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Vehicle body frame for motorcycle

US7073617B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by
3References
13Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 26, 2002
Grant dateJul 11, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 26, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB62K19/12
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a body frame for a motorcycle mounted with an engine unit 11 and provided with a main frame 2a by which a front fork 4 and rear arms 7 are supported, the main frame 2a includes: a head pipe unit 20 which extends obliquely downward to a rear of a vehicle from a head pipe 3 and so as to expand in a vertical direction; a down frame 21 which is connected to a front part at lower end of the head pipe unit 20; and left and right rear arm brackets 10 which are stretched and connected to a rear end of the down frame 21 and a rear part at lower end of the head pipe unit 20, and the head pipe unit 20 is an aluminum die-cast molded product, and the down frame 21 and the left and right rear arm brackets 10 are aluminum forged molded products.

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