Patent ID: 8746393
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: B60K,B60Y,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame having a length and width and a central plane extending from an associated center axis extending along the length of said vehicle body frame; a pair of left and right front wheels supported on a front part of said vehicle body frame and a pair of left and right rear wheels supported on said vehicle body frame by a rear suspension; a steering shaft for steering said pair of front wheels; an engine unit carried by said vehicle body frame rearward of said steering shaft and including a crankcase, a cylinder body and a cylinder head extending from said crankcase, and a transmission case which is provided to a side of said crankcase with respect to a widthwise direction of the vehicle and houses a transmission; a seat supported on said vehicle body frame so as to be located above said engine unit; footrests supported on said vehicle body frame so as to be located to sides of said engine unit with respect to the widthwise direction of the vehicle; a fuel tank which includes a fuel pump at least a portion of which is housed inside the fuel tank, said fuel tank being supported on said vehicle body frame rearwardly of said cylinder head with respect to a front-back direction of the vehicle and with at least a portion of the fuel tank intersecting said central plane; and a rear gear unit including a wet brake supported on said vehicle body frame so as to be located rearward of said cylinder head with respect to the front-back direction of the vehicle and with at least a portion of the rear gear unit intersecting said central plane, the wet brake being housed in a gear case; wherein at least a portion of said fuel tank overlaps said rear gear unit in a plan view of the vehicle; a majority of said fuel pump is located to one side of said central plane and a majority of said wet brake is located to the other side of said central plane; and said wet brake of said rear gear unit is arranged forward of a forward-most portion of the rear suspension and forward of the fuel pump of said fuel tank with respect to the front-back direction of the vehicle.