Patents Examined by Mitchell Banjo
  • Patent number: 5086866
    Abstract: A motorcycle having a body height adjustor in which a body height adjusting unit transmits the hydraulic pressure of a pressurized fluid within the rear cushion unit simultaneously to hydraulic jacks of the rear cushion unit and the front suspension units so as to change the length of the front suspensions and the rear cushion unit and to thereby adjust the body height of the motorcycle, is disclosed. The body height adjusting unit is disposed upon the side of the body frame remote from the exhaust pipe. A hose connector for connecting the body height adjusting unit and the hydraulic jacks of the front suspensions is disposed at the rear of the front suspensions and in front of the body height adjusting unit. The hydraulic hoses are disposed along a line corresponding to the center of the front fork of the motorcycle as considered in the widthwise direction of the motorcycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya Banjo, Eiji Iida, Katsuhiko Tokunaga, Satoshi Kiyota