JP2007038866A - Storing chamber structure of leg shield - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a storing chamber structure of a leg shield capable of storing even a long article. <P>SOLUTION: This leg shield for covering the front parts of leg parts of a driver sitting on a seat 55 is provided between a steering wheel 7 provided in the front part of a vehicle body and the seat 55. The storing chambers 44 are provided to be distributed in the left and right directions on an upper part of the leg shield. A front side cowl 49 for opening/closing the storing chambers 44 is provided on the outside part of each of the storing chambers 44. A communicating cylinder part 47 for connecting spaces of the left and right storing chambers 44 is provided in the leg shield. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage chamber structure of a leg shield of a vehicle such as a motorcycle.

For example, a motorcycle has a leg shield that covers the front of the driver's legs between the steering wheel and the seat, a storage room is provided on the left and right of the leg shield, and a lid provided on the side of the storage room is opened and closed. In some cases, articles can be taken in and out from the side of the vehicle body (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2005-119373 A

  By the way, a lighting device or the like is disposed in front of the storage room, and since it is necessary to secure a distance from the driver behind the storage room, a long space is secured in the front and rear to widen the storage space of the storage room. There is a problem that it is difficult. Therefore, only a limited length can be secured for the storage room, and therefore, long articles cannot be stored in the storage room.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a leg shield storage chamber structure capable of storing a long article.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is characterized in that the seat is provided between a handle (for example, the handle 7 in the embodiment) and a seat (for example, the seat 55 in the embodiment) provided at the front of the vehicle body. A leg shield (eg, leg shield 21 in the embodiment) that covers the front of the driver's legs seated on the vehicle is provided, and a storage room (eg, storage room 44 in the embodiment) is provided on the upper side of the leg shield. In addition, a lid (for example, a front side cowl 49 in the embodiment) that opens and closes the storage chamber is provided on the outer side of each storage chamber, and a communication portion that connects the left and right storage chamber spaces inside the leg shield (for example, the embodiment) The communication tube portion 47) is provided.
With this configuration, the storage capacity can be increased by the amount provided for the communication portion, and a long article can be stored in the communication portion.

The invention described in claim 2 is characterized in that the communication part communicates a part of the left and right storage chambers.
By comprising in this way, a communication part can be freely provided according to the empty space in a leg shield.

The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that the communication portion is disposed behind a head pipe (for example, the head pipe 5 in the embodiment) that rotatably supports the handle.
With this configuration, the head pipe that occupies a large arrangement space does not restrict the degree of freedom of arrangement of the communication portion.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the communication portion is disposed below an indicator (for example, the indicator 27 in the embodiment) or a light emitting portion (for example, the light emitting portion 28 in the embodiment) provided on the leg shield. It is characterized by that.
By comprising in this way, a communication part can be arrange | positioned effectively using the space which tends to become a dead space.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the storage side wall portion (for example, the side wall 42 in the embodiment) that forms the side walls of the left and right storage chambers and the communication portion (for example, the communication tube portion 47 in the embodiment) are integrally formed. It is characterized by being.
With this configuration, not only the number of parts can be reduced, but also the number of assembling steps can be reduced by omitting the work of connecting the left and right storage side wall portions and the communication portion during assembly.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the storage capacity can be increased as much as the communication portion is provided, and a long article can be stored in the communication portion, thereby improving the convenience of storing the article. There is an effect that can be done.
According to the invention described in claim 2, since the communication portion can be freely provided according to the empty space in the leg shield, the effect of increasing the degree of freedom of arrangement of various components arranged in the leg shield. There is.
According to the invention described in claim 3, since the head pipe that occupies a large arrangement space does not restrict the degree of freedom of arrangement of the communication part, a larger communication part is formed to increase the storage capacity. It has the effect of
According to the invention described in claim 4, since the communication portion can be arranged by effectively using the space that tends to be a dead space, there is an effect that the storage capacity can be increased by that amount.
According to the fifth aspect of the invention, not only can the number of parts be reduced, but also the effect of reducing the number of assembling steps by omitting the work of connecting the left and right storage side wall portions and the communicating portion at the time of assembling.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the motorcycle is a scooter type vehicle having a low floor. The front wheel 1 is pivotally supported by a front fork 2, and the front fork 2 is connected to a front end of a vehicle body frame 4 via a handle stem 3. The head pipe 5 is supported so as to be steerable. A bar-type handle 7 is attached to the upper end of the handle stem 3 via a handle post 6, and left and right grips 8, 8 of the handle 7 are brake levers 9, which are operators for the rear brake and the front brake, 10 are provided. Reference numeral 11 denotes a front fender.

