JP5898142B2 - Horn support structure - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a horn support structure in a saddle-ride type vehicle.

A vehicle body cover that covers the front of the vehicle body and is opened forward is provided behind the front wheel, and the cylindrical portion is disposed in the front-rear direction at a position outside the front fork in a front view inside the vehicle body cover. A motorcycle is disclosed in which a horn is disposed at the rear end of the part.

JP 2009-173262 A

In the above-described conventional example, the horn is arranged to be biased toward one side in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle body, so that the transmission of sound in the left-right direction is biased. For this reason, it is desirable to arrange the horn in the center of the vehicle body to improve sound transmission in the left-right direction. In addition, it is naturally necessary to improve sound transmission to the front, and if a horn is placed in the center of the vehicle body behind the front wheels, sound transmission to the front will be blocked by the front wheels. It becomes difficult to improve sound transmission in any direction. Therefore, it is also conceivable to use a headlight cowl arranged at the front end of the vehicle body, house the horn in the headlight cowl, and place it at the center of the vehicle front end.
However, since a plurality of harnesses are arranged in the headlight cowl, it is required to arrange the headlight cowl so as not to block sound transmission while avoiding interference with the harness. The present invention aims to realize such a demand.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention described in claim 1 includes a headlight stay (40) that rotates integrally with a handle to support the headlight (18), and the headlight stay while covering the outer periphery of the headlight. A headlight cowl (17) comprising a cover member (30) supported by
A horn (60) housed in the headlight cowl (17) and disposed below the headlight (18);
In order to supply power to the headlight (18) and the horn (60), a main harness (50) extending from the body frame side into the headlight cowl (17) is provided,
The headlight stay (40) includes a partition wall (45) positioned between the horn (60) and the main harness (50),
The partition wall (45) has an arc shape and is disposed along the circular horn (60) .
The arc-shaped partition wall (45) includes a slit (47) long in the front-rear direction above the horn (60),
The horn harness (55) is passed through the slit (47) to the outside of the partition wall (45) .

The invention described in claim 2 is the horn support structure according to claim 1, wherein the headlight stay (40) is made of resin.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the headlight cowl (17) according to any one of the first or second aspect , the headlight (17) is provided with an opening (35) directed forward under the headlight (18). The said horn (60) is arrange | positioned in this opening (35) visually.

The invention described in claim 4 is provided with a meter (19) arranged above the horn (60) and supported by the headlight stay (40) in any one of the above-described claims 1-3 .
The arc-shaped partition wall (45) is disposed between the meter harness (53) and the horn (60).

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect , the main harness (50) passes through the opening (46a) provided behind the partition wall (45) of the headlight stay (40). Located in the light cowl (17) and electrically connected to the headlight harness (56) and the horn harness (55) via a plurality of connectors,
A connector aggregate portion (57) in which the plurality of connectors are aggregated is disposed on the partition wall (45).

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the horn and the main harness are disposed in the headlight cowl disposed at the front of the vehicle body, so that the main horn is moved by the partition even if the main harness moves as the handle rotates. Since it is isolated from the harness, the main harness can be prevented from interfering with the horn. Moreover, since the partition wall has an arc shape, the main harness slides on the arc-shaped partition wall, and the movement is smooth. Therefore, the partition wall and the horn surrounded by the partition wall can be arranged at the center in the vehicle width direction.
As a result, the horn can be disposed in the headlight cowl at the front of the vehicle body while avoiding interference with the main harness, and the sound of the horn can be transmitted in the front-rear direction. And if a horn is arrange | positioned in the vehicle width direction center, the sound of a horn can be favorably transmitted also to the left-right direction.
In addition, since the partition is provided with a long slit in the front-rear direction, sliding between the horn harness and the partition can be avoided by arranging the horn harness through the slit.

According to invention of Claim 2, since the partition was made from resin, even if the main harness slides, it can be made hard to rub.

According to the invention of claim 3 , since the opening directed forward is provided below the headlight of the headlight cowl, and the horn is disposed in the opening in front view, the sound transmission of the horn to the front is improved. The headlight cowl can be reduced in weight.

