JPH06183381A - Carrier for motor scooter type vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] It is possible to easily refuel the fuel without unloading the carrier, eliminating the need for a complicated locking mechanism for the cap of the fuel inlet, while allowing the scooter to be stably mounted even with small loads. The present invention provides a carrier for a type vehicle. [Structure] A fuel tank 30 is provided behind the operation seat 29,
In the scooter type vehicle 11 in which the fuel inlet 31 is disposed outside the vehicle body cover 25, the carrier 36 is rotatably disposed directly above the fuel inlet 31 and the carrier 3
6 is provided with a step.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a carrier for a scooter type vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In many scooter type vehicles, an article storage section such as a helmet is provided directly below a driving seat and a fuel tank is provided behind the article storage section in order to effectively use a small space. There is also a carrier provided on the body cover behind the driver's seat for loading luggage.

[0003] In some fuel injectors, the fuel inlet is provided at the rear of the article storage section, and the fuel inlet is closed by using an opening / closing type operation seat having a lock mechanism.

Further, there is also one in which the fuel inlet is provided on a rear vehicle body cover and the fuel inlet is closed by using an openable fuel lid having a lock mechanism.

Further, there is also one in which the fuel injection port is provided so as to be exposed on the rear vehicle body cover, and the fuel injection port is closed by using a cap having a lock mechanism.

[0006]

However, if the fuel injection port is provided in the rear of the article storage section under the driving seat,
The fuel spilled during refueling may pollute the luggage in the storage compartment. Further, when the openable fuel lid is provided on the rear body cover, the mounting structure becomes complicated, the number of parts increases, and the number of assembling steps and manufacturing cost increase.

Considering the above-mentioned problems, it is preferable to provide the fuel inlet on the rear body cover and use the cap provided with the lock mechanism, but inconvenience occurs when the carrier is provided on the rear body cover.

In FIG. 10 (A), when an upper frame cover 2 which is a vehicle body cover behind the driver's seat 1 is provided with a fuel inlet 4a using a cap 3a having a lock mechanism, the fuel inlet 4a is closed. It is necessary to displace the carrier 5a in the rearward direction so that the carrier 5a does not exist. In this case, it is difficult to load luggage directly above the cap 3a, and the carrier 5a extended rearward is unbalanced in terms of style.

Further, when the fuel injection port 4b is provided as shown in FIG. 10B, it is necessary to widen a part of the carrier 5b so as not to block the fuel injection port 4b. In this case, a small luggage cannot be mounted directly above the cap 3b.

In any of the above examples, it is inconvenient that the load must be unloaded from the carrier when refueling. Further, the cap including the lock mechanism has a complicated structure including the fuel injection port, which leads to an increase in cost. In addition, the rider will hold extra keys.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a carrier for a scooter type vehicle in which fuel can be easily refueled without unloading the carrier.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a carrier for a scooter type vehicle that does not require a complicated locking mechanism for the cap of the fuel inlet.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a carrier for a scooter type vehicle which can be stably mounted even with small luggage and can effectively utilize the space of the carrier.

[0014]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a carrier for a scooter type vehicle according to the present invention is provided with a fuel tank behind a driving seat and has a fuel injection port as described in claim 1. In a scooter type vehicle in which is disposed outside the vehicle body cover, a carrier is rotatably disposed immediately above the fuel injection port. Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, as described in claim 2, A step is provided on a part of the carrier.

[0015]

In the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, since the carrier is rotatably arranged immediately above the fuel inlet, the fuel can be easily refueled without unloading the carrier, while the fuel inlet cap is provided. It eliminates the need for a complicated locking mechanism.

Further, since a step is provided on a part of the carrier, even a small luggage can be stably mounted and the space of the carrier can be effectively utilized.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a left side view of a scooter type vehicle to which the present invention is applied.

In FIG. 1, the scooter type vehicle 11 has a vehicle body frame 12, and the vehicle body frame 12 has a down tube 1 extending obliquely downward from a head pipe 13.
4 and a pair of left and right rear frames 15 whose front ends are fixed to the down tubes 14 and which extend rearward and upward. The rear frame 15 is bent in the middle thereof, stands up once, and then extends rearward and upward.

A rear leg shield 16 is provided above the portion where the down tube 14 and the rear frame 15 are joined together, and a leg shield cover 17 is provided which stands up from the front end of the rear leg shield 16. .

