US 12,304,582 B2
Saddle-ride vehicle
Ryoji Fujimoto, 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 Sep. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/951,444.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-162135 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0102132 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B62J 41/00 (2020.01); B60K 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62J 41/00 (2020.02) [B60K 11/04 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A saddle-ride vehicle 4comprising:
a head pipe;
a frame extending rearward from the head pipe;
a down frame extending downward from the head pipe or a front end portion of the frame;
an engine and a radiator supported by the down frame; and
an engine hanger that is provided to the down frame and supports the engine, wherein
the engine hanger integrally includes a radiator support portion that supports the radiator,
the engine is located on a rear side of the down frame, and the radiator is located on a front side of the down frame,
the engine hanger is connected to the engine on the rear side of the down frame, and the radiator support portion is connected to the radiator on the front side of the down frame,
the engine hanger is a separate part from the down frame and is fixed to the down frame by a fastener,
the engine hanger includes a base portion fixed to the down frame by the fastener, an engine support portion that extends rearward from the base portion and is connected to the engine, and the radiator support portion that extends forward from the base portion and is connected to the radiator,
the fastener includes a plurality of fasteners,
the base portion includes a fixing hole that is fastened to the down frame by the fastener and an upper fixing hole that is located above the fixing hole and fastened to the down frame by another one of the fasteners, and the upper fixing hole has a larger diameter than the fixing hole or has a slotted hole,
the engine support portion includes an engine fixing hole that is fastened to the engine by an engine fastener, and first play is provided between the engine fastener and the engine fixing hole,
the radiator support portion includes a radiator fixing hole that is fastened to the radiator by a radiator fastener, and the radiator fixing hole is a slotted hole,
the first play is set to be larger than second play between the fixing hole and the fastener that is fastened to the fixing hole, and
third play between the radiator fastener and the radiator fixing hole is set to be larger than the second play.