According to invention of Claim 4 , since the partition was arrange | positioned between the harness for meters and the horn, interference with the harness for meters and a horn can be avoided.

According to the invention of claim 5 , since the connector assembly portion is disposed on the partition wall, the position of the connector assembly portion can be regulated by the partition wall.

Front side view of a motorcycle according to the present embodiment The figure which shows the state which excluded the headlight cowl from FIG. 3-3 sectional view of FIG. Front view of the vehicle according to FIG. FIG. 3 shows the headlight cowl cover and headlight omitted from FIG. Front view of stay part in headlight cowl

Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described based on the drawings. In the following description, the front / rear, left / right, and upper / lower directions are based on the vehicle to which the present invention is applied.
1 and 2, a steering shaft 12 is rotatably supported on a head pipe 11 provided at a front end portion of the vehicle body frame 10. Upper and lower ends of the steering shaft 12 are connected to a front fork 15 via a top bridge 13 and a bottom bridge 14.

The front fork 15 is provided as a pair of left and right, and a front wheel (not shown) is supported at the lower end thereof. A handle 16 is attached to the top bridge 13, and the front wheel is steered by rotating the handle 16.
A headlight cowl 17 supported by the top bridge 13 and the bottom bridge 14 is disposed in front of the head pipe 11.

The headlight cowl 17 includes a headlight cover 30 that covers the headlight 18 and the meter 19, and a headlight stay 40 that supports the headlight cover 30.
The headlight cover 30 and the headlight stay 40 are each made of resin, and the headlight 18 includes a headlight unit that is unitized with a light source other than a headlight such as a position light.

As shown in FIG. 1, the headlight cover 30 includes a meter visor portion 31 that covers the front of the meter 19 at the top, a main body portion 32 that covers the space between the headlight 18 and the blinker 20, and a lower portion 33 that projects downward. Have.

Reference numeral 21 in the figure denotes a handle grip. 22 is a brake cable, 23 is a clutch cable, and 51 is a lighting harness. Reference numeral 24 denotes a fuel tank, which is supported on the vehicle body frame 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, the headlight stay 40 includes a meter support portion 41 provided at an upper portion for supporting the meter 19, a main body portion 42 located behind the headlight 18, and a lower portion below the headlight 18. And a shelf-like portion 43 protruding forward. The main body portion 42 includes side wall portions 42b that protrude forward on the left and right. The turn signal 20 is supported by the side wall part 42b. A lower protrusion 44 that protrudes downward from the shelf 43 is provided at the base of the shelf 43.

As shown in FIG. 3, the headlight 18 inserts a protrusion 36 that protrudes inwardly from the inside in the vicinity of the edge of the headlight opening 34 in the meter visor 31 to the protrusions 18 b provided on the upper left and right. Are combined.
On the lower side of the headlight 18, a downward projecting portion 18c overlaps the upper wall 35a of the horn hole 35 and is fixed by a bolt 35b.

In the lower part 33 of the headlight cover 30, a horn hole 35 opened forward is provided below the headlight 18, and a folded portion 33 a is provided below the horn hole 35. A horn 60 is disposed behind the horn hole 35 (see FIG. 4).
As shown in FIG. 3, the upper opening portion of the horn hole 35 extends rearward and forms an upper wall 35a, and on the folded wall 33b that extends rearward from the folded portion 33a so as to face the upper wall 35a. The shelf-like portion 43 overlaps. Therefore, the horn hole 35 forms a cylindrical space by the upper wall 35 a and the shelf-like portion 43.
Further, a cylindrical portion 45 to be described later is integrally formed on a portion of the shelf-like portion 43 that is located behind the upper wall 35 a and surrounds the horn 60.

