MUMBAI, India, June 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202414080362 A) filed by Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka, Japan, on Oct. 22, 2024, for 'straddled vehicle.'
Inventor(s) include Hiroyuki Inoue.
The application for the patent was published on June 20, under issue no. 25/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "There is disclosed a straddled vehicle (1) that allows suitable reduction in air resistance of the straddled vehicle (1) and allows an enhanced cooling efficiency of a heat exchanger -(21); straddled vehicle (1)including a power unit (7), a heat exchanger (21), a cowl (31), an opening and closing member (51), a temperature detector (81), and a controller (90);. heat exchanger (21) being located more forward than the power unit (7); cowl (31) overlapping the heat exchanger (21) in side view of the straddled vehicle (1); the cowl (31) has an inlet (32) and an outlet (33);. the inlet (32) being located more forward than the heat exchanger (21); the outlet (33) being located more rearward than the heat exchanger (21); the opening and closing member (51) is capable of opening and closing the outlet (33); the temperature detector (81) detecting a temperature of a liquid flowing within the heat exchanger (21);. the controller (90) controlling the opening and closing member (51) in accordance with a detection result of the temperature detector (81)."
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