KR100455354B1 - Air cleaner for vehicle engine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle possible to be formed with a fuse box holding part independently of a battery box and the car body structure, and to lower the cost, and to more securely hold the fuse box. <P>SOLUTION: A motorcycle is provided with an engine having an air cleaner 20, a battery 26 and a fuse box 40. A holding part 41 for holding the fuse box 40 is integrally formed with an outer surface 23a of an air cleaner case 23 of the air cleaner 20, and a housing part for housing the battery 26 is formed in an outer surface 23c of the air cleaner case 23. A fixing member 29 for fixing the battery 26 to the air cleaner case 23 is formed with a slip-out stopper part 29d for preventing a slip-out of the fuse box 40 from the holding part 41. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Vehicle with engine with air cleaner {AIR CLEANER FOR VEHICLE ENGINE}

The present invention relates to a vehicle including an engine having an air cleaner, a battery, and a fuse box in which a fuse provided in the middle of wiring of the battery and the electrical equipment is stored.

Background Art Conventionally, a vehicle having a fuse box in which an engine, a battery, and a fuse installed in the middle of wiring of a battery and an electrical appliance are housed is disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 2538698. This scooter-type vehicle has a swing-type engine, and the battery and the fuse box are housed in a battery box disposed below the step board constituting the floor step portion on which the driver raises his foot. Specifically, the battery is stored in one space in the battery box divided by the partition wall integrally molded into the battery box, and the fuse box is inserted into the fuse holder forming a C-shaped pair integrally formed in the partition wall in the other space. It is accommodated in the state sandwiched between. Then, the battery or the fuse box enters and exits by removing the openable / closeable cap sealing the battery box.

By the way, in the said prior art, although the fuse holder (equivalent to a holding | maintenance part) holding a fuse box was formed in the battery box provided in the dead space below the floor step part, depending on a vehicle body structure, the storage box of a fuse box is accommodated in a battery box. Since it is difficult to secure a space in which a large-sized battery box is installed by forming a, it is required to hold the fuse box without storing the fuse box in the battery box or without forming the holder of the fuse box in the battery box. . In addition, when a battery box is required, as a result of the increase in the number of parts and the number of mounting steps on the vehicle, there is a problem in that the cost of the vehicle increases due to the increase in the number of assembly steps of the vehicle.

This invention is made | formed in view of such a situation, The invention of Claim 1-2 aims at providing the vehicle which can form the holding part of a fuse box irrespective of a battery box and a vehicle structure. The invention according to claim 2 further aims to improve the mountability of the battery to the vehicle, reduce the number of assembly steps of the vehicle, reduce costs, and maintain the fuse box more reliably.

1 is a left side view of an outline of a motorcycle which is an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is an enlarged view near the air cleaner of FIG. 1;

3 is a perspective view of the air cleaner, the battery, the inner and outer bands of FIG.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line IVa-IVa of FIG.

5 is a left side view of the air cleaner case of FIG. 2;

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VI-VI of FIG. 2;

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VII-VII of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a coupling portion of the air cleaner of FIG. 2 to the vehicle body in a cross section at the center plane in the vehicle body width direction.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawing>

One … All frames 2... Head pipe

3…. Main frame 4... Down tube

5... Rear frame 6. Seat rail

7. Sheet 8. Front wheel

9. Rear wheel 10. All fork

11. Bar handle 12... Pivot axis

13. Swing arm 14... buffer

15... Output shafts 16, 17... Sprocket

18. Chain 19... Fuel tank

20... Air cleaner 21. carburetor

22. Exhaust pipe 23. Air cleaner case

23c... Seat surface 24. Inlet duct

25…. Outlet duct 26. battery

27. Receiver 28... Inner band

29. Outer band 29d... Fall prevention

30a, 30b... Elastic member 31. insert

32. Nut 33... holder

34. Box body 35... Lid

36. Stay 37. Wiring

40…. Fuse box 41. Maintenance

42. Guide 50... Stay

51. Cross member 52. color

53. Bush 54... projection part

55. Mount member 56. Support plate

57. Nut 58. Stay

V… Motorbike F… Body frame

E… Internal combustion engine M… Gearbox

B1 to B5... Bolts H1 to H3. hole

T… Toolbox C… Body cover

The invention according to claim 1 includes an engine having an air cleaner, a battery, and a fuse box in which a fuse provided in the middle of the wiring of the battery and the electrical equipment is housed, wherein the outer surface of the air cleaner case of the air cleaner includes: A holding unit for holding the fuse box is a vehicle that is integrally molded with the air cleaner case.