The folded portion 33a is a portion where the lower portion of the front end below the horn hole 35 of the lower portion 33 is once bent and bent forward, and then turned backward to form a groove having a substantially U-shaped cross section. The tip of the shelf 43 is fitted into the groove 33a. The shelf-like portion 43 has its tip engaged with the turn-back portion 33a and overlaps the turn-up wall 33b, thereby increasing the rigidity of the lower portion 33 of the headlight cover 30.

The downward projecting portion 44 of the headlight stay 40 is attached to the bracket 70 supported by the bottom bridge 14 by a boss 44a projecting rearward. The bracket 70 has standing wall portions 71 with which the boss 44a abuts on the left and right sides in the vehicle width direction, and bolts 72 passed through the boss 44a are fastened to nuts 73 provided on the standing wall portion 71 as shown in part A in FIG. By doing so, the left and right bosses 44 a are attached to the left and right standing wall portions 71.
The central portion of the bracket 70 in the vehicle width direction forms a support portion 78 that is bent so as to form another angle with the left and right standing wall portions 71. Here, a horn bracket 74 that extends downward along the vehicle body center CL is formed. The lower part is attached with bolts 74a and nuts 74b (see FIG. 4).

The lower end portion 76 of the bracket 70 is bent and overlaps the lower surface of the bottom bridge 14, and is attached to the bottom bridge 14 with bolts 77 here.
Thereby, the downward projecting portion 44 and the horn 60 of the headlight stay 40 are supported on the bottom bridge 14 via the bracket 70.

The headlight stay 40 is attached by overlapping a boss 42 a on an upper bracket 80 extending downward from the front end of the top bridge 13 and fastening a bolt 82 to a nut 81 provided therein.
At the front end portion of the meter support portion 41, a locking portion 41a protruding forward is provided, and is engaged with the upper center of the meter visor portion 31 here.

The horn 60 faces the main opening 46 formed in the main body 42. The main opening 46 also serves as a rear side opening of the cylindrical portion 45.
The cylindrical part 45 partitions the headlight 18 and the horn 60. The rear end portion of the headlight 18 forms a socket portion 18d of the light source 18a and protrudes rearward.
Further, the tubular portion 45 forms a partition wall that partitions the upper right connector collecting portion 57 and the horn 60 up and down.

The connector gathering portion 57 is a portion in which a plurality of connectors that connect the main harness 50 and other various harnesses are gathered, and the periphery is covered with a waterproof joint cover. The connector collecting portion 57 shown in the figure is the outer shape of the joint cover. Each connector is provided in the joint cover. The joint cover has a cylindrical shape with a narrowed upper part and is open downward. The connector assembly 57 is in a position overlapping the rear end of the socket 18d and the meter 19 of the meter support 41 in a side view.

The main harness 50 is connected to a battery or an ECU (both not shown) and includes electric wires for supplying power to the headlight 18 and the horn 60. The main harness 50 extends forward while being partially supported along the body frame 10, It winds around the side of the head pipe 11 and enters the inside of the headlight stay 40 from the extended portion 46a (see FIG. 6) of the opening 46, extends obliquely upward, turns back, and extends downward to reach the connector assembly 57. Figure 5 reference numerals 52 harness brake, 53 meter harness 54 winker harness 55 harness horn scan, 56 a headlamp harness for supplying power source to the headlight 18.

As shown in FIG. 4, a headlight opening 34 is formed large in the center of the headlight cover 30, and the lens portion of the headlight 18 faces this. Reference numeral 18a denotes a light source such as a bulb.
The lower part 33 is constricted at the lower part of the main body part 32 and extends to the left and right and downward, and the left and right end portions overlap the left and right front forks 15.

In addition, a horizontally long horn hole 35 is opened at the center of the lower portion 33, and a part of the horn 60 faces here. The horn 60 is disposed on the CL toward the vehicle body center that is the center in the vehicle width direction.
Below the shelf-like portion 43, a narrower downward projecting portion 44 extends downward and overlaps the standing wall portion 71 (FIG. 3) of the bracket 70.

