Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Other

Daido Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Zeniya Aluminum Engineering, Limited

Yuji Maki

Yasuhiro Matsumoto

Akio Handa

Masahiro Inoue

Naoki Nozaki

Yuichiro Tsuruta

Shoji Suzuki

Atsuko Yamaguchi

Takeyuki Kariyasu

Kiyoshi Amaki

Shinji Takahashi

Tadashi Oshima

Shinichi Karube

Takeshi Kobayashi

Masayuki Hirukawa

Yosuke Hasegawa

Seiji Hanafusa

Hiroaki Tomita

Masanori Aoki

Makoto Toda

Kozo Yamada

Takeshi Kamiyama

Kosuke Asao

Takaaki Shomura

Hideo Yanai

Makoto Hotozuka

Hiroyuki Nishimori

Hiroyuki Shinmura

Rei Shioya

Ryota Yamagishi

Toshio Nishimoto

Junichi Sato

Shun Hanashima

Takashi Nishizaka

In a vehicle frame structure, upper ends of a front frame and a rear frame, which connect a lower frame and an upper frame vertically, are connected to each other above the upper frame, and a front portion frame assembly is connected to a main frame assembly via the lower frame and the upper ends of the front and rear frames. A bumper includes a front-rear frame portion extending forward from the front frame, and an inclined frame portion arranged between an intermediate portion of the front frame and an end portion of the front-rear frame portion. The bumper includes a sub-bumper, the sub-bumper including a front sub-frame extending upward from a front end of the bumper, and a front-rear sub-frame connected between an end portion of the front sub-frame and an intermediate portion of the front frame above the upper frame.

Vehicle frame structure

In a vehicle with a load-carrying platform, an elastic band is provided so a rear portion of a tailgate and a rear portion of a bed extender enter a tensioned state. A rotation regulation mechanism is provided to the tailgate and the bed extender that regulates further rotational movement by the tailgate and the bed extender making contact when the tailgate is rotated towards a closed position. The bed extender and the tailgate are prevented from rotating in the same direction by the rotation regulation mechanism, and the load on the elastic band is mitigated.

Vehicle with load-carrying platform

An exhaust port formed on one side portion of an engine body along the vehicle width direction, the exhaust port connected to an exhaust muffler arranged in an extending manner in the vehicle width direction along a rear edge of the vehicle body frame by way of an exhaust pipe passage means that introduces an exhaust gas from the exhaust port. The exhaust pipe passage means is arranged in an extending manner in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle while having a bent portion bent toward the center in the vehicle width direction from one side of the engine body in the vehicle width direction behind the engine body, as viewed in a plan view.

Exhaust system mounting structure for vehicle

A front carrier includes an outer frame pipe surrounding the periphery, and a cross pipe and a back-and-forth member which are provided inside the outer frame pipe. A front side portion of the outer frame pipe is lowered at a one-step to form a stepped bottom portion. The back-and-forth member is disposed to extend obliquely downwardly from the cross pipe toward the stepped bottom portion. In addition, the widthwise inside portion of the rear side portion is bent to be forward to form an end side portion, which is joined to the cross pipe to be flush with the back-and-forth member. Thus, a cargo support surface formed by the cross pipe, the back-and-forth member and the end side portion is surrounded by an outer frame portion higher at a one-step than the cargo support. Part of the outer frame portion is allowed to serve as a cargo stopper for the cargo.

Carrier for vehicle

To provide a swing arm structure capable of suppressing the required rigidity of a cross member to a low level to reduce the weight of the cross member. In a swing arm structure, a swing arm includes a pair of left and right arm bodies with a cross member spanning therebetween. Ends of the swing arm suspend rear wheels. A rear wheel-driving rear drive shaft, connected to a rear final reduction gear unit, is placed above the cross member. As viewed laterally, the cross member is contained within the profile of each arm body and is formed to be trapezoidal in section such that its bottom portion is broader than its upper portion.

Swing arm part structure

An improved saddle-ride type vehicle in which heat radiation of a body is improved while the exterior appearance of the body is enhanced, and an exhaust pipe and a muffler are free from interference from the outside while a hose, a cable and the like are designed to be easily retained in place in a simple structure. A saddle-ride type vehicle provides a side cover disposed on the side of a body frame, a foot board disposed below the side cover and an exhaust pipe extending in the forward and rearward direction of a vehicle body disposed inside the body frame. The exhaust pipe is disposed as viewed laterally so as to be exposed to the exterior through an opening surrounded by an upper slat frame, the side cover and the side plate of a foot board, and the guard member is disposed at the opening.

