JPH0372511B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a cowling device that covers the area around a headlamp of a motorcycle.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, it has been used to protect drivers from wind pressure, rain, etc.
2. Description of the Related Art Motorcycles that have a cowling covering the area from around the headlights to the upper side of the front fork in order to reduce the air resistance of the vehicle body are becoming popular as general commercial vehicles.

However, this conventional cowling has an opening in the center of its front surface that exposes the front lens of the headlamp, and has a complex shape that widens on both sides as it moves toward the rear, so it is necessary to synthesize the entire cowling. If molded in one piece using a resin material, a deep and large mold would be required, making the mold very expensive.

For this reason, it has been considered to divide the cowling into left and right cowling components and simplify the shape of each cowling component, thereby reducing the size of the mold and simplifying the shape.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

By the way, when the cowling is divided into left and right cowling components, the opening on the front surface of the cowling is formed by the front edge of the cowling component, and the mating part of the cowling component, that is, the seam, is formed on the opening periphery of this opening. will be located.

However, since the cowling component is a molded product made of synthetic resin material, it is easily distorted, and it is extremely difficult to align the joints of the cowling component with high precision. A step was sometimes formed on the periphery of the opening.

Then, since this opening is located at the center of the front surface of the cowling, the presence of the step becomes even more noticeable, resulting in problems such as deterioration of the appearance and commercial value of the cowling.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a motorcycle in which the area around the opening where the headlamp is exposed is neatly arranged, the distance between the opening and the headlamp can be made as small as possible, and the appearance is improved. The purpose is to obtain a cowling device.

[Means to solve the problem]

Therefore, in the present invention, on the front side of the synthetic resin cowling body that covers the periphery of the headlamp,
In a motorcycle provided with an opening for exposing a front lens of a headlamp, the cowling body is constructed by abutting a pair of left and right cowling structures, and the headlamp is inserted between the front ends of these cowling structures. At the same time, the front edges of these cowling structures are continuous with each other to form the opening when the cowling structures are butted together, and the opening includes a light projection opening adjacent to the front lens of the headlamp. It is characterized by the attachment of a frame-shaped cowling mouth.

[Effect]

According to this configuration, the opening on the front surface of the cowling has its opening periphery covered all around by the cowling mouth body, so that the seam caused by butting the cowling components against each other is located on the opening periphery. Nevertheless, this seam is hidden from the outside. Moreover, since the light projection opening of the cowling opening is close to the outer periphery of the headlamp, the distance between the headlamp and the opening becomes small. Therefore, the inside of the cowling cannot be seen from the front through the light projecting opening, and together with the seam being hidden, the appearance of the cowling is improved.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

Fig. 2 shows a motorcycle, where 1 is a frame constituting the vehicle body, 2 is a front fork, 3 is a handle, 4 is a front wheel, 5 is an engine, 6 is a rear wheel, and 7 is a motorcycle.
indicates each sheet.

A pair of left and right lamp stays 8 extending forward are attached to a head pipe (not shown) located at the front end of the frame 1. lamp stay 8
A headlamp 9 is supported between the front ends of the front fork 2, and this headlamp 9 projects further forward than the upper part of the front fork 2. A cowling 10 is attached to the frame 1 to integrally cover the area from around the headlamp 9 to around the engine 5. The cowling 10 includes a thick cowl part 11 as a cowling body that integrally covers the area from the periphery of the headlamp 9 to both sides of the upper part of the front fork 2, and an under cowl part 12 that continues from both sides of the lower end of the thick cowl part 11 and covers around the engine 5. The top cowl portion 11 and the under cowl portion 12 are each molded from a synthetic resin material.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the atsupaka cowl portion 11 includes a pair of left and right cowling structures 13a,
It is divided into two parts 13b, and a headlamp 9 is located between these cowling components 13a and 13b. The headlamp 9 incorporates a reflector 15 that supports a small light bulb 14 and a front lens 16 that covers the front opening of the reflector 15 into a unit inside a lamp body 19, and a lens frame 17 is integrated into the front lens 16. The lamp body 19 is supported by the lamp stay 8 via bolts 21. The lens frame 17 is removably attached to the lamp body 19 via screws 18, and by removing the screws 18, the lens frame 17, front lens 16, and reflector 15 are removed.
Then, the small light bulb 14 is removed from the lamp body 19.

A small light bulb 14 is detachably attached to the vicinity of the focal point of the reflector 15 via a socket (not shown), and the small light bulb 14 is adapted to be pulled out to the rear of the reflector 15. Most of the light emitted from the small light bulb 14 is reflected by the reflector 15, and this reflected light and the light directly emitted from the small light bulb 14 pass through the front lens 16 to illuminate the front. It's summery.

Note that the screws 18 for fixing the lens frame 17 to the lamp body 19 are attached to the left and right corners of the lower part of the lens frame 17.
The upper end of 7 is locked to the lamp body 19.

