WO2018070944A1 - Headlight mounting structure for motorcycle - Google Patents

Headlight mounting structure for motorcycle Download PDF

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WO2018070944A1
WO2018070944A1 PCT/TH2016/000082 TH2016000082W WO2018070944A1 WO 2018070944 A1 WO2018070944 A1 WO 2018070944A1 TH 2016000082 W TH2016000082 W TH 2016000082W WO 2018070944 A1 WO2018070944 A1 WO 2018070944A1
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headlight
front cover
fastened
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blinker
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Aliracha BUTBUMROONG
Patcharapa PORNPHAKDEE
Masanori Nakamura;
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Honda Motor Company Limited
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Priority to JP2019519286A priority Critical patent/JP6687815B2/en
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Priority to MYPI2019001845A priority patent/MY183067A/en
Priority to CN201680088562.3A priority patent/CN109641551B/en
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Priority to PH12019500060A priority patent/PH12019500060A1/en

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62J—CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
    • B62J17/00—Weather guards for riders; Fairings or stream-lining parts not otherwise provided for
    • B62J17/02—Weather guards for riders; Fairings or stream-lining parts not otherwise provided for shielding only the rider's front
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    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/0029—Spatial arrangement
    • B60Q1/0041—Spatial arrangement of several lamps in relation to each other
    • B60Q1/0047—Signalling unit mounted on a headlamp unit
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    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
    • B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
    • B60Q1/0408—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights built into the vehicle body, e.g. details concerning the mounting of the headlamps on the vehicle body
    • B60Q1/0433—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights built into the vehicle body, e.g. details concerning the mounting of the headlamps on the vehicle body the housing being fastened onto the vehicle body using screws
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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    • B60Q1/02—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments
    • B60Q1/04—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights
    • B60Q1/0408—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights built into the vehicle body, e.g. details concerning the mounting of the headlamps on the vehicle body
    • B60Q1/045—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments the devices being headlights built into the vehicle body, e.g. details concerning the mounting of the headlamps on the vehicle body with provision for adjusting the alignment of the headlamp housing with respect to the vehicle body
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q1/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor
    • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
    • B60Q1/2619—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic built in the vehicle body
    • B60Q1/2623—Details of the fastening means
    • B60Q1/2626—Screw-nut fasteners
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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    • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
    • B60Q1/34—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating change of drive direction
    • B60Q1/38—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating change of drive direction using immovably-mounted light sources, e.g. fixed flashing lamps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62J—CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
    • B62J6/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices on cycles; Mounting or supporting thereof; Circuits therefor
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    • B62J6/022—Headlights specially adapted for motorcycles or the like
    • B62J6/026—Headlights specially adapted for motorcycles or the like characterised by the structure, e.g. casings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62J—CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
    • B62J6/00—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices on cycles; Mounting or supporting thereof; Circuits therefor
    • B62J6/02—Headlights
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62J—CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS
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    • B62J6/05—Direction indicators
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  • the present invention relates to a headlight mounting structure for a motorcycle.
  • a headlight mounting structure for a motorcycle includes a pair of blinkers which are fixed on a front cover, and a headlight disposed between the pair of blinkers and provided with support shafts which arrange an optical axis of a light source, as is disclosed in JP2002-46676A 1 hereinafter called a prior art.
  • the prior art further discloses the support shafts which are supported by the pair of blinkers. Since the headlight is supported on the front cover by the pair of blinkers, the stress by a weight of the headlight has to been received by the pair of blinkers.
  • an embodiment of the present invention provides a headlight mounting structure for a motorcycle including: a headlight including a light source, a headlight housing in which the light source is housed inside, and an outer lens which covers a front end part of the headlight housing; a front cover disposed surrounding around the headlight; blinkers disposed adjacent to the headlight; and support plates disposed between the headlight and the blinkers respectively, which support the headlight and the blinkers, and which are supported by the front cover.
  • the stress by a weight of the headlight is received not by the pair of blinkers but by the support planes.
  • the headlight and the pair of blinkers can firmly be supported on the front cover.
  • the headlight includes an optical axis adjustment mechanism which arranges an optical axis of the light source, wherein the headlight housing comprises support shafts which rotatably support the headlight, and whererin the support plate comprises support shaft supporting parts, each support shaft supporting part is engaged with the support shaft.
  • the headlight housing includes support shafts which rotatably support the headlight, and each support shaft supporting part of the support plate is engaged with the support shaft, the headlight can more firmly be supported on the front cover.
  • the headlight is rotatably supported by the support shafts and includes an optical axis adjustment mechanism. Therefore, the headlight mounting structure is capable of realizing a function that the optical axis of the light source can be arranged by the optical axis adjustment mechanism.
  • the support plate includes fastening parts which fasten the support plate to the front cover, and wherein the support plate is fastened with the front cover and the blinker in at least one of the fastening parts.
  • the support plate is fastened with the front cover and the blinker in at least one of the fastening parts, it is possible to reduce the number of the fastening parts.
  • the blinker includes a blinker housing which has a blinker temporary assembly part that is directly fastened with the front cover, and a blinker fastened part which is fastened with the support plate and the blinker housing.
  • the blinker housing of the blinker includes the blinker temporary assembly, the blinker can be fastened with the front cover before the support plate is fastened with the front cover and the blinker. Then, it is easy to fasten the support plate with the front cover and the blinker.
  • the blinker housing of the blinker includes the blinker fastened part, it is possible to remove the support plate from the front cover by removing the support plate from the blinker, without removing the blinker from the front cover.
