Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock

Hondalock Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Toyo Denso Co., Ltd.

Katsuhisa Yamada

Koji Suzuki

Kazuhiko Ono

Yoshiaki Takeuchi

Makoto Hattori

Koichi Shimamura

Yutaka Kikuchi

Yoji Kanaoka

Koichi Nozoe

Masakuni Ando

Takeshi Konno

Yusuke Funayose

Hiroshi Nishijima

Koji Kano

Shohei Suzuki

Kunihiko Fukui

Kazuo Yuhi

Yuichi Kato

Masayuki Hojo

Kazuyuki Kuriyama

Yoshiya Omuro

Tsuguhito Ichiriki

Ikuo Hirayama

Sadanori Watarai

Takashi Ishitsuka

Norifumi Shimizu

Hiroaki Shibuya

Takehiro Nonaka

Shuichi Ishibashi

Kohei Tosa

A locking device for a trunk in a vehicle. The locking device includes a latch configured to change a state of the trunk between locked and unlocked, and a lever configured to drive the latch to an open position. The locking device further includes a lock knob configured to be disposed outward of a vehicle body to visually determine from an outside of the vehicle whether the trunk is in the locked state or the unlocked state. The lock knob is further configured to be selectively placed in a locked position. In the locked position, the trunk is configured to be brought into the locked state by prohibiting the latch from being driven to an open position. The lock knob is further configured to be selectively placed in an unlocked position. In the unlocked position, the trunk is configured to be brought into the unlocked state by enabling the latch to be driven to the open position. The locking device further includes an actuator for enabling the lock knob to be selectively placed in one of the locked position or the unlocked position. The locking device is configured to authenticate a portable key, when the lever is operated with the trunk in the locked state. When the portable key is authenticated, the lock knob is configured to be driven into the unlocked position.

Vehicle trunk locking device

A rocker switch device is provided in which a pair of shaft portions are projectingly provided on mutually opposing faces of extremity portions of a pair of side wall parts of a switch case, the pair of shaft portions being aligned on the same axis as each other, a bearing hole is formed in an operating knob so as to extend therethrough, the pair of shaft portions being rotatably fitted into the bearing hole, a projecting portion is provided on an outside face of the pair of side wall parts, the projecting portion being pressed into contact with the support body to thus prevent rattling of the switch case, and a support pin is fitted into the bearing hole, opposite ends of the support pin abutting against extremities of the pair of shaft portions respectively. Such arrangement prevents switch malfunctioning, and restrains deformation of the side wall parts.

Rocker switch device

A straddle vehicle includes: a body frame; an article storage portion including a case portion which is supported by the body frame and opens in a vehicle width direction and a lid portion attached to the case portion so as to be openable and closable and having a storage space; a lock unit for locking the lid portion to the case portion; and an antenna unit for receiving radio waves. A tray member is provided in an upper portion of the case portion in the storage space of the article storage portion, and the lock unit and the antenna unit are accommodated in the tray member.

Straddle vehicle

A vehicular audio processing unit includes a receiver that receives voice data by wirelessly communicating with audio equipment, an audio processor that applies predetermined audio processing to the voice data received by the receiver, a transmitter that transmits the voice data to which the audio processor applies the predetermined audio processing by wirelessly communicating with an audio output device that can output a sound, and a sensor that detects an operational status of a vehicle with which the unit is provided. The audio processor automatically modifies the predetermined audio processing based on the operational status detected by the operational status detector to the voice data received by the receive, thereby the user is not required to perform any operation for varying the voice output according to an operational status of the vehicle.

Vehicular audio processing unit and communication system including same

A wiring structure to supply power to a license light provided in a two-wheeled vehicle includes a wire, a connector, a vehicle-body-side harness, and a plug. The wire is connected to the license light attached to a fender support. The fender support is attached to a back surface of a rear fender which is detachably attached to a vehicle body. The connector is attached to a leading end of the wire and to the fender support. The vehicle-body-side harness is fastened to a vehicle-body frame with a fastener at a position lower than an attachment position of the connector. The vehicle-body-side harness extends upward toward the connector. The plug is provided to the vehicle-body-side harness and is connected to the connector to supply power from the vehicle body to the license light.

Wiring structure to supply power to license light of two-wheeled vehicle

An information providing system of a motorcycle includes a navigation device and an audio device. The navigation device includes a navigation controller. The navigation controller is disposed in a trunk on a side surface of the trunk close to a back surface of a passenger seat. The trunk is provided in a rear portion of a vehicle body of the motorcycle and above a rear wheel of the motorcycle. The audio device includes an audio device operation part and an audio device controller. The audio device operation part is provided in a vicinity of a handlebar of the motorcycle. The audio device controller is disposed in an audio device housing provided at a position lower than a bottom plate of the trunk.

Information providing system of motorcycle

A wiring structure of a rear combination light of a vehicle includes a light-side wire, a vehicle-body-side wire holding portion, a stay, a light-side wire holding portion and a wire coupler. The vehicle-body-side wire holding portion is mounted on a rear surface of the vehicle body to hold an intermediate portion of a vehicle-body-side wire. The light-side wire holding portion is mounted on the stay to hold an intermediate portion of the light-side wire on a distal end portion of the stay. The wire coupler is arranged between the rear surface of the vehicle body and a back surface of the rear combination light. The light-side wire is connected to the vehicle-body-side wire via the wire coupler in a state where the rear combination light is mounted on the rear portion of the vehicle body.

