Saddle Vehicle Side Cover Water Splash Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional saddle type vehicles face challenges in reducing water splatter towards the rider's legs while maintaining a compact vehicle width, as existing designs either compromise on water discharge efficiency or increase vehicle width to achieve this.
Innovation Solution
The design incorporates a side cover with a guide portion and a second cover that overlaps with the first cover's inner edge, allowing for a larger dimension between the inner and outer edges of the guide portion, enabling effective water capture and discharge without increasing the vehicle's width, with the second cover positioned outside the first cover to capture splashing water and the first cover's bent portion located rearward to avoid directing water towards the rider.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If the first inner end edge of the guide portion is located outside in the vehicle width direction to reduce water flowing along the guide portion, then water splatter toward the rider's leg is reduced, but the dimension in the vehicle width direction from the first inner end edge to the first outer end edge is reduced, making it difficult to form the side cover portion into a shape to easily discharge water
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a second cover that overlaps with the first cover in the vehicle width direction, effectively adding a dimensional layer to the water discharge system. This allows the guide portion to maintain a larger dimension in the vehicle width direction for easier water discharge shaping, while the second cover captures water that would otherwise flow along the guide portion and splatter toward the rider's leg.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the dimension in the vehicle width direction from the vehicle center to the first inner end edge of the guide portion is increased, then water splatter toward the rider's leg is reduced, but the vehicle width increases
Solution Approach 1:
The second cover is positioned to overlap with the first cover, creating a nested configuration where the second cover is effectively nested within or alongside the first cover structure. This nesting allows the system to achieve water capture functionality without proportionally increasing the overall vehicle width, as the second cover utilizes the existing spatial envelope of the first cover.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the first bent portion is located at the rear to discharge water rearward on a lateral side of the rider's leg, then water is unlikely to be directed toward the rider's leg, but it is difficult to form the side cover portion into a shape to easily discharge water outwardly in the vehicle width direction
Solution Approach 1:
The side cover portion is segmented into a first cover with a guide portion and a second cover that overlaps with it. This segmentation allows the first cover to be optimized for water discharge shape with its guide portion and bent portion, while the second cover independently captures water that would otherwise flow along the guide portion, enabling both functions to coexist without compromising either water discharge efficiency or rider protection.
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AI summary
A side cover portion (25) includes a first cover (26) and a second cover (27). The first cover (26) includes a guide portion (80) including a first inner end edge (851) and a first outer end edge (810). The second cover (27) is disposed outside of the guide portion (80) and overlaps with the first inner end edge (851) in a side view. A second inner end edge (951) of the second cover (27) is disposed further on the outer side than the first inner end edge (851) in a front view. A second outer end edge (900) of the second cover (27) is disposed between the second inner end edge (951) and the first outer end edge (81O) in a side view, and is disposed further on the outer side than the second inner end edge (951) in a front view.