As shown in FIG. 5, the connector assembly 57 is disposed slightly to the right from the vehicle body center CL, and the main harness 50 extending upward from the vehicle body center is curved and crosses the vehicle body center CL and above the connector assembly 57. From inside the joint cover.
The main harness 50 is a connector harness 57 disposed at the upper right of the tubular portion 45, and includes a lighting harness 51, a brake harness 52, a meter harness 53, a winker harness 54, a horn harness 55, and a headlight harness 56. Connected to.

Each harness connected to the main harness 50 at the connector gathering portion 57 extends to the outside from the lower opening of the joint cover forming the connector gathering portion 57. Of these, the lighting harness 51 extends obliquely to the upper left and is connected to the lighting switch 25 of the handle. The brake harness 52 extends obliquely to the upper right and is connected to the brake switch 26 of the handle. The meter harness 53 extends upward in the center of the vehicle body and is connected to the meter 19.

The turn signal harness 54 extends to the left and right and is connected to the left and right turn signals 20. The horn harness 55 extends downward in the center of the vehicle body and passes through the slit 47 of the tubular portion 45 and is connected to the horn 60 accommodated in the tubular portion 45.
The headlight harness 56 protrudes forward from the lower end portion of the connector assembly portion 57 and is connected to the socket portion 18d where the connector assembly portion 57 and the rear end portion overlap each other in the shortest distance in a side view.

As shown in FIG. 6, the headlight stay 40 is provided with a locking portion 41 a at the center of the upper end of the meter support portion 41 and bosses 41 b on the left and right. At the boss 41b, the left and right ends of the upper end of the meter visor part 31 are fixed by a fastener (not shown).
41c is an opening through which the meter cable passes.

The main body portion 42 is provided with a cylindrical portion 45 in the center. The periphery of the cylindrical portion 45 is an arc-shaped cylindrical wall extending in the front-rear direction, and a slit 47 is formed in the front-rear direction at the upper portion thereof. The horn harness 55 passes through the slit 47.
The horn harness 55 extends substantially straight downward from the lower end of the connector assembly 57 and is connected to the horn 60 through the slit 47.

A main opening 46 is provided behind the cylindrical portion 45. The upper part of the main opening 46 forms an extended part 46a that is enlarged upward so as to be higher than the position of the slit 47, and the main harness 50 passes through the extended part 46a. As the main harness 50 passes through the extended portion 46 a, the portion of the main harness 50 that enters the headlight cowl 17 is located above the tubular portion 45, and the tubular portion 45 is a partition wall between the main harness 50 and the horn 60. Become.

The lower end portion of the cylindrical portion 45 is continuous with the shelf-shaped portion 43. However, the lower part of the main opening 46 is a downward extension part 46 b that partially extends downward from the shelf-like part 43. The sound of the horn 60 is also transmitted forward from the downward extension 46b.

A meter harness opening 48 is formed above the tubular portion 45, from which the meter harness 53 passes upward and toward the meter 19.
A pair of left and right side openings 49 are formed on the left and right of the middle part of the meter harness opening 48 and the tubular part 45, and the writing harness 51 passes through one of the side openings 49. A brake harness 52 passes through the other side.
A boss 42 a is provided inside each of the left and right side openings 49.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, a horn 60 is supported on a vehicle body center CL in a headlight cowl 17 arranged at the front of the vehicle body. At this time, the main harness 50 is disposed so as to be connected to the connector assembly portion 57 located on the tubular portion 45 through the extended portion 46 a of the main opening 46, and the tubular portion 45 allows the main harness 50 and the horn 60 to be connected. Are separated.
Therefore, when the handle 16 is rotated, the headlight cowl 17 is also rotated together.

At this time, the main harness 50 moves left and right within the headlight cowl 17. However, since this movement is separated from the horn 60 by the cylindrical portion 45 and slides on the cylindrical wall 45 having an arc shape, the movement of the main harness 50 is made smooth and interference with the horn 60 is avoided. Can do. In addition, since the cylindrical wall 45 is made of resin, the surface is slippery and thus it is difficult to rub.

