Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Ngk Spark Plug Company, Limited

Koji Kano

Koichi Shimamura

Koji Suzuki

Yoji Kanaoka

Yoshifumi Mochizuki

Takashi Sumada

Yoshihiro Nakazawa

Mitsuo Kusa

Yusuke Funayose

Shigeru Kodaira

Koichi Nozoe

Yukimi Ase

Hisaharu Nishio

Naoki Murasawa

Masashi Koyanagi

Katsuhisa Yamada

Masanori Aoki

Tetsuya Kondo

Yoshiyuki Kurayoshi

Katsuhisa Yabuta

Tetsuya Suzuki

Kazuo Taguchi

Keiichi Noda

Tsuguhito Ichiriki

Akira Sonobata

Yuji Ono

Keishi Takayama

Ryota Umetani

Hidetoshi Miyazaki

Mutsuo Nakajima

Norimasa Hattori

Aiji Yamashita

Kenichi Tamakoshi

Atsushi Ikematsu

Robert Scott Reif

A wiring connector having a connector housing made of an insulator and a plurality of stages of terminal rows provided in the connector housing. The plurality of stages of terminal rows includes a first terminal row and a second terminal row and the first and second terminal rows each comprise a plurality of terminals. The base of the first terminal row is attached to the base of said second terminal row and a new connection terminal formed at a turndown.

Wiring connector

A mileage display system includes a control unit operatively connected to an ignition switch of a motorcycle that obtains the accumulated mileage by accumulating a pulse signal produced according to running of the motorcycle. The control unit records odometer data in an EEPROM. The control unit also reads the odometer data recorded in the EEPROM when the ignition switch is operated. If the odometer data exceeds the maximum value to be displayed on an odometer (for example, 99999), the control unit displays on the odometer for a predetermined period of time a numeric value of digits of higher order than the predetermined number of display digits of the odometer data. The mileage display system displays an accurate, accumulated distance traveled or accumulated mileage, after the mileage overflows by exceeding a maximum display value as established by a predetermined number of display digits.

Odometer system and method for a vehicle

A saddle type vehicle including at least one trunk provided with a lid, an opening/closing mechanism for permitting and rejecting the opening and closing of the lid, and a radio signal receiving unit which receives a radio signal for remotely operating the opening/closing mechanism, whereby the radio signal receiving unit is disposed on top of the trunk. A rear trunk is mounted on a rear portion of a body of the vehicle, a lid having a projection formed outside on top of the trunk, and a radio signal receiving unit is disposed inside the projection.

Saddle type vehicle having a remote control type trunk

To reduce the transmission of vibrations from a body frame to a rotary switch, thereby preventing any trouble in the rotary switch and reliably maintaining the function and performance of the rotary switch. A side stand device includes a side stand bracket mounted on the body frame. A side stand is rotatably mounted through a pivot shaft to the bracket, and a rotary switch is provided in coaxial relationship with the pivot bolt through a securing bolt. A sheet is interposed between the rotary switch and the pivot bolt, and a tube and a sheet are interposed between the rotary switch and the securing bolt. The sheets and the tube are formed from rubber members. A cushion member is interposed between an engaging member of an inner rotor in the rotary switch and a locking hole of the side stand. The cushion member is formed from a rubber member.

Side stand device

A switch panel device permitting the mounting of a larger number of switches together on a steering handle pipe is disclosed that improves operability and operator comfort and safety. Plural switches are arranged on columns and/or on stages. An indicating and warning switch group having higher urgency and frequency of use than remaining switch elements are allocated to a column which is located nearest a handle bar grip. Further, the indicating and warning switch group is also allocated to a first horizontal stage which is set on a horizontal line coincident with a handle pipe and into additional stages positioned adjacent to the first horizontal stage in vertical distribution.

Switch panel device in a saddle type 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

A handlebar switch mounting structure capable of firmly attaching a handlebar switch unit on a handlebar pipe and to improve the outward appearance of the handlebar switch. The handlebar switch mounting structure includes a first bracket having a circular portion which can be attached on substantially a half of the periphery of the handlebar pipe portion and front and rear flange portions and extended from both ends of the circular portion. The second bracket is provided that includes a circular portion which can be attached on the remaining half of the periphery of the handlebar pipe portion. The first and second brackets are securely fixed on the handlebar pipe portion by joining the second bracket to the first bracket set on the handlebar pipe portion. With the front and rear flange portions sandwiched together, the first and second case halves are joined and then attached to the handlebar pipe portion through the front and rear flange portions.

Handlebar switch mounting structure

The invention provides a display device for vehicles capable of quickly and reliably displaying high-priority and high-emergency information, while maintaining sufficient display space for other information. The vehicles may be of the type including a trunk provided with a cover. The display device has a display section in which display patterns are used. The display device includes an open position detecting device which detects that the cover of the trunk is open. A warning design pattern producing device generates a warning design pattern which visually expresses a warning when the cover is open. A warning display priority device displays the warning design pattern, prior to other information, on the display section when the cover is detected to be open.

