Patent ID: 11858585
Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A straddle vehicle comprising:
a front wheel;
a rear wheel;
a vehicle body frame;
a suspension structure including a swing arm rotatably supporting the rear wheel and a shock absorber to absorb shocks applied to the swing arm through the rear wheel, the swing arm being elastically suspended on the vehicle body frame via the shock absorber;
a supported structure supported by the vehicle body frame; and
a plate-shaped bridge structure extending in an up-down direction,
wherein the supported structure includes a first element and a second element located above the first element,
wherein at least one of the first element or the second element is a motor that produces rotational drive power to be transmitted to the rear wheel,
wherein the bridge structure is located behind the first and second elements and mounted on both the first and second elements to bridge the first and second elements in the up-down direction,
wherein the shock absorber includes an upper mounting portion and a lower mounting portion,
wherein the upper mounting portion of the shock absorber is connected to an upper end of the bridge structure, and
wherein the lower mounting portion of the shock absorber is connected to a lower end of the bridge structure via a link.