As a result, the holding portion of the fuse box is formed by using the air cleaner case of the vehicle engine, and the fuse box is held outside the air cleaner case, so that the volume of the air cleaner case is not reduced by the fuse box.

As a result, according to the invention of Claim 1, the following effects are exhibited. That is, since the holding part holding the fuse box is integrally formed on the air cleaner case on the outer surface of the air cleaner case, the holding part of the fuse box is formed using the air cleaner case of the engine of the vehicle, regardless of the battery box or the body structure. The vehicle which can form the holding part of a fuse box can be obtained. In addition, since the holding portion holds the fuse box on the outside of the air cleaner case, the volume of the air cleaner case is not reduced by the installation of the fuse box, so that the air cleaner case having the required volume can be reduced in size and weight.

In the invention according to claim 2, in the vehicle according to claim 1, an outer surface of the air cleaner case is provided with a housing portion in which the battery is accommodated, and the fuse box is provided in a fixing member for fixing the battery to the air cleaner case. The release preventing portion which prevents the release from the holding portion is formed.

Thereby, a battery is accommodated in the accommodating part formed in the outer surface using an air cleaner. Moreover, the fuse box is prevented from being pulled out of the holding portion by using a fixing member for fixing the battery housed in the housing portion.

As a result, according to the invention of Claim 2, the following effects are exhibited in addition to the effect of invention of Claim 1. That is, the battery receiving portion is formed on the outer surface of the air cleaner case, and the fixing member for fixing the battery to the air cleaner case is provided with a release blocking portion for preventing the fuse box from being pulled out of the holding portion, whereby the battery is accommodated in the air cleaner case. This eliminates the need for a dedicated battery box for accommodating the battery, thereby reducing the number of parts and the number of mounting steps on the vehicle body, thereby reducing the cost of the vehicle. In addition, since the fuse box is prevented from being pulled out of the holding part by using a fixing member for fixing the battery housed in the housing part, there is no need to separately install a member for preventing the fuse box from being pulled out. Therefore, the holding at the holding portion of the fuse box can be more surely performed.

Embodiment of the Invention

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8.

Referring to FIG. 1, which is a schematic left side view of a motorcycle V that is an embodiment of the present invention, the vehicle body frame F of the motorcycle V is a full frame 1 on which an internal combustion engine E as an engine is mounted; The left and right pairs of rear frame 5 fixed to the rear end of the entire frame 1 and the front and rear portions 6a are all fixed to the frame 1, and the rear and rear rear frames corresponding to the middle portion 6c. The pair of left and right seat rails 6 fixed to 5 is provided. In addition, in this embodiment, "front, rear, left and right" means front, rear, left and right when the motorcycle is a reference.

The front frame 1 comprises a head pipe 2 positioned at the front end of the front frame 1, a front part 3a extending substantially horizontally rearward from the head pipe 2 and a bent portion of the rear end of the front part 3a. The main frame 3 which consists of the back part 3b bent in 3c, and continues downward, and the down tube 4 which extends backward obliquely downward from the head pipe 2 are provided. The pair of rear frame 5 extends rearward obliquely upward from the lower portion of the rear portion 3b of the main frame 3 and extends from the front end portion 5a in the left-right direction (or the vehicle width direction), and continues rearward. Almost parallel to each other, the rear end is fixed to the intermediate portion 6c of the seat rail 6 above the rear wheel 9. In addition, both seat rails 6 supporting the seat 7 extend rearward from the front end portion 6a fixed to the bent portion 3c of the main frame 3 in the lateral direction, and continue to be parallel to the rearward. It leads to the rear end of the seat 7.

All the forks 10 for supporting the front wheels 8 axially are supported by the head pipe 2 so that the handlebars 11 are connected to the upper end of the forks 10. The power unit in which the internal combustion engine E and the transmission M are integrated is supported by the main frame 3 and the down tube 4 via a plurality of support brackets. In addition, the front end of the swing arm 13 that supports the rear wheels 9 at the rear end is pivotally supported by the pivot shaft 12 provided at the rear of the power unit. A shock absorber 14 is provided between the rear end of the swing arm 13 and the stay 58 welded over the rear end and the middle 6c of the rear frame 5.

