JPH0659863B2 - Scooter type vehicle - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention provides a large-capacity container box below an operation seat,
The present invention relates to a scooter-type vehicle in which auxiliary devices such as a fuel tank are arranged behind the container box.

(Prior Art) There has been a scooter type vehicle having two or three wheels, which is provided with a substantially flat footrest under a steering bar handle and a driving seat. In this type of vehicle, it has been considered to provide a large-capacity storage box below a driving seat, for example, a large-capacity storage box capable of accommodating a helmet.

In this way, when arranging a large storage box under the driver's seat, if the width of the container is set to be approximately the same width as the driver's seat, the storage space for large auxiliary devices such as fuel tanks and batteries Will be difficult to secure. Therefore, it has been proposed to bulge the fuel tank into the container and store it by covering the fuel tank with a helmet.
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(Problems of the prior art) However, in this case, there is a problem that the fuel tank becomes an obstacle when a large luggage other than a helmet is stored in the container box, and the storage becomes impossible or difficult.

Therefore, it is conceivable to arrange a large-sized auxiliary device of this kind behind the container box, but in this case, the rear part of the container box and the vehicle body cover (rear cover) are largely separated from each other.
Therefore, it becomes necessary to attach a cover (blind cover) for closing the device and hiding the auxiliary devices, which causes a problem that the number of parts and the number of assembling steps increase.

(Object of the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a large luggage box is provided below the driving seat to enable storage of a helmet or a large luggage other than the helmet, while (EN) Provided is a scooter type vehicle capable of preventing an increase in the number of parts and an increase in the number of assembling steps since it is not necessary to separately prepare a cover for blindfolding for hiding a large auxiliary device such as a fuel tank arranged behind the box. With the goal.

(Structure of the Invention) According to the present invention, the object is to provide a substantially flat plate-shaped footrest disposed below the steering bar handle and the driver's seat, and to be swingable vertically below the operator's seat. Scooter-type vehicle having a power unit disposed in the power seat, and an article box disposed between the drive seat and the power unit and having an upper opening having substantially the same width as the drive seat opened and closed by the drive seat. A rear cover that is below the operation seat and covers the goods box, auxiliary devices accommodated behind the goods box in the rear cover, and extends rearward from an upper portion of a rear wall of the goods box. The present invention is achieved by a scooter type vehicle characterized by comprising a blindfold cover integrally formed with the container box so as to hide the auxiliary devices.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a side view of a two-wheel scooter which is an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view, and FIG. 3 is III-III in FIG.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the luggage box integrated with the tank cover.

Reference numeral 10 in the figure is a frame. The frame 10 includes a steering shaft tube 12, a front frame 14, and a pair of left and right rear frames 16 (16a, 16b) extending obliquely upward and rearward from the lower end of the front frame 14. Steering shaft cylinder 1
One steering front wheel 18 and one steering bar handle 20 are attached to the steering shaft that is rotatably held on the left and right sides of the steering shaft 2.

Reference numeral 22 is a power unit in which a forced air-cooled two-cycle horizontal engine 24 and a transmission case 26 are integrally assembled. A front portion of the transmission case 26 is vertically swingably connected to the rear frame 16 via a link 28. The rear portion of the transmission case 26 is elastically supported by the buffer unit 30. Reference numeral 32 denotes a rear wheel attached to the rear portion of the transmission case 26, which is located below the rear stage portion 16B of the rear frame 16.

The rear frame 16 is bent in two steps, the front stage 16A thereof is slightly lower than the upper edge of the rear wheel 32 in the empty state, and the rear stage 16B is higher than the upper edge of the rear wheel 32 in the empty state. Has become. A bridge-shaped front bracket 34 standing upright is fixed to the front portions of the front step portions 16A of the left and right rear frames 16a and 16b.
An arc-shaped rear bracket 36 is fixed to the rear portion 16B of the rear frames 16a and 16b so as to project upward. A large container box 38 is disposed in the space behind the front bracket 34 and above the front step portion 16A of the rear frame 16. The luggage box 38 is made of synthetic resin and has a large opening at the top. Since the rear frame 16 is arranged below the container box 38 in this way, the left and right width of the opening of the container box 38 is not limited by the interval of the rear frame 16, and the opening is almost the same as the operation seat 54 described later. The container box 38 can be enlarged to have the same width. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, it is possible to form a container box 38 that can also accommodate a full-face type helmet 39.

A fuel tank 40 made of a steel plate is fixed to the rear frame 16 so as to be located behind the luggage box 38. That is, the front half of the tank 40 is the rear wall 3 of the luggage box 38.
8A and the rear bracket 36 are seen from above, and the rear half portion extends rearward from between the rear brackets 36. 42
Is a lubrication cap of the tank 40, and is located between the luggage box 38 and the rear bracket 36.

Reference numeral 44 is a tank cover as a cover for covering the upper portion of the fuel tank 40 to cover the fuel tank 40. This tank cover 44 is used for the luggage box 38.
It is integrally formed with the rear opening edge. Ie luggage box 3
The tank cover 44 is integrally formed on the upper edge of the rear wall 38a of the No. 8 via a hinge portion 46 having a mountain-shaped cross section. A peripheral edge of the tank cover 44 excluding the hinge portion 46 is bent downward in a flange shape, and a flange 48 bent outward at a substantially right angle is formed at a lower edge of the flange on the rotating end side. The flange portion 48 can be fixed to the rear bracket 36 by a clip 50. This clip 50
As shown in FIG. 3, a clip main body 50a fixed through the flange portion 48, a shaft member 50b penetrating the main body 50a, a knob 50c provided on the upper end of the shaft member 50b, It has four engaging claws 50d provided at the lower end of the shaft member 50b, the middle part of which is given a diametrical expansion characteristic and the lower part of which is assembled.

