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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2023
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Iwata, JP;
Nobuo Hara, Shizuoka, JP;
Hidekazu Tsuboi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasunobu Harazono, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoya Fujii, Shizuoka, JP;
Daiki Ohara, Shizuoka, JP;
YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata, JP;
Abstract
A straddled vehicle, including a vehicle body having a rotatable handlebar; a steerable wheel, operation of which is transmitted mechanically to steer the steerable wheel; an actuator configured to apply a steering assisting force to the steerable wheel in accordance with the operation of the handlebar; and a control device configured to control the actuator by outputting a first physical quantity related to the steering assisting force, in accordance with a second physical quantity related to the operation of the handlebar. The control device performs, in response to an external instruction or fulfillment of a condition, setting or changing a dead band, which is a predetermined range of the second physical quantity in which the first physical quantity is not outputted even with the operation of the handlebar, and/or setting or changing an output increasing range in which as the second physical quantity increases, the outputted first physical quantity increases.