Patent ID: 8844668
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: B62J,B62K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A saddle-seat vehicle including a vehicle body frame comprising a pair of right and left upper frame sections respectively extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a fuel tank disposed substantially above the upper frame sections of the vehicle body frame, the improvement comprising a combined heat shield and wire-holding structure comprising: a heat-shielding portion interposed between the fuel tank and the vehicle body frame and bridging across the right and left frame sections, the heat-shielding portion comprising a base plate; and a hook portion integrally formed with the heat shielding portion, said hook portion having a substantially inverted L-shaped cross section opening downwardly, and mounted to cover a frame section from the upper frame section; and a wire-holding portion having a left side wall portion, a right sidewall portion, and a bottom portion, and being integrally formed with the heat-shielding portion and disposed outside of the vehicle body frame, wherein the wire-holding portion is disposed adjacent outside of the hook portion, and has a substantially U-shaped cross section opening upwardly, wherein the wire-holding portion has a wire-holding channel formed therein which extends substantially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and is configured and arranged to receive a wiring harness therein routed through an area of the vehicle outside of the vehicle body frame, wherein the wire-holding portion includes at least one first protrusion for holding the wiring harness from above disposed on a first lateral side of the wire-holding portion and at least one second protrusion disposed on a second lateral side of the wire-holding portion opposing the first lateral side, wherein the bottom portion of the wire-holding portion includes a vehicle body cover-mounting portion formed thereon, wherein the side wall portions of the wire-holding portion include an upper end and a lower end and, and the right side wall portion includes a vehicle body cover receiver disposed at the upper end thereof, and receives a vehicle body cover thereon, and wherein said vehicle body cover provides a portion of a knee grip for a rider during operation of the vehicle, and when the vehicle body cover is flexed by a knee grip force applied by a rider to the vehicle body cover, the wire holding portion and the vehicle body cover receiver receive the force.