  • the support plate, the blinker housing and the front cover are fastened in this order from a side opposite to the front cover by fastening parts.
  • the support plate, the blinker housing and the front cover are fastened in this order from the side of the support plate.
  • the support plate includes a support shaft supporting part surface in which the support shaft supporting part is formed, and a plate fastened part surface in which a plate fastened part that is fastened with the blinker fastened part is formed, and wherein a first extending line which is extended outwardly from a plate fastened part surface side on a same plane as said support shaft supporting part surface and a second extending line which is extended outwardly from a support shaft supporting part surface side on a same plane as said plate fastened part surface are crossed.
  • the first extending line and the extending line are crossed, it helps improve rigidity of the support plate. Therefore, the headlight can firmly be supported by the support plate. Moreover, the component parts are able to be reduced.
  • FIG. I is a front view of the headlight mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a rear view of the headlight mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a view showing of an optical axis adjustment mechanism of FIG.2;
  • FIG. 4 is a view showing the support plate of the headlight mounting structure of FIG. l ;
  • FIG. 5 is a view showing a state where the front cover is prepared in the mounting process
  • FIG. 6 is a view showing a state where the pair of blinkers is positioned on the front cover in the mounting process
  • FIG. 7 is a view showing a state where the pair of blinkers is fastened with the front cover in the mounting process
  • FIG. 8 is a view showing a state where the pair of support plate is positioned at the predetermined positions of the headlight in the mounting process
  • FIG. 9 is a view showing a state where the headlight and the support plates are positioned on the front cover in the mounting process
  • FIG. 10 is a view showing a state where the support plates are fastened with the pair of blinker and the front cover in the mounting process
  • FIG. l 1 is a view showing a state where the optical axis adjustment mechanism is fastened with the front cover in the mounting process.
  • the embodiment of the invention discloses a headlight mounting structure 1 for a motorcycle including a headlight 10, a front cover 30 disposed surrounding around the headlight 10, and blinkers 40L, 40R disposed adjacent to the headlight 10.
  • the headlight mounting structure 1 includes support plates 50L, 50R disposed between the headlight 10 and the blinkers 40L, 40R respectively.
  • the support plates 50L, 50R support the headlight 10 and the blinkers 40L, 40R, and which are supported by the front cover 30.
  • the headlight 10 includes a light source 12 such as LED, a headlight housing 14 in which the light source 12 is housed inside, and an outer lens 18 which covers a front end part of the headlight housingH and which allows transmission of light from the light source 12 therethrough. Moreover, the headlight 10 includes an optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 for arranging an optical axis of the light source 12 at the lower position of the headlight 10.
  • a light source 12 such as LED
  • a headlight housing 14 in which the light source 12 is housed inside
  • an outer lens 18 which covers a front end part of the headlight housingH and which allows transmission of light from the light source 12 therethrough.
  • the headlight 10 includes an optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 for arranging an optical axis of the light source 12 at the lower position of the headlight 10.
  • the headlight housing 14 includes support shafts 16L, 16R which are formed so as to project horizontally from a vertically-center part of the headlight housing 14 and which rotatably support the headlight 10.
  • the headlight housing 14 includes a protruding part 17 at the lower portion of the headlight 10.
  • the protruding part 17 includes a slit 17a extending inside thereof in the vertical direction.
  • the slit 1 7a is used with the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 as described below.
  • the headlight 10 includes the outer lens 18 as a front surface of the headlight 10 so as to cover a front end part of the headlight housing 14.
  • the outer lens 18 is a transparent member which is formed in a curved shape, so that the light from the light source 12 pass through the outer lens 18.
  • the headlight 10 includes the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 which functions as the adjustment mechanism which arranges an optical axis of the light source 12.
  • the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 is fixed on rear surface of the front cover 30.
  • the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 includes an adjustment plate 21 which is fixed on the front cover 30 and a screw 22 which passes through the slit 1 7a.
  • the adjustment plate 21 includes openings 21 L, 21 R on both sides of the slit 17a.
  • Fourth fixing tools 74L, 74R such as the screws are passed through the openings 21 L, 21 R, and screwed through the fourth bosses 39L, 39R of the front cover 30 (See FIG.5 and FIG.8).
  • the screw 22 includes a screw head part 22a at the end of the screw 22 in the rear direction.
  • the outside diameter of the screw head part 22a is formed to be larger than the width in the short direction of the slit 17a.
  • the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 adjusts the distance between the protruding part 17 and the adjustment plate 21 by engaging the thread of the screw 22 with an adjustment plate 2 l and by moving the position of the adjustment plate 21 to the position of the adjustment plate 21 ' and vice vase. As a result, since the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 adjusts the attitude of the headlight housing 14 for the front cover 30, and thereby adjusts the optical axis of the headlight 10.
  • the front cover 30 is a member which is attached to the front of the motorcycle.
  • the front cover 30 has a mounting opening 32 at the central portion in the horizontal direction of the front cover 30.
  • the mounting opening 32 is formed so that the headlight 10 and the blinker 40L, 40R are mounted to the mounting opening 32.
  • the mounting opening 32 includes an elliptical part 32a which is formed into the elliptical shape, and lug parts 32L, 32R which extends toward the horizontal outer direction from the central part of the outer edge of the elliptical part 32a, when viewed from the rear direction of the front cover 30 (See FIG.5).