  A swing unit 12 is supported at the rear portion of the vehicle body frame 4 so as to be swingable up and down. The swing unit 12 includes a front arm 13 and a power transmission mechanism 14 provided on the rear left side. A swing arm 39 is detachably attached to the rear right side. The rear wheel 15 is supported. Rear cushions 16 are attached to the left and right of the rear end of the swing unit 12, that is, between the rear end of the power transmission mechanism 14 and the swing arm 39 and the rear end of the vehicle body frame 4. Therefore, this swing unit 12 is a so-called dual-support type. A muffler 17 is supported outside the swing unit 12 on the right side of the vehicle body. An air cleaner 18 is attached to the swing unit 12 on the left side of the vehicle body. When exchanging the rear wheel 15, the swing arm 39 is removed from the swing unit 12 with the muffler 17 removed from the engine 13.

  The vehicle body frame 4 is covered with a body cover 19 made of synthetic resin. The body cover 19 includes a front under cowl 20 that covers the lower portion of the front portion of the vehicle body frame 4 so as to surround the front fork 2. The front under cowl 20 is provided with a leg shield 21 that covers the front part of the vehicle body frame 4 from the rear and is positioned in front of the seated driver's legs. The leg shield 21 is a member that rises obliquely rearward as it goes upward, and an upper end portion of the leg shield 21 is bent to the front side and is arranged so as to face the driver under the front side of the driver who is seated. It is configured as.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, a transparent cover 23 made of resin is provided at the front of the vehicle to cover the center of the vehicle. The cover 23 is a member that is curved from the front side to the rear side, and the upper part is bent in a plan view and bent backward, and then flattened, and the rear end extends rearward as it is. At least a part of the instrument panel 22 is configured. Specifically, the extending portion 25 at the rear end of the cover 23 surrounds the periphery of the handle post 6 of the handle 7, and further extends rearward to be formed into a tapered shape, thereby forming a rear edge portion (leg shield 21) of the instrument panel 22. To the upper bend). A pair of upper and lower headlights 26 are arranged inside the front side of the cover 23, and an indicator 27 or a light emitting unit 28 is arranged inside the extending portion 25 of the cover 23.

  An instrument box 24 supported by the handle post 6 and extending obliquely upward and rearward is disposed above and behind the cover 23. The instrument box 24 is an instrument mainly composed of a speedometer, and is a thin box-like body having a rear side wider than a front side and rounded around the circumference. The rear width has dimensions corresponding to the width of the driver's head. A clear lens portion 29 is provided on the rear surface of the instrument box 24 to cover the display portion, and an upper surface 30 of the instrument box 24 is curved so as to be continuous with the upper surface 31 of the cover 23 in a side view of the vehicle body. Further, the upper surface 30 of the instrument box 24 and the upper surface 31 of the cover 23 are both curved so that the center is convex upward when viewed in a cross section in the vehicle width direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the handle 7 is fixed to the base 32 of the handle post 6 by a bolt 34 via a holding bracket 33, and the measuring box 24 is connected to the holding bracket 33 via an instrument mounting bracket 35. Is fixed. As shown in FIG. 1, the instrument mounting bracket 35 is formed by integrating a fork portion 36 provided at a lower portion and an upper mounting plate 37 bent rearward, and between the base 32 and the holding bracket 33. The fork portion 36 is fastened together, and the lower surface of the instrument box 24 is fixed to the upper mounting plate 37 with bolts 38. Therefore, the instrument box 24 rotates together with the handle 7.

  As shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, a storage box 40 extending diagonally forward and downward is disposed in front of the upper portion of the leg shield 21. The storage box 40 has two box-shaped portions 41 that are open on the outer side in the vehicle width direction and arranged in a left-right manner. The box-shaped portion 41 includes a peripheral wall 43 so as to surround the side wall 42 facing the side of the vehicle body serving as a bottom portion, and the inside is configured as a storage chamber 44, and a portion corresponding to the instrument panel 22 is provided. The peripheral walls 43 of the respective box-shaped portions 41 positioned are continuously formed as the upper wall 45 of the storage box 40. The upper wall 45 is formed so as to rise right and left in a top view according to the shape of the instrument panel 22.

  An opening 46 is formed in the upper portion of the side wall 42 that constitutes the bottom of each box-shaped portion 41. In each opening 46, the side wall 42 is connected by a communication tube portion 47, and the left and right box-shaped portions 41 are integrally formed by the communication tube portion 47 and the upper wall 45, and the storage that is inside the box-shaped portion 41. Part of the chamber 44 space is connected in the vehicle width direction. Here, the communicating cylinder part 47 is arranged behind the head pipe 5 that rotatably supports the handle 7 and below the indicator 27 or the light emitting part 28 under the extension part 25 of the cover 23, and is provided in both boxes. A space between the shape portions 41 and 41 is used as an arrangement space for the head pipe 5, the headlight 26, and the like.

