221 |
Saddle-type vehicle |
US13988370 |
2011-11-14 |
US08561745B2 |
2013-10-22 |
Hiroshi Inaoka; Teruhide Yamanishi; Kazuo Fujihara; Toshinao Takigawa |
A saddle-type vehicle is provided with: a seat on which a driver sits; a fuel tank positioned in front of the seat; an engine positioned below the fuel tank and having a crankcase and a cylinder projecting upward from a front of the crankcase; and a fuel vapor passage that is connected to the fuel tank and emits evaporated fuel in the fuel tank to an outside of the fuel tank. At least a part of the fuel vapor passage passes behind the cylinder. The fuel vapor passage is connected to the crankcase mat a portion in a rear side of the cylinder and opens toward oil in the engine. |
222 |
FUEL SUPPLY STRUCTURE OF SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE |
US13847177 |
2013-03-19 |
US20130248270A1 |
2013-09-26 |
Junji HIGASHIYAMA |
A fuel supply structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle wherein fuel supplied from a fuel tank to a fuel injection valve is supplied via fuel supply parts supported by a body frame having a single main frame extending rearwardly in a vehicle body from a head pipe with a pendent part being curved and extending downwardly in the vehicle body at a rear end of the main frame. Center frames extend in a lateral direction of the vehicle body from a halfway part in a vertical direction of the vehicle body of the pendent part and being provided with frame overhanged parts extending diagonally downwardly and extending further downwardly. The fuel supply parts are provided in an inside space enclosed by the center frames and the pendent part and in an overhanged part upside space on the upsides of the frame overhanged parts. |
223 |
Motorcycle |
US13020066 |
2011-02-03 |
US08490733B2 |
2013-07-23 |
Yoshiaki Kitta |
A seat rail constituting a rear portion of a vehicle frame, a rear cowl covering the seat rail, and a canister adsorbing a vaporized gas generated in a fuel tank disposed on a front portion of the vehicle frame are provided. As for the canister, a plurality of canisters are constituted to be connected in series. At least one of the canisters is disposed between one side of the seat rail and the rear cowl, and the other canister/canisters is/are disposed between the other side of the seat rail and the rear cowl. |
224 |
FUEL SUPPLY STRUCTURE |
US13721679 |
2012-12-20 |
US20130167805A1 |
2013-07-04 |
Masaya OTSUKA; Mitsuru MATSUSHITA |
A fuel supply structure which can prevent significant decrease in fuel pressure to make the return of the fuel pressure to a steady value faster is provided. In a fuel supply structure which has a fuel pump 21 sucking fuel in a fuel tank 12 and supplying the fuel into a fuel supply section of an engine 14, and a fuel hose 30 connecting the fuel supply section and the fuel pump 21, the fuel supply section includes a plurality of fuel supply sections, the fuel hose 30 has a shared hose section 31 provided on the fuel supply upstream side, and a plurality of individual hose sections 32 and 33 provided on the fuel supply downstream side and branched from the shared hose section 31, and at least a portion of at least any one of the shared hose section 31 and the individual hose sections 32 and 33 is made of an elastic body. |
225 |
SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE |
US13712035 |
2012-12-12 |
US20130153319A1 |
2013-06-20 |
Sunao KAWANO; Masataka NAKANO; Ikuo HARA; Takeshi SHIMURA; Junji HIGASHIYAMA |
To enable the effective supply of fuel in a low remaining fuel condition, even in a saddle-ride vehicle with a requirement for an increased fuel tank capacity being provided within a limited amount of space. The saddle-ride vehicle includes an engine having a cylinder disposed on a crankcase; an intake system component disposed at the rear of the cylinder for sucking air into the engine; and a fuel tank disposed above the engine for storing fuel. The saddle-ride type vehicle includes a fuel suction port in a side bottom plate portion of the fuel tank for feeding fuel to the intake system component. The saddle-ride vehicle has a sub-chamber having a wall that surrounds the fuel suction port and the sub-chamber includes a fuel flow opening toward the vehicle rear. |
226 |
Canister mounting structure for motorcycle and motorcycle |
US12566618 |
2009-09-24 |
US08448734B2 |
2013-05-28 |
Tetsuaki Maeda; Akira Komaki; Akiko Ishikawa; Kazuya Minowa; Hiroshi Kitamoto |
A canister mounting structure for a motorcycle includes an engagement member and a lock tab. The engagement member is provided to a canister. The lock tab protrudes from an upper surface of a rear fender supported by a rear portion of a vehicle body frame to cover a rear wheel. The lock tab is engaged with the engagement member so as to hold the canister on the rear fender. |
227 |
FRONT STRUCTURE OF SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE |
US13654080 |
2012-10-17 |
US20130100689A1 |
2013-04-25 |
Hayato OHASHI; Akira OMAE |
A front cowl for use with a saddle-ride type vehicle includes headlights as well as an air introduction passage configured to introduce a flow of air rearwardly. The air introduction passage is opened in a forward direction to enable the headlights to be cooled by the flow of air that flow through the air introduction passage. Headlights using LEDs as their respective sources of light are placed inside an air introduction passage while supported by a duct that forms the air introduction passage. |
