JP2017109681A - Licence plate support structure of saddle-riding type vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a licence plate support structure which is suitable for a saddle-riding type vehicle in which a headlight and a cowl body are fixed to a head pipe at a vehicle body frame front end through a stay.SOLUTION: A licence plate support structure includes: a vehicle body frame 10 which supports a steering device 20 with a head pipe 11 at a front end so that the steering device 20 may rotate to left and right sides; a cowl body CW having a front cowl 30 covering a front side of the steering device 20 and left and right middle cowls 40 covering a lateral side of the steering device 20; a headlight HL having an outer surface formed by a lens and a housing and to which the front cowl 30 is fixed; and front cowl stays 80 extending forward from the head pipe 11 and fixing left and right upper sides of the headlight HL. A licence plate stay 90 having a plate part 91 supporting a licence plate at a front lower side of the headlight HL is supported by stay support parts 72 provided on a lower surface of a headlight housing 70.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a license plate support structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle.

  Conventionally, for example, as seen in Patent Document 1, a steering device (13) is supported by a head pipe (91) at the front end of a vehicle body frame so as to be able to turn left and right, and a headlight (51) and In a saddle-ride type vehicle to which the headlight cover (52) is fixed, a license plate stay (56) having a plate portion (55) for supporting a license plate (not shown) below the front side of the headlight (51). A license plate support structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle attached to a headlight cover (52) is known.

  According to this structure, since the headlight (51), the headlight cover (52), and the license plate stay (56) are fixed to the steering device (13), these parts are all included in the steering device (13). Is rotated to the left and right together with the steering device (13).

On the other hand, as can be seen in Patent Document 2, for example, a cowl body having a front cowl (72) covering the front of the steering device (26) and left and right middle cowls (78) covering the sides of the steering device (26) ( 70)
A headlight (59) having an outer surface composed of a lens and a housing, and a front cowl (72) fixed thereto;
A saddle-ride type vehicle is known that includes a cowl stay (71) that extends forward from a head pipe (12) that supports a steering device (26) and fixes the left and right of a headlight (59).

  In this saddle-ride type vehicle, since the headlight (59) and the cowl body (70) are fixed to the head pipe (12) at the front end of the vehicle body frame via the cowl stay (71), the steering device (26) rotates. Even if operated, the headlight (59) and the cowl body (70) do not rotate together with the steering device (26).

JP 2013-224063 A JP 2010-042706 A

Even in a saddle-ride type vehicle having a structure as shown in Patent Document 2, it may be required to provide a license plate stay having a plate portion that supports the license plate below the front side of the headlight.
In such a case, as can be seen in Patent Document 1, when the license plate stay is fixed to the steering device side, the steering device rotates to the left and right within the space behind the front cowl. Will interfere. Therefore, the license plate stay needs to be fixed to the vehicle body frame side like the cowl and the headlight. However, since the distance from the lower front side of the headlight to the vehicle body frame is long, the license plate stay may be enlarged. .
An object of the present invention is to provide a license plate support structure suitable for a saddle-ride type vehicle in which a headlight and a cowl body are fixed to a head pipe at the front end of a vehicle body frame via a stay.

In order to solve the above problems, a license plate support structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle according to the present invention includes:
A vehicle body frame that supports the steering device so that the steering device can be rotated to the left and right by a head pipe at the front end;
A cowl body having at least a front cowl that covers the front of the steering device and left and right middle cowls that cover the sides of the steering device;
A headlight having an outer surface composed of a lens and a housing, to which the front cowl is fixed;
A front cowl stay that extends forward from the head pipe, and fixes the front cowl and the left and right upper sides of the headlight;
A license plate support structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle comprising:
A license plate stay having a plate portion for supporting a license plate at a lower front side of the headlight is supported by a stay support portion provided on a lower surface of the headlight housing.
According to the license plate support structure of the saddle-ride type vehicle, since the headlight is fixed to the front cowl stay at the upper left and right, the load of the license plate stay can be supported. Therefore, it is not necessary to extend the license plate stay to the vehicle body frame, and the license plate stay can be reduced in size and weight.