The head pipe 13 is located inside the leg shield cover 17, a front fork 18 is held by the head pipe 13, and a front wheel 19 is held at the lower end thereof. Reference numeral 20 is a traveling handle.

Reference numeral 21 denotes an engine unit as a power unit, which includes an engine (not shown) and a conductive case 22 extending rearward from one side of the engine, and a rear wheel 23 which is a driving wheel at a rear end of the conductive case 22. Is held. The conductive case 22 also serves as a swing arm, and is elastically supported by the rear frame 15 by the rear shock absorber 24.

Around the rear frame 15, an upper frame cover 26, which is part of the vehicle body cover 25 and is integrally formed on the left and right sides or separately, is provided so as to surround the upper portion of the rear frame 15. A lower side cover 27 is provided below the frame cover 26 so as to be divided into right and left.

A rear combination lamp 28 is provided at the rear end of the joint between the upper frame cover 26 and the lower side cover 27, and an opening / closing operation seat 29 is provided above the upper frame cover 26.

A fuel tank 30 is held in the upper frame cover 26 at the rear of the operation seat 29 so as to be sandwiched between the rear frame 15 on the left and right sides, and a fuel inlet 31 is installed on the upper portion of the fuel tank 30. It is provided so as to be exposed to the outside of the upper frame cover 26 at the rear portion of the seat 29.

The fuel inlet 31 is liquid-tightly attached to the upper frame cover 26 via a packing 32.
A drainage hole 33 is provided on the bottom surface of the mounting portion, and a drain hose 34 is inserted and attached (see FIG. 6). The fuel inlet 31 is closed by screwing the fuel cap 35.

A carrier 36 for loading luggage is provided on the upper frame cover 26 at the rear of the driving seat 29.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the carrier 36 applied to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the carrier 36 is composed of a plurality of carrier parts.

2 and 3, the carrier base 37 has a hinge portion 38 such as a pipe rotatably in the vicinity of its central portion, and pedestals 39 for bolting are provided at both ends.

The hinge part 38 of the carrier base 37 is joined to the center of the carrier part 40a, and the carrier part 40a is rotatable with respect to the carrier base 37. Also,
Both ends of the carrier part 40a are bent downward in an L shape so that a string or the like for fixing the loaded luggage can be easily hung. Further, a carrier stopper 41 is attached to the lower part near the center of the carrier part 40a.

A carrier part 40b is installed on the upper part of the carrier part 40a. The carrier part 40b is extended in the front-rear direction of the vehicle 11, while both ends of the carrier part 40b are bent downwards at the front side. A cushion member 42 made of rubber or the like is attached to the tip.

The carrier part 40c is laid over and reinforced on the lower front part of the carrier part 40b. Similar to the carrier part 40a, both ends of the carrier part 40c are bent downward in an L shape so that a string or the like for fixing the loaded luggage can be easily hung. Carrier parts 40a
A carrier part 40d is joined to the lower part of the carrier part 40c, and a carrier striker 43 extending downward is joined to the vicinity of the driving seat near the center of the carrier part 40d.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the rear portion of the scooter type vehicle 11 showing an example of mounting the carrier 36, and FIG. 5 is a left side view of the rear portion of the scooter type vehicle 11 showing an example of mounting the carrier 36.

In FIGS. 4 and 5, the operating seat 29
On the rear upper frame cover 26, a cushion receiving hole 44 of the cushion material 42 of the carrier 36 and a striker receiving hole 45 of the carrier striker 43 are provided.

A seat striker 47 is provided behind the seat base 46 provided under the driving seat 29.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 4, in which the bottom surface of the cushion receiving hole 44 is the rear frame 15.
It abuts on a stay 48 provided laterally. A water drain hole 49 is provided on the bottom surface of the cushion receiving hole 44.

A lock mechanism 50 as shown in FIG. 7 is provided inside the upper frame cover 26 at the rear of the driving seat 29. The hook 51a of the lock mechanism 50 has a carrier striker 43, and the hook 51b has a seat striker 47. Are respectively engaged. Further, in the lock mechanism 50, the hook 51a and the hook 51b are individually released by one key 52.

8 is a sectional view taken along line YY of the carrier 36 shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line ZZ of the carrier 36 shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

Carrier base 3 which constitutes the carrier 36
40, carrier parts 40a ... 40d, carrier stopper 41 and carrier striker 43,
The whole is rigidly assembled, for example, by welding a metal rod or the like.

