Patent ID: 8074764
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: B62D,B62K

Abstract:
1. A straddle type vehicle with an electric power steering apparatus comprising: a body frame of a vehicle; a bar handle provided in a front portion of the vehicle body frame; a steering shaft transmitting a turning operation of the bar handle to a pair of right and left front wheels; and an electric power steering apparatus mounted in an intermediate portion of the steering shaft for assisting a steering motion of the bar handle, the electric power steering apparatus including, in a state of the vehicle to be traveled: wherein the support member is provided so as to extend to the upper end portion of the upper steering shaft to which a base portion of the bar handle is attached, and upper and lower attaching portions are formed to the support member of the upper steering shaft and to a case body accommodating the gear unit, respectively for the vehicle body frame, the upper steering shaft support member is a tubular upper steering shaft support member integrally formed in an upper portion of the case body accommodating the gear unit, the support member of the upper steering shaft is provided integrally with a stopper that regulates a turning range of the bar handle, and the turning range of the bar handle is controlled by abutment of a projection formed to the base portion of the bar handle against the stopper, and the stopper regulating the turning range projects laterally from a tubular portion of the upper steering shaft support member so as to vertically extend to an upper-side mount portion of the body frame.