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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2010
Takeo Yokoyama, Saitama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kurayoshi, Saitama, JP;
Masashi Hagimoto, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Oono, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Nagayama, Saitama, JP;
Takeo Yokoyama, Saitama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kurayoshi, Saitama, JP;
Masashi Hagimoto, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Oono, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Nagayama, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a swing arm pivot structure for a motorcycle which can prevent rubbing between a swing arm and a body frame with a simple structure and can reduce a manufacturing cost for the motorcycle. The swing arm pivot structure includes a swing arm for supporting a rear wheel, a pivot shaft mounted to a body frame and inserted through a swing arm pivot of the swing arm, a first bearing located between one end portion of the swing arm pivot and the body frame for pivotably supporting the swing arm, a first collar located between the inner circumference of the first bearing and the pivot shaft, and a second collar located between the first collar and the body frame. The second collar has a rigidity different from the rigidity of the first collar and the body frame.