US 12,377,928 B2
Saddle-ride type vehicle with microphone located on operation-portion support portion
Ryo Takechi, Tokyo (JP); Masaharu Senno, Tokyo (JP); and Kohei Noguchi, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/926,783
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 8, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/004596
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/240901, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-093373 (JP), filed on May 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202601 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B62J 17/02 (2006.01); B62J 17/04 (2006.01); B62J 45/10 (2020.01); B62J 50/22 (2020.01)
CPC B62J 17/02 (2013.01) [B62J 17/04 (2013.01); B62J 45/10 (2020.02); B62J 50/22 (2020.02)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A saddle-ride type vehicle comprising:
a front cover and a windscreen that are at a front portion of a vehicle body cover covering a vehicle body, the front cover covering an upper portion of a steering system and a front end portion of a vehicle body frame from a front and from sides, the windscreen having a plate shape and being tilted upward and rearward when seen from a side of the vehicle;
a display portion and a center cover that are behind the front cover, the display portion displaying a condition of the vehicle, the center cover covering a portion of the vehicle body between a handlebar that steers a front wheel and a seat for a rider from above and from the sides; and
an operation-portion support portion having a plate shape and provided between the display portion and the center cover, wherein
the operation-portion support portion connects to a rear end portion of the display portion, covers a steering shaft from above and connects to the center cover; and
a microphone capturing sound and located forward of the seat for the rider is spaced apart from and rearward of the display portion, and is located on the operation-portion support portion so that a distance between the microphone and the seat in a horizontal direction is smaller than a distance between the windscreen and the microphone in a direction normal to the windscreen.