Kabushiki Kaisha F. C. C.

Kazuyoshi Miyachi

Kaoru Iida

Shouji Makita

Ryouhei Chiba

Makoto Sato

Tatsuyuki Ohashi

Ryohei Chiba

Kouichi Kumagai

Hideyuki Ooishi

Tadao Isobe

A shift drum drive unit () rotatably includes a rotary drive body () and a power transmission mechanism () in a unit case () attached integrally with a crank case (). The shift drum drive unit () further includes a shift actuator () on the outside of the unit case (). The rotary drive body () includes a shaft fitting sleeve () in which a shift shaft () configured to rotatably drive a shift drum () is fitted, and an indirect output gear () having a fan-shaped gear partially projecting from an outer surface of the shaft fitting sleeve (). The power transmission mechanism () includes a gear configured to transmit rotary drive force of the shift actuator () to the indirect output gear ().

Shift drum drive unit and straddle type vehicle

A clutch drive unitincludes a crank armconfigured to rotate by rotary driving of a clutch actuator. The crank armincludes an output pinconfigured to press a master cylinder, and a receiving pinconfigured to receive pressing force P from an extendable body. The extendable bodyincludes a lock springwith such strength that the pressing force P is generated. The pressing force P allows pressing moment PM greater than reactive force moment RM based on reactive force R acting on the crank armfrom a clutchto act on the crank arm. The extendable bodyis, by the stretching force of the lock spring, provided in a stretched state between the receiving pinand a holder receiving pin

Clutch drive unit and straddle type vehicle

A saddled vehicle driven by a driver can include a detection device and a cruise control device for judging the other vehicles detected by the detection device and traveling in a same traffic lane as the own vehicle's traffic lane as a preceding vehicle and for automatically controlling travel of the vehicle driven by the driver so that the vehicle driven by the driver follows the preceding vehicle and keeps a preset intervehicular distance relative to the preceding vehicle. The cruise control device can obtain a forward intervehicular distance which is a distance from the vehicle driven by the driver to the preceding vehicle in a traveling direction and a side intervehicular distance which is a distance from the vehicle driven by the driver to the preceding vehicle in a vehicle width direction and can perform the automatic travel control of the vehicle driven by the driver in accordance with the forward intervehicular distance and the side intervehicular distance.

Saddled vehicle

Provided is a saddle-ride type vehicle, which does not reduce cooling efficiency of an engine, is hardly affected by heat from the engine, and can increase a degree of freedom of configuration such as the orientation at the time of arrangement, size and shape of a shift actuator. The saddle-ride type vehicle () includes the engine (), and the engine () has a cylinder block (), a cylinder head () and a head cover () and has a crankcase () below the cylinder block (). The saddle-ride type vehicle () also includes a shift drum drive unit () for rotating a shift drum () which changes a gear train () in a transmission (). The shift drum drive unit () includes a shift actuator () formed of an electric motor, and a decelerator (). The shift drum drive unit () is attached to a front surface of the crankcase () below the cylinder block () via a unit case () housing the decelerator ().

Saddle-ride type vehicle

A saddled vehicle configured to be driven by a driver sitting on a saddle seat and steering with a handlebar can include a grasping grip to be grasped by a driver and a throttle grip for an accelerator operation respectively, two brakes for braking a front wheel and a rear wheel of the vehicle, each having a different braking operation target, and a cruise control for performing automatic propulsion control of the vehicle wherein the control by the cruise control is performed by changing a control degree in accordance with operation conditions of the first brake and the second brake.

An object of the present invention is to provide a saddle-type vehicle which can switch between the parking brake state and the neutral state using a clutch actuator configured to operate the clutch and thus lower the manufacturing cost. According to the present disclosure, there is provided a saddle-type vehicle which can be driven by a driver sitting on a seat and steering a bar handle. The saddle-type vehicle can comprise a clutch arranged on a power transmitting path from a driving source to a wheel (or wheels) configured to selectively transmit a driving power of the driving source to the wheel and selectively cut off the transmission of driving power of the driving source; a transmission arranged on the power transmitting path configured to shift gears in accordance with the travelling state of the vehicle; and a clutch actuator comprising an electrically operated actuator configured to actuate the clutch, wherein the clutch can be switched by the clutch actuator between a parking brake state, in which the power transmission between the driving source and the driving wheel is performed under a stopped state of the driving source, and a neutral state, in which the power transmission between the driving source and the driving wheel is cut off.

Saddle-type vehicle

A saddle-type vehicle can be driven by finer control by judging the driver's demand based on operation of the driver relative to the vehicle when the engine is started from the idle-stop state. A saddle-type vehicle can include bar handle mounted on its opposite tip ends a grasping grip grasped by the driver and a throttle grip for an accelerator operation; an engine controller for automatically stopping an engine and making the engine an idle-stop state: and a clutch. The saddle-type vehicle can include a judgment controller for judging a driver's demand based on operation conditions of the driver relative to the vehicle and a clutch controller for selecting a travel state and a stopped state.

A vehicle power transmission system includes: a transmission; a shift actuator; a clutch; a clutch actuator for mutually switching between the transmission and the shutting off of a driving force at the clutch; and a control device being configured to, when having detected that the vehicle is in the travelling state and that the clutch actuator is abnormal by use of the travelling state detection sensor and the CA abnormality detection sensor, control the operation of the shift actuator and cause the selected gear stage in the transmission to be shifted into neutral before the vehicle comes to a stop while shifting the selected gear stage in the transmission into a gear stage having a lower gear ratio.

Vehicle power transmission system

A saddled vehicle can comprise a handlebar on tip ends of which are provided a grasping grip to be grasped by a driver and a throttle grip for an accelerator operation, a first brake device and a second brake device for performing a braking operations. The vehicle can also include a gradient detector for detecting a road gradient during travel of the vehicle, and a deceleration adjustment device for automatically adjusting the deceleration of the vehicle in accordance with the road gradient detected by the gradient detection device and operation conditions of the first brake device and the second brake device.

A saddle-type vehicle can be configured to perform idle-stop during deceleration corresponding to a driver's demand. In some embodiments, the vehicle comprises a bar handle mounted on its opposite tip ends with a grasping grip grasped by the driver and a throttle grip for accelerator operation; two operation controls for performing braking operation, at least one of which being a first brake and a second brake mounted on tip ends of the bar handle; and an engine controller for automatically stopping an engine and making the engine an idle-stop state. In some cases, the saddle-type vehicle further comprises a judgment controller for judging whether a simultaneous operation of the first and second brakes has been achieved; and the engine controller performs the idle-stop during deceleration of the vehicle when the judgment controller judges that the simultaneous operation of the first and second brakes has been performed.

A vehicle power transmission system includes a clutch having a friction plate, a clutch plate, and a pressure plate for elastically pressing the friction plate or the clutch plate by a pressure elastic body, a clutch actuator that applies a clutch OFF pressing force to the pressure plate, and a control device. When causing the clutch to shift to a clutch ON state, the control device controls operation of the clutch actuator to make the clutch OFF pressing force less than an elastic force of the pressure elastic body and apply an anti-assist force to the pressure plate.

In a clutch weight for a wet centrifugal clutch, a weight member is formed of a sintered metal. Thus, the cost can be reduced, while stabilizing the clutch performance and enhancing the appearance.

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Kazuyoshi Miyachi