By the way, abutment walls 22a, 22b extending below the headlamp 9 are integrally formed at the lower edges of the front ends of the left and right divided cowling structures 13a, 13b, and these abutment walls 22a, 22b
The tips of the lamps are butted against each other and cover the headlamp 9 from below. Cowling structure 13
Inwardly extending flange walls 23a, 23b are integrally extended from the upper edges of the front ends of the flange walls 23a, 13b. On the lower surface of these flange walls 23a, 23b,
As shown in FIG. 5, the upper end of the cowling stay 24 is fixed via a bolt 25 and a nut 26, and the lower end of the cowling stay 24 is fixed to the lamp stay 8 via a bolt 27. And such a cowling structure 13
a and 13b are integrally molded from a synthetic resin material, and a mold (not shown) used for this molding is pulled out in the left-right direction, which is the width direction of the top cowl portion 11.

Moreover, on the upper surface of the flange walls 23a and 23b,
A synthetic resin hood 28 is attached to span the left and right cowling components 13a, 13b. The hood 28 is curved to have an arcuate cross section, and overlap walls 29 formed on both left and right edges are connected to the flange wall 2.
3a and 23b, and is fixed to the left and right cowling structures 13a and 13b by tightening with bolts 30 and nuts 31, and covers the headlamp 9 from above. Therefore, the front half of the top cowl portion 11 is formed into a cylindrical shape that surrounds the headlamp 9 and extends in the front-rear direction.

Note that a transparent windscreen 32 is superimposed on the upper surface of the hood 28, and this windscreen 32 extends further rearward than the hood 28.

An opening 11a is formed in the front surface of the top cowl portion 11 to expose the front lens 16 of the headlamp 9. This opening 11a is formed by the cowling components 13a, 13b and the front edge of the hood 28, and a rectangular frame-shaped cowling opening 33 is attached to this opening 11a. The cowling mouth body 33 is located at the opening periphery of the opening 11a, that is, the left and right cowling components 13a, 1
3b and the joint between these cowling components 13a, 13b and the hood 28 are covered from the front, and a light projection opening facing the headlamp 9 is provided in the center of the cowling mouth body 33. A section 34 is provided. The inner periphery of the light projection opening 34 is close to the outer periphery of the lens frame 17 of the headlamp 9, and the distance between the light projection opening 34 and the headlamp 9 is made as small as possible. A fitting groove 35 is formed in the upper edge of the cowling mouth body 33, and the front end edge of the hood 28 is fitted into the fitting groove 35. Further, the lower end of the cowling mouth body 33 is tightened and fixed via a screw 37 to a connecting tool 36 attached to the left and right cowling structures 13a and 13b. 13a, 13b and the hood 28 are also connected.

In addition, the cowling components 13a and 13b include
A tool insertion hole 38 is formed opposite the screw 18 that fixes the lens frame 17 to the lamp body 19. As shown in FIG. 5, the tool insertion hole 38 is formed at the lower corner portion of the cowling components 13a, 13b, and allows a tool 39 such as a screwdriver to be inserted and removed.

In the figure, reference numeral 40 indicates left and right flash lamps incorporated in the top cowl portion 11, and 41 indicates left and right side mirrors.

According to such a configuration, the atsupaka cowl portion 11
Since the opening 11a on the front side of the opening 11a is covered all around by the rectangular frame-shaped cowling mouth body 33, the cowling structure is attached to the opening periphery of the opening 11a due to the division of the atsupaka cowl part 11. Seams caused by butting 13a and 13b and these cowling components 13a and 13
Although the joint between b and the hood 28 is located, this joint can be hidden from the outside.

At the same time, since the inner periphery of the light emitting opening 34 of the cowling opening 33 is close to the outer periphery of the lens frame 17 of the headlamp 9, the distance between the headlamp 9 and the cowling opening 33 is also small. Therefore, the inside of the top cowl portion 11 cannot be seen from the front through the light projection opening 34.

For this reason, the opening 11a of the thick cowl portion 11
It has the advantage that the surroundings are neatly tied together and the appearance is improved.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, an under cowl portion that covers the engine area is continuous on both sides of the lower end of the atsupaka cowl portion, but this under cowl portion is not necessarily necessary and may be omitted as appropriate depending on the design of the motorcycle, etc. Also good.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention described in detail above, although the joint formed by abutting the left and right cowling components is located on the opening periphery of the front opening of the cowling main body, this joint is formed by the cowling mouth body. It can be hidden from the outside. At the same time, since the distance between the headlamp and the cowling mouth body is kept as small as possible, the inside of the cowling body cannot be seen from the front through the light projection opening.

Therefore, there is an advantage that the area around the opening of the cowling body is neatly tied up and the appearance is improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the cowling body, Fig. 2 is a side view of the motorcycle, Fig. 3 is a front view of the motorcycle, and Fig. 4 is an opening of the cowling body. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line V-V in FIG. 4. 9... Head lamp, 11... Cowling body (Atsupaka cowl part), 11a... Opening, 13a,
13b... Cowling structure, 16... Front lens, 33... Cowling mouth, 34... Light projection opening.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A motorcycle in which an opening for exposing the front lens of the headlamp is provided on the front surface of a cowling body made of synthetic resin that covers the periphery of the headlamp, wherein the cowling body has a pair of left and right parts. The headlamp is located between the front ends of the cowling structures, and the front edges of the cowling structures are continuous with each other and form the opening when the cowling structures are butted against each other. A cowling device for a motorcycle, characterized in that a frame-shaped cowling mouth body having a light emitting opening close to the front lens of the headlamp is attached to the opening.