  • the headlight 10 is mounted to the elliptical part 32a, and the blinkers 40L, 40R are mounted to the lug parts 32L, 32R respectively.
  • the rear surface of the front cover 30 includes first bosses 34L, 34 R and second bosses 36L, 36R for fixing the support plates 50L, 50R on the front cover 20, and third bosses 38L, 38R for fixing the blinkers 30L, 30R on the front cover 30 (See FIG.5).
  • the rear surface of the front cover 30 includes fourth bosses 39L, 39R at a lower side from the mounting opening 32 for fixing the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 on the front cover 30.
  • the first bosses 34L, 34 R, the second bosses 36L, 36R, the third bosses 38L, 38R, and the fourth bosses 39L, 39R are formed by projecting from the surface of the front cover 30 in the rear direction of the front cover 30, so that the screws are engaged in these bosses.
  • the blinkers 40L, 40R are disposed adjacent to the headlight 10 on both sides in a horizontal direction.
  • the blinkers 40L, 40R include blinker housings 42L, 42R in which the light sources (not shown in the figure) are housed inside respectively.
  • the blinkers 40L, 40R include flange parts 44L, 44R which are formed to surround the entire outer peripheries of the blinker housing 42L, 42R respectively.
  • the flange parts 44L, 44R include blinker temporary assembly parts 46L, 46R that are directly fastened with the front cover 30, and the blinker fastened parts 48L, 48R which are fastened with the support plates 50L, 50R and the front cover 30 respectively (See FIG.6).
  • Each of the blinker temporary assembly parts 46L, 46R and the blinker fastened parts 48L, 48R are provided with the openings 47L, 47R and the openings 49L, 49R into which the screws are inserted.
  • the positions of the openings 47L, 47R of the blinker temporary assembly parts 46L, 46R and the openings 49L, 49R of blinker fastened parts 48L, 48R correspond to the positions of the third bosses 38L, 38R and the first boss 34L, 34 R, respectively.
  • the support plates 50L, 50R are the members include a support shaft supporting part surface 52L, 52R in which support shaft supporting parts 54L, 54R are formed respectively, and plate fastened part surface 56L, 56R in which plate fastened parts 58L, 58R that are fastened with the blinker fastened part 48L, 48R are formed respectively.
  • the support plates 50L, 50R include plate fastened surface 60L, 60R with front cover fastened parts 62L, 62R which are formed in parallel with the plate fastened part surface 56L, 56R respectively.
  • FIG.4A to FIG.4C show the rear view, the left side view, and the 4C-4C line end view of the support plate 50L in this order.
  • the support shaft supporting part 54L, 54R are formed as the circular openings in which support shafts 16L, 16R of the headlight 10 are inserted, so as to rotatably support the headlight 10 respectively. Therefore, the inside diameters of the support shaft supporting part 54L, 54R are larger than the outer diameters of the support shafts 16L, 16R respectively.
  • the plate fastened part 58L, 58R and the front cover fastened part 62L, 62R are formed as the circular openings in which the fixing tools are inserted (as described below).
  • the support shaft supporting part surfaces 52L, 52R and the plate fastened part surfaces 56L, 56R, and the plate fastened surfaces 60L, 60R are formed by bending the support plate 50L, 50R at right angles respectively. Namely, a first extending line which is extended outwardly from a plate fastened part surface side on a same plane as the support shaft supporting part surface 52L (52R) and a second extending line which is extended outwardly from a support shaft supporting part surface side on a same plane as the plate fastened part surface 60L (60R) are crossed.
  • the blinkers 40L, 40R and the support plates 50L, 50R are fixed to the front cover 30 by using the fixing tools such as the screws.
  • First fixing tools 71 L, 71 R are screwed through the third bosses 38L, 38R respectively, the blinkers 40L, 40R and the front cover 30 are fixed with the first fixing tools 71 L, 71 R.
  • Second fixing tools 72L, 72R are screwed through the first bosses 34L, 34R of the front cover 30, the blinker fastened parts 48, 48R of the blinkers 40L, 40R, and the plate fastened parts 58L, 58R of the support plate 50L, 50R respectively, the blinkers 40L, 40R, the support plates 50L, 50R, and the front cover 30 are fixed with the first fixing tools 72L, 72R.
  • Third fixing tools 73 L, 73R are screwed through the second bosses 36L, 36R of the front cover 30 and the front cover fastened parts 62L, 62R of the support plate 50L, 50R respectively, the support plates 50L, 50R and the front cover 30 are fixed with the third fixing tools 73L, 73R.
  • the headlight 10 is rotatably supported by the support plate 50L, 50R. Moreover, the blinker 40L, 40R and the support plate 50L, 50R are completely fastened on the front cover 30.
  • the headlight 10 and the blinkers 40L, 40R are supported on the front cover 30, the stress by a weight of the headlight 10 is received not by the blinkers 40L, 40R but by the support planes 50L, 50R even if the headlight 10 is enlarged. Then, it is possible to be prevented from enlargement of the blinkers 40L, 40R due to the stress, and the changes of a blinkers design and their impact can be minimized as a result. Therefore, since the changes of a blinkers design can be minimized, it is possible to prevent the number of parts from being increased in order to fasten the headlight 10 and the blinkers 40L, 40R on the front cover 30.
  • the front cover 30 is prepared so that it is easy to mount the headlight 10, the blinkers 40L, 40R, and support plates 50L, 50R on the front cover 1 0 (See F1G.5).
  • FIG.5 is a rear view of the front cover 30.