In this saddle-ride type vehicle license plate support structure,
The front cowl includes a front upper cowl that covers an upper front portion of the headlight lens, and a front lower cowl that covers a lower surface of the headlight lens,
The license plate stay may be configured to be supported by the front lower cowl in front of the stay support portion of the headlight housing.
If comprised in this way, since a license plate stay is supported by the front-and-back support part, it is firmly fixed with respect to the load of an up-down direction.

In this saddle-ride type vehicle license plate support structure,
The license plate stay may be configured such that a rear end engages with a stay support portion of the headlight housing, and an intermediate portion between the rear end and the plate portion is fastened to the front lower cowl.
If comprised in this way, an assembly man-hour can be reduced, maintaining a firm fixed state.

In this saddle-ride type vehicle license plate support structure,
The front cowl is provided with an air intake that introduces a traveling wind to the rear of the headlight below the headlight lens,
The license plate stay may be configured to penetrate a part of the air intake.
With this configuration, the length of the license plate stay in the front-rear direction compared to when the front cowl is avoided by using the air intake under the headlight lens of the front cowl and penetrating the license plate stay through the front cowl. The license plate stay can be made lighter and more rigid. Since the license plate stay only penetrates a partial area of the air intake, it is possible to ensure the operation of introducing the traveling wind to the rear of the headlight by the air intake.

In this saddle-ride type vehicle license plate support structure,
The front cowl stay fixes the upper left and right and the lower center of the headlight housing from the rear of the headlight,
The license plate stay may include a pair of support arms extending rearward from the left and right of the plate portion, and a rear end of the support arms may be supported by the headlight housing.
With this configuration, the headlight housing is fixed at the center of the lower portion in addition to the upper left and right, so that the headlight housing is firmly fixed, and as a result, the license plate stay is also firmly fixed. In addition, the license plate stay is particularly strong against loads in the torsional direction because the rear ends of the pair of support arms extending rearward from the left and right of the plate portion are supported by the headlight housing.

In this saddle-ride type vehicle license plate support structure,
The license plate stay is wider in the vehicle width direction of the support portion by the front lower cowl than in the vehicle width direction of the two left and right mounting holes for attaching the license plate, and the vehicle width direction of the pair of left and right support arms is further wider. The distance between the pair of left and right support arms in the vehicle width direction can be wider than the distance between the left and right front forks that support the front wheels in the vehicle width direction.
With this configuration, the license plate stay can be secured more firmly due to a sufficiently wide width dimension.

1 is a front view showing an example of a saddle-ride type vehicle to which an embodiment of a license plate support structure according to the present invention is applied. Similarly left side view. Similarly a partial enlarged front view. FIG. 4 is a partially omitted bottom view of FIG. 3. The partial omission front view of the state which removed the cowl. Similarly, a partially omitted left side view. It is a figure which shows a front cowl stay, (a) is a front view, (b) is a left view.

  Embodiments of a license plate support structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the drawings are viewed in the direction of the reference numerals. In the following description, front and rear, left and right, and top and bottom are in accordance with the direction seen from the operator, and as necessary, the front of the vehicle is Fr, the rear is Rr, and the left is L, right side is R, upper side is U, and lower side is D. In each drawing, the same reference numerals are given to the same or corresponding parts.

The saddle-ride type vehicle 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 includes a body frame 10, a steering device 20, a cowl body CW, a headlight HL, and a front cowl stay 80.
A head pipe 11 is provided at the front end of the vehicle body frame 10, and the steering device 20 is supported by the head pipe 11 so as to be able to turn left and right.

  The cowl body CW includes a front cowl 30 that covers the front of the steering device 20, left and right middle cowls 40 that cover the sides of the steering device 20, and a lower cowl 50 that covers the lower side of the engine.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the headlight HL has an outer surface composed of a lens 60 and a housing 70. A front cowl 30 is fixed to the headlight HL as described later.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the front cowl stay 80 extends forward from the head pipe 11 and fixes the left and right upper portions 73 (L, R) of the headlight HL. The front cowl stay 80 fixes the front cowl (30) as described later.

  In the saddle-ride type vehicle 1, the headlight HL and the cowl body CW are fixed to the head pipe 11 at the front end of the vehicle body frame via the front cowl stay 80. Therefore, even if the steering device 20 is turned, The HL, the cowl body CW, and the license plate stay 90 described later do not rotate together with the steering device 20.

