Abstract: A valet key that is usable as a vehicle key when lending a vehicle to a third person includes an operation error monitoring unit and a notification unit. The operation error monitoring unit is configured to monitor whether or not an operation error has occurred in a user operation performed to actuate the vehicle. The notification unit is configured to have an output device issue a notification corresponding to the operation error, when the operation error monitoring unit determines that the operation error has occurred, by transmitting the operation error to the output device through a communication protocol allowing for communication with numerous unspecified communication peers.

Abstract: A valet key operable as a vehicle key when lending a vehicle to a third person includes a state determination unit configured to determine whether or not the valet key is operable as the vehicle key when the valet key transmits a radio wave. The valet key further includes a communication subject setting unit configured to set a communication subject to which the valet key transmits the radio wave based on the determination result of the state determination unit.

Abstract: A valet key control system includes a time monitoring unit and a communication subject setting unit. The time monitoring unit is configured to monitor a remaining time of a reserved period during which the valet key is allowed to be used as the vehicle key. The communication subject setting unit is configured to set a communication subject of the valet key in accordance with the remaining time of the reserved period.

Abstract: A car sharing system includes a car sharing device installed in a vehicle. The car sharing device is configured to perform ID verification via an electronic key system of the vehicle in a state in which key information registered to the mobile terminal has been authenticated to allow an onboard device to be operated by the mobile terminal. The car sharing system includes a key function unit that implements a smart function to perform the ID verification through bidirectional short-range wireless communication with the electronic key system, a determination processing unit that determines whether or not a condition for permitting actuation of the smart function has been satisfied, and an actuation switching unit that validates the smart function if the condition for permitting actuation of the smart function has been satisfied.

Abstract: An increase in the size of a body section of a straddled vehicle forward of a steering shaft in a left-right direction and a front-rear direction of a body frame is limited while a space is secured forward of the steering shaft. In left optical lens body 45L, top end TE is disposed below bottom edge B3 of handlebar 23, bottom end BE is disposed above a bottom end (virtual line Lc) of lower bracket 15, left end LE is disposed on the right of a right end (virtual line L6) of left grip 24L, and right end RE is disposed on the left of right edge B1 of left front-wheel support unit 12L. In right optical lens body 45R, top end TE is disposed below bottom edge B3 of handlebar 23, bottom end BE is disposed above the bottom end of lower bracket 15, right end RE is disposed on the left of a left end of right grip 24R, and left end LE is disposed on the right of left edge B2 of right front-wheel support unit 12R.

Abstract: An increase in the size of a body portion of a straddled vehicle forward of a steering shaft in a left-right direction and a front-rear direction of a body frame is suppressed to secure a space forward of the steering shaft. Each top end of left optical lens body 35L and right optical lens body 35R is located below top edge B1 of an upper bracket in an up-down direction of the body frame. Each bottom end of left optical lens body 35L and right optical lens body 35R is located above bottom edge B2 of a lower bracket in the up-down direction of the body frame. The left end of left optical lens body 35L is located on the right of left edge B3 of a left front-wheel support unit in the left-right direction of the body frame. The right end of left optical lens body 35L is located on the right of right edge B5 of the left front-wheel support unit in the left-right direction of the body frame.

Abstract: A predefined length between first and second optical lens sections and of the first and second highly-directional light units is smaller than a length, which is half of a length between a left end of a lower portion of a left front-wheel support unit and a right end of a lower portion of a right front-wheel support unit in the left-right direction of a vehicle, and the predefined length is greater than half a smaller one of minimum widths of the optical lens sections of the first and the second highly-directional light units. A configuration is adopted in which light radiated through the optical lens section of the first highly-directional light unit partially overlaps light radiated through the optical lens section of the second highly-directional light unit and the remaining part does not overlap.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a center transmission plate, a first center turnable portion configured to turn about a first center turning axis extending in an up-down direction, a second center turnable portion configured to turn about a second center turning axis extending in a front-rear direction, a left transmission plate, a first left turnable portion configured to turn about a first left turning axis extending in the up-down direction, a second left turnable portion configured to turn about a second left turning axis extending in the front-rear direction, a right transmission plate, a first right turnable portion configured to turn about a first right turning axis extending in the up-down direction, and a second right turnable portion configured to turn about a second right turning axis extending in the front-rear direction. A tie rod is supported on the second center turnable portion, the second left turnable portion, and the second right turnable portion.

Abstract: At least a portion of a tie rod of a steering force transmitting mechanism overlaps with a portion of a first support member or a second support member when viewed from a front of a vehicle in a fully-tilted condition in which the vehicle body frame is fully tilted in the left-right direction. At least a portion of the tie rod is disposed below a second cross member, above a first front wheel and a second front wheel, behind a front end of the first front wheel and a front end of the second front wheel, and ahead of a first axis of a first side member and a second axis of a second side member when viewed from the left or right of the vehicle when the vehicle body frame is in an upright state.

Abstract: A predefined length between first and second optical lens sections and of the first and second highly-directional light units is smaller than a length, which is half of a length between a left end of a lower portion of a left front-wheel support unit and a right end of a lower portion of a right front-wheel support unit in the left-right direction of a vehicle, and the predefined length is greater than half a smaller one of minimum widths of the optical lens sections of the first and the second highly-directional light units. A configuration is adopted in which light radiated through the optical lens section of the first highly-directional light unit partially overlaps light radiated through the optical lens section of the second highly-directional light unit and the remaining part does not overlap.