  • the blinkers 40L, 40R are located to the front cover 30 by fitting the blinkers 40L, 10 40R in the lug parts 32L, 32R respectively (See FIG.6).
  • the positions of the openings 47L, 47R of the blinker temporary assembly parts 46L, 46R and the openings 49L, 49R of the blinker fastened parts 48L, 48R are formed to correspond to the positions of the third bosses 38L, 38R and the first boss 34L, 34 R respectively, when the blinkers 40L, 40R are fitted in lug parts 32L, 32R appropriately.
  • the flange parts 44L, 44R are positioned at the rear face side of the front cover 1 5 30.
  • the first fixing tools 71L, 71 R are passed through the opening 47L, 47R of the blinker temporary assembly parts 46L, 46R and screwed to the third bosses 38L, 38R of the front cover 30, and thereby the blinkers 40L, 40R are mounted to the front cover 30 by fitting the screws blinkers 40L, 40R in the lug parts 32L, 32R respectively (See FIG.7). Namely, the blinkers 40L, 0 40R are temporarily fixed to the front cover 30.
  • the support shafts 16L, 16R are inserted into the support shaft supporting parts 54L, 54R of the support plate 50L, 50R, and thereby the support plates 50L, 50R are attached on the headlight 10 (See FIG.8).
  • the headlight 10 on which the support plates 50L, 50R are attached is located to the 5 front cover 30 to which the blinkers 40L, 40R are temporarily fixed (See FIG.9). Since there is no obstacle when the headlight 10 is located to the front cover 30, it is easy for the headlight 10 to be located to the front cover 30.
  • the positions of the openings 58L, 58R of the support plates 50L, 50R are formed to correspond to the positions of the blinker fastened parts 48L, 48R of the blinker 40L, 40R and the 30 positions of the first boss 34L, 34 R of the front cover 30, when the headlight 10 is fitted in the elliptical part 32a appropriately.
  • the positions of the openings 21 L, 21 R of the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 are formed to correspond to the positions of the fourth bosses 39L, 39R of the front cover 30, when the headlight 10 is fitted in the elliptical part 32a appropriately.
  • the second fixing tools 72L, 72R are passed through the plate fastened parts 58L, 58R of the support plates 50L, 50R, the openings 49L, 49R of the blinker fastened part 48L, 48R of the blinkers 40L, 40R, and the first bosses 34L, 34 R of the front cover 30 respectively, and screwed to the plate fastened part 58L, 58R, the openings 49L, 49R of the blinker fastened part 48L, 48R, and the first bosses 34L, 34R.
  • the third fixing tools 73L, 73R are passed through the front cover fastened part 62L, 62R of the support plates 50L, 50R and the second bosses 36L, 36R of the front cover 30 respectively, and screwed to the front cover fastened part 62L, 62R and the second bosses 36L, 36R.
  • the headlight 10 on which the support plates 50L, 50R are attached is mounted to the front cover 30 to which the blinkers 40L, 40R are fixed, and the headlight mounting structure 1 is formed (See FIG.10).
  • the support shafts 54L, 54R of the support plate 50L, 50R rotatably support the headlight 10.
  • the fourth fixing tools 74L, 74R are passed through the openings 21 L, 21 R of the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 respectively, and screwed to the openings 21 L, 21 R and the fourth bosses 39L, 39R. Then, the headlight 10 on which the support plates 50L, 50R are attached is mounted to the front cover 30 to which the blinkers 40L, 40R are securely fixed. After that, by screwing the screw 22, the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 adjusts the distance between the protruding part 17 and the adjustment plate 21 . As a result, since the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 adjusts the attitude of the headlight housing 14 for the front cover 30, the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 adjusts the optical axis of the headlight 10 (See FIG. l 1 ).
  • the second fixing tools 72L, 72R and third fixing tools 73 L, 73R are removed from the headlight mounting structure 1. Therefore, it is possible to easily remove the headlight 10 on which the support plates 50L, 50R are attached from the headlight mounting structure 1 without removing the blinkers 40L, 40R from the headlight mounting structure 1.

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Abstract

The present invention discloses a headlight mounting structure 1 for a motorcycle comprising: a headlight 10 including a light source 12, a headlight housing 14 in which the light source 12 is housed inside, and an outer lens 18 which covers a front end part of the headlight housing 14; a front cover 30 disposed surrounding around the headlight 10; blinkers 40L, 40R disposed adjacent to the headlight 10; and support plates 50L, 50R disposed between the headlight 10 and the blinkers 40L, 40R respectively, which support the headlight 10 and the blinkers 40L, 40R, and which are supported by the front cover 30.

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TITLE OF THE INVENTION
HEADLIGHT MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR MOTORCYCLE
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to a headlight mounting structure for a motorcycle.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is known that a headlight mounting structure for a motorcycle includes a pair of blinkers which are fixed on a front cover, and a headlight disposed between the pair of blinkers and provided with support shafts which arrange an optical axis of a light source, as is disclosed in JP2002-46676A 1 hereinafter called a prior art.
The prior art further discloses the support shafts which are supported by the pair of blinkers. Since the headlight is supported on the front cover by the pair of blinkers, the stress by a weight of the headlight has to been received by the pair of blinkers.
Nowadays, there is a tendency to enlarge the headlight which is provided with a motorcycle. When an enlarged headlight is adopted for the prior art, it is necessary to enlarge the pair of blinkers in order to improve a strength of the pair of blinkers.