As shown in FIG. 2, the vehicle body frame 10 has a main frame 12 extending rearward from the head pipe 11, and the engine E is fixed to the main frame 12.
A swing arm 13 is swingably provided at the rear portion of the main frame 12 by a pivot 12p, and a rear wheel WR driven by the engine E is supported at the rear end of the swing arm 13.
The steering device 20 has a pair of front forks 22 that are rotated by a handle 21, and a front wheel WF is supported at the lower end of the front forks 22.
A fuel tank T is disposed behind the steering device 20, and a seat S on which the driver sits is disposed behind the fuel tank T. A step ST on which the driver puts his / her foot is provided at the lower rear portion of the main frame 12.

  The license plate support structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle according to this embodiment includes a license plate stay 90 having a plate portion 91 that supports a license plate (not shown) below the front side of the headlight HL. As shown, it is supported by a stay support portion 72 provided on the lower surface 71 of the headlight housing 70.

  According to the license plate support structure of the saddle-ride type vehicle, the headlight HL is fixed to the front cowl stay 80 at the left and right upper portions 73 (L, R), so that the load of the license plate stay 90 can be supported. Therefore, it is not necessary to extend the license plate stay 90 to the vehicle body frame 10 (see FIG. 6), and the license plate stay 90 can be reduced in size and weight.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the front cowl 30 includes a front upper cowl 31 (FIG. 3) that covers a front upper portion 61 (FIG. 5) of the headlight lens 60 and a lower surface 62 (FIG. 5) of the headlight lens 60. And a front lower cowl 32 (FIG. 3).
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the license plate stay 90 is supported by the front lower cowl 32 in front of the stay support portion 72 of the headlight housing 70. The support is indicated by reference numeral 92.
With this configuration, since the license plate stay 90 is supported by the front and rear support portions 72 and 92, the license plate stay 90 is firmly fixed to the load in the vertical direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the lens 60 of the headlight HL has a headlight lens portion 63 having a substantially hanging shape in a front view.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the front upper cowl 31 includes a central lower portion 31c that is overlapped and coupled to the central portion 32c of the front lower cowl 32 in the front-rear direction, and a headlight lens portion 63 that extends from the central lower portion 31c to the left and right. An upper cover portion 31u that covers the upper portion 63u of the headlight lens portion, and an outer cover portion that folds downward from the upper cover portion 31u directly above the upper end 63b of the hanging portion of the headlight lens portion 63 to cover the middle 63s of the outer portion of the lens portion 63. 31s.

  The front lower cowl 32 includes a central portion 32c that overlaps and couples with the central lower portion 31c of the front upper cowl 31 in the front-rear direction, and extends from the central portion 32c to the left and right to extend from the lower portion 63d of the headlight lens portion 63 to the lens portion. And a lower cover portion 32u that covers up to 63s in the middle of the outer portion of 63.

  The front upper cowl 31 has a central lower portion 31c fixed together with a central portion 32c of the front lower cowl 32 to a fixed portion 64 provided on the lens 60, and left and right upper portions fixed to a left and right upper portion of the headlight housing 70 (see FIG. 5 and 6) and is fixed to mirror fixing portions 85 and 85 (to be described later) of the front cowl stay 80 together with the side mirror SM (FIG. 1) by fastening together. Is engaged and fixed with respect to an engaging portion (engaging concave (hole) portion or engaging convex (claw) portion) 65 provided in

  The front lower cowl 32 has a central portion 32c fixed to the fixing portion 64 provided on the lens 60 together with the central lower portion 31c of the front upper cowl 31, and the left and right lower portions 32b are provided at the front end portion of the middle cowl 40 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the engagement portion (engagement concave (hole) portion or engagement convex (nail) portion) 66 provided at the lower portion of the hanging lens portion 63 as shown in FIG. The engagement is fixed.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the license plate stay 90 has a rear end 94 engaged with a stay support portion 72 of the headlight housing 70, and an intermediate portion (92) between the rear end 94 and the plate portion 91. ) Is fastened to the front lower cowl 32.
If comprised in this way, an assembly man-hour can be reduced, maintaining a firm fixed state.

