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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Minato-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoya Matsuo, Wako, JP;
Yusuke Inoue, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 19/20 (2006.01); B62K 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 19/20 (2013.01); B62K 11/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle body frame for a saddle-ride type vehicle is manufactured by laser welding, and has good dimensional accuracy in a vehicle length direction. A pivot frame includes a grooved member, a lid member put on an opening of the grooved member, and laser-weld beads with which this lid member is joined to the grooved member. The molten metal shrinks during its solidification, and shrinkage occurs in the vehicle width direction. However, no shrinkage occurs in the vehicle longitudinal direction. As a result, the distance between a head pipe and a pivot shaft is maintained properly.