US 12,434,785 B2
Saddle-riding type rolling motor vehicle with a not-rolling front fairing
Andrea Raffaelli, Pontedera (IT); and Mario Donato Santucci, Pontedera (IT)
Assigned to Piaggio & C. S.p.A., Pontedera (IT)
Appl. No. 18/561,691
Filed by PIAGGIO & C. S.P.A., Pontedera (IT)
PCT Filed Jun. 9, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/055373
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/259199, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000015341 (IT), filed on Jun. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0253726 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. B62K 5/10 (2013.01); B62J 6/023 (2020.01); B62J 17/04 (2006.01); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B62K 5/05 (2013.01); B62K 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC B62K 5/10 (2013.01) [B62J 6/023 (2020.02); B62J 17/04 (2013.01); B62K 5/027 (2013.01); B62K 5/05 (2013.01); B62K 5/08 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A saddle-riding type motorcycle comprising:
at least two front wheels and at least one drive wheel;
a frame;
a motor assembly supported by a rear part of the frame;
an articulated rolling quadrilateral connected to a front part of the frame and configured to support a first front wheel and a second front wheel, respectively, so as to allow rolling movement of the first front wheel and the second front wheel;
a steering assembly configured to steer the front wheels;
a suspension assembly interposed between the front wheels and the articulated rolling quadrilateral to allow sussultatory movement of the front wheels with respect to the articulated rolling quadrilateral;
wherein the articulated rolling quadrilateral comprises a lower cross member and an upper cross member hinged to the front part of the frame so as to oscillate about median rolling axes that are parallel and substantially lying on a center plane of the motor vehicle, and a first upright and a second upright hinged to the lower and upper cross members so as to rotate about further rolling axes parallel to the median rolling axes; and
a front fairing directly and rigidly connected to one of the lower and upper cross-members of the articulated rolling quadrilateral, wherein the front fairing comprises wheel arch portions arranged above the front wheels.