US 12,409,909 B2
Straddle vehicle
Yoshimoto Matsuda, Akashi (JP); and Kohei Akita, Akashi (JP)
Assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Akashi (JP)
Filed by KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD., Akashi (JP)
Filed on Feb. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/581,903.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-024190 (JP), filed on Feb. 20, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0409184 A1, Dec. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 13/00 (2006.01); B60K 13/02 (2006.01); B60K 13/04 (2006.01); B60K 15/00 (2006.01); B60K 15/01 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B62J 35/00 (2006.01); B62J 37/00 (2006.01); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B62K 11/04 (2006.01); B62K 11/10 (2006.01); B62K 11/12 (2006.01); B62M 7/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62M 7/04 (2013.01) [B62J 35/00 (2013.01); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B60K 13/00 (2013.01); B60K 13/02 (2013.01); B60K 13/04 (2013.01); B60K 15/00 (2013.01); B60K 15/01 (2013.01); B60K 15/013 (2013.01); B60K 15/03 (2013.01); B60K 15/03006 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03032 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03059 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03118 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03157 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03164 (2013.01); B62J 37/00 (2013.01); B62K 11/10 (2013.01); B62K 11/12 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A straddle vehicle, comprising:
a front wheel configured as a steering wheel;
a rear wheel configured as a drive wheel located rearward of the front wheel;
at least one tank configured to be filled with a gaseous fuel;
an internal combustion engine configured to generate power using the gaseous fuel filled in the at least one tank;
a seat for a driver of the vehicle; and
a steering handle configured to allow the driver to perform a steering operation,
wherein a center of gravity of the at least one tank is located closer to the steering wheel than a center of gravity of the internal combustion engine; and
wherein the center of gravity of the internal combustion engine is lower than the center of gravity of the at least one tank.