  In this embodiment, the stay support portion 72 of the headlight housing 70 is formed in a hole shape (cylindrical shape in which the rear end is closed), and the rear end 94 of the license plate stay 90 is in a cylindrical elastic shape made of rubber or the like. The stay support 72 is inserted into the stay support 72 via the member 95, but the stay support 72 can adopt an appropriate structure that can lock the rear end 94 of the license plate stay 90.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the front cowl 30 (the front lower cowl 32 in the drawing) includes an air intake 33 that introduces traveling air to the rear of the headlight HL below the headlight lens 60. .
The license plate stay 90 passes through a partial area of the air intake 33 (the illustrated area is the outer area in the vehicle width direction).

With this configuration, the license plate stays through the front cowl 30 by utilizing the air intake 33 below the headlight lens 60 of the front cowl 30, and the license plate is compared with the case where the front cowl 30 is avoided. The length of the stay 90 in the front-rear direction can be shortened, and the license plate stay 90 can be made lighter and more rigid. Since the license plate stay 90 only passes through a partial area of the air intake 33, it is possible to ensure the operation of introducing the traveling wind to the rear of the headlight by the air intake 33.
Further, in this embodiment, the through-hole portion (93) of the license plate stay 90 to the air intake 33 has a small cross-sectional area with respect to the opening area of the intake 33, so that the influence on the action of introducing the traveling wind is small.

  In this embodiment, a pair of air intakes 33 are provided on the left and right of the front cowl 30, and the license plate stay 90 has a pair of support arms 93 extending rearward from the left and right of the plate portion 91. The support arms 93 penetrate the left and right air intakes 33, respectively. For example, when the cowl has one intake in the center, the support plate of the license plate stay 90 can be one. It is. In any case, the support arm can be extended through the air intake 33 along the lower surface of the headlight HL to the stay support portion at the shortest distance, so that light weight and high rigidity can be achieved.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the front cowl stay 80 fixes the upper left and right 73 (L, R) and the lower center 75 of the headlight housing 70 from the rear of the headlight HL.
The license plate stay 90 has a pair of support arms 93 extending rearward from the left and right of the plate portion 91 as described above, and the rear end 94 of the support arm 93 is the stay support portion of the headlight housing 70 as described above. 72.

With this configuration, the headlight housing 70 is fixed to the front cowl stay 80 at the lower center 75 in addition to the upper left and right 73 (L, R), so that the headlight housing 70 is firmly fixed. As a result, the license plate stay 90 is also strong. It will be fixed to. Moreover, the license plate stay 90 is strong against a load in the torsional direction because the rear ends 94 of the pair of support arms 93 extending rearward from the left and right of the plate portion 91 are supported by the headlight housing 70.
The headlight HL is fixed to the front cowl stay 80 at the upper and lower portions at the upper and lower portions and is also fixed to the front cowl 30 as described above. Can be obtained. By providing a single lower support, it is easy to prevent interference with the steering device 20, and it is easy to form a support structure for the pair of left and right support arms 93.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the above-described support portion 92 by the front lower cowl 32 is constituted by a plate 96 integrally provided on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the support arm 93, and this plate 96 is a front lower cowl by a bolt nut 96b. It is being fixed to 32 fixing | fixed part 32f.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the front cowl stay 80 includes a center arm 81 having a base portion 81 b fixed to a mounting portion 11 b of the head pipe 11 with a bolt nut 82, and a lower portion extending obliquely downward and forward from the center arm 81. An arm 83, a pipe-like horizontal arm 84 extending left and right at the tip of the center arm 81, mirror fixing portions 85 and 85 provided at both ends of the horizontal arm 84, and an inner side in the vehicle width direction than the mirror fixing portion 85 The left and right fixing portions 86 (86) of the headlight housing 70 are suspended from the front portion of the horizontal arm 84, and the rear portions of the left and right fixing portions 86 are provided at the rear portion of the horizontal arm 84. Meter fixing portions 87, 87. Each part of the front cowl stay 80 can be integrally formed by welding.

