Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Robert Boschgmbh

Hiroyuki Kaneta

Yoshiaki Sawano

Yotaro Mori

Yasushi Fujimoto

Junya Ono

Shinichiro Kato

Eiji Kittaka

Takeshi Wakabayashi

Naoki Sakamoto

Masayuki Fujita

Yuichi Uebayashi

Hiroyuki Makita

Taisuke Nimura

Tomohiro Hoshi

Hiroshi Kurata

Hisashi Murakami

Tsubasa Nose

Takahiro Oyama

Shunichi Miyagishi

Katsumi Sahoda

Kazunari Iguchi

Tsuyoshi Tsuda

Noriyuki Mori

Atsushi Nakamura

Yoshiaki Nedachi

Kazuhiko Ono

Masahiko Tsuchiya

Chikashi Iizuka

Hironori Nakamura

Chihiro Iida

Tomohiro Kawakami

Shunya Ishikawa

Kazunari Iguch

In a brake device for a saddle-type vehicle, including hydraulic front and rear wheel brakes and a first control unit that controls operations of the front wheel brake and the rear wheel brake, a second control unit includes a collision possibility determining section that determines a possibility of collision of an own vehicle with an obstacle ahead, the first control unit has an automatic brake controller that performs automatic brake control to automatically increase braking forces of the front wheel brake and the rear wheel brake, and in case where the collision possibility determining section determines that there is the possibility of collision, the automatic brake controller pressurizes the rear wheel brake to brake a rear wheel, and simultaneously pressurizes the front wheel brake up to a predetermined pressure at which a vehicle body posture is not changed by braking of a front wheel.

Brake device for saddle-type vehicles

The abnormality determination unit of a motorcycle determines the presence or absence of abnormalities in a clutch switch and/or a cruise cancel switch on the basis of the clutch operation signal output from the clutch switch and the cruise cancel signal output from the cruise cancel switch.

Vehicle

The pressure sensor functions as a first detection portion for detecting hydraulic pressure set according to operation of a brake pedal. The control unit detects the hydraulic pressure acting on the second piston portion through the pipe. The control unit controls differential pressure in the detected hydraulic pressure to a target value set according to vehicle speed.

Brake control device for saddle riding vehicle

The rocking control device for a two front wheels rocking vehicle includes a controller that executes a first rocking control which assists a rocking of the two front wheels rocking vehicle and a second rocking control which assists the two front wheels rocking vehicle so that the two front wheels rocking vehicle self-stands at a rocking balanced position where a rocking moment of the vehicle body is canceled out in a lateral direction, wherein controller is configured to switch the first rocking control and the second rocking control to OFF state, and is configured to operate the first rocking control and the second rocking control in combination.

Rocking control device for two front wheels rocking vehicle

An ECU controls the damping force at the time of the expansion movement and contraction movement of the front fork. When detecting at least that the motorcycle is in a state of making a stop and the brake hydraulic sensor shows an output of more than or equal to a predetermined value, the ECU carries out a damping force reducing control for minimizing the damping force of the front fork. The ECU takes the following sequential steps of: sensing a start of an expansion movement of the front suspension after starting the damping force reducing control, sensing a termination of the expansion movement of the front suspension, and terminating the damping force reducing control.

Suspension of motorcycle

A structure of rocking controller of a saddle riding type vehicle includes a rocking lock mechanism configured to lock lateral rocking of the vehicle body; wherein the rocking lock mechanism includes an arc shaped lock plate which crosses with an axial direction of a rocking shaft of the vehicle body and a lock caliper configured to lock a relative rocking between the lock plate and the lock caliper by clamping the lock plate, and a motor for the actuator is arranged in front of the rocking lock mechanism and the rotating drive shaft of the motor is arranged so as to penetrate an inner circumferential region of the arc shaped lock plate.

Structure of rocking controller of saddle riding type vehicle

An axle extends in an axial direction. A front wheel is rotatable around a wheel rotational axis. A front wheel supporting arm rotatably supports the axle. A front fork swingably supports the front wheel supporting arm such that the front wheel supporting arm is rotatable in a first direction about the wheel rotational axis. A rotary member is rotatable together with the axle around the wheel rotational axis. An axle rotation detector is supported on the axle opposite to the rotary member in the axial direction to be rotatable around the wheel rotational axis to detect a difference between rotational speeds of the axle rotation detector and the rotary member. A link mechanism is provided between the axle rotation detector and the front fork to turn the axle rotation detector in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction about the wheel rotational axis.

