Patent ID: 11926388
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A leaning vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle body;
a first front wheel positioned on a first side in a vehicle width direction;
a second front wheel positioned on a second side opposite to the first side in the vehicle width direction;
a lean mechanism configured to cause the first front wheel and the second front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front -rear direction as the rotation center; and
a lean brake mechanism configured to brake a leaning operation of the lean mechanism,
wherein the lean mechanism includes:
an upper arm,
a lower arm positioned more downward than the upper arm,
a first arm attached to the first front wheel and is rotatably attached to the upper arm and the lower arm,
a second arm attached to the second front wheel and rotatably attached to the upper arm and the lower arm, and
a lean base connecting the upper arm and the lower arm to the vehicle body,

wherein the lean brake mechanism includes:
a brake caliper attached to the lean mechanism and has a brake pad, and
a brake disc attached to one arm of the upper arm and the lower arm which is farther from the brake pad in a front view, having a contact portion that generates braking force by being pressed by the brake pad,

wherein if the upper arm is attached to the brake disc, the upper arm includes a first fulcrum portion at a longitudinal center of the upper arm, the first fulcrum portion being rotatably attached to a side body portion of the vehicle body,
wherein if the lower arm is attached to the brake disc, the lower arm includes a second fulcrum portion at a longitudinal center of the lower arm, the second fulcrum portion being rotatably attached to the side body portion of the vehicle body, and
wherein, in a side view, the first and second front wheels overlap with the lean mechanism.