Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Etsumi Handa

Yasushi Takahashi

Takaaki Kato

Makoto Mitsukawa

Katsumasa Mukai

Katsuyuki Okubo

Nobuo Shigemizu

Akira Kuramochi

Kazuo Tsuji

Yasuhiro Fukuyoshi

Yuji Hayashi

Hisayoshi Kageyama

Takeo Numata

Yasuyuki Maeda

Tadashi Minyu

Natsuko Sota

Michito Arai

Yukio Akai

A device includes a battery case () that stores a battery (A orB), a lock mechanism () that is capable of fixing and holding the stored battery (A orB) in the battery case (), and an operation member () that is capable of performing switching operation of the lock mechanism () between a battery-fixed state and a non-battery-fixed state. The lock mechanism () includes a movable block () which is supported by the battery case () in a displaceable manner. The movable block () has a battery restriction portion (or) which restricts displacement of the battery (A orB) in a separation direction in a state of being displaced to a battery fixing position, and a holding force receiving portion () which receives a holding force for maintaining the movable block () at the battery fixing position from the operation member () in a state where the operation member () is operated within a predetermined positional range.

Battery storage device of vehicle

In a motorcycle or a three-wheeled vehicle which tiltably supports a proximal end portion of a swing arm which pivotally supports a wheel on a vehicle body frame by way of a pivot shaft, the swing arm pivot structure is inexpensive and can be easily assembled without particularly using relatively expensive bearings such as taper bearings. At the same time, the preload adjustment is no longer necessary thus facilitating the assembling operation and the maintenance operation. A proximal portion of the pivot shaft is connected to the swing arm in a state wherein the proximal portion is non-rotatable relative to the swing arm. At the same time, a distal portion of the pivot shaft is fitted in and held by the vehicle body frame in a state wherein the distal portion is rotatable relative to the vehicle body frame.

Swing arm pivot structure of motorcycle or three-wheeled vehicle and motorcycle of three-wheeled vehicle

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Wako, Japan

Etsumi Handa