Motorcycle

Details Motorcycle Motorcycle

2000-09-01

2001-11-20

Hurley, Kevin (Department: 3619)

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

C180S219000, C293S105000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06318743

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a motorcycle in which a rear fender for covering a rear wheel is mounted on a rear frame including a pair of right and left seat rails for supporting a rider's seat, and a battery is contained in a portion, covered with the seat, of the rear fender.
2. Description of Background Art
The motorcycle of the type described above is set forth in Japanese Patent No. 2534475.
A wire harness connected to a rear lamp disposed at the rear end of a motorcycle is wired almost over the overall length of the motorcycle, and according to the above-described prior art motorcycle, since seat rails are disposed on both sides of a rear fender, a wire harness wiring space is required between a battery and side plates of the rear fender or between the side plates of the rear fender and seat rails, or to be provided over the rear fender. Such a wire harness wiring structure, however, exerts an effect on the width and height of a seat supported by the seat rails.
SUMMARY AND OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing, the present invention has been made, and an object of the present invention is to provide a motorcycle capable of wiring a wire harness without exerting any effect on the width and height of a seat.
To solve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a motorcycle in which a rear fender for covering a rear wheel is mounted on a rear frame including a pair of right and left seat rails for supporting a rider's seat, and a battery is contained in a portion, covered with the seat, of the rear fender, wherein the rear fender integrally includes a pair of right and left side plates and a bottom plate for connecting lower ends of the side plates to each other. A battery containing portion for containing the battery is formed in the rear fender in such a manner as to be spaced inwardly from the side plates. A pair of right and left wiring grooves are formed in the rear fender at positions between the battery containing portion and the side plates in such a manner as to be covered, from above, with portions of the seat rails disposed between the battery containing portion and the side plates. Wire harnesses are led from front end opening portions of the wiring grooves to the outside of the rear fender through the wiring grooves.
With this configuration, since portions of the seat rails are disposed in the rear fender on both sides of the battery containing portion and the wire harnesses pass under the seat rails in the rear fender, the wiring of the wire harness extending to the rear end of the motorcycle does not exert any effect on the gap between the seat rails and also a wire harness wiring space is not required to be formed over the seat rails. As a result, the wire harnesses can be wired without exerting any effect on the width and height of the seat.
According to the present invention, an ECU containing portion for containing an electronic control unit for engine control is formed in the rear fender at the front of the battery containing portion. With this configuration, an ECU wire harness to be connected to the electronic control unit is made as short as possible, and further, since it is not required to wire the ECU wire harness while avoiding the battery under the seat, it is possible to make narrow the width of the vehicular body under the seat and to lower the height of the seat.
Further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. However, it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.


REFERENCES:
patent: 4460057 (1984-07-01), Kohyama
patent: 4500101 (1985-02-01), Aoki
patent: 4577719 (1986-03-01), Nomura et al.
patent: 6257362 (2001-07-01), Scherbarth
patent: 2534475 (1996-06-01), None

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