  A lower center 75 of the headlight housing 70 is fixed to a lower end 83b of the lower arm 83 with bolts (not shown), and left and right side mirrors SM (FIG. 1) are fixed to the mirror fixing portions 85 and 85 on the left and right sides of the front upper cowl 31. The upper left and right 73 (L, R) of the headlight housing 70 are bolted to the fixing portions 86, 86 of the upper left and right 73 (L, R) of the headlight housing 70 together with the upper part. The meter M is fixed to the meter fixing portions 87, 87.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the license plate stay 90 has a vehicle width of the support portions 92, 92 by the front lower cowl 32 rather than a vehicle width direction interval W1 between the two left and right mounting holes 97, 97 for attaching a license plate (not shown). The distance W3 between the pair of left and right support arms 93 is wider and the distance W4 between the pair of left and right support arms 93 is the vehicle width of the left and right front forks 22 and 22 that support the front wheel WF. It is wider than the direction interval W2.

  With this configuration, the license plate stay 90 can be secured more firmly by the sufficiently wide width dimension W4. Since the mounting structure of the license plate stay 90 is an mounting structure that does not extend to the vehicle body frame 10, the width W4 can be widened without considering interference with the steering device 20.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be appropriately modified within the scope of the gist of the present invention.

  10: body frame, 11: head pipe, 20: steering device, 22: front fork, 30: front cowl, 31: front upper cowl, 32: front lower cowl, 33: air intake, 40: middle cowl, 60: lens, 70: Housing, 72: Stay support part, 73L, 73R: Left and right upper fixing part, 75: Lower center, 80: Front cowl stay, 90: License plate stay, 91: Plate part, 92: Support part by front lower cowl (middle Part), 93: support arm, 94: rear end, 97: mounting hole, CW: cowl body, HL: headlight.

Claims (6)

A vehicle body frame (10) that supports the steering device (20) so as to be turnable left and right by a head pipe (11) at the front end;
A cowl body (CW) having at least a front cowl (30) covering the front of the steering device (20) and left and right middle cowls (40) covering the sides of the steering device (20);
A headlight (HL) having an outer surface composed of a lens (60) and a housing (70), to which the front cowl (30) is fixed;
A front cowl stay (80) extending forward from the head pipe (11) and fixing the front cowl (30) to the left and right of the headlight (HL);
A license plate support structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle comprising:
A license plate stay (90) having a plate portion (91) for supporting a license plate below the front side of the headlight (HL) is provided on a lower surface (71) of the headlight housing (70). The structure for supporting a license plate for a saddle-ride type vehicle. In claim 1,
The front cowl (30) includes a front upper cowl (31) that covers an upper front portion of the headlight lens (60), and a front lower cowl (32) that covers a lower surface of the headlight lens (60),
The license plate stay (90) is forward of the stay support (72) of the headlight housing (70) and is also supported by the front lower cowl (32). Construction. In claim 2,
The license plate stay (90) has a rear end (94) engaged with a stay support portion (72) of the headlight housing (70), and a gap between the rear end (94) and the plate portion (91). A license plate support structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle, wherein an intermediate portion (92) is fastened to the front lower cowl (32). In any one of Claims 1-3,
The front cowl (30) includes an air intake (33) that introduces running air to the rear of the headlight (HL) below the headlight lens (60).
The license plate support structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle, wherein the license plate stay (90) passes through a partial region of the air intake (33). In any one of Claims 1-4,
The front cowl stay (80) fixes the upper left and right (73L, R) and lower center (75) of the headlight housing (70) from the rear of the headlight (HL),
The license plate stay (90) has a pair of support arms (93) extending rearward from the left and right of the plate portion (91), and the rear end (94) of the support arm (93) is connected to the headlight housing ( 70) A license plate support structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle. In claim 5,
The license plate stay (90) has a vehicle width direction interval (W3) of the support portion (92) by the front lower cowl (32) rather than a vehicle width direction interval (W1) of the two left and right mounting holes (97) for attaching the license plate. ) Is wider, and the width (W4) between the pair of left and right support arms (93) is wider, and the distance (W4) between the pair of left and right support arms (93) is the left and right supporting the front wheel (WF). A license plate support structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle, characterized in that it is wider than the distance (W2) between the front forks (22) in the vehicle width direction.

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