The structure of the carrier 36 is as shown in FIG.
By disposing the carrier parts 40c or 40d so as to cover the top of the fuel cap 35, the lock mechanism 50 can be omitted in the fuel cap 35. Also, the fuel cap 35
Since it is not necessary to configure the carrier 36 so as to avoid the above, the carrier 36 can be configured in a free layout so that even a small luggage can be loaded.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, since the carrier 36 is provided with steps γ and δ, it can function as front, rear, left and right stoppers when a small load is loaded.

The carrier 36 is fixed to the vehicle 11 by fixing the pedestal 39 welded to both ends of the carrier base 37 to the upper frame cover 26 with bolts, but in order to obtain a strength to support the load, the rear part is provided below the upper frame cover 26. The frame 15 is arranged, and the pedestal 3 is mounted on the rear frame 15.
It is desirable to fix 9.

A hinge part 38 is rotatably provided on the carrier base 37. A carrier part 40a is welded to the hinge part 38, and other carrier parts 40b ... 40d are welded to the carrier part 40a to be assembled. As a result, the carrier 36 becomes rotatable as shown by the arrow A in FIG. In addition, since the carrier 36 is configured to be rotatable, fuel can be easily refueled without unloading the luggage mounted on the carrier 36.

When the carrier 36 is rotated by a certain angle or more, the carrier stopper 41 attached to the carrier part 40a comes into contact with the carrier base 37 to stop the rotation of the carrier 36. Therefore, it is not necessary for the rider to support the carrier 36 during fuel supply.

The cushion member 42 attached to both bent ends of the carrier part 40b has the cushion receiving hole 4 on the upper frame when the carrier 36 is horizontal.
It is loosely fitted in 4. Since the bottom surface of the cushion receiving hole 44 is in contact with the stay 48 provided laterally on the rear frame 15, the load on the front portion of the carrier 36 can be sufficiently supported.

When the carrier 36 is positioned horizontally, the carrier striker 43 attached to the carrier part 40d is inserted into the striker receiving hole 45, and the lock mechanism 50 provided in the upper frame cover 26 is provided.
The carrier striker 43 is engaged with the hook 51a of
It will be locked.

The lock mechanism 50 also serves as a seat lock, and the seat striker 47 provided at the rear end of the seat base 46 is engaged with the hook 51b of the lock mechanism 50 to be in a locked state.

The hook 51a and the hook 51b of the lock mechanism 50 are arranged such that when the key 52 is turned to the right, the hook 51a is released, and when the key 52 is turned to the left, the hook 51b is released. The key 52 is convenient because the carrier 36 and the driving seat 29 can be separately locked and unlocked.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the carrier is rotated backward, but it may be rotated laterally.

In the present embodiment, the fuel inlet 31 is provided so as to be exposed on the upper frame cover 26. However, the fuel inlet 31 is closed by using an openable fuel lid, and the carrier 36 is provided. You may make it cover this fuel lid with.

[0052]

As described above, according to the carrier of the scooter type vehicle according to the present invention, since the carrier is rotatably arranged immediately above the fuel inlet, the fuel can be refueled without unloading the carrier. However, a complicated lock mechanism for the cap of the fuel inlet is unnecessary.

Further, since the step is provided on a part of the carrier, even a small luggage can be stably mounted, and the space of the carrier can be effectively utilized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a left side view of a scooter type vehicle showing an embodiment of a carrier of the scooter type vehicle according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a carrier applied to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a carrier applied to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a rear portion of a scooter type vehicle showing an example of mounting a carrier applied to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the rear portion of the scooter type vehicle showing an example of mounting a carrier applied to the present invention.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a lock mechanism.

8 is a cross-sectional view of the carrier shown in FIG. 4 taken along the line YY.

9 is a sectional view of the carrier shown in FIG. 4 taken along the line ZZ.

10A and 10B are plan views showing a mounting position of a conventional carrier.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Scooter type vehicle (vehicle) 12 Body frame 15 Rear frame 26 Upper frame cover 27 Lower side cover 29 Driving seat 31 Fuel inlet 35 Fuel cap 36 Carrier 37 Carrier base 40a ... 40d Carrier parts 50 Lock mechanism

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A scooter type vehicle having a fuel tank behind a driver's seat and having a fuel inlet arranged outside a vehicle body cover, wherein a carrier is rotatably arranged directly above the fuel inlet. Type vehicle carrier. 2. The carrier for a scooter type vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a step is provided on a part of the carrier.