The lighting harness 51, the brake harness 52, the meter harness 53, the winker harness 54, the horn harness 55, and the headlight harness 56 that are electrically connected to the main harness 50 and the connector assembly 57 are also connected to the horn 60. They are separated by the cylindrical portion 45 so that they do not interfere with the horn 60.

Since the main harness 50 is supported on the vehicle body frame 10 side outside the headlight cowl 17, when the headlight cowl 17 rotates, the headlight cowl 17 and the vehicle body frame 10 are bent greatly to the left and right. become. However, by passing the main harness 50 through the extended portion 46a of the main opening 46, the main harness 50 can be positioned by the extended portion 46a, and the movement of the main harness 50 in the headlight cowl 17 can be stabilized.

Furthermore, by arranging the connector collecting portion 57 on the tubular portion 45, the connector collecting portion 57 can be positioned by the tubular portion 45. For this reason, even if the connector gathering portion 57 moves together with the main harness 50, the movement can be stabilized by moving the connector gathering portion 57 onto the tubular portion 45.

Further, although the horn harness 55 is arranged so as to cross the tubular portion 45, the interference between the horn harness 55 and the tubular portion 45 can be avoided by passing the horn harness 55 through the slit 47.

In addition, since the connector assembly 57 is disposed behind the headlight 18 and is disposed below the meter 19, the meter harness 53 and the headlight harness 56 can be arranged in the shortest and simplest manner.

The horn 60 is disposed behind the tubular portion 45, the tubular portion 45 faces the horn hole 35 provided in the lower portion 33 of the headlight cover 30, and the horn 60 is disposed in the horn hole 35 in a front view. Therefore, the sound of the horn can be satisfactorily transmitted to the front through the horn hole 35.

Moreover, by arranging the horn 60 on the vehicle body center CL, the sound of the horn can be transmitted well in the left-right direction. In addition, the headlight cowl 17 can be reduced in weight by forming the horn hole 35.

Therefore, the horn 60 can be disposed in the headlight cowl 17 at the front of the vehicle body with good sound transmission while avoiding interference with the main harness 50.

11: Head pipe, 13: Top bridge, 14: Bottom bridge, 15: Front fork, 17: Headlight cowl, 18: Headlight, 19: Meter, 30: Headlight cover, 35: Horn hole, 40: Headlight Stay, 45: cylindrical portion, 47: slit, 50: main harness, 60: horn

Claims (5)

A headlight cowl comprising a headlight stay (40) that rotates integrally with the handle to support the headlight (18), and a cover member (3) that covers the outer periphery of the headlight and is supported by the headlight stay. (17) and
A horn (60) housed in the headlight cowl (17) and disposed below the headlight (18);
In order to supply power to the headlight (18) and the horn (60), a main harness (50) extending from the body frame side into the headlight cowl (17) is provided,
The headlight stay (40) includes a partition wall (45) positioned between the horn (60) and the main harness (50),
The partition wall (45) has an arc shape and is disposed along the circular horn (60).
The arc-shaped partition wall (45) includes a slit (47) long in the front-rear direction above the horn (60),
A horn support structure , wherein the horn harness (55) is passed outside the partition wall (45) through the slit (47) . The horn support structure according to claim 1, wherein the headlight stay (40) is made of resin. The headlight cowl (17) is provided with an opening (35) directed in the forward direction below the headlight (18), and the horn (60) is disposed in the opening (35) in a front view. The horn support structure according to claim 1, wherein the horn support structure is a horn support structure. A meter (19) disposed above the horn (60) and supported by the headlight stay (40);
The horn support structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the arc-shaped partition wall (45) is disposed between the meter harness (53) and the horn (60) . The main harness (50) is disposed in the headlight cowl (17) through an opening (46a) provided behind the partition wall (45) of the headlight stay (40), and a plurality of connectors are connected to the main harness (50). And electrically connected to the headlight harness (56) and the horn harness (55),
The horn support structure according to claim 1 , wherein a connector aggregate portion (57) in which the plurality of connectors are aggregated is disposed on the partition wall (45) .

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