US 12,227,253 B2
Two-wheeled vehicle with fairing coupled to down tube assembly
Tyler J. Kramer, St. Paul, MN (US); Jeffrey D. Oltmans, North Branch, MN (US); Andrew O. Glaeser, Forest Lake, MN (US); Juho Pekka Wuollet, East Bethel, MN (US); Kent A. Underland, Willmar, MN (US); Cal W. Johnson, Gem Lake, MN (US); Ronald A. Vorndran, Osceola, WI (US); G. Jay McKoskey, Forest Lake, MN (US); and Jeffrey M. O'Halloran, Lindstrom, MN (US)
Assigned to Indian Motorcycle International, LLC, Medina, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/440,464
Filed by Indian Motorcycle International, LLC, Medina, MN (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/023159
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/197857, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/822,435, filed on Mar. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161884 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B62J 17/02 (2006.01); B62J 17/04 (2006.01); B62J 17/10 (2020.01); B62J 41/00 (2020.01); B62J 50/22 (2020.01); B62K 11/04 (2006.01); F01N 1/02 (2006.01); F02M 25/06 (2016.01)
CPC B62J 41/00 (2020.02) [B62J 17/02 (2013.01); B62J 17/04 (2013.01); B62J 17/10 (2020.02); B62J 50/22 (2020.02); B62K 11/04 (2013.01); F01N 1/02 (2013.01); F02M 25/06 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A two-wheeled vehicle, comprising:
A frame assembly extending longitudinally from a front end to a second end, the frame assembly including a forward frame member, a fairing support mount, and a down tube assembly, wherein the down tube assembly is coupled to the forward frame member, wherein the down tube assembly includes a first down tube member and a second down tube member, each of the first and second down tube members having an upper shoulder;
a plurality of ground-engaging members supporting the frame assembly on a ground surface;
a fairing coupled to the forward frame member and the down tube assembly; and
a pair of brackets, each bracket removably coupled to the down tube assembly and the fairing support mount, where each bracket is coupled to the upper shoulder of one of the first down tube member and the second down tube member.