheel and the rear wheel including an interconnected first inside panel, second inside panel, third outside panel and fourth outside panel. |
347 |
COVER STRUCTURE OF SADDLE RIDE TYPE VEHICLE |
US13041823 |
2011-03-07 |
US20110221221A1 |
2011-09-15 |
Yoshihiro INOUE; Masayuki Kinoshita |
To easily prevent flapping of a cover attached to a vehicle such as a motor cycle. A storage box is provided on a lateral side of a vehicle frame. The storage box includes a storage box main body having an opening facing an outside of a vehicle, and a lid member which is openable and closable to cover the opening. A side cover which covers a lateral side of the vehicle is provided in front of the storage box. A rear edge portion of the side cover extends to an outside edge portion of the storage box main body, and is fixed to the outside edge portion. |
348 |
Vehicle cowl for deflecting road debris |
US12289429 |
2008-10-28 |
US08006792B2 |
2011-08-30 |
Kouta Nakao; Kuniyuki Takahashi |
A vehicle cowl may comprise a receiving portion formed as a local depression, and one or more openings formed on sides of the receiving portion. The vehicle cowl may be configured to be disposed rearward of a front wheel of a vehicle, the one or more openings to face rearward and the local depression to extend rearward when the vehicle cowl is in place on the vehicle. The receiving portion may be configured to receive and/or deflect an object or substance splashed or thrown up by the front wheel, such as water, mud or road debris, in a position rearward of the front wheel. Moreover, air can flow through the one or more openings on the sides of the receiving portion, to cool heat-generating parts such as the radiator and engine. The vehicle may be a motorcycle. |
349 |
Motorcycle |
US11679773 |
2007-02-27 |
US07850225B2 |
2010-12-14 |
Takayuki Nobuhira; Toshiaki Ozawa |
A motorcycle having an external appearance rich in change without increased cost. A front-side side cover has first edge parts adjoining a body frame. Portions of the first edge parts are in approximately the same position in a vehicle width direction as outermost faces of an outer surface of the body frame adjoined to outermost faces of outer surfaces of the portions. The remaining portion of the first edge parts is inside the outermost face of the outer surface of the body frame adjoined to the outermost face of an outer surface of the remaining portion. |
350 |
Scooter type vehicle |
US12036871 |
2008-02-25 |
US07845446B2 |
2010-12-07 |
Michio Atsuchi; Sadamichi Enjo |
A scooter vehicle includes a steering handlebar, a radiator disposed under a seat, a step floor disposed between the steering handlebar and the scat, and a leg shield disposed forward of the step floor. The leg shield includes an upper portion protruding toward a rider side which includes a stuff box portion that shields the legs of the rider. The leg shield also is provided with an opening portion serving as a feed-water port for the radiator. The opening portion is covered by a cover member extending along a tunnel portion of the step floor in a back and forth direction of a vehicle body. The resulting configuration reduces the length of a feed-water pipe, thereby enhancing the ability to perform maintenance of the radiator. |
351 |
Straddle-type vehicle |
US11961056 |
2007-12-20 |
US07690463B2 |
2010-04-06 |
Yasuo Okamoto |
A straddle-type vehicle that adequately and smoothly sucks air into an air cleaner arranged between a front wheel and a leg shield while inhibiting foreign matter from being drawn thereinto. An intake port of the air cleaner is opened rearwardly. The leg shield is formed with a recess that surrounds the air cleaner. The recess includes a round portion along a direction in which the intake 61a is opened. |
352 |
Panel assemblies, vehicles, and methods of manufacturing |
US11821970 |
2007-06-26 |
US07530629B2 |
2009-05-12 |
Darin D. King; Shinichi Karube; Stephen Hlopick |
Vehicles, such as all terrain vehicles, can be provided with a frame and a fender assembly. The fender assembly can have layered fender panels attached together with a bolt and T-nut. A channel can be formed between the fender panels to facilitate passage of fluid along a predetermined pathway. A seat includes a compression surface for sandwiching the fender assembly with respect to the frame. Front and rear fender assemblies can be attached to the frame by a midpoint fastener passing through respective apertures in each of the front and rear fender assemblies, through a grommet, and into the frame. A stay assembly attaches a mudguard to the fender assembly, and can involve a swivel clip. Methods are also provided. |
353 |
Straddle type-vehicle |
US11351303 |
2006-02-09 |
US07527297B2 |
2009-05-05 |
Takehiro Miyamoto |
A straddle-type vehicle that can reduce influence by air resistance without having a cowling has a handle bar for changing a direction of a front wheel, a headlight unit disposed in front of a handle bar base portion, and a fuel tank unit disposed behind the handle bar base portion for storing fuel supplied to an engine. A headlight line defined by a top surface of the headlight unit and a fuel tank line defined by a top surface of the fuel tank unit together extend along a fixed curved line in a side view of the motorcycle. |
