VEHICLE

• Main Authors: OTSU TOYOHARU, MATSUURA SHIGEYUKI, IKUSUE MASATO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.10.2009
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES PECULIAR TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR,e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS, CYCLE PROTECTORS; BLASTING; CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; CYCLES; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNALCOMBUSTION ENGINES; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES ORENGINES IN GENERAL; HEATING; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR; RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; STEAM ENGINES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle capable of sufficiently protecting a sensor part. SOLUTION: The motorcycle 1 (vehicle) includes a vehicle body frame 7 including a right side down tube 5a and a left side down tube 5b extending downward from a head pipe 2 and rearward relative to a traveling direction; an exhaust pipe 18 having one end part 18a mounted to an engine 17 and having one part arranged between the left side down tube 5b and the right side down tube 5a; and an oxygen sensor 20 mounted to a portion of the exhaust pipe 18 arranged between the left side down tube 5b and the right side down tube 5a and detecting oxygen of an exhaust gas at the inside of the exhaust pipe 18. The oxygen sensor 20 is arranged so as to be extended from the exhaust pipe 18 toward a direction at a right side of the left side down tube 5b. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT