Patent ID: 7410025
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: B62J,B62K

Abstract:
1. A vehicle comprising: a head pipe; a frame connected to the head pipe and arranged to extend downward and rearward; an engine disposed below the frame; a leg shield arranged to cover a front side of a leg of a driver, the leg shield having an opening in a forward area thereof; a heat exchanger arranged within the opening of the leg shield to cool the engine, the heat exchanger including a core section over which running wind passes, and the core section includes two opposed lateral side ends; and a pair of wind guiding walls attached to the leg shield and arranged to guide the running wind to the heat exchanger; wherein each of the pair of wind guiding walls includes a forward section that protrudes forward from a front end surface of the opening of the leg shield, and a rear section that has a rear end positioned adjacent to a respective one of the two opposed lateral side ends of the core section of the heat exchanger.