US 12,403,973 B2
Holding structure for optional component
Tatsuki Ishii, Hamamatsu (JP)
Assigned to SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Hamamatsu (JP)
Filed by SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION, Hamamatsu (JP)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/901,621.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-146871 (JP), filed on Sep. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0071497 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B62J 11/00 (2020.01)
CPC B62J 11/00 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A saddle-type vehicle, comprising:
a head pipe provided in a vehicle front portion;
a pair of stays spaced apart from each other in a vehicle width direction; and
a holding structure for an optional component, the optional component configured to be added to the saddle-type vehicle, wherein
the holding structure for the optional component includes:
a brace extending forward from the head pipe;
a plate supported from below by the brace; and
a holder for the optional component provided on the plate,
each of the stays connects the brace and the plate,
a periphery of a meter configured to display vehicle information is covered with a meter cover, and
the meter is supported by the plate so as to be exposed from the meter cover, and the optional component is held inside the meter cover by the holder,
a left one of the stays is disposed at a left side with respect to a center line of a vehicle body of the saddle-type vehicle in the vehicle width direction, and a right one of the stays is disposed at a right side with respect to the center line in the vehicle width direction, and
the holder is disposed at a middle position between the left one of the stays and the right side of the stays.