US 12,258,096 B2
Saddle-ride vehicle
Tomohiro Suzuki, Tokyo (JP); and Masayuki Hiramaru, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/696,465.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-061448 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0315160 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B62K 25/28 (2006.01); B62K 25/32 (2006.01)
CPC B62K 25/283 (2013.01) [B62K 25/32 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A saddle-ride vehicle comprising: a swingarm that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction and that swingably supports a wheel; a chain that is disposed along an upper surface and a lower surface of the swingarm and transmits driving force of a power unit to the wheel; and a chain slider that is configured to be attached to the swingarm and that is configured to have sliding contact with the chain,
wherein the chain slider is integrally provided with an upper slider portion that is configured to be attached to the upper surface of the swingarm, a lower slider portion that is configured to be attached to the lower surface of the swingarm, and a vertical connection portion that vertically connects a rear end portion of the upper slider portion and a rear end portion of the lower slider portion, while the chain slider has an open loop shape in which a front end portion of the upper slider portion and a front end portion of the lower slider portion are formed to be separable from each other,
the swingarm has an engagement projection that is provided in a front portion of the swingarm and that protrudes outward from a surface of the swingarm, and
the front end portion of the upper slider portion and the front end portion of the lower slider portion are configured to engage with the engagement projection in a state where the front end portion of the upper slider portion and the front end portion of the lower slider portion overlap with each other.