Display device for vehicles

The present invention accurately detects the illumination on the surface of an instrument panel, to thereby enable an easy view of the instruments. A meter unit includes an instrument panel in which a speedometer and other instruments are arranged, and an information display panel for displaying various information by characters and other graphic symbols. The instrument panel has a translucent dial, on the back side of which illuminating lamps are installed. A light sensor is located in the speedometer adjacent to indicators which display various kinds of information. Since the actual illumination on the instrument panel can be accurately detected in accordance with a result of detection by the light sensor, the luminance of the illuminating lamp can be controlled on the basis of the result of the detection, to thereby provide proper illumination for the rider's easy view of the instruments.

A gas sensor includes an outer cylinder a metallic shell and a sensor element The metallic shell is disposed inside the outer cylinder The sensor element is disposed in a through-hole formed in the metallic shell and is adapted to detect a component of a gas to be measured. A sealing material layer is mainly made of glass and is disposed between the inner surface of the metallic shell and the outer surface of the sensor element A cushion layer formed of a porous inorganic substance is disposed in contact with the end of the sealing material layer on the front-end side with respect to the axial direction of the sensor element A cushion layer formed of talc glass is disposed in contact with the end of the sealing material layer on the rear-end side with respect to the axial direction of the sensor element A gas sensor according to the present invention is especially adapted for use in a motorcycle and includes a sensor element having lower susceptibility to mechanical shock or thermal stress induced by different rates of contraction between a sealing material layer and an adjacent component element as well as excellent durability.

Gas sensor with multiple mechanical and thermal shock cushion layers

An injector is stored in a fixing block integrally formed with an intake manifold. A soundproof cover covers the entire electric supply terminal projecting from the injector in a lateral direction and the coupler connected to the plug. In addition, the soundproof cover brought into close contact with a fuel distribution pipe covering over top portions of a plurality of injectors to supply fuel and with the intake manifold to prevent operating sound from leaking out. Further, a hard material cover for covering the fixing block of the intake manifold, the soundproof cover and the fuel distribution pipe so as to improve its aesthetic appearance as well as its soundproof effect is also provided. This arrangement results in shutting off operating sound from an injector of an engine having a cylinder head projecting in a transverse direction of a vehicle body.

Engine with soundproof cover of injector

An apparatus for controlling operation of a heater has an internal resistance detector for detecting an internal resistance value of an oxygen sensor, and a control unit for estimating a surface temperature of the oxygen sensor based on the internal resistance value detected by the internal resistance detector, then estimating a temperature of the exhaust pipe based on the estimated surface temperature of the oxygen sensor and controlling the operation of the heater, which is combined with the oxygen sensor in a single unit, when the estimated temperature of the exhaust pipe has reached a predetermined temperature.

Apparatus for controlling a timing of turning on electricity to a heater

To provide an auto-cruise canceling device for maintaining a good operating response of the vehicle. A DC servo-motor is used as an actuator for regulating a throttle opening during auto-cruising. When a throttle grip is turned during regulation of the throttle opening by the servo-motor, namely, during a cruising state, a turning force transmitted to a throttle drum through a throttle cable causes a variation in the load on the motor. An ECU detects load variations based on the current in the servo-motor. If the load variation is not less than a predetermined value, it is judged that a rider's cruise canceling action has been made, and bias of the servo-motor is stopped, thereby canceling the cruising state.

Constant vehicle speed maintaining device for motorcycle

This invention relates to facilitating the layout of cables in an electric connector box for a vehicle. Within the fuse box are disposed a large number of plug-in type blade fuses and screw type fuses. A difference in height is provided between mounting surfaces of the block fuses between terminal boards. The terminal boards of one type of fuse is set at a higher position than the terminal boards of the other type of fuse. Therefore, cables can be drawn out in the same direction without mutual interference. Although cable, which is laid inside, is screwed to the back of a substrate, the height of a screw portion for the cable is also set so as to avoid interference of the cable with back connections of the blade fuses.

Electric connector box for a vehicle

A pair of right and left headlights are fitted with a front cowl. Each headlight has two lamps laterally arranged. A laterally inner one of the two lamps is a discharge lamp functioning as a low-beam emitting lamp, and a laterally outer one of the two lamps is a halogen lamp functioning as a high-beam emitting lamp. The halogen lamp is higher in position than the discharge lamp. Each headlight further has a reflector surface for the low beam and a reflector surface for the high beam. The reflector surface is larger in size than the reflector surface. A lens is provided on the front side of the reflector surfaces, and the width of a laterally inner portion of the lens is larger than the width of a laterally outer portion of the lens. The low beam emitted from the discharge lamp is reflected on the larger reflector surface to illuminate a wide area, and the high beam emitted from the halogen lamp is reflected on the smaller reflector surface to illuminate a spot area at a distant point.

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Saitama, Japan

Koji Kano