Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Leaning vehicle
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Application No.: US17757970Application Date: 2020-12-09
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Publication No.: US11919604B2Publication Date: 2024-03-05
- Inventor: Takeshi Nakajima , Hiroshi Ishii , Taro Iwamoto , Kazuya Nagasaka , Taichi Inaba
- Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Akashi
- Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
- Current Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Akashi
- Agency: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP
- Priority: JP 19236738 2019.12.26
- International Application: PCT/JP2020/045866 2020.12.09
- International Announcement: WO2021/131706A 2021.07.01
- Date entered country: 2022-06-24
- Main IPC: B62K5/10
- IPC: B62K5/10 ; B62K5/027 ; B62K5/05 ; B62K5/08

Abstract:
A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a lean mechanism, and a lean brake mechanism. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean brake mechanism brakes a leaning operation of the lean mechanism. The lean brake mechanism includes a brake disc and brake pads. The brake disc is attached to an upper arm or a lower arm. The brake pads, which are attached such that their position relative to the brake disc changes in the leaning operation, produce a frictional force against the brake disc in the leaning operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US11873057B2 Leaning vehicle Public/Granted day:2024-01-16
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