序号 专利名 申请号 申请日 公开(公告)号 公开(公告)日 发明人
321 Airbag apparatus and motorcycle having the same US11470939 2006-09-07 US07837222B2 2010-11-23 Yasuhito Miyata
A technique is provided effective in smoothing the airbag deploying motion of an airbag apparatus to be mounted to a motorcycle. In one form, an airbag apparatus mounted to a motorcycle is constructed to hold the loose portions of elongated webbings that join an airbag to the vehicle body in a predetermined bunched state as a folded portion while the airbag is housed, and to release the hold upon the deployment of the airbag.
322 SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE US12766690 2010-04-23 US20100270777A1 2010-10-28 Seiji HANAFUSA
A saddle-type vehicle equipped with an airbag apparatus in which an increase in the number of component parts can be restrained. A motorcycle is a vehicle in which seat rails are included in a rear portion of a body frame with a rider seat having a front end portion upwardly inclined towards the front side of the vehicle that is mounted on the seat rails. An airbag module accommodating an airbag therein and fixed by an airbag mounting stay extending upwardly from the body frame and is disposed on the front side of the rider seat. A seat hook for holding the front end portion of the rider seat extends from the airbag module or from the airbag mounting stay.
323 BODY STRUCTURE OF STRADDLE-RIDE VEHICLE US12719023 2010-03-08 US20100244468A1 2010-09-30 Hideo NAMIKI; Kazuyoshi Kuroki; Kenichi Misaki; Sunao Kawano; Hiroshi Furuse
A body structure of a straddle-ride vehicle includes a body frame, a handlebar, a front fork, a front wheel guide member, and an opposite cover. The handlebar is turnably provided on the body frame. The fork extends from the handlebar and rotatably supports a front wheel. The front wheel guide member is disposed at a front portion of the body frame in a traveling direction of the vehicle and faces the front wheel. The front wheel guide member includes a slant portion extending from one side to another side in a vehicle-width direction and from a front to a rear in the traveling direction. The opposite cover is supported by the front fork to cover a rear portion of the front wheel and faces the front wheel guide member.
324 IMPACT MEMBER FOR A SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE INCORPORATING SAME US12717711 2010-03-04 US20100243362A1 2010-09-30 Yoshihiro INOUE; Kenichi MISAKI; Kazuyoshi KUROKI; Hiroshi FURUSE; Sunao KAWANO
A saddle-type vehicle is provided with an impact member for deflecting a front wheel sideways in the event of a collision. The saddle-type vehicle includes a body frame having a head pipe for rotatably supporting a steering shaft for the front wheel, main frames extending rearwards from the head pipe, and an engine operatively mounted to the main frames. The impact member is disposed in front of a lower portion of the engine. The impact member includes a support part, which extends forwardly from the engine, and a load-receiving deflector plate mounted to the support part and which is inclined away from a vehicle width direction.
325 All terrain vehicle safety attachment with gas tank holder US12385883 2009-04-22 US07789424B2 2010-09-07 Mark William Shaw
The all terrain vehicle safety attachment includes an adjustable frame having first and second frame portions. Upper ends of the first and second frame portions are pivotally secured to one another by a hinge or the like. The first and second frame portions are selectively, angularly adjustable with respect to one another. The first frame portion is secured to the back end of the all terrain vehicle, and a safety device is releasably and removably secured to the second frame portion. The safety device includes a pair of spaced apart, lower horizontal members. Each of the lower horizontal members has a front portion, a central portion and a rear portion. The rear portions thereof are angled upwardly so that the rear portions form a support base for the all terrain vehicle when a front end of the all terrain vehicle accidentally tips off the ground.
326 Airbag apparatus and motorcycle having the same US11470705 2006-09-07 US07780189B2 2010-08-24 Yasuhito Miyata
A technique is provided that is effective in smoothing the airbag deploying motion of an airbag apparatus to be mounted to a motorcycle. In one form, an airbag apparatus mounted to a motorcycle is constructed to hold the loose portions of elongated webbings that join an airbag to the vehicle body in a predetermined bunched state as a folded portion while the airbag is housed, and to release the hold upon the deployment of the airbag.