228 |
EVAPORATED FUEL CONTROLDEVICE FOR VEHICLES THAT ARE STRADDLED |
US13520793 |
2010-01-08 |
US20130061950A1 |
2013-03-14 |
Hiroshi Inaoka; Kazuo Fujihara; Shuji Hirayama; Takeo Igari; Toshinao Takigawa |
There is provided a vaporized fuel control device for a straddle type vehicle that can prevent a situation that liquid fuel in a fuel tank flows into an engine and a situation that oil in the engine flows into the fuel tank while adapting the vaporized fuel control device to the layout of the straddle vehicle. A vaporized fuel passage 110 is disposed so as to have an uppermost portion X at some position thereof between the fuel tank 35 and the engine E, and the uppermost portion X is disposed at a higher position than the fuel upper limit level of the fuel tank 35, the oil upper limit level in the engine E and a footrest portion 44. |
229 |
Fuel supply system for motorcycle |
US12882275 |
2010-09-15 |
US08371270B2 |
2013-02-12 |
Tsubasa Ishii |
The motorcycle includes a power unit having a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, a throttle body mounted to the power unit, a fuel injection system mounted on the throttle body, a fuel tank, the fuel pump unit by which a fuel in the fuel tank is supplied to the fuel injection system, and the fuel filter device. The fuel supply system for the motorcycle includes the fuel filter device disposed so as to overlap with the throttle body when viewed in the vehicle width direction, an upper portion of an outer case of the fuel filter device is supported by an engine hanger boss for fixing the power unit to a body frame of the motorcycle, and a lower portion of the outer case is supported by the crankcase. |
230 |
Motorcycle |
US12999877 |
2009-06-10 |
US08342282B2 |
2013-01-01 |
Daisuke Kuramochi; Hikaru Yokomura; Yuji Tsujimoto; Koichi Nakayama |
Disclosed is a motorcycle fitted with a canister. A canister (55) is disposed along the body frame (20) at a position outside the body frame and closer to the body frame than the tip end of a tandem step (54R). |
231 |
Vehicle with secondary air supply passage |
US12382153 |
2009-03-10 |
US08336297B2 |
2012-12-25 |
Kyouji Morita; Nobuyuki Miyoshi |
A vehicle can include an engine, an air cleaner for supplying air taken in by the engine, an exhaust passage for exhausting exhaust gas of the engine, and a secondary air passage for connecting the air cleaner to the exhaust passage and for supplying secondary air to the exhaust passage. A one-way valve can be disposed in the secondary air passage. A resonator portion can be interposed between the air cleaner and the one-way valve. The resonator portion can branch from the secondary air passage and can include a closed space. A water drain portion can be disposed in the closed space of the resonator portion. |
232 |
EVAPORATED FUEL CONTROL DEVICE FOR SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLES |
US13580589 |
2010-02-22 |
US20120312619A1 |
2012-12-13 |
Hiroshi Inaoka; Kazuo Fujihara; Toshinao Takigawa; Takeo Igari; Shuji Hirayama; Minehiro Matsuoka |
There is provided an evaporated fuel control device for a saddle-type vehicle in which an air supply passage is laid out without being disposed at a higher position than a fuel tank. The fuel tank 12 is disposed at a higher position than the engine 20, an evaporated fuel passage 110 is routed as a descending passage from the fuel tank 12 to the engine 20, and an air supply passage 120 is jointed to a halfway position of the evaporated fuel passage 110 which is located at a fuel tank 12 side with respect to a first check valve 117 and positionally lower than the uppermost portion of the fuel tank 12. |
233 |
Two-wheeled motor vehicle |
US13389729 |
2010-07-05 |
US08302722B2 |
2012-11-06 |
Kotaro Fujiyama |
An air cleaner case whereby a seat height can be reduced and the air cleaner case can be disposed in proximity to an engine. In a two-wheeled motor vehicle having a vehicle body frame, a fuel tank disposed at a front upper side of the vehicle body frame, a seat disposed behind the fuel tank and above the vehicle body frame, an engine suspended between the lower side of the fuel tank and the lower side of the vehicle body frame, an air cleaner case, a plate-like element disposed in the air cleaner case, and a maintenance lid used when the plate-like element is mounted/dismounted, the air cleaner case is disposed below the fuel tank, the plate-like element is disposed to be tilted rearward and upward in side view of the vehicle, and the maintenance lid is provided below the seat so as to face the seat. |
234 |
VEHICLE BODY FRAME AND REAR FENDER ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTORCYCLE, AND MOTORCYCLE INCLUDING SAME |
US13425453 |
2012-03-21 |
US20120248734A1 |
2012-10-04 |
Satoshi MATSUSHIMA; Yusuke INOUE |
A motorcycle has a rear fender configured for strength and rigidity when the rear fender is lifted upwardly, while minimizing mass thereof. The motorcycle includes main frame sections extending rearwardly from a head pipe, left and right pivot plates attached to rear ends of the main frame sections and extending downwardly, and a swing arm, having a front end supported on the pivot plates to be swingably movable thereon, and a rear end configured to support a rear wheel. The motorcycle also includes left and right seat rails for supporting a seat thereon, left and right reinforcing rods extending between the seat rails and the pivot plates, and a rear fender mounted on the seat rails above the rear wheel. The rear fender includes projecting portions supported at front end portions thereof by front mounting flanges, the projecting portions projecting forwardly and contacting the seat rails from above. |