CITATION LIST
Patent Literature
PTL 1 : Japanese laid-open publication No. JP2002-46676A 1
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an objective of the present invention to provide a headlight mounting structure for a motorcycle including support plates which are disposed between a headlight and a pair of blinkers which are disposed adjacent to the headlight respectively, which support the headlight and the pair of blinkers, and which are supported by the front cover.
In order to achieve the above objective, an embodiment of the present invention provides a headlight mounting structure for a motorcycle including: a headlight including a light source, a headlight housing in which the light source is housed inside, and an outer lens which covers a front end part of the headlight housing; a front cover disposed surrounding around the headlight; blinkers disposed adjacent to the headlight; and support plates disposed between the headlight and the blinkers respectively, which support the headlight and the blinkers, and which are supported by the front cover.
According to the embodiment of the present embodiment, since the headlight and the pair of blinkers are supported on the front cover, the stress by a weight of the headlight is received not by the pair of blinkers but by the support planes.
Moreover, since it is possible to be prevented from enlargement of the pair of blinkers due to the stress, the headlight and the pair of blinkers can firmly be supported on the front cover.
In the headlight mounting structure of the embodiment of the present invention, the headlight includes an optical axis adjustment mechanism which arranges an optical axis of the light source, wherein the headlight housing comprises support shafts which rotatably support the headlight, and whererin the support plate comprises support shaft supporting parts, each support shaft supporting part is engaged with the support shaft.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, since the headlight housing includes support shafts which rotatably support the headlight, and each support shaft supporting part of the support plate is engaged with the support shaft, the headlight can more firmly be supported on the front cover.
Moreover, the headlight is rotatably supported by the support shafts and includes an optical axis adjustment mechanism. Therefore, the headlight mounting structure is capable of realizing a function that the optical axis of the light source can be arranged by the optical axis adjustment mechanism.
In the headlight mounting structure of the embodiment of the present invention, the support plate includes fastening parts which fasten the support plate to the front cover, and wherein the support plate is fastened with the front cover and the blinker in at least one of the fastening parts.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, since the support plate is fastened with the front cover and the blinker in at least one of the fastening parts, it is possible to reduce the number of the fastening parts.
In the headlight mounting structure of the embodiment of the present invention, the blinker includes a blinker housing which has a blinker temporary assembly part that is directly fastened with the front cover, and a blinker fastened part which is fastened with the support plate and the blinker housing.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, in the case of fastening the support plate with the front cover and the blinker, since the blinker housing of the blinker includes the blinker temporary assembly, the blinker can be fastened with the front cover before the support plate is fastened with the front cover and the blinker. Then, it is easy to fasten the support plate with the front cover and the blinker.
In the case of removing the support plate from the front cover, since the blinker housing of the blinker includes the blinker fastened part, it is possible to remove the support plate from the front cover by removing the support plate from the blinker, without removing the blinker from the front cover.
With this embodiment, it is easy to mount and remove the support plate, and the favorable maintainability is provided as a result.
In the headlight mounting structure of the embodiment of the present invention, the support plate, the blinker housing and the front cover are fastened in this order from a side opposite to the front cover by fastening parts.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, in the case of fastening the support plate with the front cover, after the support plate is positioned at a predetermined position of the headlight, the support plate, the blinker housing and the front cover are fastened in this order from the side of the support plate.
Therefore, it is efficiently to make mounting of the headlight. Moreover, it is possible to remove only the headlight without removing the blinker.
In the headlight mounting structure of the embodiment of the present invention, wherein the support plate includes a support shaft supporting part surface in which the support shaft supporting part is formed, and a plate fastened part surface in which a plate fastened part that is fastened with the blinker fastened part is formed, and wherein a first extending line which is extended outwardly from a plate fastened part surface side on a same plane as said support shaft supporting part surface and a second extending line which is extended outwardly from a support shaft supporting part surface side on a same plane as said plate fastened part surface are crossed.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, since the first extending line and the extending line are crossed, it helps improve rigidity of the support plate. Therefore, the headlight can firmly be supported by the support plate. Moreover, the component parts are able to be reduced.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
The principle of the present invention and its advantages will become apparent in the following description taking in consideration with the accompanying drawings in which: FIG. I is a front view of the headlight mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a rear view of the headlight mounting structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a view showing of an optical axis adjustment mechanism of FIG.2;
FIG. 4 is a view showing the support plate of the headlight mounting structure of FIG. l ;
FIG. 5 is a view showing a state where the front cover is prepared in the mounting process;
FIG. 6 is a view showing a state where the pair of blinkers is positioned on the front cover in the mounting process;
FIG. 7 is a view showing a state where the pair of blinkers is fastened with the front cover in the mounting process;
FIG. 8 is a view showing a state where the pair of support plate is positioned at the predetermined positions of the headlight in the mounting process;
FIG. 9 is a view showing a state where the headlight and the support plates are positioned on the front cover in the mounting process;
FIG. 10 is a view showing a state where the support plates are fastened with the pair of blinker and the front cover in the mounting process;
FIG. l 1 is a view showing a state where the optical axis adjustment mechanism is fastened with the front cover in the mounting process.
DETAILED DESCTIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3.
The embodiment of the invention discloses a headlight mounting structure 1 for a motorcycle including a headlight 10, a front cover 30 disposed surrounding around the headlight 10, and blinkers 40L, 40R disposed adjacent to the headlight 10.
Moreover, the headlight mounting structure 1 includes support plates 50L, 50R disposed between the headlight 10 and the blinkers 40L, 40R respectively. The support plates 50L, 50R support the headlight 10 and the blinkers 40L, 40R, and which are supported by the front cover 30.
