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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2005
Applicants:
Atsushi Hirose, Shizuoka, JP;
Toru Kitsunai, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Yamagata, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 61/02 (2006.01); B65D 88/00 (2006.01); B60P 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A motorcycle fuel tank according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes an upper shell, and a lower shell including a body and fixing portions. The lower shell body is bonded to the upper shell and arranged to define a fuel storage space with the upper shell. The fixing portions are used to fix the lower shell body onto a motorcycle body. The lower shell is made of an aluminum alloy and the lower shell body and the fixing portions are formed by a casting process such that the fixing portions are integral with the lower shell.