  And the hinge part 48 centering on a substantially vehicle width direction is provided in the front part of the side wall 42 of the box-shaped part 41 of the storage box 40 (refer FIG. 10). The hinge portion 48 supports the front end of the front side cowl 49 that functions as a lid for opening and closing the box-shaped portion 41 so that the rear end thereof can be moved up and down so as not to protrude in the vehicle width direction. Is locked by a locking device (not shown) in a state aligned with the opening edge of the peripheral wall 43 of the box-shaped portion 41. The front side cowl 49, that is, the front end portion of the box-shaped portion 41 is provided so as to protrude forward from the cover 23 as shown in FIGS. Largely secured.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, an under cover 50 is provided to cover the lower part of the vehicle body frame 4 so as to be continuous with the lower end part of the front under cowl 20. A raised step floor 51 is provided, and a rear fender 52 is provided at the rear of the vehicle body frame 4 so as to cover the rear wheel 15 from above. In addition, a blinker 54 is attached to a boundary portion between the front side surface 53 and the front side cowl 49 of the front under cowl 20 to improve the appearance quality.
Here, as shown in FIG. 13, the rear fender 52 is a member that covers the rear part of the vehicle body from above including both side parts, and a concave part 57 that constitutes a rear storage part 56 that is opened and closed by a seat 55 is integrated in the center part. It is formed and the number of parts is reduced and the joint quality is eliminated to improve the appearance quality. A seat 55 is supported on an upper portion of the rear fender 52 so as to be openable and closable with a front portion or a side portion as a support point.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 4, 10, and 14 to 16, only the front end of a bar-like support bar 58 is cantilevered on the swing arm 39 on the right side of the vehicle body of the swing unit 12. A support plate 59 is fixed to the base plate. The license plate 60 is attached to the support plate 59.
Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 14 to 16, the swing arm 39 is provided with a lower end support portion 62 of the rear cushion 16 behind the support shaft portion 61 of the rear wheel 15, and above the support shaft portion 61. An upper fixing portion 63 of the support bar 58 is provided, and a lower fixing portion 64 of the support bar 58 is provided below the support shaft portion 61. The lower end support portion 62 of the rear cushion 16 and the lower fixing portion 64 of the support bar 58 are the same part. Further, a muffler support portion 66 for fixing the bracket 65 of the muffler 17 is provided in front of the lower end support portion 62 of the rear cushion 16 so as to be adjacent to the lower end support portion 62. A muffler support portion 66 ′ is provided (see FIGS. 1 and 10).

The support bar 58 includes an upper bar 68 whose front end is fixed to the upper fixing portion 63 of the swing arm 39 with a bolt 67, and a lower bar 70 whose front end is fixed to the lower fixing portion 64 of the swing arm 39 with a bolt 69. Is formed in a U-shape continuously at the rear end, and is bent so that the upper bar 68 and the lower bar 70 wrap around the inner side in the vehicle width direction via the bent portion 71 behind the rear wheel 15. , Fixed to the back surface of the support plate 59. Here, since the lower bar 70 is positioned rearward of the upper bar 68, the support plate 59 is fixed in a posture in which the lower end portion is inclined rearward.
The support plate 59 includes a mounting portion 73 of a stop lamp 72 (also used as a license light) on the upper portion, and a plate main body 74 on which the license plate 60 is mounted integrally. The plate main body 74 is lightened. Openings 75, 75... Are formed. Further, the muffler 17 is fixed to the muffler support portions 66 and 66 ′ by brackets 65 and 65 ′.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the support plate 59 is disposed at a position where the rear edge lower edge 76 of the rear fender 52 overlaps a part of the support plate 59 (or the attached license plate 60) when viewed from above. . Further, as shown in FIG. 4, when a line that passes through the rear edge lower edge 76 of the rear fender 52, which is a tangent line 77 (indicated by a chain line) in the vehicle width direction center portion of the traveling surface of the rear wheel 15, is drawn. The tangent line 77 is arranged at a position intersecting the support plate 59 (or the attached license plate 60).

  According to the above-described embodiment, the storage box 40 disposed in the leg shield 21 is provided with the communication tube portion 47 that connects the storage chamber 44 space of the left and right box-shaped portions 41. For example, it is possible to increase the storage capacity, and for example, it is possible to insert and store a long article such as a folding umbrella 100 or a fishing rod shown in FIG.

  Since the communication tube portion 47 communicates a part of the left and right storage chambers 44, the position of the communication tube portion 47 can be freely set according to the empty space in the leg shield 21. Therefore, the degree of freedom of arrangement of various components arranged in the leg shield 21 can be increased. Here, since the communication tube portion 47 is arranged behind the head pipe 5 that rotatably supports the handle 7, the head pipe 5 that occupies a large arrangement space restricts the degree of freedom of arrangement of the communication tube portion 47. The storage capacity can be increased by forming a larger communication tube portion 47.

