Land vehicles – Wheeled – Occupant propelled type
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-31
2002-01-29
Lerner, Avraham H. (Department: 3618)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Occupant propelled type
C280S770000, C280S835000, C180S225000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06341792
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to improvement to a tank cover attachment structure for a motorcycle.
2. Description of Background Art
A tank cover attachment structure for a motorcycle is disclosed in Japanese Patent laid-open No. Hei. 6-72372 wherein a fuel tank cover attachment structure for a motorcycle is set forth.
As shown in FIG.
3
and
FIG. 4
of this publication, a cover front bracket
33
, a cover lower bracket
34
and a cover upper bracket
35
are attached to a fuel tank
28
, a cover bracket
41
is attached to a radiator
29
and through holes
37
a
and
37
b
are formed in a fuel tank cover
30
. A detent projection
36
a
of the cover lower bracket
34
and a detent projection
36
b
of the cover upper bracket
36
respectively pass through the through holes
37
a
and
37
b.
The fuel tank cover
30
is fixed to the cover front bracket
33
using a screw
40
a,
while the fuel tank cover
30
is fixed to the cover bracket
41
of the radiator
29
using a screw
40
b.
However, in the above described background art, in order to fix the fuel tank cover
30
, the cover front bracket
33
, the cover lower bracket
34
and the cover upper bracket
35
are attached beforehand to the fuel tank
28
, and the cover bracket
41
must be fixed to the radiator
29
, there are a lot of sections for attaching the fuel tank cover
30
. Thus, attaching the fuel tank cover is complicated.
Also, since the cover front bracket
33
, cover lower bracket
34
and cover upper bracket
35
are attached to the fuel tank
28
and the radiator
29
is attached to the cover bracket
41
, differences in height occur between the respective brackets
33
,
34
,
35
and
41
, and it is not possible to improve the precision of attaching the fuel tank cover.
SUMMARY AND OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide a tank cover attachment structure for a motorcycle that enables the tank cover to be attached simply and enables improved precision of attaching the tank cover.
In order to achieve the above described object, the tank cover attachment structure for a motorcycle according to the present invention has a side part of a fuel tank covered by a tank cover arranged behind a head pipe and linking the fuel tank and a seat, in that order, and support sections for the tank cover are provided on the seat and the fuel tank.
By providing tank cover support sections on the seat, it is possible to directly attach the tank cover to a bottom plate of the seat, for example. In addition, it is possible to attach the tank cover without components such as attachment stays, and it is possible to easily attach the tank cover. For example, by forming the fuel tank of resin or the like, and forming tank cover support sections integral with the resin type tank, it is possible to do without components such as attachment stays, and it is possible to easily attach the tank cover.
By integrally providing tank cover support sections on the seat and fuel tank in this way, the precision of attaching the tank cover can be improved.
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.
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Birch & Stewart Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Lerner Avraham H.
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