JPH08310470A - Storage device of motorcycle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a motorcycle's storage device whose cover is surely preventable from being opened by means of a rope body and a helmet hanger's key lock irrespective of a fact that whether the body and the cover are connected to each other by a hinge or not. CONSTITUTION: In this motorcycle which is provided with a helmet hanger 30 engaging a helmet free of detachable and capable of key-locking the engaged state, and also a storage box 40, opening or closing an opening part of a body 41 by a cover 42, in the vicinity of this helmet hanger 30, it is equipped with a rope body whose one end is connected to a cover 42 of the storage box 40, and the other end is made to be free of detachable from the helmet hanger 30. At a time when the cover 42 of the storage box 40 is in a state of being closed, the other end of the rope body 35 is engaged almost tight with the helmet hanger 30, whereby any opening motion of the cover 42 to the storage box body 41 is made so as to be checked by the rope body 35.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides means for key-locking a storage box attached to a vehicle body of a motorcycle for storing tools and other small articles, with its lid closed. The present invention relates to a storage device for a motorcycle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a type motorcycle with a small storage space, such as a dual-purpose type (for both on-road and off-road use), has a storage box for storing tools and other small items. The storage box is usually attached to a vehicle body, and the storage box is usually composed of a box body fixed to the vehicle body and a lid for opening and closing an opening of the body.

In such a storage box, in order to prevent theft, it is desirable that the closed state of the lid can be key-locked. However, if a key lock means is separately provided for that purpose, the structure of the storage box is changed. There is a problem that the cost is increased due to the complexity or complicated mounting work of the part.

Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, an existing helmet hanger is also used as a key lock means of a storage box (small container), one end is connected to any part of the vehicle, and the other end is connected. Provided with a cord that can be engaged and disengaged with the helmet hanger, and when the other end of this cord is locked to the helmet hanger, part of the cord engages with the lid with the storage box opening closed. Then, a device for preventing the opening operation of the lid is already proposed and known by the present applicant. (JP-A-4-12
(See Japanese Patent No. 6687)

[0005]

By the way, in the above-mentioned known technique, the existing helmet hanger is also used as the key lock means of the storage device, so that the lid of the storage box can be simply structured by adding the cord. The key can be locked, but as its structure, the rope is stretched in a substantially linear manner across the vehicle part and the helmet hanger,
By associating the middle part of this cord with the lid,
That is, specifically, the opening operation of the lid is prevented by penetrating the cord body through the insertion hole opened on the lid side.

Therefore, in the case where the main body and the lid are connected by a hinge, the opening operation of the lid which rotates about the hinge can be surely blocked by the rope, but the main body and the lid are connected by the hinge. On the other hand, in the case where the lid is fitted so as to be inserted and removed from the main body, there is a problem that the opening operation of the lid cannot be reliably blocked by the rope.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned inconvenience of the conventional motorcycle storage device, and more specifically, whether or not the main body and the lid are connected by a hinge. First, it is an object of the present invention to provide a storage device for a motorcycle in which the opening operation of the lid can be reliably prevented by the key lock of the rope and the helmet hanger.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and to achieve the object, the present invention, as set forth in claim 1 above, releasably engages and disengages a helmet. In a motorcycle in which a helmet hanger that can be key-locked in a stopped state is provided, and a storage box that opens and closes the opening of the main body with a lid is provided near the helmet hanger, one end is connected to the lid of the storage box, and The other end of the rope is detachable from the helmet hanger, and when the lid of the storage box is closed, the other end of the rope is locked to the helmet hanger with almost no slack. When locked, the operation of opening the lid with respect to the storage box body is prevented by the cord.

Further, in the motorcycle storage device described in claim 1, after the lid and the main body of the storage box are integrally molded by blow molding, as described in claim 2 above. The lid and the main body are cut and separated.

Further, in the motorcycle storage device described in claim 1 or 2, as described in claim 3, when the cover of the storage box is closed, one end of the cover is closed. The other end of the cord connected to the main body is characterized by being locked to the helmet hanger and key-locked with substantially no slack in a state where it extends from the lid toward the main body and is folded back toward you. .

Further, in the motorcycle storage device described in claim 3, as described in claim 4, the lid of the storage box is provided with a connecting portion for connecting one end of the rope. The main body of the storage box is characterized in that an insertion hole through which the cord is penetrated is formed.