The headlight 10 includes a light source 12 such as LED, a headlight housing 14 in which the light source 12 is housed inside, and an outer lens 18 which covers a front end part of the headlight housingH and which allows transmission of light from the light source 12 therethrough. Moreover, the headlight 10 includes an optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 for arranging an optical axis of the light source 12 at the lower position of the headlight 10.
The headlight housing 14 includes support shafts 16L, 16R which are formed so as to project horizontally from a vertically-center part of the headlight housing 14 and which rotatably support the headlight 10.
The headlight housing 14 includes a protruding part 17 at the lower portion of the headlight 10. The protruding part 17 includes a slit 17a extending inside thereof in the vertical direction. The slit 1 7a is used with the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 as described below.
As shown in FIG.3, the headlight 10 includes the outer lens 18 as a front surface of the headlight 10 so as to cover a front end part of the headlight housing 14. The outer lens 18 is a transparent member which is formed in a curved shape, so that the light from the light source 12 pass through the outer lens 18.
As shown in FIG.2, the headlight 10 includes the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 which functions as the adjustment mechanism which arranges an optical axis of the light source 12. The optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 is fixed on rear surface of the front cover 30.
The optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 includes an adjustment plate 21 which is fixed on the front cover 30 and a screw 22 which passes through the slit 1 7a. The adjustment plate 21 includes openings 21 L, 21 R on both sides of the slit 17a. Fourth fixing tools 74L, 74R such as the screws are passed through the openings 21 L, 21 R, and screwed through the fourth bosses 39L, 39R of the front cover 30 (See FIG.5 and FIG.8).
As shown in FIG.3, the screw 22 includes a screw head part 22a at the end of the screw 22 in the rear direction. The outside diameter of the screw head part 22a is formed to be larger than the width in the short direction of the slit 17a.
The optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 adjusts the distance between the protruding part 17 and the adjustment plate 21 by engaging the thread of the screw 22 with an adjustment plate 2 l and by moving the position of the adjustment plate 21 to the position of the adjustment plate 21 ' and vice vase. As a result, since the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 adjusts the attitude of the headlight housing 14 for the front cover 30, and thereby adjusts the optical axis of the headlight 10.
The front cover 30 is a member which is attached to the front of the motorcycle. The front cover 30 has a mounting opening 32 at the central portion in the horizontal direction of the front cover 30. The mounting opening 32 is formed so that the headlight 10 and the blinker 40L, 40R are mounted to the mounting opening 32. The mounting opening 32 includes an elliptical part 32a which is formed into the elliptical shape, and lug parts 32L, 32R which extends toward the horizontal outer direction from the central part of the outer edge of the elliptical part 32a, when viewed from the rear direction of the front cover 30 (See FIG.5). The headlight 10 is mounted to the elliptical part 32a, and the blinkers 40L, 40R are mounted to the lug parts 32L, 32R respectively.
The rear surface of the front cover 30 includes first bosses 34L, 34 R and second bosses 36L, 36R for fixing the support plates 50L, 50R on the front cover 20, and third bosses 38L, 38R for fixing the blinkers 30L, 30R on the front cover 30 (See FIG.5). In addition, the rear surface of the front cover 30 includes fourth bosses 39L, 39R at a lower side from the mounting opening 32 for fixing the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 on the front cover 30.
The first bosses 34L, 34 R, the second bosses 36L, 36R, the third bosses 38L, 38R, and the fourth bosses 39L, 39R are formed by projecting from the surface of the front cover 30 in the rear direction of the front cover 30, so that the screws are engaged in these bosses.
The blinkers 40L, 40R are disposed adjacent to the headlight 10 on both sides in a horizontal direction. The blinkers 40L, 40R include blinker housings 42L, 42R in which the light sources (not shown in the figure) are housed inside respectively.
Also, the blinkers 40L, 40R include flange parts 44L, 44R which are formed to surround the entire outer peripheries of the blinker housing 42L, 42R respectively. The flange parts 44L, 44R include blinker temporary assembly parts 46L, 46R that are directly fastened with the front cover 30, and the blinker fastened parts 48L, 48R which are fastened with the support plates 50L, 50R and the front cover 30 respectively (See FIG.6).
Each of the blinker temporary assembly parts 46L, 46R and the blinker fastened parts 48L, 48R are provided with the openings 47L, 47R and the openings 49L, 49R into which the screws are inserted. In the case that the blinkers 40L, 40R are mounted on the front cover 30, the positions of the openings 47L, 47R of the blinker temporary assembly parts 46L, 46R and the openings 49L, 49R of blinker fastened parts 48L, 48R correspond to the positions of the third bosses 38L, 38R and the first boss 34L, 34 R, respectively.
The support plates 50L, 50R are the members include a support shaft supporting part surface 52L, 52R in which support shaft supporting parts 54L, 54R are formed respectively, and plate fastened part surface 56L, 56R in which plate fastened parts 58L, 58R that are fastened with the blinker fastened part 48L, 48R are formed respectively. Also, the support plates 50L, 50R include plate fastened surface 60L, 60R with front cover fastened parts 62L, 62R which are formed in parallel with the plate fastened part surface 56L, 56R respectively.FIG.4A to FIG.4C show the rear view, the left side view, and the 4C-4C line end view of the support plate 50L in this order.
