Classifications

• • 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
  • B62J1/00—Saddles or other seats for cycles; Arrangement thereof; Component parts
  • B62J1/12—Box-shaped seats; Bench-type seats, e.g. dual or twin seats
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
  • B62H—CYCLE STANDS; SUPPORTS OR HOLDERS FOR PARKING OR STORING CYCLES; APPLIANCES PREVENTING OR INDICATING UNAUTHORIZED USE OR THEFT OF CYCLES; LOCKS INTEGRAL WITH CYCLES; DEVICES FOR LEARNING TO RIDE CYCLES
  • B62H5/00—Appliances preventing or indicating unauthorised use or theft of cycles; Locks integral with cycles
  • B62H5/001—Preventing theft of parts or accessories used on cycles, e.g. lamp, dynamo

Definitions

• a motorcycle including a seat opener mechanism including a seat opener that can release a lock of a seat locked in a closed state by operating an operation switch attached to a vehicle.
• an operation switch is attached to a smart key unit in the vicinity of a head pipe of a motorcycle, a seat opener is attached to a rear part of the seat, and operation wire is extended between the operation switch and the seat opener. Accordingly, the operation wire can actuate the seat opener in accordance with an operation of the operation switch, and release the lock of the seat to be in an open state.
• Patent Literature 1 Japanese Patent No. 5878151
• the operation switch is attached in the vicinity of the head pipe of the motorcycle (that is, at a front part of the vehicle), and the seat opener is attached to a rear part of the seat, so that there has been the problem that the operation wire is prolonged and a large number of support members are required to arrange the prolonged operation wire.
• a dimension between the operation switch and the actuator or a dimension between the actuator and the seat opener may be increased.
• the dimension between the operation switch and the actuator is large, an electric cable between the operation switch and the actuator is prolonged, and a large number of support members are required to arrange the prolonged electric cable.
• the dimension between the actuator and the seat opener is large, the operation wire between the actuator and the seat opener is prolonged, and a large number of support members are required to arrange the prolonged operation wire.
• the present invention is made in view of such a situation, and provides an attachment structure of a seat opener mechanism that can shorten the dimension between the operation switch and the actuator or the dimension between the actuator and the seat opener, and reduce the number of support members for arranging the electric cable or the operation wire.
• an attachment structure of a seat opener mechanism including a seat opener that is able to release a lock of a seat locked in a closed state by operating an operation switch attached to a vehicle, wherein the operation switch is arranged at a position overlapping with at least a part of the seat in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a side view, and an actuator that is actuated through an operation of the operation switch to release the lock is arranged on a vehicle rear side of the seat and on an upper part of a rear fender included in the vehicle.
• an attachment structure of a seat opener mechanism including a seat opener that is able to release a lock of a seat locked in a closed state by operating an operation switch attached to a vehicle, wherein the seat opener is formed at a position overlapping with at least a part of the seat in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a side view, and an actuator that is activated through an operation of the operation switch to release the lock is arranged on a vehicle rear side of the seat and on an upper part of a rear fender included in the vehicle.
• the rear fender is supported by a vehicle body frame including a longitudinal direction frame extended in a vehicle longitudinal direction and a horizontal direction frame extended in a vehicle width direction, and the actuator is arranged at a position surrounded by the longitudinal direction frame and the horizontal direction frame.
• the actuator in the attachment structure of the seat opener mechanism according to claim 3, is arranged at an area between the fixed position of the vehicle body frame and the rear fender in a side view.
• the operation switch in the attachment structure of the seat opener mechanism according to one of claims 1 to 4, is arranged at a position overlapping with the seat in a plan view, and includes an operation button that can be operated to be pressed upward.
• the operation switch is arranged along an outer contour shape of the seat on a vehicle rear side in a side view of the vehicle.
• the operation switch is arranged at a position overlapping with at least a part of the seat in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a side view, and an actuator that is activated through an operation of the operation switch to release the lock is arranged on a vehicle rear side of the seat and on an upper part of a rear fender included in the vehicle, so that a dimension between the operation switch and the actuator can be shortened, and the number of support members for arranging an electric cable can be reduced.
• the seat opener is formed at a position overlapping with at least a part of the seat in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a side view, and an actuator that is activated through an operation of the operation switch to release the lock is arranged on a vehicle rear side of the seat and on an upper part of a rear fender included in the vehicle, so that a dimension between the actuator and the seat opener can be shortened, and the number of support members for arranging operation wire can be reduced.
