Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Tsubasa Nose

Hiroaki Uchisasai

Kiyotaka Sakai

Atsushi Ogahara

Yuta Kanbe

Tsutomu Tamashima

Junya Ono

Makoto Araki

Tomohiro Hoshi

Hiroyuki Kaneta

Hiroyoshi Kobayashi

Hisashi Murakami

Chikashi Iizuka

Yohei Kawasaki

Takahiro Oyama

Noriyuki Mori

Yosuke Wada

Tsuyoshi Tsuda

Ranju Imao

Takashi Kudo

Hirotaka Nagatani

Masaki Nakagawara

Kenzo Shimizu

A saddle-ride vehicle with improved operability when an attitude of the vehicle changes in the opposite direction in a vehicle width direction in a short period of time. The saddle-ride vehicle includes: a steering actuator that applies torque in a steering direction to a suspension supporting a steering wheel; first detector that detects a roll angular velocity of a vehicle; and a controller that controls the steering actuator, based on the roll angular velocity detected by the first detector, to apply the torque to the suspension, in which the controller: includes modes of the control, the modes including a first control mode that performs control to apply a predetermined first steering torque, and a second control mode that performs control to apply a second steering torque smaller than first steering torque; and switches between the first control mode and the second control mode if a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Saddle ride type vehicle

A straddle type vehicle comprises a steering mechanism configured to steer a front wheel; a steering damper device capable of variably generating a damping force working on a rotating action of the steering mechanism; and a control unit configured to control the damping force of the steering damper device. The control unit controls the damping force, based on a change amount per unit time of steering torque generated in the steering mechanism and a deceleration of the front wheel.

Straddle type vehicle and control unit for steering torque damping

A drive assistance device () for a saddle type vehicle () includes a ride sensor () configured to detect a ride attitude of a rider (J), a vehicle body behavior generating part () configured to generate a behavior on a vehicle body by a prescribed output, and a controller () configured to control driving of a plurality of devices (BR, EN, ST) included in the vehicle body behavior generating part (), and, when at least one of the plurality of devices (BR, EN, ST) is actuated regardless of the operation of the rider (J), the controller () determines which of the plurality of devices (BR, EN, ST) is to be actuated according to the ride attitude of the rider (J) detected by the ride sensor ().

Drive assistance device for saddle type vehicle

A straddle type vehicle comprises a steering mechanism configured to steer a front wheel a steering damper device capable of variably generating a damping force working on a rotating action of the steering mechanism; and a control unit configured to control the damping force of the steering damper device to increase, when the front wheel of the straddle type vehicle in a wheelie state lands on a ground. The control unit controls the damping force to increase, after the front wheel lands on the ground and an oscillation occurs in the steering mechanism.

Straddle type vehicle and control device

A drive assistance device () for a saddle type vehicle () includes a ride sensor () configured to detect a ride attitude of a rider (J), a vehicle body behavior generating part () configured to generate a behavior on a vehicle body by a prescribed output, and a controller () configured to control driving of the vehicle body behavior generating part (), the vehicle body behavior generating part () includes a brake device (BR) configured to brake a host vehicle, and wherein, when the brake device (BR) is actuated regardless of an operation of the rider (J), the controller () actuates the brake device (BR) according to the ride attitude of the rider (J) detected by the ride sensor ().

A drive assistance device () for a saddle type vehicle () includes a ride sensor () configured to detect a ride attitude of a rider, a vehicle body behavior generating part () configured to generate a behavior on a vehicle body by a prescribed output, and a controller () configured to control driving of the vehicle body behavior generating part (), and wherein, when the vehicle body behavior generating part () is actuated regardless of the operation of the rider, the controller () firstly controls the vehicle body behavior generating part () such that a low output that is lower than a predetermined original target output is generated as a predictive action, and sets an output value after that according to a change of detection information of the ride sensor () generated by the low output.

Driving assistance device for saddle type vehicle

A vehicle body includes a vehicle body frame and a steering rotation unit that is supported on the vehicle body frame and that rotates about a steering axis. The vehicle includes a variable trail length mechanism. The variable trail length mechanism varies a trail length of a front wheel and includes an oscillation unit and a torsion reduction portion. The oscillation unit is connected with the steering rotation unit so as to be oscillatable in a fore-aft direction and supports the front wheel. The torsion reduction portion reduces torsion of the oscillation unit in a vehicle width direction through the oscillation unit combined with the steering rotation unit under a condition in which the trail length is changed such that the front wheel is disposed at a rearmost position.

Vehicle

A personal digital assistant attachment structure is used for a saddle-ride vehicle and removably attaches a personal digital assistant including a display screen to a vehicle body. The attachment structure includes a terminal holder that includes a connector cord and a supported portion and is provided separately from the vehicle body. The supported portion includes a cord holder and a holder terminal. The cord holder holds the connector cord and the holder terminal is connected to the second end of the connector cord, A holder support, which is provided integrally with the vehicle body, is removably engaged with the supported portion to support the terminal holder, and includes a vehicle-body-side terminal. The vehicle-body-side terminal is removably connected to the holder terminal during engagement of the supported portion.

Personal digital assistant attachment structure for saddle-ride vehicle

A collection and delivery support system for a saddle-ride type electric vehicle includes a managing terminal that outputs information of registered collection/delivery destinations of cargos and information on battery charging locations arranged within a collection/delivery range of the vehicle, a server that calculates a collection/delivery route passing through respective collection and delivery destinations in order based on a possible traveling distance of the vehicle, and a mobile terminal provided with the vehicle. The server calculates the route such that it includes a battery charging location in the middle thereof, as well as estimated collection/delivery times based on the possible traveling distance information. The display displays information of the calculated route and the estimated collection/and delivery times.

Collection and delivery support system for saddle-ride type electric vehicles

A system for performing posture control of a motorcycle is such that in outputting a synthesized output by adjusting a yaw direction output and a roll direction output outputted from a displacement detection sensor by an adjustment part respectively, a synthesized output in which the yaw direction output is larger than the roll direction output is outputted when a vehicle speed is low, and a synthesized output in which the roll direction output is larger than the yaw direction output is outputted when the vehicle speed is high. Accordingly, in either a case where the vehicle is traveling at a low speed or a case where the vehicle is traveling at a high speed, the displacement and the behavior of a motorcyclecan be detected with high accuracy thus eventually realizing a control of the posture of the motorcyclewith high accuracy.

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