Motorcycle Harness and ABS Pipe Separation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional motorcycle designs, where the main harness and ABS pipes are arranged on the same side, reduce flexibility in wiring and piping, complicating packaging design and assembly, thereby lowering productivity.

Innovation Solution

The main harness is arranged on one side of the vehicle body in a right-to-left direction, while the ABS pipes are placed on the other side, utilizing a vehicle body frame with right and left frames to separate and organize these components, with offset brake calipers and electrical components to minimize lengths and enhance design flexibility.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If the main harness and ABS pipes are arranged on the same side of the vehicle, then the packaging design is simplified, but the flexibility of wiring design and piping operations is reduced, making assembly difficult and lowering productivity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepackaging design complexityVSAvoidassembly productivity
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the vehicle side into two distinct regions: one for the main harness and another for the ABS pipes. This segmentation allows each component to be arranged independently, improving wiring flexibility and piping operations while maintaining simplified packaging design through clear spatial separation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Area of stationary object

If the main harness and ABS pipes are arranged on the same side of the vehicle, then space utilization is improved, but the flexibility of wiring design and piping operations is reduced, complicating assembly operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespace utilizationVSAvoidassembly operations
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent utilizes the lateral dimension of the vehicle side to separate the main harness and ABS pipes into different regions. This dimensional separation maintains efficient space utilization while providing adequate room for wiring design flexibility and piping operations, thereby facilitating assembly operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Device complexity

If the main harness and ABS pipes are arranged on the same side of the vehicle, then the number of routing paths is reduced, but the flexibility of design is reduced, making it difficult to perform assembly operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverouting path complexityVSAvoiddesign flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the vehicle side into distinct routing zones for the main harness and ABS pipes. This segmentation provides multiple routing paths within each zone, enhancing design flexibility and adaptability while maintaining manageable routing path complexity through organized spatial separation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS8973696B2Motorcycle
Publication Date: 2015.03.10 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD
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AI summary

To provide a motorcycle in which a distinction between a main harness and ABS pipes can be easily made to enhance flexibility of packaging design of the motorcycle and to facilitate operations for assembly and piping, thereby improving productivity of the motorcycle.A main harness 50 for supplying electric power from a battery 61 to multiple electric components 62 to 67 is arranged on one side in a right-to-left direction of a vehicle 10, and ABS pipes 101, 102 and 106 for transmitting a hydraulic pressure to a brake caliper 74 are arranged on the other side in the right-to-left direction of the vehicle 10.