Patent ID: 6950635

Claim:
A vehicular communication apparatus comprising: at least one helmet worn by an operator of a vehicle, said at least one helmet incorporated with a speaker and a microphone mounted thereon, and further including a helmet side infrared transmitter/receiver disposed in a cabinet extending forwardly from a jaw portion of the helmet and connected to the speaker and the microphone; a vehicle body provided with a vehicle body side transmitter/receiver for carrying out infrared communication with the helmet side infrared transmitter/receiver; wireless communication means connected to the vehicle body side infrared transmitter/receiver and arranged with communication operating means separately from the wireless communication means in at a position operably accessible to the operator during operation of the vehicle; and the vehicle body side infrared transmitter/receiver being disposed on a rear surface of a handlebar adjacent to the grip so that signals emitting from/to the transmitter/receiver pass directly over a shoulder of the operator of the vehicle to/from a jaw portion of a helmet of a rear passenger of the vehicle.