The support shaft supporting part 54L, 54R are formed as the circular openings in which support shafts 16L, 16R of the headlight 10 are inserted, so as to rotatably support the headlight 10 respectively. Therefore, the inside diameters of the support shaft supporting part 54L, 54R are larger than the outer diameters of the support shafts 16L, 16R respectively. The plate fastened part 58L, 58R and the front cover fastened part 62L, 62R are formed as the circular openings in which the fixing tools are inserted (as described below).
The support shaft supporting part surfaces 52L, 52R and the plate fastened part surfaces 56L, 56R, and the plate fastened surfaces 60L, 60R are formed by bending the support plate 50L, 50R at right angles respectively. Namely, a first extending line which is extended outwardly from a plate fastened part surface side on a same plane as the support shaft supporting part surface 52L (52R) and a second extending line which is extended outwardly from a support shaft supporting part surface side on a same plane as the plate fastened part surface 60L (60R) are crossed.
The blinkers 40L, 40R and the support plates 50L, 50R are fixed to the front cover 30 by using the fixing tools such as the screws. First fixing tools 71 L, 71 R are screwed through the third bosses 38L, 38R respectively, the blinkers 40L, 40R and the front cover 30 are fixed with the first fixing tools 71 L, 71 R. Second fixing tools 72L, 72R are screwed through the first bosses 34L, 34R of the front cover 30, the blinker fastened parts 48, 48R of the blinkers 40L, 40R, and the plate fastened parts 58L, 58R of the support plate 50L, 50R respectively, the blinkers 40L, 40R, the support plates 50L, 50R, and the front cover 30 are fixed with the first fixing tools 72L, 72R. Third fixing tools 73 L, 73R are screwed through the second bosses 36L, 36R of the front cover 30 and the front cover fastened parts 62L, 62R of the support plate 50L, 50R respectively, the support plates 50L, 50R and the front cover 30 are fixed with the third fixing tools 73L, 73R.
Since the support shafts 16L, 16R are rotatably inserted into the support shaft supporting part 54L, 54R respectively, the headlight 10 is rotatably supported by the support plate 50L, 50R. Moreover, the blinker 40L, 40R and the support plate 50L, 50R are completely fastened on the front cover 30.
Furthermore, since the headlight 10 and the blinkers 40L, 40R are supported on the front cover 30, the stress by a weight of the headlight 10 is received not by the blinkers 40L, 40R but by the support planes 50L, 50R even if the headlight 10 is enlarged. Then, it is possible to be prevented from enlargement of the blinkers 40L, 40R due to the stress, and the changes of a blinkers design and their impact can be minimized as a result. Therefore, since the changes of a blinkers design can be minimized, it is possible to prevent the number of parts from being increased in order to fasten the headlight 10 and the blinkers 40L, 40R on the front cover 30.
Next, the mounting procedure of the headlight mounting structure 1 for the motorcycle 5 according to an embodiment will be explained in detail by referring to FIG.5 to FIG. l 1 .
Firstly, the front cover 30 is prepared so that it is easy to mount the headlight 10, the blinkers 40L, 40R, and support plates 50L, 50R on the front cover 1 0 (See F1G.5). FIG.5 is a rear view of the front cover 30.
Secondly, the blinkers 40L, 40R are located to the front cover 30 by fitting the blinkers 40L, 10 40R in the lug parts 32L, 32R respectively (See FIG.6). The positions of the openings 47L, 47R of the blinker temporary assembly parts 46L, 46R and the openings 49L, 49R of the blinker fastened parts 48L, 48R are formed to correspond to the positions of the third bosses 38L, 38R and the first boss 34L, 34 R respectively, when the blinkers 40L, 40R are fitted in lug parts 32L, 32R appropriately. Then, the flange parts 44L, 44R are positioned at the rear face side of the front cover 1 5 30.
Thirdly, the first fixing tools 71L, 71 R are passed through the opening 47L, 47R of the blinker temporary assembly parts 46L, 46R and screwed to the third bosses 38L, 38R of the front cover 30, and thereby the blinkers 40L, 40R are mounted to the front cover 30 by fitting the screws blinkers 40L, 40R in the lug parts 32L, 32R respectively (See FIG.7). Namely, the blinkers 40L, 0 40R are temporarily fixed to the front cover 30.
Fourthly, the support shafts 16L, 16R are inserted into the support shaft supporting parts 54L, 54R of the support plate 50L, 50R, and thereby the support plates 50L, 50R are attached on the headlight 10 (See FIG.8).
Fifthly, the headlight 10 on which the support plates 50L, 50R are attached is located to the 5 front cover 30 to which the blinkers 40L, 40R are temporarily fixed (See FIG.9). Since there is no obstacle when the headlight 10 is located to the front cover 30, it is easy for the headlight 10 to be located to the front cover 30.
The positions of the openings 58L, 58R of the support plates 50L, 50R are formed to correspond to the positions of the blinker fastened parts 48L, 48R of the blinker 40L, 40R and the 30 positions of the first boss 34L, 34 R of the front cover 30, when the headlight 10 is fitted in the elliptical part 32a appropriately. Also, the positions of the openings 21 L, 21 R of the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 are formed to correspond to the positions of the fourth bosses 39L, 39R of the front cover 30, when the headlight 10 is fitted in the elliptical part 32a appropriately. Sixthly, the second fixing tools 72L, 72R are passed through the plate fastened parts 58L, 58R of the support plates 50L, 50R, the openings 49L, 49R of the blinker fastened part 48L, 48R of the blinkers 40L, 40R, and the first bosses 34L, 34 R of the front cover 30 respectively, and screwed to the plate fastened part 58L, 58R, the openings 49L, 49R of the blinker fastened part 48L, 48R, and the first bosses 34L, 34R. Moreover, the third fixing tools 73L, 73R are passed through the front cover fastened part 62L, 62R of the support plates 50L, 50R and the second bosses 36L, 36R of the front cover 30 respectively, and screwed to the front cover fastened part 62L, 62R and the second bosses 36L, 36R.
