Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Honad Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Toshio Tsuchiya

Suwaji Takano

Akito Enokimoto

Tatsuo Masuda

Katsuhiko Ito

Sadao Mizushima

Minoru Takada

Fumio Inomata

Osamu Yasunaga

Kazuharu Wakusaka

In a vehicle in which an air cleaner is disposed above an engine and connected with the engine through an intake pipe, an air intake passage for guiding air into the air cleaner is provided on the upper surface of a front fender covering a front wheel of the vehicle, so that particulates such as dust or the like entrained in running air is separated from the running air to admit the air free of the particulates into the air cleaner.

Air intake device for a vehicle engine

A motor vehicle includes at least one steerable wheel, at least one drive wheel, a frame supporting the steerable and drive wheels, a power unit assembly mounted on the frame between the steerable and drive wheels, a speedometer supported on a front portion of the frame. The power unit assembly includes a crankcase, a gear transmission case connected to the crankcase, and a gear case attached to one side wall of the gear transmission case. A crankshaft is rotatably disposed in the crankcase. An output shaft operatively coupled to the crankshaft is rotatably disposed in the gear transmission case. A pair of bevel gears meshing with each other is rotatably mounted in the gear case and operatively coupled to the output shaft. A propeller shaft is connected between one of the bevel gears and the drive wheel. A speedometer cable has one end operatively coupled to the one bevel gear and the opposite end operatively coupled to the speedometer.

Motor vehicle with improved coupling structure for speedometer cable

A suspension in an off-road motor vehicle, includes a vehicle frame, a front wheel, and a trailing arm suspension mechanism by which the front wheel is suspended from the vehicle frame. The trailing arm suspension mechanism comprises two parallel arms having front ends pivotally mounted on a front portion of the vehicle frame and rear ends on which the front wheel is steerably supported, and a joint member connected between the front ends of the arms and including a portion coupled to the vehicle frame.

Suspension for off-road motor vehicles

A motor vehicle which includes two front wheels and at least one rear wheel. A steering handle is arranged at a widthwise center of the frame of the vehicle, and a driver's seat is arranged substantially at a longitudinal center of the vehicle frame. The floor of the frame upon which the feet of the driver are positioned has substantially the same width as the width of the driver's seat, such that the handling and driving operations of the vehicle can be simplified and improved.

Motor vehicle

A motor vehicle which includes at least two rear wheels, wherein two leaf springs extend rearwardly from both sides of the frame of the vehicle, below the driver's seat, for supporting the axles of the rear wheels, respectively. An engine is interposed between the leaf springs.

A small-sized vehicle having two front wheels steerable by a handlebar is provided with a windshield unit extending from a front end of a vehicle body upwardly and rearwardly in overhanging relation to the handlebar and a driver's seat mounted on the vehicle body rearwardly of the handlebar. The windshield unit is cross-sectionally channel-shaped and includes a lower cover fastened to the body and a windshield panel extending upwardly of the lower cover, the windshield panel supporting a pane of glass having an extensive area in front of the head of a seated driver. The unit further includes a roof plate attached to and extending from an upper end of the windshield panel rearwardly in overhanging relation to the seat so as to cover the driver's head. The windshield unit is provided with a container therein, the container being disposed forwardly of and adjacent to a column supporting the handlebar, and being adapted to accommodate therein articles desired to be transported. The windshield unit is detachably mounted on the vehicle body such that the unit can be easily dismounted for separate shipment and for facilitating maintenance and servicing.

Small-sized vehicle

A front wheel suspension mechanism for a vehicle having two front wheels. The suspension mechanism includes two transverse leaf springs mounted on a front portion of the frame of the vehicle and vertically spaced apart from each other, supports for supporting the front wheels, and elastic members for connecting both ends of the leaf springs and the front wheel supports.

Front wheel suspension mechanism for vehicle

A steering system for light vehicles, wherein the steering ratio is made variable so that the ratio is less than 1/3 until about 20 degrees of handle steering angle, is 1/2 to 4/5 between about 20 to 45 degrees of handle steering angle, and is such that the vehicle can turn with the minimum turning radius at a maximum handle steering angle above 45 degrees. The invention also concerns a steering gear with cams for attaining the variable steering ratio. The invention is directed to steering of scooter-like vehicles provided with two steered wheels.

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Kawagoe, Japan

Toshio Tsuchiya