Power from the output shaft 15 of the transmission M is transmitted to the rear wheels 9 via the reduction mechanism. The deceleration mechanism disposed on the left side of the vehicle body includes a drive sprocket 16 fixed to the output shaft 15, a driven sprocket 17 fixed to the rear wheel 9, and endless coils wound on both sprockets 16 and 17. It consists of a chain 18.

Above the power unit, the fuel tank 19 supported by the whole 3a of the main frame 3 and a pair of seat rail 6 is arrange | positioned, and rearward obliquely below this fuel tank 19, Furthermore, Behind the internal combustion engine E, it is provided in the intake machine of the internal combustion engine E in the space enclosed by the rear part 3b of the main frame 3, both rear frame 5, and both seat rails 6, The air cleaner 20 which cleans the air supplied to the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine E is arrange | positioned. The air blown from the atmosphere through the air cleaner 20 is mixed with fuel in the vaporizer 21 and introduced into the combustion chamber, and the exhaust gas after combustion is disposed on the right side of the vehicle body via the exhaust pipe 22 ( (Not shown).

2, 3, and 5, the air cleaner 20 includes an air cleaner case 23, an inlet duct 24, and an outlet duct 25 made of synthetic resin. An inlet duct 24 is connected to the rear surface 23a of the air cleaner case 23 in which the filter element is housed in its interior 23n (see FIGS. 4 and 6), and the main surface is connected to the right surface 23b thereof. An outlet duct 25 connected to the front side from the right side of the frame 3 and connected to the vaporizer 21 (see FIG. 1) is connected.

In the air cleaner case 23, an accommodating portion for accommodating the battery 26 of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped on the seat surface 23c, which is the outer surface of the air cleaner case 23 on the side opposite to the surface to which the outlet duct 25 is connected ( 27) is formed. The accommodating part 27 is formed with the concave part enclosed by the circumferential wall which has the inner wall 27a and the opening part 27b which opens to the front. The peripheral wall is composed of a lower wall 27c, an upper wall 27d and a rear wall 27e. The battery 26 accommodated in the accommodating portion 27 abuts on the inner wall 27a, the lower wall 27c, the upper wall 27d and the rear wall 27e, whereby the movement of the battery 26 is restricted. On the other hand, all of the batteries 26 protrude forward from the openings 27b beyond the air cleaner case 23 (see FIG. 2). Thus, since the accommodating part 27 has the opening part 27b, the freedom degree of the detachable direction of the battery 26 with respect to the accommodating part 27 becomes large, and the traveling wind from the front when the motorcycle V runs | moves, 26) easier to reach.

Referring to FIG. 4, the battery 26 accommodated in the accommodating portion 27 in a state of being mounted on the lower wall 27c includes a horizontally extending band-shaped accommodating formed on the inner wall 27a and the rear wall 27e. The inner band 28 fitted into the groove 27f and the holding portion 29h bent along the outer shape of the battery 26 are provided, and the outer band 29 facing the inner band 28 in the left and right directions is provided. It is pinched | interposed by and fixed to the air cleaner case 23 by fixing the both bands 28 and 29 to the air cleaner case 23. As shown in FIG. Therefore, the inner band 28 and the outer band 29 constitute a fixing member for fixing the battery 26 to the air cleaner case 23. The holding portion 29h of the outer band 29 is in contact with the battery 26 and presses the two elastic members 30a against the inner wall 27a and the inner band 28 to press the battery 26. One elastic member 30b is attached to press the battery 26 against the rear wall 27e and the inner band 28.

These inner bands 28 and outer bands 29 are formed by bending a band-shaped metal plate, and bolts B1 screwed into screw holes formed in the metal insert 31 embedded in the air cleaner case 23. It fastens with respect to the air cleaner case 23 by this.

That is, after the inner band 28 is fitted into the receiving groove 27f, the bolt B1 inserted through the insertion hole H1 of the two-part engaging portions 28c and 28d between the two ends 28a and 28b. ), It is fastened to the air cleaner case 23. And after the battery 26 is accommodated in the accommodating part 27, the one end part 29b of the outer band 29 is carried out so that the battery 26 may fit in the holding part 29h of the outer band 29. The seating surface of the air cleaner case 23 by the insertion hole H1 of one end part 29a and the bolt B1 inserted through the insertion hole H1 of the one end part 28a of the inner side band 28a. At 23c, it is fastened together with the inner band 28 to the air cleaner case 23. On the other hand, the other end 29b of the outer band 29 is inserted into the insertion hole H1 and bolted to the nut 32 welded to the other end 29b of the inner band 28 ( It is coupled integrally with the inner band 28 by B2). In addition, when removing the battery 26, the bolt (B1) and the bolt (B2) fastening one end portion 29a of the outer band 29 to the air cleaner case 23 and the inner band 28. Just remove it. Moreover, the attachment part 29c to which the holder 33 which hold | maintains several fuses of a spare is attached to the outer band 29 is comprised by a pair of pieces provided in the holding part 29h.