Wiring structure of rear combination light

A smart key system according to the present invention controls operations of devices mounted in a vehicle based on wireless communication between a control device mounted in the vehicle and a portable electronic key, and the control device includes a transmission circuit configured to output a request signal a predetermined number of times at predetermined times within a predetermined period in order to confirm authentication communication between the control device and a communication unit of the portable electronic key, and a communication mode switching unit configured to switch an authentication communication interval or an authentication communication time within the predetermined period of the request signal output from the transmission circuit of the control device if the authentication communication is not performed for a predetermined amount of time.

Smart key system

In a vehicle handle locking apparatus, a locking member that can operate between a locked position and an unlocked position and a holding member that operates together with the locking member are resiliently urged toward the unlocked position side; and an engaging member that engages with a holding member in the locked position and holds the locking member in the locked position is operated by operation of an electric actuator toward the side to release the engagement with the holding member. Forced unlocking drive device forcibly drives the holding member toward the unlocked position side in response to the operation of the electric actuator in a state in which the locking member is in the locked position. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a vehicle handle locking apparatus that releases, even when a force in a rotating direction is applied to a steering handle, engagement of a locking member with the steering handle or a linkage member so that an unlocked state is reliably achieved.

Vehicle handle locking apparatus

A method and apparatus in accordance with embodiments of the invention includes a tire pressure detection device comprising an elongated casing having a first casing portion and a second casing portion, configured to house a pressure sensor and the battery therein. The elongated casing also includes a mounting hole for accommodating a connection member configured to connect the casing to a tire valve. The mounting hole is disposed, in one embodiment, and at approximately longitudinal center portion thereof. The first casing portion and the second casing portion are joined to each other by joint portions comprising a hook formed on one of the first casing portion and the second casing portion, and a hook hole formed in another of the first casing portion and the casing portion. The joint portions are located around the mounting hole and both longitudinal ends of the casing. The casing is configured such that a tire valve penetrates a rim of the tire wheel from an outside to an inside thereof.

Tire air-pressure detection device

A vehicle heating apparatus which directly detects an anomaly in temperature sensors for a heated portion of a vehicle or other device, including first and second front thermistors and first and second rear thermistors in front and rear seats, respectively, and a heater controller which stops a front heater group when a difference between temperatures detected respectively by the first and second front thermistors reaches a predetermined threshold value and which stops a rear heater group when a difference between temperatures detected respectively by the first and second rear thermistors reaches a predetermined threshold value.

Vehicle heating apparatus

An audio device arrangement structure for a motorcycle is configured and arranged to provide high-quality sound output. The audio device arrangement structure serves to mount an audio device, which includes an audio unit, an amplifier and at least one speaker, for a motorcycle. The audio unit is mounted at the front of the vehicle inside a top cover, between the top cover and the air cleaner. The amplifier is provided separately from the audio unit, and is arranged at the rear of the vehicle in the inside of a housing provided at a rear portion of a rear fender. The amplifier is supported on the housing by rubber bushings, to isolate the amplifier from vibrations of the vehicle body.

Audio device arrangement structure for a motorcycle, and motorcycle incorporating same

A large number of relays are concentrated in a limited space to utilize the space effectively. A relay box containing a large number of relays can be disposed in a narrow space between a rear fender and a seat bottom plate. The relays are mounted on three substrates within the relay box. Plural relays are arranged in a line on each of the substrates and the substrates are arranged in a stepped fashion like stairs. Therefore, the relay box is substantially in the shape of a parallelogram, and thus can be disposed in a narrow space along the rear fender of a vehicle. Conductors of the relays are drawn out along the rear fender.

Component parts box for vehicle

The display accuracy of an outside air temperature detected by a temperature sensor is to be enhanced. A CPU generates a signal for displaying an outside air temperature on a display panel P wherein the temperature is detected by an outside air temperature sensor. At this time, temperature information Tr is detected by the sensor and is corrected taking into account the vehicle speed detected by a vehicle speed sensor and an engine temperature detected by an engine temperature sensor. The CPU has a memory member for storing a correction function corresponding to the vehicle speed or the engine temperature and makes the above correction on the basis of a correction function corresponding to the vehicle speed or the engine temperature.

Temperature display system for vehicle

To provide a bass-reflex speaker assembly having superior water resistance and which can be mounted on a motorcycle, while not being subjected to the influence of negative pressure due to wind during travel and which is capable of maintaining superior sound quality. A resonant duct projects downwards at an incline at a bottom surface of a speaker enclosure. It is therefore difficult for rain water to enter because the duct opens downwards and water that may enter temporarily can be easily discharged from the same duct. Furthermore, when speakers are positioned within the cowling of the motorcycle, negative pressure occurring due to wind when the vehicle is travelling acts not only on the front surfaces of paper cones of the speakers, but also on the rear surfaces via the ducts. Therefore, superior sound quality can be maintained without the influence of negative pressure being incurred and a bass-reflex speaker assembly suited to motorcycles is therefore possible.

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Saitama, Japan

Katsuhisa Yamada