354 |
Vehicle cowl for deflecting road debris |
US12289429 |
2008-10-28 |
US20090108630A1 |
2009-04-30 |
Kouta Nakao; Kuniyuki Takahashi |
A vehicle cowl may comprise a receiving portion formed as a local depression, and one or more openings formed on sides of the receiving portion. The vehicle cowl may be configured to be disposed rearward of a front wheel of a vehicle, the one or more openings to face rearward and the local depression to extend rearward when the vehicle cowl is in place on the vehicle. The receiving portion may be configured to receive and/or deflect an object or substance splashed or thrown up by the front wheel, such as water, mud or road debris, in a position rearward of the front wheel. Moreover, air can flow through the one or more openings on the sides of the receiving portion, to cool heat-generating parts such as the radiator and engine. The vehicle may be a motorcycle. |
355 |
Vehicle side cowl with heat exhaust duct |
US12289428 |
2008-10-28 |
US20090108629A1 |
2009-04-30 |
Kuniyuki Takahashi; Katsumitsu Wakamatsu |
A vehicle cowl may be arranged on a side portion of a vehicle, and include a duct that extends in a vehicle width direction. The duct may have an inside opening and an outside opening. The inside opening may face inward, toward the vehicle body, and the outside opening may face outward from the vehicle. The cowl may further include a panel for covering a portion of the outside opening. The panel may be arranged so that, when the vehicle is viewed from the front, a portion of the outside opening left uncovered by the panel is shielded by a forward part of the panel, and thus not visible. The vehicle may be a motorcycle. |
356 |
MOTORCYCLE |
US12260831 |
2008-10-29 |
US20090107751A1 |
2009-04-30 |
Yuuta Kobayashi; Tetsuya Hanai |
To prevent damage, for example, to a rear side cover that covers a seat rail from outward in a vehicle width direction, a motorcycle is disclosed having a glove bar fixed to seat rails and configured to be grasped by a fellow passenger seated on a seat. The glove bar may include a support portion fixed to the seat rails to extend outward in a motorcycle width direction and above rear side covers, grips supported by the support portion to extend rearwardly of the seat and configured to be grasped by the fellow passenger, and protective bar portions of a cantilevered structure supported by portions of the support portion positioned above the rear side cover and passing above the rear side covers to extend forward in the motorcycle width direction to protect the rear side covers. |
357 |
Vehicle |
US11283007 |
2005-11-18 |
US07513559B2 |
2009-04-07 |
Gen Ohzono |
A vehicle with a cover member of a simple structure includes a flexible cover body section arranged to cover at least a portion of an on-the-vehicle part. The cover member includes bendable elongated sections extending outward from the edge portions of the cover body section. The vehicle also includes a leg shield for covering a driver's leg in front thereof and an on-the-vehicle part disposed inside the leg shield. The on-the-vehicle part is disposed along the inside surface of the leg shield, and the outside surface of the on-the-vehicle part opposite from the leg shield side is covered by the cover member. |
358 |
SCOOTER TYPE VEHICLE |
US12036871 |
2008-02-25 |
US20080202836A1 |
2008-08-28 |
Michio ATSUCHI; Sadamichi Enjo |
A scooter vehicle includes a steering handlebar, a radiator disposed under a seat, a step floor disposed between the steering handlebar and the scat, and a leg shield disposed forward of the step floor. The leg shield includes an upper portion protruding toward a rider side which includes a stuff box portion that shields the legs of the rider. The leg shield also is provided with an opening portion serving as a feed-water port for the radiator. The opening portion is covered by a cover member extending along a tunnel portion of the step floor in a back and forth direction of a vehicle body. The resulting configuration reduces the length of a feed-water pipe, thereby enhancing the ability to perform maintenance of the radiator. |
359 |
Straddle-Type Vehicle |
US11961056 |
2007-12-20 |
US20080156557A1 |
2008-07-03 |
Yasuo OKAMOTO |
A straddle-type vehicle that adequately and smoothly sucks air into an air cleaner arranged between a front wheel and a leg shield while inhibiting foreign matter from being drawn thereinto. An intake port of the air cleaner is opened rearwardly. The leg shield is formed with a recess that surrounds the air cleaner. The recess includes a round portion along a direction in which the intake 61a is opened. |
360 |
Article storage structure for scooter-type vehicle |
US10966171 |
2004-10-04 |
US07306277B2 |
2007-12-11 |
Fuminori Kamemizu; Susumu Michisaka |
A scooter-type vehicle capable of accommodating articles in a legshield covering from the rear side a head pipe, steerably supporting a front wheel and a steering handle, to accommodate articles by effectively using a space of the legshield. |