Moreover, the tool box T which is arrange | positioned under the air cleaner case 23 and consists of the box main body 34 and the lid 35 which are arrange | positioned under the air cleaner case 23 and accommodates a tool is attached to the lower surface of the air cleaner case 23. . That is, the engaging part 27c1 which consists of the engaging groove formed by opening below the lower wall 27c, and the engaging part 34a formed in the upper surface of the box main body 34 and consisting of the engaging protrusion are dovetails. It is formed in a (dovetail) shape, and the box main body 34 is fitted from the left side of the air cleaner case 23 so that both engaging portions 27c1 and 34a are engaged, and the box main body 34 is an air cleaner case 23. ) Is combined. And the lid 35 which seals the opening 34b of the box main body 34 passes through the insertion hole of the upper edge part 34c which forms the insertion hole H2 of the said lid 35, and the opening 34b. The tool box 34 is inserted into the hole H2 by a bolt B3 screwed into the screw hole of the insert 31 embedded in the lower wall 27c portion which is in contact with the upper edge portion 34c. In this way, the air cleaner case 23 and the tool box T are integrally coupled to each other so that relative movement is impossible. In addition, when taking out the tool accommodated in the tool box T, the bolt B3 is removed and the lid 35 is removed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lower surface of the box body 34 is fitted with fitting holes 36a formed in the stays 36 fixed to the main frame 3 and the rear frame 5 on the right side, and the vehicle body. A columnar protrusion 34d having a non-circular cross-sectional shape as a positioning member when the air cleaner 20 is mounted at the set position with respect to the frame F is formed. Therefore, the protrusion part 34d is fitted to the fitting hole 36a which is a hole of the shape matched with the said cross-sectional shape of the said protrusion part 34d, and the air cleaner 20 is mounted in the stay 36. The furnace air cleaner 20 occupies the said set position.

2 and 5, the rear face 23a, which is the outer surface of the air cleaner case 23, faces downward obliquely in the vicinity of the left surface 23c in which the receiving portion 27 of the battery 26 is installed. An inclined surface portion is provided with a holding part 41 for holding an electric fuse, for example, an equalizer, a starting motor, an ignition device, and a fuse box 40 in which a fuse provided in the middle of the wiring 37 of the battery 26 is stored. It is molded integrally with 23.

Referring to FIG. 6, the holding part 41 has a support wall 41a having a concave surface that matches the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical fuse box 40, and a fuse box protruding from the support wall 41a. Two holding pieces 41b which partially surround the outer circumferential surface of 40 in the circumferential direction and grip the fuse box 40 jointly with the supporting wall 41a, and the end portion 41c positioned at the lower end of the supporting wall 41a. Has The holding part 41 is formed with the opening part 41d which opens to the left by each holding piece 41b and the support wall 41a. And when the fuse box 40 is inserted into the holding part 41 from the opening part 41d, the outer peripheral surface contacts the inner surface of the holding piece 41b, and the holding piece 41b is slightly expanded, It is held by using the elastic force generated by the. At this time, the bottom part of the fuse box 40 abuts on the edge part 41c which comprises the bottom part of the holding part 41, and movement below the fuse box 40 is prevented.

In addition, the fuse box 40 held by the holding portion 41 is prevented from being pulled out of the holding portion 41 by the release stopping portion 29d integrally formed with the outer band 29. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, when the outer band 29 is fastened to the air cleaner case 23, the opening part 41d of the holding piece 41b is connected to the one end 29a of the outer band 29. As shown in FIG. A fall arrest portion 29d is formed, which is made of an extended portion to cover. Then, the release preventing part 29d contacts the fuse box 40 held in the holding part 41 before the outer band 29 is fastened to the air cleaner case 23 to support the fuse box 40 by the support wall. It is crimped | bonded to 41a. In addition, when removing the fuse box 40 from the holding | maintenance part 41 for a fuse replacement | exchange, what is necessary is to remove the fuse box 40 by removing the outer band 29 and opening 41d.

