Patent ID: 9359038
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: B62K,F16F

Claim Text:
1. A rear-wheel suspension system for a two-wheeled vehicle comprising: a pair of right- and left-side center frames connected to a rear portion of a main frame extending rearwardly and downwardly from a head pipe; a swing arm having a front portion pivotally supported by the center frames and a rear portion for supporting a rear wheel; and a shock absorber, wherein a longitudinal direction of the shock absorber coincides with a vertical direction, the shock absorber having an upper portion pivotally supported on a vehicle body side between the center frames and a lower portion pivotally supported on the swing arm side; wherein the shock absorber includes a tubular buffer and a spring disposed around the tubular buffer with an upper end of the spring being positioned to be lower than an upper end of the tubular buffer and a vehicle body component part being placed to be close to the tubular buffer above the spring, wherein the vehicle body component part is an intake system part for making a connection between an engine disposed in front of the tubular buffer and an air cleaner disposed in the rear of the tubular buffer, wherein the intake system part is a curved tubular member, wherein a lower end of the intake system part is above the upper end of the spring, wherein a part of the intake system part is closer than an outer end of the spring to the center of the tubular buffer, wherein the shock absorber and the intake system part are disposed between the pair of right- and left-side center frames, and wherein a sub-tank is mounted to the tubular buffer, the intake system part and the sub-tank are located at right and left sides of the tubular buffer, respectively, such that the tubular buffer is interposed between the intake system part and the sub-tank, and a lower end of the sub-tank is above the upper end of the spring.