Further, in the motorcycle storage device described in claims 1 to 4, as described in claim 5, the tools gathered in the bag are wound in a state of being wrapped with a document. It is characterized by being stored in a storage box.

[0013]

[Operation] With the above configuration, when the rope is key-locked to the helmet hanger, the lid is securely fixed by one end of the rope, and the lid cannot be moved with respect to the storage box body. The opening operation of the lid is surely prevented because it is restrained by.

Further, according to the structure as described in claim 5, since the document functions as a cushion,
Noise and vibration due to rattling of the tool stored in the storage box can be suppressed without interposing a vibration absorbing material such as a rubber plate.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a storage device for a motorcycle of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the entire motorcycle provided with the storage device of the present embodiment. Except for the storage device, it is a conventional dual-purpose motorcycle (for both on-road and off-road use). It is no different from what is widely known from.

That is, in the head pipe 3 fixed to the front end of the main frame 2 of the motorcycle 1, the steering portion in which the front wheel 5 is mounted on the lower end of the front fork 4 is steerable by operating the handle 6. And a pair of left and right rear arm brackets 7 extending downward from the rear end of the main frame 2, the rear wheel 8 at the rear end.
A rear arm 9 which is mounted on is pivotally supported so as to be vertically swingable.

Below the main frame 2, a down tube 10 extends rearward and downward from the head pipe 3, and an engine 13 is mounted on the down tube 10 and the rear arm bracket 7 via mounting brackets 11 and 12. So that it extends over the main frame 2,
A fuel tank 14 is installed.

A pair of left and right seat rails 15 extends rearward from the rear end of the main frame 2, and a pair of left and right back stays 16 are connected to the middle of the seat rail 15 and the rear arm bracket 7. A seat 17 is installed above the seat rail 15.

A cargo bed 19 supported by a pair of left and right side stays 18 is installed behind the seat 17, and a rear fender 20 is installed from below the rear portion of the seat 17 to below the cargo bed 19.

A helmet hanger 30 for key-locking the helmet when not in use is attached to one side of the pair of left and right side stays 18. Near the helmet hanger 30, the side stays are attached. 18
On the lower part of the front part of the
A storage box 40 for storing small items such as tools is arranged so as to be hidden by.

FIG. 2 shows the structure around the storage box 40 in the motorcycle 1 described above.
8 is fixed to the seat rail 15 and the back stay 16 with bolts 24, 25 via a mounting bracket 22 welded to the rear end of the back stay 16 and a mounting bracket 23 welded to the rear end of the seat rail 15. The pair of left and right side stays 18 are supported by sandwiching the cargo bed 19 between the respective upper end portions thereof.

The helmet hanger 30 attached to the lower edge of the side stay 18 has a lock bar 31 for releasably locking a part such as a chin strap of the helmet and a locked state by the lock bar 31. It is an existing one that is generally used in the past, in which a key hole 32 for releasing is provided.

The storage box 40 has a tubular shape that is long in the front-rear direction, and is composed of a main body 41 and a lid 42, and is arranged so that the side of the lid 42 is close to the helmet hanger 30. With respect to the mounting bracket 22 and the mounting bracket 26 welded to the rear end of 16,
It is fixed by bolts 27 and 28, and the vicinity of the mounting portion of the storage box 40 by the bolts 27 and 28 is covered by the front lower portion 18a of the side stay 18 so as not to be seen.

In the present embodiment, one end of the helmet hanger 30 and the storage box 40 as described above is connected to the lid 42 of the storage box 40, and the other end is detachable from the lock bar 31 of the helmet hanger 30. The wire 35 is temporarily extended from the portion connected to the lid 42 toward the main body 41 and then folded back toward the helmet hanger 30.

3 and 4 show the structure of the storage box 40 itself, in which a fitting portion 41 of the main body 41 is fitted to a cylindrical main body 41 whose one end is opened as an entrance / exit of a storage item.
The lid 32 is fitted to the a from the outside, and a rubber band 43 is provided to surely maintain the fitted state of the lid 42 to the main body 41.

The body 41 and the lid 42 of the storage box 40
Is manufactured by integrally molding all of these parts by blow molding of synthetic resin, and then cutting and separating into a body part and a lid part.