2 and 5, a guide having a concave wall surface that is slightly larger than the wall surface of the support wall 41a on the upward extension of the holding portion 41 in the axial direction of the fuse box 40. The part 42 (refer also FIG. 4) is formed, and the fuse box 40 can be pulled out and inserted with respect to the holding part 41 via this guide part 42. FIG.

Next, the coupling structure of the air cleaner 20 to which the battery 26, the fuse box 40, and the tool box 34 are attached to the vehicle body frame F will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, the air cleaner 20 is provided with the stay 36, the stay 50 fixed to the bent part 3c of the main frame 3, and both the seat rails 6, and those seat rails ( It is coupled to the plate-shaped cross member 51 fixed to 6). Specifically, as described above, the protruding portion 34d is fitted into the fitting hole 36a and coupled to the stay 36. In addition, referring to FIG. 7, the stay 50 is fitted into the hole H3 of the other end 28d of the inner band 28, and stayed by the bolt B4 inserted into the collar 52. 50 is coupled through a bushing 53 made of a rubber material fastened to. As a result, the air cleaner 20 is elastically supported by the main frame 3.

On the other hand, the combination of the air cleaner 20 and the cross member 51 is performed as follows. 2 and 8, two cylindrical projections integrally formed on the upper surface 23d of the air cleaner case 23 with respect to the air cleaner 20 mounted on the stay 36 and in the above-described set position. The mounting member 55 made of a rubber material having cylindrical portions 55a respectively press-fitted into the 54 has both cylindrical portions 55a passing through two holes 51a formed in the cross member 51. It press-fits into the protrusion part 54, and is mounted on the upper surface of the support plate 51. FIG. Subsequently, the flange portion 19a of the rear end of the fuel tank 19 and the support plate 56 welded to the flap portion 19a form the holes 19a1 and 56a of the holes 55b of the mount member 55. The annular projection 55c of the circumferential edge is superimposed on the mount member 55 so as to pass through the insertion. Then, the bolt B5 inserted into each of the holes 55b and 51b of the mount member 55 and the cross member 51 is screwed into the nut 57 welded to the lower surface of the cross member 51 to be fastened. By doing so, the mount member 55 and the fuel tank 19 are integrally coupled to the cross member 51. As a result, the air cleaner 20 and the fuel tank 19 are elastically supported by both the seat rails 6.

As shown in FIG. 2, a stay (not shown) welded to the lower portion of the fuel tank and a body cover C fixed to the stay 58 are provided on the left side of the air cleaner 20, and the vehicle body cover ( C) covers the whole of the battery 26 and the fuse box 40, and almost the whole of the air cleaner 20, and shields the battery 26 or the fuse box 40 from water.

Next, the operation and effect of the embodiment configured as described above will be described.

On the rear face 23a of the air cleaner case 23, the holding part 41 holding the fuse box 40 is integrally molded to the air cleaner case 23, thereby providing an internal combustion engine E of the motorcycle V. Since the holding part 41 of the fuse box 40 is formed using the air cleaner case 23, the formation of the holding part 41 of the fuse box 40 is independent of the vehicle body structure or the conventional battery box. Possible motorcycle V can be obtained. In addition, since the holding part 41 holds the fuse box 40 on the outside of the air cleaner case 23, the volume of the air cleaner case 23 is not reduced by installing the fuse box 40, so that the required volume is increased. The air cleaner case 23 having can be reduced in size and weight.

The receiving portion 27 of the battery 26 is formed on the left surface 23c of the air cleaner case 23, and the fuse box () is provided on the outer band 29 that fixes the battery 26 to the air cleaner case 23. By forming the release preventing portion 29d which prevents the 40 from escaping from the holding portion 41, the battery 26 is housed in the air cleaner case 23, so that a dedicated battery box for accommodating the battery 26 is provided. Since the battery 26 is mounted on the vehicle body frame F by mounting the air cleaner 20 to the vehicle body frame F, the number of parts and the number of mounting steps on the vehicle body frame F are reduced, thereby automatically. By reducing the number of assembling steps of the motorcycle V, the cost of the motorcycle V can be reduced. In addition, since the fuse box 40 is prevented from being removed from the holding part 41 by using the outer band 29 for fixing the battery 26 accommodated in the accommodating part 27, the fuse box 40 is pulled out. It is not necessary to provide a member for blocking separately, and the number of parts is also reduced at this point, so that the holding at the holding portion 41 of the fuse box 40 can be made more secure.