In addition, the communication tube portion 47 is disposed by effectively using the indicator 27 below the extension portion 25 of the cover 23 inside the leg shield 21 or the light emitting portion 28 inside the leg shield 21, which tends to be a dead space. The storage capacity can be increased accordingly.
Further, since the side wall 42 and the communication tube portion 47 of the left and right box-shaped portions 41 are integrally formed, not only the number of parts can be reduced, but also the work of connecting the left and right side walls 42 and the communication tube portion 47 during assembly is omitted. Assembly time can be reduced.

  An instrument panel 22 is disposed around the handle post 6 of the handle 7, the rear end of the cover 23 covering the front of the vehicle body extends rearward, and at least one of the instrument panels 22 is extended by the extension 25. Since the portion is configured, the gap between the cover 23 and the instrument panel 22 can be eliminated, and the turbulence of the traveling wind due to the gap can be prevented, thus improving the comfort and reducing the wind noise. it can.

  An instrument box 24 is disposed above and at the rear of the cover 23, and the upper surface 30 of the instrument box 24 is curved so as to be continuous with the upper surface 31 of the cover 23 in a side view of the vehicle body. The running wind A that peels off from the flow cover 23 can be rectified on the upper surface 30 of the instrument box 24 without being circulated to the instrument panel 22 side. Therefore, it is possible to effectively use the instrument box 24 without providing a shield to reduce the disturbance of the traveling wind A (see FIG. 7) and to ensure quietness.

  In addition, the instrument box 24 is supported by the handle 7, and the cover 23 and the upper surfaces 31 and 30 of the instrument box 24 are curved so that the center protrudes upward when viewed in a cross section in the vehicle width direction. Even when the handle 7 is operated, the traveling wind B (see FIG. 7) that always passes through the upper surface 31 of the cover 23 and the upper surface 30 of the instrument box 24 can be passed through the upwardly curved surface. Therefore, even when the handle 7 is operated, the running wind B is not disturbed, and quietness can be ensured.

Only the front end of the support bar 58 that supports the support plate 59 of the license plate 60, specifically, only the front end of the upper bar 68 and the front end of each of the lower bars 70 is cantilevered by the swing arm 39 of the swing unit 12. Therefore, when the rear wheel 15 is replaced, if the swing arm 39 is removed from the swing unit 12 with the muffler 17 removed from the engine 13, the support bar 58 and Since the muffler 17 can be removed, there is no need to remove the support bar 58 and the like separately as in the case where the license plate 60 is supported by the swing unit 12 in both ends, and the number of work steps can be reduced.
In addition, this invention is not restricted to the said embodiment, For example, besides a motorcycle, it can apply also to saddle-ride type vehicles, such as a tricycle and a four-wheel buggy.

1 is a side view of a motorcycle according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a front view of a motorcycle according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a top view of a motorcycle according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the rear part enlarged side view seen from the back side of FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a front portion of a motorcycle according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed obliquely from the rear. 1 is a perspective view of a front portion of a motorcycle according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed obliquely from above. 1 is a perspective view of a front portion of a motorcycle according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed obliquely from the front. It is a figure of the instrument panel of the motorcycle of an embodiment of this invention. It is side surface explanatory drawing around an instrument box. 1 is a perspective view of a motorcycle according to an embodiment of the present invention as viewed from the right front side. It is a front view of a storage box. It is a perspective view of a storage box. It is a perspective view around the rear fender with the seat removed. It is a rear perspective view around a license plate. It is a rear part perspective view of the upper part surrounding the support bar of a license plate. It is a rear perspective view of the lower side around the support bar of the license plate.

Explanation of symbols

5 Head pipe 7 Handle 21 Leg shield 27 Indicator 28 Light emitting part 42 Side wall (storage side wall part)
44 Storage room 47 Communicating tube part (communication part)
49 Front side cowl (lid)
55 seats

Claims (5)

  A leg shield that covers the front of the driver's legs sitting on the seat is provided between the handle and the seat provided at the front of the vehicle body. A leg shield storage chamber structure, wherein a lid for opening and closing the storage chamber is provided on an outer side, and a communication portion for connecting the left and right storage chamber spaces is provided inside the leg shield.   2. The leg shield storage chamber structure according to claim 1, wherein the communication portion communicates a part of the left and right storage chambers.   3. The leg shield storage chamber structure according to claim 2, wherein the communication portion is disposed behind a head pipe that rotatably supports the handle.   4. The leg shield storage chamber structure according to claim 1, wherein the communication portion is disposed below an indicator or a light emitting portion provided in the leg shield. 5.   The storage chamber structure of the leg shield according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a storage side wall portion forming each side wall of the left and right storage chambers and the communication portion are integrally formed.

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