Patent ID: 8002305
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: B60R,B62J,B62K

Abstract:
1. A low-floor vehicle comprising: a head pipe turnably supporting a steering handlebar steerable by an occupant; a main frame extending downwardly rearward from the head pipe; an occupant seat provided rearward of the head pipe and adapted to allow the occupant to sit thereon; a straddle space defined between the occupant seat and the steering handlebar and straddlable by the occupant; a cowl covering the main frame and provided below the straddle space; a left step floor and a right step floor respectively provided at a left side lower portion and a right side lower portion of the occupant seat; an airbag module provided forward of the occupant seat and storing an airbag therein, wherein the airbag module is disposed rearward of the head pipe; and a pair of left and right bag-mooring members provided for retaining the airbag at a position facing the occupant upon expansion and deployment of the airbag, wherein the bag-mooring members are arranged along the main frame between the left step floor and the right step floor as view from above and have one ends connected to the airbag and the other ends connected to the main frame at a position below the occupant seat, wherein the bar-mooring members are arranged along above the main frame and are arranged along a space defined between the main frame and the cowl, and wherein the cowl is formed in an inner surface with a fragile portion along the bag-mooring members; and wherein the main frame includes a pair of left and right upper frames extending downwardly rearward from an upper portion of the head pipe, a pair of left and right lower frames extending downwardly rearward from a lower portion of the head pipe, and connecting members, each of the connecting member being vertically spanned between one of the upper frames and a corresponding one of the lower frames, wherein the other end of each of the bag-mooring members is connected to a corresponding one of the connecting members.