Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Sho Yamamoto

Yusuke Funayose

Tomohiko Yashiro

Masaki Yamazaki

Takao Yamamoto

Takeshi Konno

Kenichi Shiratori

Hiroshi Maeda

Masahiro Inoue

Yuichiro Tsuruta

Yukinori Kurakawa

Shigeru Kodaira

Daisuke Nagao

Jun Ishikawa

Toshiaki Takamura

Rodney M Frijas

Tatsuya Shiokawa

Matthew J Alexander

Anthony Peter Mascadri

Hiromitsu Shiina

Masao Yoshinaga

Shun Fujitsu

Display screen

A throttle sensor mounting structure for suppressing the influence on the arrangement of a lighting device located on the front side of a head pipe. A throttle sensor mounting structure in a saddle seat type vehicle includes a handle, a throttle grip rotatably mounted on the handle, a throttle sensor for detecting an operational amount of the throttle grip, a controller for controlling a power unit according to a detection value from the throttle sensor, a pair of right and left main frames extending to the rear from a head pipe, and a headlight provided on the front side of the head pipe. The throttle sensor is located on the rear side of the head pipe and between the right and left main frames so as to be superimposed on the main frames as viewed in a side elevation.

Throttle sensor mounting structure

An air cleaner apparatus includes a lid that covers an opening formed in an air cleaner box is provided with an intake port communicating with the opening. In addition, a regulator is attached to an upper wall portion of the air cleaner box, the intake port is extended to the upper wall portion of the air cleaner box so as to cover the regulator, and the regulator is placed facing inside an intake passage connecting between the intake port and the opening. The air cleaner apparatus so configured provides a sufficient cooling effect, and is excellent in ease of maintenance.

Air cleaner apparatus

An engine controller structure for a vehicle, can include a duct cover having a box-like portion on a vehicle body front side thereof. The box-like portion can include an opening formed therein, and can be configured to have an intake duct of an engine connected thereto. The duct cover can be configured to be positioned sidewardly of an engine. An engine control unit can be disposed on the inside of the duct cover. The opening, configured to be connected to the intake duct, can be configured such that the intake duct is connected to an air cleaner box attached to a vehicle body rear side of the engine. The intake duct can shaped so as to be extended to a vehicle body front side from the air cleaner box.

ECU arrangement structure for a vehicle

A switch box includes an optical-axis-changeover switch for headlamps, an on/off-changeover switch for the headlamps and a starter switch arranged on the same operation board. A main switch can turn on and off a main electric source of an MUVin cooperation with a portable key. The switch box and the main switch are arranged on the instrument panel. The switch box is partially or fully disposed in a projective area of the steering wheel in a driver's eyesight. The starter switch is made to be of a push-type, whereas the optical-axis-changeover switch and the on/off-changeover switch for the headlamps are made to be of a seesaw-type. A segment display of a meter device includes a unit indication member for switchably indicating kilometer indication and mile indication by displaying only an arbitrary display element of a plurality of display elements arranged adjacently to each other in a horizontal direction.

Vehicle switch arrangement structure

A control unit having an immobilizer function includes a circuit for transmitting a request signal within a predetermined range. After receiving a reply signal from an electronic key in response to this request signal once and allowing a movable body to move, when a reply signal to the periodically sent request signal is not received, it is determined that the electronic key is out of the range, and it is assumed that the key has been dropped. A monitor section outputs a warning signal and transmits the warning signal to the navigation unit. A navigation unit, in response to the warning signal, stores the location at that time as the positional information on the electronic key. The navigation unit also displays a map showing the location of a key based on positional information on the electronic key. With this system, a lost electronic key may be readily located.

Monitoring apparatus for electronic key and displaying apparatus for positional information on electronic key

An electronic key systemfor a moving body, for example an all-terrain vehicleincludes an electronic keyand a control unitThe electronic keytransmits a control code Md stored in a ROMThe control unitreads a speed limit Vs and a power limit Ws out of one of first to fourth control mode data Mdto Mdwhich corresponds to the received control code Md, and supplies the limits to a drive control performing sectionThe drive control performing sectioncontrols an enginein accordance with the speed limit Vs and the power limit Ws to limit a travel speed V and power W. This renders the driving performance appropriate to the driving condition and/or the driver.

Moving body, and electronic key system for moving body

An electronic key system for a vehicle provides a warning corresponding to a traveling state if an occupant has dropped the electronic key while a vehicle is running. A control unitof the vehicle outputs a request signal Sr to the electronic keyat transmission intervals T corresponding to the traveling state. An answer signal Sa caused by the request signal Sr from the electronic keyis detected. A warning lampis lit up at a point after the detection of the answer signal Sa stops. The transmission interval T of the request signal Sr is specified in a mapstored in the control unitand is set short corresponding to the increase of the vehicle speed V, the acceleration/deceleration 'a', and the yaw rate Y.

Electronic key system for vehicle, and vehicle

In a personal watercraft with a watercraft body including a hull forming a bottom portion and a deck covering the hull from above, a magnet box is integrally combined with a battery storage tray. The watercraft also includes an engine disposed within the watercraft body, and a saddle-type seat disposed above the engine. A magnet box, including a main box body and a lid member, sealingly stores an electromagnetic starter switch therein, and is disposed in front of a battery storage tray, in order to reduce the distance between the magnetic starter switch and a starter motor. The main box body is formed integrally with a battery storage tray which is disposed in back of the engine and fixedly disposed on a floor portion of the watercraft body. The lid member is adapted to sealingly close the main box body of the magnet box in a fluid-tight manner.

Integrated storage structure for housing electrical components in a personal watercraft, and personal watercraft including same

A portable electronic key easily findable even if dropped into water. The portable electronic key includes an upper cover and a lower cover, a hermetically sealed space is formed, in which electrical equipment such as a board, a battery, and an antenna are arranged. The upper cover and the lower cover are formed of foam resin, and a grain pattern is given to surfaces thereof. A specific gravity of the entire electronic key is set at 1 or less, thus enabling the portable electronic key to float on the surface of the water.

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Saitama, Japan

Sho Yamamoto