327 Airbag system for a motorcycle, and motorcycle incorporating same US11903925 2007-09-25 US07744116B2 2010-06-29 Yuichi Kato; Hiroshi Goto; Takeshi Kuroe
An airbag system includes belt support members for housing support belts used for coupling an airbag to a vehicle body, and belt covers disposed over the belt support members. A central cover panel on the vehicle body is adjacent to an airbag module in which an airbag is accommodated. Left and right cover panels are engaged with, and disposed laterally outside of the central cover panel in the vehicle-width direction. The belt support members are configured by overhanging parts of the central cover panel, which are overhung laterally outside, and extension parts of the cover panels and which extend laterally inside; and both of these components are engaged with each other through engaging portions in the belt support members. Notches are provided in the extension parts, extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body outside in the vehicle-width direction relative to the engaging portions.
328 Method of preventing motorcycle repair injuries US11858622 2007-09-20 US07708298B1 2010-05-04 Michael C. Folsom
A method of preventing motorcycle repair injuries includes a motorcycle having a handlebar. A grip and a lever are attached to and form a terminal end of the handlebar. A primary sleeve has an end wall and a perimeter wall that is attached the end wall. The perimeter wall has a distal end with respect to the end wall. The distal end defines a primary opening into an interior of the primary sleeve. The grip extends into the primary opening and is covered by the primary sleeve. The primary sleeve prevents injury to a mechanic working on the motorcycle.
329 Leisure vehicle US11441922 2006-05-25 US07694770B2 2010-04-13 Yoshimoto Matsuda
A leisure vehicle configured to be propelled by a friction between a drive wheel thereof and a ground surface with which the drive wheel is in contact, including a power unit configured to drive the drive wheel, a speed control device configured to control drive of the drive wheel, and a controller configured to control the speed control device to increase a rotational speed of the drive wheel while maintaining a state in which the drive wheel does not slip on the ground surface in a predetermined amount or more.
330 MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT WARNING ALARM US12241107 2008-09-30 US20100079266A1 2010-04-01 Richard K. Holt
A motorcycle safety warning alarm (1) wherein an at least one audible and/or visual alarm (22) indicates when a motorcycle (18) has been involved in an accident and has tipped over. A tipping sensor (2) is provided having a V-shaped housing (15) with a predetermined amount of mercury (16) located therein and a plurality of sensor wire probes (17) located on opposite ends of the V-shaped housing. A time-delay (3) feature allows for minor crashes to occur wherein the motorcycle safety warning alarm will not start for a predetermined amount of time, thereby giving the rider time to return the motorcycle to an upright position. If the motorcycle is not returned to the upright position after within the predetermined amount of time, at least one audible and/or visual alarm will activate. The at least one audible and/or visual alarm may include a flashing headlight (8), a flashing taillight (9), flashing blinkers (10, 11), a honking horn (6), a GPS transmitter (7), etc.
331 Motorcycle US11855833 2007-09-14 US07648169B2 2010-01-19 Kenji Kobayashi
A motorcycle includes a guard frame provided near an upper portion of a vehicle body of the motorcycle that is arranged to reduce or prevent damage to the components of the motorcycle in the event of an overturn of the motorcycle. The guard frame includes a pair of guard frame rails, each rail extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. A connecting portion connects the rear end portions of the rails. The front end portion of each rail is fixed to a body frame of the motorcycle. The connecting portion is supported by the body frame for pivotal movement about a pivot axis. The rails have a normal bow shape that projects outwardly. In some arrangements, an intermediate portion of each rail is formed of a material having lower rigidity than a material of the front and rear end portions of the rail.
332 HAND GUARD FOR MOTORCYCLE HANDLEBAR US12374422 2006-07-20 US20090314125A1 2009-12-24 Edoardo Mentasti
A hand guard for a grip and lever terminal (2) of a motorcycle handlebar (3), including a convex outer surface (lout) guard (1) having a bracket protrusion (4) extending from its rear surface for fixing the guard (1) to the handlebar (2), comprises a monodirectional, limited rotation joint (5) between the fixing bracket (4) and the guard (1) for allowing downward rotation by at least 80°, contrasted by an elastic element (6). The hand guard may optionally further comprise a second monodirectional, limited rotation joint allowing a relative rotation of the first joint (5) and guard (1) assembly around a vertically oriented axis of rotation monodirectionally toward the front wheel fork head of the motorcycle.