Saddle-ride type vehicle

A brake caliper support structure and a brake caliper structure for a saddle-ride type all terrain vehicle can attain a reduction in size and weight of a disc brake and can scrape off mud and snow accumulated within a wheel. A distance from a point which represents the center of a front wheel to each of points which represent the axes of bolts located at the same positions as the caliper support portions or the first and second mounting portions of the caliper bracket is set longer than the distance from the point to a point which represents the center of a piston. A brake hose is to be prevented from undergoing an excessively large deflection during steering or during vehicular vibration.

Seat mount structure for saddle ride type vehicle

A vehicle wheel comprises a rim () and a disk section () separate from the rim. Since the disk section is separate from the rim, the freedom of designing the disk section is improved. The rim comprises an outer rim () and an inner rim () separate from the outer rim. The outer and inner rims are attached to the outer periphery of the disk section at the same place by welding.

Vehicle wheel

To provide a cooling apparatus for a vehicle enabling protection of a cooling device by effectively utilizing a vehicle frame. The cooling apparatus, which is attached to a vehicle including a vehicle frame and a steering member provided at a front upper portion of the vehicle frame, has a heat exchanger, which performs thermal exchange with the outside air. The heat exchanger is provided within an area formed with a vertical plane passing through a front end of the vehicle frame and a horizontal plane passing through an upper end of the steering member.

Cooling apparatus for vehicle

An extension portion extending outwardly is integrally formed on the edge of an end portion of an exhaust pipe; a collar is fixed on the outer periphery of the end portion of the exhaust pipe by caulking; and the edge of the outer end of the collar is abutted against the extension portion. The aforementioned arrangement provides a connection portion of an exhaust pipe for an engine which is intended to rigidly connect the exhaust pipe to an exhaust port of the engine, to prevent gas leakage by eliminating the occurrence of clearance at the connecting portion, to reduce the flow resistance of exhaust gas in the exhaust pipe, and to reduce the production cost of the connection portion.

Structure of a connection portion of an exhaust pipe for an engine and a method for providing the same

A mounting structure of an exhaust pipe system in a vehicle capable of making a magnitude of a moment acting on the exhaust pipe system as small as possible by means of a simple constitution. In a mounting structure of an exhaust pipe system in a vehicle the exhaust pipe system is connected to an engine loaded onto the vehicle and for guiding exhaust gas discharged from the engine to the ambient air, on a vehicle body frame constituting the vehicle, wherein the exhaust pipe system is constituted so as to be connected to the vehicle body frame in a position substantially upwardly from a position G of the center of gravity of the exhaust pipe system.

Mounting structure of exhaust pipe system in vehicle

To provide a connection portion of an exhaust pipe for an engine, which is intended to rigidly connect the exhaust pipe to an exhaust port of the engine, to prevent gas leakage by eliminating occurrence of clearance at the connecting portion, to reduce the flow resistance of exhaust gas in the exhaust pipe, and to reduce the production cost of the connection portion. An extension portion extending outwardly is integrally formed on the edge of an end portion of an exhaust pipe; a collar is fixed on the outer periphery of the end portion of the exhaust pipe by caulking; and the edge of the outer end of the collar is abutted against the extension portion.

A connecting structure for a vehicle for providing strength while achieving a light weight formation for the vehicle body. The connecting structure connects a sub-constituting member to a main constituting member. The main constituting member is formed in an inverse U-shaped section. A reinforcing pin extends along a connecting direction of the sub-constituting member and is provided to penetrate the main constituting member in a vicinity of the sub-constituting member. A connecting member is superposed on the main constituting member, the sub-constituting member, and the reinforcing pin, and is provided at the connecting portion for connecting the main constituting member and sub-constituting member. The connecting member is integrated to the main constituting member, the sub-constituting member and the reinforcing pin respectively by welding. Both end portions of the reinforcing pin are integrated to the main constituting member by welding.

Connecting structure of vehicle body constituting member in vehicle or the like

A wheel for a vehicle comprises first and second wheel halves joined together, and a center plate being generally cross-shaped. Each wheel half has a disk portion and a rim continuing from the disk portion. The center plate is inter-posed between the disk portions and has a diameter smaller than an outside diameter of each of the disk portions. The first and second wheel halves and the center plate are unitarily connected together by means of a plurality of sockets each having a countersunk head and a cylindrical shank. This arrangement increases freedom of design of the wheel and facilitates production of the same.

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Saitama, Japan

Yuji Maki