Moreover, since the guide part 42 connected to the holding part 41 is formed, when the fuse box 40 is pulled out from the holding part 41, for example, in order to replace a fuse, the outer band 29 ) By slightly loosening the bolt B1 fastening the air cleaner case 23 to the air cleaner case 23 and releasing the pressurization of the fuse box 40 by the release preventing portion 29d. Since the fuse box 40 can be pulled out from the holding part 41 via the guide part 42, the replacement operation becomes easy.

Since the accommodating part 27 has an opening 27b, the degree of freedom in the detachable direction of the battery 26 with respect to the accommodating part 27 increases, so that the battery 26 with respect to the accommodating part 27 is easily accessible. In addition, since the traveling wind from the front easily touches the battery 26 when the motorcycle V runs, the excessive wind rise of the battery 26 is prevented by the traveling wind.

The protrusion 34d and the fitting hole 36a which serve as positioning functions when the air cleaner 20 is mounted at the set position with respect to the vehicle body frame F are formed, whereby the protrusion 34d is fitted with the fitting hole 36a. ), The air cleaner 20 occupies the set position with the air cleaner 20 mounted on the stay, so that the air cleaner 20 and the vehicle body frame F are easily joined.

Hereinafter, the changed structure is demonstrated about the Example which changed the some structure of embodiment mentioned above.

In the above embodiment, the release from the holding portion 41 of the fuse box 40 is prevented by the release stopper 29d of the outer band 29, but without the release stopper 29d, By enlarging the range in which the holding piece 41b surrounds the outer circumferential surface of the fuse box 40 in the circumferential direction, the width of the opening 41d is made small to prevent the fuse box 40 from being removed from the opening 41d. can do. In this case, since the fuse box 40 is attached and detached to the holding unit 41 through the guide unit 42, the detachment of the battery 26 to the receiving unit 27 of the air cleaner 20 is different from the attachment and detachment of the battery 26. Regardless, the fuse box 40 can be attached or detached.

In the above embodiment, the fuse box 40 is pressed by the release stopper, but there may be a slight gap between the fuse box 40 and the release stopper 29d. In addition, the release preventing portion is formed in the outer band 29, but may be formed in the inner band 28. In addition, 1 or 3 or more may be sufficient as the number of the holding pieces 41b. In addition, although the vehicle was a two-wheeled vehicle in the above embodiment, a vehicle other than the two-wheeled vehicle may be used.

According to the invention according to claim 1, the holding part for holding the fuse box is integrally molded with the air cleaner case on the outer surface of the air cleaner case, so that the holding part of the fuse box is formed by using the air cleaner case of the vehicle engine. Regardless of the body structure, it is possible to obtain a vehicle which can form the holding portion of the fuse box. In addition, since the holding portion holds the fuse box on the outside of the air cleaner case, the volume of the air cleaner case is not reduced by the installation of the fuse box, so that the air cleaner case having the required volume can be reduced in size and weight.

According to the invention described in claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, an accommodating portion of the battery is formed on the outer surface of the air cleaner case, and the fuse box is removed from the holding portion by a fixing member for fixing the battery to the air cleaner case. By forming the release preventing portion that prevents this, the battery is accommodated in the air cleaner case, which eliminates the need for a dedicated battery box for accommodating the battery, thereby reducing the number of parts and the number of mounting steps on the vehicle body, thereby reducing the number of assembly steps of the vehicle. Can reduce the cost of the vehicle. In addition, since the fuse box is prevented from being pulled out of the holding part by using a fixing member for fixing the battery housed in the housing part, there is no need to separately install a member for preventing the fuse box from being pulled out. Thus, the holding at the holding portion of the fuse box can be made more secure.

Claims (2)

In a vehicle comprising an engine having an air cleaner, a battery, and a fuse box in which a fuse provided in the middle of wiring of the battery and the electrical equipment is stored, A vehicle having an air cleaner, characterized in that the holding portion for holding the fuse box is integrally molded with the air cleaner case on an outer surface of the air cleaner case of the air cleaner. The method of claim 1, An outer surface of the air cleaner case is provided with an accommodating portion for accommodating the battery, and a fixing member for fixing the battery to the air cleaner case has a release preventing portion for preventing the fuse box from being pulled out of the holding portion. A vehicle comprising an engine having an air cleaner.