• the rear fender is supported by a vehicle body frame including a longitudinal direction frame extended in a vehicle longitudinal direction and a horizontal direction frame extended in a vehicle width direction, and the actuator is arranged at a position surrounded by the longitudinal direction frame and the horizontal direction frame, so that a rear fender is attached to the vehicle body frame including a longitudinal direction frame extended in a vehicle longitudinal direction and a horizontal direction frame extended in a vehicle width direction, thereby improving the rigidity of the rear fender, and by attaching the actuator to the rear fender which rigidity is improved, the vibration of the actuator can be suppressed.
• the actuator is arranged at an area between the fixed position of the vehicle body frame and the rear fender in a side view, so that the vibration of the actuator can be suppressed more effectively.
• the operation switch is arranged at a position overlapping with the seat in a plan view, and includes an operation button that can be operated to be pressed upward, so that an external appearance viewed from an upper side of the vehicle can be improved because the operation button is hidden by the seat, and a misoperation can be prevented because the operation button needs to be operated upward from a lower side.
• the operation switch is arranged along an outer contour shape of the seat on a vehicle rear side in a side view of the vehicle, so that an external appearance in a side view of the vehicle can be improved, and operability for the operation switch can be improved because the operation switch can be operated by groping.
• FIG. 1 is a front view illustrating a motorcycle to which an attachment structure of a seat opener mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
• Fig. 2 is a left side view illustrating the motorcycle.
• Fig. 3 is a right side view illustrating the motorcycle.
• Fig. 4 is a back view illustrating the motorcycle.
• Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating an operation switch, an actuator, and a seat opener of the motorcycle.
• Fig. 6 is a side view illustrating an attached state of the operation switch in the motorcycle.
• Fig. 7 is a plan view illustrating a seat of the motorcycle.
• Fig. 8 is a perspective view illustrating a back surface side of the seat of the motorcycle.
• Fig. 9 is a sectional view along the line D -IX in Fig. 4.
• Fig. 10 is a plan view illustrating an attached state of the actuator in the motorcycle.
• Fig. 11 is a perspective view illustrating the attachment structure of the rear fender to the vehicle frame of the motorcycle.
• FIG. 12 Fig. 11 is a perspective view illustrating an attached state of the seat opener in the motorcycle.
• Fig. 12 is a perspective view illustrating the seat opener of the motorcycle.
• Fig. 13 is a block diagram illustrating the seat opener mechanism and a smart key system arranged in the motorcycle.
• the motorcycle includes a handle cover 1 , a leg shield 3, a head pipe cover 4, a smart key unit cover 5, a front fender 6, a rear fender 7, a seat 8, a side cover 9, a headlight 10, a throttle grip 11 a and a holding grip 1 lb, an engine 12 serving as a driving source of a vehicle, a belt converter cover 13, a rear light 14, a front fork 15, a rear fork 16, a meter 17, a front wheel Rl , and a rear wheel R2.
• a smart key unit 20 is attached to the motorcycle according to the present embodiment.
• the smart key unit 20 can cause the engine 12 (driving source) of the motorcycle to be in a startable state under a condition that an ID code transmitted from a smart key K that can be carried by a driver matches a normal ID code, and is electrically connected to a determination module 18 and an ECU 19 attached to a predetermined position of the vehicle as illustrated in Fig.14.
• the smart key can wirelessly (by radio waves) sends an ID code specific to the motorcycle, and the determination module 18 can receive the sent ID code and determine whether the sent ID code is a normal ID code. If the determination module 18 determines that the normal ID code is received, a control signal is transmitted to the smart key unit 20, and a lock for regulating an operation for starting the engine 12 is released. When the operation for starting the engine 12 is performed, the control signal is transmitted to the ECU 19 to start the engine 12.
• the determination module 18 is assumed to be constituted of a microcomputer and the like arranged separately from the smart key unit 20. Alternatively, the determination module 18 may be formed inside the smart key unit 20, or may be formed inside the ECU 19.
• the seat 8 can rock about a rocking shaft m formed at a front part of the seat 8, and is configured to be able to rock between a closed state (a state indicated by a solid line in Fig. 6) in which a driver can sit and an open state (a state indicated by a two-dot chain line in Fig. 6) in which the seat 8 is opened to expose, to the outside, a fuel inlet, a lid, and the like formed on a lower side of the seat 8.
• a hook 2 is formed on a back surface on a rear side of the seat 8.
• a seat opener 23 is attached at a position that corresponds to the hook 2 when the seat 8 is in the closed state.
