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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2016
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Takeshi Toyota, Shizuoka, JP;
Nobuo Hara, Shizuoka, JP;
Yukihide Fukuhara, Shizuoka, JP;
Tatsuya Nagata, Shizuoka, JP;
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A leaning vehicle includes a body frame including a headpipe, a front wheel, a steering torque transmission including a steering shaft supported by bearings, a handlebar assembly, and a front wheel connector that transmits a steering torque, and a steering torque detector. The steering torque transmission includes a torsional deformation element upstream of a portion of the steering shaft supported by the most upstream bearing in a steering torque transmission path, and which is easily twisted and deformed by a steering torque input from grips on the handlebar assembly. The steering torque detector detects at least a portion of the steering torque input into the steering torque transmission based on a torsional deformation of the torsional deformation element.