In the main body 41 of the storage box, a band fixing portion 44 for fixing one end of the rubber band 43 is provided in the center of the upper portion of the main body in the width direction in the vicinity of the fitting portion 41a with the lid 42. A band locking portion 45 that locks near the other end of the rubber band 43 is provided at the center in the width direction of the rubber band 43. 46 is projected.

At the mounting portion 46 of the storage box body 41,
Bolt holes 47 and 48 for fixing the main body 41 to the mounting brackets 22 and 26 of the back stay 16 with bolts 27 and 28 are provided, and a wire 35 is penetrated through the mounting portion 46 toward the rear side of the vehicle body. A wire insertion hole 49 for opening is provided.

Further, reinforcing ribs 50 are formed on both sides of the storage box body 41, and a protrusion 51 for reinforcement is formed on one side of the mounting portion 46.

The lid 42 of the storage box is provided with a wire connecting portion 52 for connecting one end of the wire 35 at a position corresponding to the band fixing portion 44 of the main body 41, and the band locking portion 45 of the main body 41. A ridge 53 is projected at a position corresponding to.

The rubber band 43 has a groove hole 43a formed in the center in the width direction except for the portions near both ends thereof, and the rubber band 4 having one end fixed to the band fixing portion 44.
While pulling 3 while holding the grip portion 43b at the other end, the top plate side of the lid 42 fitted to the main body 41 is turned to lock the end portion of the groove hole 43a to the band locking portion 45. The contraction force of the rubber band 43 ensures that the fitted state of the lid 42 to the main body 41 is maintained.

At this time, since the wire connecting portion 52 of the lid 42 and the ridge 53 are fitted in the groove hole 43a of the rubber band 43, the rubber band 43 is laterally displaced from the lid 42. There is no such thing.

For the storage box 40 as described above,
The wire 35 penetrates a wire insertion hole 49 formed in the attachment portion 46 of the storage box body 41, and one end thereof is connected to the wire connection portion 52 of the lid 42.

As shown in FIG. 2, the other end of the wire 35 is looped so that it can be locked to the lock bar 31 of the helmet hanger 30, and the lid 42 is fitted to the main body 41. Sometimes, the wire 35 whose one end is connected to the wire connecting portion 52 of the lid 42 is attached to the attaching portion 4 of the main body 41.
The length of the wire 35 is set so that the other end of the wire 35 can be locked to the lock bar 31 of the helmet hanger 30 in a state in which the wire 35 is folded back through the wire insertion hole 49 opened in 6.

In the storage device of this embodiment in which the wires 35 are provided for the helmet hanger 30 and the storage box 40 as described above, when the cover 42 of the storage box 40 is closed, the wire of the cover 42 is closed. In a state where the wire 35 whose one end is connected to the connecting portion 52 is folded back toward the front after passing through the wire insertion hole 49 of the main body 41,
By locking the other end of the wire 35 to the lock bar 31 of the helmet hanger 30 and key-locking the cover 4,
The closed state of 2 will be locked.

According to the storage device of this embodiment as described above, the main body 41 and the lid 42 of the storage box 40 are manufactured by first integrally molding both by blow molding and then cutting and separating. Therefore, the manufacturing cost is lower in terms of mold cost, unit price, and the like, as compared with those manufactured by injection molding.

The body 41 and the lid 42 are manufactured by blow molding, and the other end of the wire 35 is attached to the helmet hanger 30 even though the two are not hinged.
In the key-locked state, the opening operation of the lid 42 can be reliably locked by restraining the wire 35, and the effect of preventing theft can be obtained.

Moreover, since the folded-back portion of the wire 35 is formed integrally with the storage box body 41 as the wire insertion hole 49, the wire 35 is simply inserted without changing the structure of the vehicle body portion other than the storage box 40. The storage device can be locked just by adding it.

By the way, in the storage box 40 of the present embodiment as described above, as shown in FIGS.
The tools collectively put inside can be stored in the storage box 40 in a state of being wrapped by the document 62.

That is, conventionally, in a motorcycle, documents such as maintenance notes, instruction manuals, and safety guides are required to be mounted on the vehicle. Therefore, a storage place for the documents must be provided at any part of the vehicle body. is required.

