US 12,280,848 B2
Leaning vehicle
Michael Hairer, Munich (DE); and Klaus Ottillinger, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 18/689,208
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Sep. 23, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/076490
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 5, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/066598, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 27, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 127 167.3 (DE), filed on Oct. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0383554 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. B62J 6/055 (2020.01)
CPC B62J 6/055 (2020.02) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle component of a leaning vehicle comprising:
a receiving portion; and
at least one illumination unit which comprises a head portion, in which or on which at least one indicating means is arranged, and which comprises a foot portion and which comprises a joining portion which is arranged on the foot portion and which runs parallel to the receiving portion of the vehicle component and with which the illumination unit is fastened to the receiving portion of the vehicle component, wherein
the illumination unit is fastenable to the receiving portion along a joining direction running transversely or obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the leaning vehicle,
the illumination unit comprises its longest extent in a direction parallel to the joining direction, and having at least one reinforcing means which is fastened to the receiving portion of the vehicle component,
the reinforcing means lies at least in sections transversely to the joining direction against a coupling surface of the foot portion of the illumination unit so as to be in surface contact with the coupling surface,
the reinforcing means circumferentially surrounds the foot portion at least in sections, and
the reinforcing means comprises at least one elastically bendable fastening element.