Therefore, the headlight 10 on which the support plates 50L, 50R are attached is mounted to the front cover 30 to which the blinkers 40L, 40R are fixed, and the headlight mounting structure 1 is formed (See FIG.10). The support shafts 54L, 54R of the support plate 50L, 50R rotatably support the headlight 10.
Finally, the fourth fixing tools 74L, 74R are passed through the openings 21 L, 21 R of the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 respectively, and screwed to the openings 21 L, 21 R and the fourth bosses 39L, 39R. Then, the headlight 10 on which the support plates 50L, 50R are attached is mounted to the front cover 30 to which the blinkers 40L, 40R are securely fixed. After that, by screwing the screw 22, the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 adjusts the distance between the protruding part 17 and the adjustment plate 21 . As a result, since the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 adjusts the attitude of the headlight housing 14 for the front cover 30, the optical axis adjustment mechanism 20 adjusts the optical axis of the headlight 10 (See FIG. l 1 ).
On the other hand, in the case that the headlight 10 is removed from the headlight mounting structure 1 , the second fixing tools 72L, 72R and third fixing tools 73 L, 73R are removed from the headlight mounting structure 1. Therefore, it is possible to easily remove the headlight 10 on which the support plates 50L, 50R are attached from the headlight mounting structure 1 without removing the blinkers 40L, 40R from the headlight mounting structure 1.
Although specific embodiments of the invention have been disclosed and described as well as illustrated in the companying drawings, it is simply for the purpose of better understanding of the principle of the present invention and it is not as a limitation of the scope and spirit of the teaching of the present invention. Adaption and modification to various structures such as design or material of the invention, mounting mechanism of various parts and elements or embodiments are possible and apparent to a skilled person without departing from the scope of the present invention which is to be determined by the claims. List of reference:
1 headlight mounting structure
10 headlight
12 light source
14 headlight housing
16L, 16R support shaft
17 protruding part
17a slit
18 outer lens
20 optical axis adjustment mechanism
21 , 21 ' adjustment plate
21 L, 21 R opening
22 screw
22a screw head part
30 front cover
32 mounting opening
32a elliptical part
32L, 32R lug part
34L, 34R first boss
36L, 36R second boss
38L, 38R third boss
39L, 39R fourth boss
40L, 40R blinker
42L, 42R blinker housing
44L, 44R flange part
46L, 46R blinker temporary assembly part
47L, 47R opening
48L, 48R blinker fastened part
49L, 49R opening
50L, 5 OR support plate
52L, 52R support shaft supporting part surface 54L, 54R support shaft supporting part 56L, 56R plate fastened part surface 58L, 58R plate fastened part 60L, 60R plate fastened surface 62L, 62R front cover fastened part 71L, 71 R first fixing tool 72L, 72R second fixing tool
73L, 73R third fixing tool 74L, 74R fourth fixing tool

Claims

1 . A headlight mounting structure ( 1 ) for a motorcycle comprising:
a headlight (10) including a light source (12), a headlight housing (14) in which said light source (12) is housed inside, and an outer lens (18) which covers a front end part of said headlight housing (14);
a front cover (30) disposed surrounding around said headlight ( 10);
blinkers (40L, 40R) disposed adjacent to said headlight (10); and
support plates (50L, 50R) disposed between said headlight (10) and said blinkers (40L, 40R) respectively, which support said headlight (10) and said blinkers (40L, 40R), and which are supported by said front cover (30).
2. The headlight mounting structure (1 ) for said motorcycle of claim 1 , wherein said headlight ( 10) comprises an optical axis adjustment mechanism (20) which arranges an optical axis of said light source (12), wherein said headlight housing (14) comprises support shafts (16L, 16R) which rotatably support said headlight (10), and whererin said support plate comprises support shaft supporting parts, each support shaft supporting part is engaged with said support shaft.
3. The headlight mounting structure (1 ) for said motorcycle of claim 1 , wherein said support plate comprises fastening parts which fasten said support plate to said front cover (30), and wherein said support plate is fastened with said front cover and said blinker in at least one of said fastening parts.
4. The headlight mounting structure (1 ) for said motorcycle of claim 2, wherein said blinker comprises a blinker housing which includes a blinker temporary assembly part that is directly fastened with said front cover (30), and a blinker fastened part which is fastened with said support plate and said blinker housing.
5. The headlight mounting structure ( 1 ) for said motorcycle of claim 1 , wherein said support plate, said blinker housing and said front cover are fastened in this order from a side opposite to said front cover (30) by fastening parts.
6. The headlight mounting structure ( 1 ) for said motorcycle of claim 4, wherein said support plate comprises a support shaft supporting part surface in which said support shaft supporting part is formed, and a plate fastened part surface in which a plate fastened part that is fastened with said blinker fastened part is formed, and wherein a first extending line which is extended outwardly from a plate fastened part surface side on a same plane as said support shaft supporting part surface and a second extending line which is extended outwardly from a support shaft supporting part surface side on a same plane as said plate fastened part surface are crossed.
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