• the seat opener 23 is included in the seat opener mechanism according to the present embodiment, includes an attachment fitting 23a, an engaging member 23b, an actuation member 23c, and a spring 23d as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 12 to 14, and is fixed at a position overlapping with at least a part of the seat 8 in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a side view (a position where part of the seat opener 23 overlaps with a which is the area between the front and rear end of the seat 8 as illustrated in Fig. 6) (a rear position of the seat 8 as illustrated in Fig. 12) .
• the attachment fitting 23 a is fixed to the vehicle with a screw and the like, and a recessed part 23 aa is formed at a predetermined position.
• the engaging member 23b is constituted of a member that can engage the hook 2 inserted into the recessed part 23 aa, and can be rotated between a locked state in which the hook 2 is engaged to lock the seat 8 in the closed state and an unlocked state in which an engagement of the hook 2 is released to unlock the seat 8.
• the actuation member 23c is constituted of a member to which one end of operation wire W extended from an actuator 22 is connected, and can be movable between a first position at which the engaging member 23b is caused to be in a locked state and a second position at which the engaging member 23b is caused to be in an unlocked state via the operation wire W.
• the actuation member 23c is always urged by the spring 23d in a direction of moving to a second state.
• the seat 8 can be locked by engaging the hook 2 inserted into the recessed part 23aa with the engaging member 23b when the seat 8 is in the closed state, the actuation member 23c is actuated via the operation wire W when the actuator 22 is actuated, and the lock of the seat 8 can be released by moving the engaging member 23b from the first position to the second position.
• the seat 8 can rock from the closed state to the open state when the lock thereof is released, and a fuel inlet, a lid, and the like formed on a lower side of the seat 8 can be opened to the outside in the open state.
• the actuator 22 is configured such that a motor and the like are arranged inside the actuator 22, and the other end of the operation wire W is connected to the actuator 22.
• the motor is driven to pull the operation wire W by a
• the actuation member 23c can be moved from the first position to the second position. That is, by operating the operation switch 21 , the actuator 22 can be caused to work, and the seat opener 23 is operated via the operation wire W to release the lock of the seat 8 locked in the closed state.
• the operation switch 21 includes an operation button 21a, and is electrically connected to the actuator 22 via an electric cable D. That is, when a pressing operation is performed on the operation button 21a, a control signal is transmitted to the actuator 22 via the electric cable D to actuate the actuator 22, and the lock of the seat 8 can be released.
• the operation switch 21 according to the present embodiment is electrically connected to the determination module 18, and is configured to be able to enable the pressing operation on the operation button 21 a only when the determination module 18 determines that the normal ID code is received.
• the control signal is transmitted to the actuator 22 and the lock of the seat 8 can be released.
• the control signal is not transmitted to the actuator 22 even when the pressing operation is performed on the operation button 21a, and the lock of the seat 8 is not released. Accordingly, the lock of the seat 8 can be prevented from being illicitly released by a third party, and crime prevention performance can be secured without arranging the operation button 21a on the smart key unit 20.
• the operation switch 21 is arranged at a position overlapping with at least a part of the seat 8 in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a side view (a position where part of the operation switch 21 overlaps with a which is the area between the front and rear end of the seat 8), and the actuator 22 that is activated through an operation of the operation switch 21 to release the lock is arranged on the vehicle rear side of the seat 8 and on an upper part of the rear fender 7 (refer to Fig. 9) included in the vehicle. Further, the operation switch 21 is arranged to be overlapped with the seat 8 in a plan view (when viewed from an upper surface), and is hidden by the seat 8 when viewed from the upper surface as illustrated in Fig. 7.
• the rear fender 7 according to the present embodiment is, for example, constituted of a component made of resin such as polypropylene (PP), and a boss-shaped attachment part 7a is formed integrally therewith as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 9.
• the actuator 22 according to the present embodiment is fixed to the attachment part 7a to be supported by the rear fender 7.
• the rear fender 7 according to the present embodiment is supported by a vehicle body frame including a longitudinal direction frame Fl extended in a vehicle longitudinal direction and a horizontal direction frame F2 extended in a vehicle width direction, and the actuator 22 is arranged at a position surrounded by the longitudinal direction frame Fl and the horizontal direction frame F2.
• the stay Jl and stay J2 are respectively formed downward, and each stay (Jl, J2) is fixed with bolts Bl, B2 in a state of being attached to the rear fender 7.
• the rear fender is fixed to the vehicle rame comprised of the longitudinal direction frame Fl and the horizontal direction frame F2, and the actuator 22 is attached to the rear fender 7 which is rigidly supported by such vehicle frame.
