Patent ID: 9156445
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B60K,B60T,F16D

Abstract:
1. A straddle-type vehicle comprising: a power unit; a drive shaft connected to the power unit and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, the drive shaft being configured to rotate by receiving a driving force from the power unit; an input shaft connected to the drive shaft and extending in the vehicle front-rear direction; a housing including a wall portion facing rearward or frontward and in which at least a portion of the input shaft is housed; an output shaft connected to an axle and extending in a right-left direction of the vehicle, the output shaft being configured to rotate by receiving a driving force from the input shaft; a brake operator configured to have an operation performed thereon to brake the input shaft; a cam member disposed inside the housing and spaced away from the wall portion of the housing in the vehicle front-rear direction; a plate group disposed between the wall portion of the housing and the cam member, the plate group including annular rotation plates attached to the input shaft so as to be rotated together with the input shaft, and annular fixed plates each disposed between an adjacent one of the rotation plates and the cam member and/or between an adjacent one of the rotation plates and the wall portion of the housing; and an annular cam plate disposed between the cam member and the plate group; wherein the cam member and/or the cam plate are/is provided with a cam groove including an inclined surface; the straddle-type vehicle further comprises: