TH100596A - Saddle-mounted vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

DC60 (09/02/59) The number of parts and weight will be reduced, and the appearance will be improved. The saddle-mounted vehicle 1 will include a main tube 12 extending into the rear and lower part of the vehicle body from the steering tube 11, where the handlebar 16 will be supported rotatably by this steering tube. The engine, including the internal 50, is provided with a continuously variable transmission 52, which is suspended at the end of the main tube 12, and a brake pedal 60 that will transmit the driver's foot operation to the rear brake. The saddle-mounted vehicle will further include a stopper 69 provided at the center of the arm 62 of the brake pedal 60, and a parking lock assembly 80 which includes a parking lock arm 82 that can be latchped. On the upper part, the 69 stopper and the 81 parking lock assembly, which connects to the 82 parking lock arm, the 82 parking lock arm and the 69 stopper will be positioned below. The 50 internal combustion engine (modified 09/02/59) will have its number of parts and weight reduced, and its appearance improved. The saddle-mounted vehicle 1 will include a main tube 12 extending into the rear and lower part of the vehicle body from the steering tube 11, where the handlebar 16 will be rotatably supported by this steering tube. The 50 internal combustion engine is fitted with a 52 continuously variable transmission mounted at the end of the main tube 12, and a 60 brake pedal that transmits the driver's foot operation to the rear brakes. Saddle-mounted vehicle. This will include the 69 stopper, which is positioned in the center of the 62 arm of the 60 brake pedal, and the 80 parking lock assembly, which includes the 82 parking lock arm that can be braced against the 69 stopper from above, and the 81 parking lock retaining assembly that connects to the 82 parking lock arm. The 82 parking lock arm and the 69 stopper will be positioned below the 50 internal combustion engine.

Claims (5)

Updated 09/02/59 1. The saddle-mounted vehicle is equipped with: a main tube (12) extending into the rear and underside of the vehicle body from the steering tube (11), to which the handlebar (16) is rotatably connected to the steering tube; a power unit (50) fitted to a continuously variable transmission (52) suspended at the end of the main tube (12); and a brake pedal (60) transmitting the rider's foot action to the rear brake, where the brake pedal (60) is provided with an arm (62) rotatably supported by the pedal shaft (61) and angled forward, where the arm (62) has a stopper (69) provided at the center of the arm (62). The saddle-mounted vehicle is equipped with: a parking lock assembly (80) including a parking lock arm (82) which can be braced against the stopper (69) and a parking lock restraint assembly (81) connected to the arm. The parking lock (82); the pedal bar (42) on which the driver's foot is rested; and the pedal bar mounting plate (42A) which secures the pedal bar (42) to the underside of the power unit (50) and is formed by the parking lock retaining arm (81) which protrudes as a single piece from the pedal bar mounting plate (42A). The parking lock (80) is positioned behind the pedal bar (42) and the pedal bar mounting plate (42A) is also positioned in front of the pedal shaft (61), and the parking lock arm (82) and stopper (69) are positioned just below the power unit (50). 2. A saddle-mounted vehicle pursuant to claim paragraph 1 where: the power unit (50) shall include a crankshaft receiving part (53) that receives the crankshaft section (53D) of the crankshaft (53C) and a continuously variable transmission receiving part (57) that receives the continuously variable transmission (52); and the parking lock arm (82) and the stopper (69) shall be positioned below the continuously variable transmission receiving part (57). 3. A saddle-mounted vehicle in accordance with claim 1 or 2 where: the saddle-mounted vehicle is a motorcycle; the footrest bar (42), which extends into both sides in the width direction of the vehicle body through the footrest bar mounting bracket (42A) provided on the underside of the crankcase surface (53) of the power unit (50), is articulated to the underside of the power unit (50); a continuously variable transmission receiving device (57) is provided between the brake pedal (60) and the engine (51) containing the power unit (50) when viewed from above; and the parking locking mechanism (70) includes the brake pedal (60), the parking locking assembly (80), the parking locking lever (71) operated by the rider, and the parking locking cable (72) connecting the parking locking lever (71) and the parking locking assembly (80), respectively. 4. A saddle-mounted vehicle according to any of the claims 1 through 3 where: the parking lock arm (82) shall have a spring support arm (82A) for supporting one end of the spring (83), with the other end of the spring supported by the side of the parking lock restraint assembly (81), and a cable support arm (82B) connected to the side of the end of the parking lock cable (72); the parking lock arm (82) shall be substantially V-shaped when viewed from above; the parking lock arm (82) shall be attached to the parking lock restraint assembly (81) so that it may be rotated in the horizontal direction by a pivot axis (82C) arranged in line with the vertical direction, and the parking lock arm (82) shall be arranged with its V-shaped open side directed toward the tilted right rear end when not rotated; And the cable support arm (82B) shall be supplied with a leg (82D) which is supplied at the top of the cable support arm (82B) and extends downward to brace against the stop (69) and the cable restraint assembly (82E) which extends upward from the upper surface of the cable support arm (82B) and supports the end of the inner cable (72A) which is inserted into the cable lock for parking (72). 5. In any of the saddle-mounted vehicles under claims 1 through 4, where the stop (69), which is angled toward the left and forward sides, is provided at the center of the arm (62) of the brake pedal (60), where the stop (69) is provided below the continuously variable transmission receiving part (57), the stop (69) is formed by bending a rectangular plate at the center of the rectangular plate in the longitudinal direction, and the stop (69) is placed on the arm (62) so that the surface of the stop (69) is horizontal.