On the other hand, conventionally, when the tool is stored in the storage box, a rubber plate is wound around the tool in order to prevent the tool from rattling in the box during traveling. ing.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the tools are put together in a bag 61, and the bag 61 containing the tool is put in a plastic bag or the like according to the on-vehicle obligatory document 62. By storing it in the storage box 40 in the rolled state, it is not necessary to provide another storage space in the vehicle body for storing the document, and since the document 62 serves as a cushion, it is formed like a rubber plate. Noise and vibration due to rattling of the tool stored in the storage box 40 can be suppressed without interposing a vibration absorbing material.

By the way, in the case where the tool is stored in the storage box 40 in which the lid 42 is locked as in this embodiment through the rolled document 62, as shown in FIG. Using the storage box 40 in which the fitting cost of 42 is small (the fitting portion 41a of the main body is considerably shorter than the length of the lid 42), the rolled document 62 has one end at the main body 4
It is better to store it so that it projects from 1.

That is, when the lid 42 is opened, the document 62 projects from the opening of the main body 41, so that the contents wrapped in the document 62 can be easily taken out and the lid 42 can be removed. In the closed and locked state, even if there is some slack in the wire 35 that locks the lid 42, the document 62 protruding from the body 41 causes the lid 41 to cover even though the fitting margin between the body 41 and the lid 42 is small. Four
This is because 2 cannot be removed from the main body 41.

Regarding such a tool and a method of storing documents, in the storage box 40 in which the main body 41 and the lid 42 have a small fitting margin and the lid 42 is locked by the wire 35, as in the present embodiment. Although it has a particular effect, the present invention is not limited to the storage box 40 of the present embodiment, and can be applied to a tubular tool storage box that has been generally used conventionally.

The embodiment of the storage device for the motorcycle according to the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the specific structure as described above. The present invention can also be applied to the case where the lid is hingedly connected, and the storage box 4 is placed so that the side of the main body 41 is close to the helmet hanger 30.
0 and helmet hanger 30 are placed, and wire 35
It is also possible to lock the lid by linearly engaging the helmet hanger 30 without folding back.

Even when the lid 42 is located near the helmet hanger 30 and the wire is folded back as in this embodiment, the wire insertion hole is not necessarily provided integrally with the main body of the storage box. Instead, it can be implemented by providing another part for folding the wire on the frame of the vehicle body, etc.
It is also possible to use a chain or the like instead of the wire.

[0049]

According to the storage device for a motorcycle of the present invention as described above, the opening operation of the lid can be reliably locked regardless of whether or not the main body and the lid are connected by a hinge. Therefore, it is possible to widen the application range of the existing lid lock mechanism using the helmet hanger and the rope.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional side view schematically showing a motorcycle to which an embodiment of a storage device of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of an essential part showing the vicinity of the storage device of the motorcycle shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a storage box in an embodiment of the storage device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional top view of the storage box shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a storage state of tools and documents in a storage box.

6 is a sectional front view taken along the line AA of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Motorcycle 30 Helmet Hanger 35 Wire (Cable) 40 Storage Box 41 (Storage Box) Main Body 42 (Storage Box) Lid 49 (Cable Body) Insertion Hole 52 (Cable Body) Connection 61 (Insert Tool) Ta) bag 62 documents

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A helmet hanger capable of locking and unlocking a helmet and key-locking the locked state is provided, and a storage box for opening and closing an opening of a main body by a lid is provided near the helmet hanger. In the motorcycle that is, one end is connected to the lid of the storage box, and the other end is provided with a cord that is detachable from the helmet hanger, and when the lid of the storage box is closed, The other end of the rope is locked to the helmet hanger with almost no slack and key-locked, so that the rope is prevented from opening the lid with respect to the storage box body. Storage device for motorcycles. 2. The storage of the motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein the lid and the main body of the storage box are integrally formed by blow molding and then cut and separated into the lid and the main body. apparatus. 3. When the lid of the storage box is closed, the other end of the cord, one end of which is connected to the lid, extends from the lid toward the main body and is folded back to the front, The storage device for a motorcycle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the storage device is locked to a helmet hanger without slack and key-locked. 4. The lid of the storage box is formed with a connecting portion for connecting one end of the cord, and the main body of the storage box is formed with an insertion hole through which the cord is penetrated. The storage device for the motorcycle described in. 5. The storage device for a motorcycle according to claim 1, wherein the tools gathered in a bag are stored in a storage box in a state of being wrapped with a document.