US 11,987,318 B2
Leaning-type vehicle
Takeshi Nakajima, Akashi (JP); Hiroshi Ishii, Akashi (JP); Taro Iwamoto, Akashi (JP); Kazuya Nagasaka, Akashi (JP); and Taichi Inaba, Akashi (JP)
Assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Akashi (JP)
Appl. No. 17/757,995
Filed by Kawasaki Motors, Ltd., Akashi (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/045867
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/131707, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-236740 (JP), filed on Dec. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057719 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B62K 5/10 (2013.01); B62K 5/05 (2013.01); B62K 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC B62K 5/10 (2013.01) [B62K 5/05 (2013.01); B62K 5/08 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A leaning vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle body including a vehicle body frame configured to lean relative to a road surface;
a first front wheel positioned on a first side in a vehicle width direction;
a second front wheel positioned on a second side opposite to the first side in the vehicle width direction;
a lean mechanism configured to cause the first front wheel and the second front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as the rotation center;
a lean brake mechanism configured to brake a leaning operation of the lean mechanism;
a steering handle;
a first grip attached to the first side in the vehicle width direction of the steering handle;
a second grip attached to the second side in the vehicle width direction of the steering handle and performing a throttle operation; and
a lean brake manipulator positioned at the first side in the vehicle width direction, the lean brake manipulator configured to change position integrally with the first grip and to actuate the lean brake mechanism to brake.