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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ; B62D / ; F01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180219 ; 60320 ; 180 681 ; 180 682 ; 180 683 ; 180 892 ; 180229 ; 180309 ; 181239 ;
Abstract
A motorcycle covered by a cowl includes a power unit comprising an engine and a power transmission device enclosed by a cover within which an engine fan induces cooling air into heat transfer relation with said engine. A muffler device enclosed by the cowl has an air guide cover within which cooling air inducted into the power unit cover is passed thereinto in order to cool the muffler. According to an aspect of the invention the vehicle body frame has a hollow main frame operative to induce a flow of cooling air and for discharging it into cooling relation with the power transmission device.