• the actuator 22 is arranged at the rear fender 7 which is positioned between the fixed portion of bolt Bl and the fixed portion of bolt B2 in a side view, so that the vibration of the vehicle being transmitted to the actuator 22 can be suppressed.
• the operation switch 21 is arranged at a position overlapping with at least a part of the seat 8 in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a side view and a position overlapping with the seat 8 in a plan view (refer to Fig. 7), and includes the operation button 21a that can be operated to be pressed upward as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6. That is, when the operation switch 21 is operated, the actuator 22 can be activated by pressing the operation button 21a upward from a lower side.
• the operation switch 21 according to the present embodiment is arranged along an outer contour shape (line L) of the seat 8 on the vehicle rear side in a side view of the vehicle.
• the operation switch 21 is arranged at a position overlapping at least a part of the seat 8 in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a side view, and the actuator 22 that is activated through the operation of the operation switch 21 to release the lock is arranged on the vehicle rear side of the seat 8 and on the upper part of the rear fender 7 included in the vehicle, so that a dimension between the operation switch 21 and the actuator 22 can be shorten, and the number of support members for arranging the electric cable D can be reduced.
• the operation switch 21 is arranged at a position overlapping with the seat 8 in a plan view, and is electrically connected to the determination module 18, so that the operation switch 21 can be arranged in the vicinity of the seat 8 (at a position close to the actuator 22) while securing crime prevention performance.
• the seat opener 23 is formed at a position overlapping with at least a part of the seat 8 in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a side view, and the actuator 22 that is activated through the operation of the operation switch 21 to release the lock is arranged on the vehicle rear side of the seat 8 and on the upper part of the rear fender 7 included in the vehicle, so that a dimension between the actuator 22 and the seat opener 23 can be shortened, and the number of support members for arranging the operation wire W can be reduced.
• the actuator 22 according to the present embodiment is supported by the rear fender 7 (specifically, the rear fender 7 made of resin), so that vibration of the vehicle is absorbed by the rear fender 7, and vibration applied to the actuator 22 can be suppressed.
• the rear fender 7 is attached to the vehicle body frame Fl including the longitudinal direction frame Fl extending in the longitudinal direction and the horizontal direction frame extending in the horizontal direction of the vehicle width direction, whereby the rigidity of the rear fender 7 is improved and by attaching the actuator 22 to the rear fender 7 which rigidity is improved, the vibration of the actuator 22 can be suppressed.
• the actuator 22 is arranged at an area between the fixed position of the vehicle body frame and the rear fender 7 (between the fixed portion of bolt Bl, B2) in a side view, so that the vibration of the actuator 22 can be suppressed more effectively.
• the rear fender 7 is supported by the vehicle body frame including the longitudinal direction frame Fl extended in the vehicle longitudinal direction and the horizontal direction frame F2 extended in the vehicle width direction, and the actuator 22 is arranged at a position surrounded by the longitudinal direction frame Fl and the horizontal direction frame F2, so that the actuator 22 can be protected from an impact, a load, and the like applied from the outside.
• the operation switch 21 is arranged at a position overlapping with the seat 8 in a plan view, and includes the operation button 21a that can be operated to be pressed upward, so that an external appearance viewed from an upper side of the vehicle can be improved because the operation button 21a is hidden by the seat 8, and a misoperation can be prevented because the operation button 21a needs to be operated upward from a lower side.
• the operation switch 21 according to the present embodiment is arranged along the outer contour shape (line L) of the seat 8 on the vehicle rear side in a side view of the vehicle, so that an external appearance in a side view of the vehicle can be improved, and operability for the operation switch 21 can be improved because the operation switch 21 can be operated by groping.
• the operation switch 21 may include a module different from the operation button 21a (a seesaw type switch knob and the like), or an operation button may be a button that can be operated to be pressed toward another direction instead of the operation button 21a that can be operated to be pressed upward.
• the present invention can be applied to an attachment structure of a seat opener mechanism having different external appearance or an attachment structure to which another function is added so long as an operation switch is arranged at a position overlapping with at least a part of a seat in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a side view and an actuator that is activated through an operation of the operation switch to release a lock is arranged on a vehicle rear side of the seat and on an upper part of a rear fender included in a vehicle, or a seat opener is formed at a position overlapping with at least a part of a seat in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a side view and the actuator that is activated through an operation of the operation switch to release a lock is arranged on the vehicle rear side of the seat and on the upper part of the rear fender included in the vehicle.

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