Therefore, if the knob 50c is pushed in and the clip 50 is pressed into the engagement hole 52 provided in the rear bracket 36, the engagement claw 50d once reduces its diameter and after passing through the engagement hole 52, the diameter increases. In this state, it is fixed to the rear bracket 36. At this time, the vicinity of the oil filling cap 42 of the fuel tank 40 is covered with the tank cover 44. When the knob 50c is pulled up, the engaging claw 50d is guided by the lower opening of the main body 50a and moves upward while being reduced in diameter.
Escape from 2. Therefore, the tank cover 40 can be opened as shown by the phantom line in FIG.

Reference numeral 54 denotes an operator seat that is long in the front and rear direction, and the front end portion thereof is attached to the upper end of the front bracket 34 by a hinge 56 so as to be openable and closable. As shown in FIG. 3, the bottom plate 58 of the operation seat 54 has openings 60, 60 (second section) of the tank cover 44.
Two foot portions 62 (only one is shown) passing therethrough are formed, and the foot portions 62 abut on the buffer plate 64 attached to the upper surface of the tank 40 with the operation seat 54 closed.

The rear portion of the operating seat 54 can be locked by a lock device 66 provided in the fuel tank 40. That is, the hook 70 rotated by the key cylinder 68 is attached to the bottom plate 58.
The operation seat 54 is locked by engaging with the engaging hole of the lock plate 72 fixed to the. The tank cover 44 is provided with an opening 74 through which the lock plate 72 passes. Therefore, if the operator's seat 54 is locked by the lock device 66, the bottom plate 56 of the operator's seat 54 causes the article box 38
The upper opening is closed, the lock device 66 is unlocked, and the operation seat 54 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 1 to open the container box 38.

Below the space between the steering bar handle 20 and the driving seat 54, a substantially flat plate-shaped footrest 76 that encloses the lower portion of the front frame 14 and the front portion of the rear frame 16 is formed.
The rear part of the footrest 76 includes the power unit 22, the rear wheels 32.
Is attached to the rear cover 78 that covers the upper side of the. Further, the front part of the footrest base 76 includes the steering shaft tube 12, the front frame 14
It is attached to the leg shield 80 that wraps around the front and back.

Reference numeral 82 denotes an intake air purifier, which includes the left and right rear frames 16a,
It is accommodated in the footrest 76 so as to be located between 16b.

Reference numeral 84 is a carburetor, which is the engine 24 and the intake air purifier 82.
It is arranged in the vicinity of the upper part between.

In this embodiment, when the fuel tank 40 is filled with oil, first the key is put into the key cylinder 68 and the locking device 6
6 is unlocked, and the driving seat 54 is opened upward. Then, the knob 50c of the clip 50 may be pulled up to open the tank cover 44 upward, and the exposed oiling cap 42 may be removed to apply oil. At this time, the tank cover 44 stands upright on the opening side of the luggage box 38, so that oil splashes at the time of lubrication do not enter the luggage box 38. If oil overflows or spills around,
The tank cover 44 can prevent the inflow into the luggage box 38.

After lubrication, the lubrication cap 42 may be closed, the tank cover 44 may be closed, and the operation seat 54 may be locked.

According to this embodiment, the front stage portion 16A of the rear frame 16 is
Is sufficiently low and is substantially horizontal, so that a storage space with a large capacity and a substantially horizontal bottom can be secured above it, and even a full-face helmet 39 can be accommodated with sufficient margin. When the helmet 39 is taken in and out, the lock device 6
The seat 54 may be opened upward by 6 around the hinge 56.

In the present invention, since the tank cover 44 is integrally formed with the luggage box 38, both can be integrally coated, or short fibers can be attached by electric flocking.

Furthermore, the present invention also includes those applied to a three-wheel scooter having two rear wheels.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, the present invention arranges a large article box having a width substantially the same as that of the operator's seat below the operator's seat, and opens and closes the object's chest by the operator's seat from below. It can store helmets and large luggage other than helmets. Also, since large auxiliary devices such as fuel tanks are arranged behind the product box without projecting into the product box, there is no bulging part in the product box and the space inside the product box is reduced. It can be widened to facilitate the loading and unloading of large luggage.

On the other hand, since the auxiliary devices arranged behind the container box are blindfolded by the blindfold cover integrally formed with the containerbox, it is not necessary to prepare a separate cover for the blindfold. Therefore, the number of parts and the number of assembling steps are not increased.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a two-wheel scooter which is an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view, and FIG. 3 is III-III in FIG.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the luggage box integrated with the tank cover. 16 ... Rear frame, 16A ... Front part, 20 ... Steering bar handle, 22 ... Power unit, 32 ... Rear wheel, 38 ... Storage box, 40 ... Fuel tank, 42 ... Lubrication cap, 44 ... As cover for blindfold Tank cover, 54 ... Operating seat, 70 ... Footrest, 78 ... Rear cover.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A substantially flat plate-shaped footrest disposed below a steering bar handle and a driver's seat, and a power unit disposed below the driver's seat so as to be vertically swingable. In a scooter type vehicle having an object box arranged between the driver's seat and the power unit and having an upper opening having substantially the same width as the driver's seat, which is below the driver's seat. And a rear cover for covering the goods box, an accessory housed in the rear cover behind the goods box, and a rear cover extending from the upper part of the rear wall of the goods box to hide the accessories. A scooter type vehicle, comprising: a blind cover integrally formed with the container box.