235 |
EVAPORATION SYSTEM FOR MOTORCYCLE, AND MOTORCYCLE INCORPORATING THE SAME |
US13427214 |
2012-03-22 |
US20120247433A1 |
2012-10-04 |
Yoshinobu OZAKI; Takeshi SHIMURA |
In a motorcycle including an engine equipped with an inlet system, a crankcase and a cylinder block; and a fuel tank which supplies fuel to the engine, an evaporation system is formed in a compact manner using the layout space above the crankcase. The evaporation system includes a canister which temporarily traps evaporated fuel evaporated inside the fuel tank; a purge device which introduces the evaporated fuel trapped in the canister into the inlet system; and a fresh air filter which filters air introduced to the canister during a purging operation for making the inlet system suction the evaporated fuel. In such evaporation system, the canister is disposed in the rear of the cylinder block and above the crankcase, and the air filter is disposed between the cylinder block and the canister. |
236 |
Motorcycle |
US12724041 |
2010-03-15 |
US08276702B2 |
2012-10-02 |
Hiroshi Inaoka |
A motorcycle is provided having an engine disposed on a vehicle body frame, a storage box disposed downward of a rider seat, a fuel tank for storing fuel to be supplied to the engine, and a canister for adsorbing fuel vapors generated in the fuel tank. The canister does not restrict the shape of the fuel tank, and the storage box and the fuel tank are disposed longitudinally. A storage box and a fuel tank are disposed in a longitudinally parallel arrangement. A rear cross frame forming part of a vehicle body frame and disposed between the storage box and the fuel tank connects rear frames which form part of the vehicle body frame and are disposed on both lateral sides of the storage box and the fuel tank. Further, a canister is disposed downwardly of the rear cross frame between the storage box and the fuel tank. |
237 |
EVAPORATED FUEL TREATMENT DEVICE FOR MOTORCYCLE |
US13424849 |
2012-03-20 |
US20120240903A1 |
2012-09-27 |
Nobuyuki Kondo; Hiroshi Inaoka; Teruhide Yamanishi; Kazuo Fujihara; Toshinao Takigawa; Toshiyuki Hyodo; Masaaki Ogawa |
A charge pipe passage includes: a first engine-side pipe passage part which extends vertically; a second engine-side pipe passage part which is connected to a lower end of the first engine-side pipe passage part on one side in the vehicle widthwise direction and extends from one side to the other side in the vehicle widthwise direction above the engine body; and a third engine-side pipe passage part which is communicably connected to the second engine-side pipe passage part on the other side in the vehicle widthwise direction and is connected to the engine body, and at least a part of the charge pipe passage between a frame-side support part and an engine-side support part is formed of an elastic tube. |
238 |
Vehicle fuel supply device and fuel filter structure |
US12532746 |
2008-02-14 |
US08220437B2 |
2012-07-17 |
Hiroshi Yamada; Minoru Ueda; Toshiyuki Kubota; Shiro Kokubu; Kazuyuki Yoshida |
Secondary fuel filter (143) provided downstream of a fuel pump (92) has a smaller pore size than a primary fuel filter (141) provided upstream of the fuel pump. The secondary fuel filter is covered with a case member (171) and positioned along a center frame (23) of the vehicle. The secondary fuel filter is made of non-woven fabric and formed in a bag shape, and fuel is filtered by the secondary fuel filter as it passes from the interior to the outside of the filter. |
239 |
Layout structure for canister in vehicle |
US13109082 |
2011-05-17 |
US08210302B2 |
2012-07-03 |
Kensuke Mori; Jun Nakano; Takehiko Kikuchi |
A vehicle may include a body frame, an engine body mounted on the body frame, an exhaust pipe connected to a cylinder head of the engine body, and a canister supported to the engine body. The exhaust pipe(s) includes a portion extending along one side surface of a cylinder block of the engine body. The canister is located between the cylinder block and the portion of the exhaust pipe(s) extending along one side surface of the cylinder block. |
240 |
TWO-WHEELED MOTOR VEHICLE |
US13389729 |
2010-07-05 |
US20120145470A1 |
2012-06-14 |
Kotaro Fujiyama |
An air cleaner case whereby a seat height can be reduced and the air cleaner case can be disposed in proximity to an engine. In a two-wheeled motor vehicle having a vehicle body frame, a fuel tank disposed at a front upper side of the vehicle body frame, a seat disposed behind the fuel tank and above the vehicle body frame, an engine suspended between the lower side of the fuel tank and the lower side of the vehicle body frame, an air cleaner case, a plate-like element disposed in the air cleaner case, and a maintenance lid used when the plate-like element is mounted/dismounted, the air cleaner case is disposed below the fuel tank, the plate-like element is disposed to be tilted rearward and upward in side view of the vehicle, and the maintenance lid is provided below the seat so as to face the seat. |