US 12,139,230 B2
Straddle type vehicle and control unit for steering torque damping
Atsushi Ogahara, Tokyo (JP); Tsubasa Nose, Tokyo (JP); and Ranju Imao, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/702,951.
Application 17/702,951 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/034632, filed on Sep. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-177709 (JP), filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0212746 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. B62K 21/08 (2006.01); F16F 9/14 (2006.01)
CPC B62K 21/08 (2013.01) [F16F 9/145 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A straddle type vehicle comprising:
a steering mechanism configured to steer a front wheel;
a steering damper device capable of variably generating a damping force working on a rotating action of the steering mechanism; and
a controller including a processor and a storage device, and configured to control the damping force of the steering damper device, wherein
the controller controls the damping force, based on a product of a change amount per unit time of steering torque generated in the steering mechanism and a deceleration of the front wheel.