US 12,275,477 B2
Straddled vehicle
Tomohiro Kawabata, Shizuoka (JP); and Masami Sudayama, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata (JP)
Filed by YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Iwata (JP)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/562,155.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-219794 (JP), filed on Dec. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0204109 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B62J 17/10 (2020.01); B62J 35/00 (2006.01); B62J 40/00 (2020.01); B62J 40/10 (2020.01); B62K 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC B62J 17/10 (2020.02) [B62J 35/00 (2013.01); B62J 40/00 (2020.02); B62J 40/10 (2020.02); B62K 11/14 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A straddled vehicle comprising:
a body frame including a head pipe;
a front cover disposed in front of the head pipe, the front cover including an opening formed therein to take in traveling wind flowing from ahead;
an exterior cover laterally covering the body frame;
a fuel tank disposed behind the head pipe;
an air cleaner disposed directly below the fuel tank, the air cleaner including an air intake port that is disposed further rearward than the fuel tank;
a duct disposed between the front cover and the head pipe, the duct extending from the opening in the front cover to a position located in front of the head pipe, to allow the traveling wind taken in from the opening to pass therethrough;
a wind guide cover disposed between the head pipe and the fuel tank; and
a handle crown disposed above a rear end of the duct and the wind guide cover in an up-and-down direction of the straddled vehicle, the handle crown being disposed above the head pipe, wherein
the fuel tank and the exterior cover forms a wind guide pathway therebetween, the wind guide pathway being directly below the fuel tank, and being laterally covered with the exterior cover, and
the wind guide cover is configured to lead the traveling wind passing through the duct to the wind guide pathway, so that the wind guide pathway leads the traveling wind to the air intake port of the air cleaner.