333 Motorcycle Safety Device US12110967 2008-04-28 US20090268478A1 2009-10-29 Jesse L. James
A motorcycle safety device includes a housing and a mount for coupling the housing to a motorcycle. A light assembly is removably coupled to the housing, the light assembly including a casing, a light positioned inside the casing, a lens coupled to the casing, and a battery positioned inside the casing. An input is in communication with the light to selectively cause the light to illuminate an area in front of the housing. A processor, tilt sensor, timer, and speaker are coupled to the housing, the tilt sensor and timer being in data communication with the processor. The processor includes programming to actuate at least one of the light and speaker upon the tilt sensor detecting a tilt event for a predetermined amount of time measured by the timer.
334 Air bag support belt storing structure US11530219 2006-09-08 US07578516B2 2009-08-25 Tadanori Horiuchi; Haruka Tsuda
An air bag support belt storing structure includes an air bag module, support belts connecting an air bag to the vehicle body, storage spaces that extend in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body for storing the support belts. The storage spaces are provided on left and right sides on the rear side of the air bag module.
335 Airbag device and motorcycle with the airbag device US11776589 2007-07-12 US07568731B2 2009-08-04 Yasuhito Miyata
An airbag is provided that is constructed to protect a rider of a vehicle in an accident. In one form, an airbag device mounted to a motor-bicycle, which is a motorcycle, and comprising an airbag and a long webbing for securing the airbag to the vehicle body. When the motor-bicycle collides at a location that is situated in front of the motor-bicycle, the airbag is deployed and inflated while protruding towards a rider protection area that is situated in front of a rider. One end of the webbing is inserted into the airbag through a vent hole passing through a wall surface of the airbag in order to, when the deployment and inflation of the airbag are completed, restrict movement of the airbag in a forward direction of the vehicle body, and to, during the deployment and inflation of the airbag, allow movement of the airbag in a protruding direction.
336 VEHICLE WITH STRUCTURE FOR IMPROVED ENGINE OUTPUT US12344388 2008-12-26 US20090166115A1 2009-07-02 Masami MIZUTANI; Toshio IIZUKA
A vehicle, such as a straddle-type vehicle, can include an engine, a catalyst and an air cleaner. The catalyst can be disposed in an expansion chamber of the vehicle. At least a part of the air cleaner can be disposed above a swing arm of the vehicle, and at least a part of the expansion chamber can be disposed below the swing arm. The air cleaner can further be disposed to the rear of a shock absorber of the vehicle. Thus, the influence of heat from the catalyst and the engine on the air cleaner can be reduced. Consequently, efficiency of air induction into the engine can be increased, thereby improving engine output.
337 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.
338 Device for generating a haptic signal in a vehicle US11650995 2007-01-09 US07520358B2 2009-04-21 Dirk Ehmanns; Robert Schmidt
A device for generating a haptic signal in a vehicle is provided, in which a driver's command can be given via a rotary gas handle. A servo unit is formed in such a manner that, as a function of at least one detected operational condition for driving, a theoretical speed of the vehicle can be generated. Based on the theoretical speed of the vehicle, a servo signal for actuation of a servo element of the vehicle is generated, where the servo element is formed such that a restoring force for the rotary gas handle or the torque required for moving the rotary gas handle is adjusted thereby.
339 Vehicle-use air bag module US11705432 2007-02-13 US07497464B2 2009-03-03 Tadanori Horiuchi; Haruka Tsuda
A vehicle-use air bag module which hardly exerts influence on a side end portion of a module cover even when an external force or heat is applied to the module cover. Ribs are formed on side end portions in the left and right direction of a top plate member of a module cover and are brought into contact with an upper surface portion of a bracket having an approximately L-shape. The bracket is integrally fixed together with the right extending portion having a side tear line and a right side wall of a casing in which an air bag is stored using rivets. A lower end portion of a support portion of the rib is supported on an upper surface portion of the bracket. The side end portion is prevented from being deformed even when an external force is applied from the direction indicated by an arrow C.
340 Security System for Motorcycle Crash Helmet US11579110 2005-05-09 US20090002161A1 2009-01-01 Massimiliano Luciani
Security system for the crash helmet (1) of a motorcycle (100), comprising a security system (10) installed into the crash helmet (1) which communicates through radio waves (wireless with the control device comprises a normally open switch (T2) placed between the power supply (120) and the ignition system (121) of the motorcycle, and driven by a wireless communication device (119) which communicates with a wireless communication device (19) installed into the crash helmet security device (10). The security device (10) comprises detection means (15, 5, 13, 14) suited to detect the crash helmet use by the user and, accordingly, to send a command signal in order to enable the crash helmet communication system (19) to communicate with the motorcycle communication system (119), to close the switch (T2) and allow the motorcycle ignition.
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