Abstract: An increase in the size of a body section of a straddled vehicle forward of a steering shaft in a left-right direction and a front-rear direction of a body frame is limited while a space is secured forward of the steering shaft. In left optical lens body 45L, top end TE is disposed below bottom edge B3 of handlebar 23, bottom end BE is disposed above a bottom end (virtual line Lc) of lower bracket 15, left end LE is disposed on the right of a right end (virtual line L6) of left grip 24L, and right end RE is disposed on the left of right edge B1 of left front-wheel support unit 12L. In right optical lens body 45R, top end TE is disposed below bottom edge B3 of handlebar 23, bottom end BE is disposed above the bottom end of lower bracket 15, right end RE is disposed on the left of a left end of right grip 24R, and left end LE is disposed on the right of left edge B2 of right front-wheel support unit 12R.

Abstract: An increase in the size of a body portion of a straddled vehicle forward of a steering shaft in a left-right direction and a front-rear direction of a body frame is suppressed to secure a space forward of the steering shaft. Each top end of left optical lens body 35L and right optical lens body 35R is located below top edge B1 of an upper bracket in an up-down direction of the body frame. Each bottom end of left optical lens body 35L and right optical lens body 35R is located above bottom edge B2 of a lower bracket in the up-down direction of the body frame. The left end of left optical lens body 35L is located on the right of left edge B3 of a left front-wheel support unit in the left-right direction of the body frame. The right end of left optical lens body 35L is located on the right of right edge B5 of the left front-wheel support unit in the left-right direction of the body frame.

Abstract: A transformation restricting mechanism is configured to change a resisting force between a first connecting member, a second connecting member, and a caliper that are configured to be displaced relative to each other. The first connecting member includes a turn supporting portion supported by a first shock absorbing device. The second connecting member includes a turn supporting portion supported by a second shock absorbing device. The turn supporting portion is supported by the first shock absorbing device closer to a first center axis than an intermediate axis which is coincident with a turning axis of a steering shaft when the vehicle body frame is in an upright state. The turn supporting portion is supported by the second shock absorbing device closer to a second center axis than the intermediate axis when the vehicle body frame is in an upright state.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a stop element supported on a first support portion which is provided on any one of a link mechanism, a body frame, a right shock absorbing device, and a left shock absorbing device at a first end portion thereof so as to turn about a support axis of the first support portion, a lock caliper supported on a second support portion which is displaced relative to the first support portion and which is provided on any one of the link mechanism, the body frame, the right shock absorbing device, and the left shock absorbing device and which is configured to change a frictional force with the stop element, and a guide member which guides a middle portion or a second end portion of the extended member to the lock caliper.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a stop element supported on a first support portion which is provided on any one of a link mechanism, a body frame, a right shock absorbing device, and a left shock absorbing device at a first end portion thereof so as to turn about a support axis of the first support portion, a lock caliper supported on a second support portion which is displaced relative to the first support portion and which is provided on any one of the link mechanism, the body frame, the right shock absorbing device, and the left shock absorbing device and which is configured to change a frictional force with the stop element, and a guide member which guides a middle portion or a second end portion of the extended member to the lock caliper.

Abstract: A transformation restricting mechanism is configured to change a resisting force between a first connecting member, a second connecting member, and a caliper that are configured to be displaced relative to each other. The first connecting member includes a turn supporting portion supported by a first shock absorbing device. The second connecting member includes a turn supporting portion supported by a second shock absorbing device. The turn supporting portion is supported by the first shock absorbing device closer to a first center axis than an intermediate axis which is coincident with a turning axis of a steering shaft when the vehicle body frame is in an upright state. The turn supporting portion is supported by the second shock absorbing device closer to a second center axis than the intermediate axis when the vehicle body frame is in an upright state.

Abstract: At least a portion of a tie rod of a steering force transmitting mechanism overlaps with a portion of a first support member or a second support member when viewed from a front of a vehicle in a fully-tilted condition in which the vehicle body frame is fully tilted in the left-right direction. At least a portion of the tie rod is disposed below a second cross member, above a first front wheel and a second front wheel, behind a front end of the first front wheel and a front end of the second front wheel, and ahead of a first axis of a first side member and a second axis of a second side member when viewed from the left or right of the vehicle when the vehicle body frame is in an upright state.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a center transmission plate, a first center turnable portion configured to turn about a first center turning axis extending in an up-down direction, a second center turnable portion configured to turn about a second center turning axis extending in a front-rear direction, a left transmission plate, a first left turnable portion configured to turn about a first left turning axis extending in the up-down direction, a second left turnable portion configured to turn about a second left turning axis extending in the front-rear direction, a right transmission plate, a first right turnable portion configured to turn about a first right turning axis extending in the up-down direction, and a second right turnable portion configured to turn about a second right turning axis extending in the front-rear direction. A tie rod is supported on the second center turnable portion, the second left turnable portion, and the second right turnable portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a discharge port for discharging a sheet after forming an image on the sheet by an image forming portion, and a discharge tray disposed on a downstream side of the discharge port for laminating the sheet discharged from the discharge port, which is formed with a plurality of partition regions in a square shape respectively adapted to a plurality of kinds of sheet modes discharged to the discharge tray.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a discharge port for discharging a sheet after forming an image on the sheet by an image forming portion, and a discharge tray disposed on a downstream side of the discharge port for laminating the sheet discharged from the discharge port, which is formed with a plurality of partition regions in a square shape respectively adapted to a plurality of kinds of sheet modes discharged to the discharge tray.