Straddle-type vehicle

A braking force control apparatus for a saddle ride vehicle includes a transmission controller which reduces driving force of an engine by a predetermined speed reduction ratio and transmits the driving force to a drive wheel, a clutch device which connects&#x2014;disconnects the driving force between the engine and the transmission, a brake device which generates braking force on the drive wheel, and a sensor which detects a state of the transmission. The transmission switches between a neutral state and an in-gear state, and when the sensor detects that the transmission is switching from the neutral state to the in-gear state, the controller causes the brake device to generate braking force on the drive wheel, and then releases the braking force upon completion of the switching to the in-gear state.

Braking force control apparatus for saddle ride vehicle

A braking force control apparatus in a motorcycle, includes a controller which controls a transmission to reduces driving force of an engine by a predetermined speed reduction ratio and transmits the driving force to a drive wheel of a vehicle, a clutch between the engine and the transmission, and brake devices which generate braking force on the wheels. The vehicle is switchable between a normal and a slow speed driving modes. In the slow speed mode the controller detects an inclination pitching angle &#x3b8;, and causes the brake devices to generate braking force on at least one of the drive wheels when &#x3b8;&#x2267;a predetermined value, then starts switching the clutch to a connected state when a driving operation is input, and gradually releases the braking force once driving force starts to be transmitted to the drive wheel.

A personal digital assistant attachment structure is used for a saddle-ride vehicle and removably attaches a personal digital assistant including a display screen to a vehicle body. The attachment structure includes a terminal holder that includes a connector cord and a supported portion and is provided separately from the vehicle body. The supported portion includes a cord holder and a holder terminal. The cord holder holds the connector cord and the holder terminal is connected to the second end of the connector cord, A holder support, which is provided integrally with the vehicle body, is removably engaged with the supported portion to support the terminal holder, and includes a vehicle-body-side terminal. The vehicle-body-side terminal is removably connected to the holder terminal during engagement of the supported portion.

Personal digital assistant attachment structure for saddle-ride vehicle

A bending load acting on a steering shaft only with a magnetostrictive torque sensor, without separately providing a sensor for detecting the bending moment. A storage unit stores, as an initial characteristic curve formed from initial detection values, a characteristic curve formed from detection values of each of a first detection coil and a second detection coil when only twisting torque is applied to a steering shaft. A bending load detector provided in an ECU detects a bending load amount acting on the steering shaft based on a difference between each detection value of the first and second detection coils and the initial detection value on the initial characteristic curve corresponding to the detection value.

Control unit for electric power steering device

A collection and delivery support system for a saddle-ride type electric vehicle includes a managing terminal that outputs information of registered collection/delivery destinations of cargos and information on battery charging locations arranged within a collection/delivery range of the vehicle, a server that calculates a collection/delivery route passing through respective collection and delivery destinations in order based on a possible traveling distance of the vehicle, and a mobile terminal provided with the vehicle. The server calculates the route such that it includes a battery charging location in the middle thereof, as well as estimated collection/delivery times based on the possible traveling distance information. The display displays information of the calculated route and the estimated collection/and delivery times.

Collection and delivery support system for saddle-ride type electric vehicles

An electric power steering apparatus includes a steering shaft for transmitting a steering force of a steering handlebar to a wheel and an upper bearing provided at a location upward from a vehicle body frame so as to rotatably support an upper part of the steering shaft. A lower bearing is provided at a location downward from the vehicle body frame, so as to rotatably support a lower part of the steering shaft. A torque sensor detects a torsional torque applied to the steering shaft. An electric motor imparts a steering force to the steering shaft based on the torsional torque detected by the torque sensor. The electric motor is mounted to the steering shaft between the upper bearing and the lower bearing, while the torque sensor is mounted to the steering shaft at place upward from the upper bearing.

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Wako, Japan

Hiroyuki Kaneta