Patent ID: 7069782

Claim:
A vehicle speed sensor mounting structure of a vehicle, comprising: a final reduction gear for transmitting an output from an engine suspended by a vehicle body frame to wheels via an axle at a longitudinal end of the vehicle, the final reduction gear having a casing and a cover attached to one side of the casing; a vehicle speed sensor mounted on the final reduction gear for detecting a rotational speed of a final gear of the final reduction gear, and thereby detecting vehicle speed, wherein the vehicle speed sensor is disposed on the casing in a position higher than a center of said axle and facing away from an engine of the vehicle and toward the longitudinal end of the vehicle, so that the sensor is protected from road hazards, and wherein a first part of the cover extends upwardly further than the vehicle speed sensor extends, and a second part of the cover extends further toward the longitudinal end of the vehicle than the vehicle speed sensor extends, the first part, the second part, and the vehicle speed sensor each being positioned upwardly and further toward the longitudinal end of the vehicle than where the center of said axle is positioned.