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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2009
Muffler assembly and pseudo muffler assembly for a motorcycle, and motorcycle incorporating the same
Applicants:
Kei Fukuyama, Saitama, JP;
Takamasa Kojima, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Kei Fukuyama, Saitama, JP;
Takamasa Kojima, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A motorcycle includes a muffler assembly including a muffler and a muffler cover arranged on one side of a rear wheel in a lateral direction. The motorcycle also includes a housing box resembling the muffler assembly and arranged substantially parallel to the muffler assembly on the other side of the rear wheel in the lateral direction. The housing box has a shape substantially similar to a shape of the muffler assembly, thereby forming a pseudo muffler assembly or replica muffler assembly.