DESC:TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present subject matter, in general, relates to two-wheeled or three-wheeled motor vehicles, and, in particular relates, to a frame member of the motor vehicle.
BACKGROUND
[0002] In the last few decades, two-wheeler automobile industry has shown a remarkable growth and development, in terms of technology as well as sales. Due to consistent advancement in technology, two-wheeled vehicles, such as motorcycles, scooters and lightweight scooters or three-wheeled vehicles such as trikes have succeeded in maintaining their popularity among different sections of society. Different sections of society, based on their requirement, utilize the two-wheeled vehicles for various purposes, such as a recreational activity, a means of transportation, and for sports activities. As a result, it becomes pertinent for the two-wheeler automobile industry to constantly develop and modify the components of the two-wheeled vehicles to suit requirements of different riders.
[0003] In accordance with the same ideology, various systems are included in the vehicle to provide rich user experience. This includes provision of various mechanical, electronic, and electrical systems. All, these systems are to be accommodated within available space of the vehicle.
[0004] Generally, these motor vehicles are provided with a frame assembly that acts as structural member and load bearing member of the vehicle. The layout of frame defines the type of the vehicle. For example, a frame for a motorcycle provides a step-over type layout. Whereas, a frame for a scooter provides a step-through layout. Generally, the scooter type two-wheeled vehicles are popular because of their ease of ridabilty, and the utility space.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0005] The detailed description is described with reference to the accompanying figures. The same numbers are used throughout the drawings to reference like features and components.
[0006] Fig. 1 (a) depicts a left side view of an exemplary two-wheeled vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter.
[0007] Fig. 1 (b) illustrates a right side view of the frame member, in accordance with the embodiment as depicted in Fig. 1 (a).
[0008] Fig. 2 (a) illustrates an isometric view of a rear portion of the frame member, in accordance with the embodiment of Fig. 1 (b).
[0009] Fig. 2 (b) depicts an enlarged view of the frame member and cross-section taken along axis X-X’, in accordance with the embodiment of Fig. 2 (a).
[00010] Fig. 3 (a) depicts an isometric view of the frame member in a second implementation, in accordance with the embodiment of Fig. 1 (b).
[00011] Fig. 3 (b) depicts a left side view of the frame member, in accordance with the implementation as depicted in Fig. 3 (a).
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[00012] Conventionally, two-wheeled or three-wheeled vehicles are provided with various drive means including engine configurations like carburetor system or a fuel injection system. Also, the vehicle includes various sub-systems including electronic systems like a vehicle control unit, one or more relays, or a fuel injector system. The aforementioned electronic system is to be securely mounted onto the vehicle. Also, various other sub-systems like secondary air injection system are also provided in the vehicles. Furthermore, the vehicle may have a transmission system including a continuously variable transmission or automatic transmission. Again, in case of an automatic transmission, an electronic control unit comes in picture for shift and clutch control. Also, the vehicle may include a traction motor that acts as one of the drive means. Thus, the motor vehicle accommodates multiple numbers of components that includes various electronic and non-electronic systems that work in conjunction with the power unit with minor change in power unit configurations. Additionally, the various electronic components are mounted at various points on the vehicle thereby requiring long wiring harness to connect. Provision of such long wiring harness makes it to be prone to shorts. For example, in case of the vehicle with swinging type power unit, some components are mounted to the frame and some components are mounted to the power unit itself due to functional requirements. In such cases, the relative motion of the power unit may add additional tension on the wiring, which is addressed by using elongated wires that is undesired. Moreover, such swinging causes further elongation of cables and also cause breakage of cable or loosening at the connection portion. Also, some of these electronic components of the vehicle operate at higher currents that run along the length of the vehicle due to limitations in accommodation of such components in proximity. This makes the electronic components prone to failure as the vehicle has various moving parts like the swing arm, a chain drive etc. that might result in damage of wiring harness thereby affecting the function of that particular electronic unit whereby the vehicle in total may be stalled and also damaging the other ancillary sub-systems.
[00013] Moreover, the two-wheeled vehicle with a step-through frame assembly already has space constraint due to the provisions of utility space below the seat and also at the step-through portion. In addition, with various configurations available for a scooter type vehicle, the frame assembly should be capable of accommodating the power unit and the various components for aforementioned various sub-systems without compromising on the utility space of the vehicle.
[00014] Moreover, for same drive means with defined capacity, various modifications in frame layouts are required to accommodate the components for varying configurations. This is in effect increases cost due to various design modifications required to accommodate various components of the vehicle. Also, access to various subsystems is also complicated to the distributed nature of their mounting. Additionally, this mandates training for service personnel to familiarize them with every varying design or layout change. Also, cost is increased due to tooling and welding cost, material cost, and due to increase in part count with varying configurations. In addition, affecting the assembly time of the vehicle. Thus, there is scope for provision of frame assembly that is capable of addressing the aforementioned and other problems in the prior art.
[00015] Hence, the present subject matter provides a frame member with a support member that is capable of accommodating the one or more sub-system vehicle components without any variation of the frame member. The provided frame member is capable of supporting the sub-systems with varied functions, which work in conjunction with the power unit, depending on the configuration of the power unit. The need for using different frame layouts and vehicle layouts for varied sub-system/ configurations is avoided.
[00016] It is a feature of the present subject matter, that the support member is an integrated member that is affixed to the frame member. Moreover, the support member is a single structure capable of supporting various sub-system vehicle components thereby reducing part count as multiple mountings are eliminated. It is an advantage that the frame design is standardized to be compatible to any configuration of drive means thereby provide ease of use for any configuration.
[00017] It is an aspect of the present subject matter that, the provision of integrated support member reduces tooling, material, and manufacturing cost is reduced due to standardization.
[00018] It is another aspect of the present subject matter that ease of access to the various sub-system vehicle components is improved due to provision of the single support member that is capable accommodating various vehicle components of sub-systems. It is an advantage that the ease of assembly and serviceability is improved.
[00019] It is yet another aspect that the support member is disposed in proximity to the drive means, which is the power unit of the vehicle, thereby providing optimum wiring harness. It is another advantage that the cost of wiring harness is also reduced due to shorter wiring length.
[00020] It is yet another feature that the support member supports at least one electronic control unit and one or more relays that working in conjunction with the electronic control unit. This reduces the probability of short circuit between the vehicle components i.e. between the control unit and the relays. For example, the length of the wiring harness between the relay and electronic control unit is reduced and the probability of short circuit therebetween is reduced. Moreover, it an additional advantage that the copper losses are reduced therebetween.
[00021] It is another aspect that, in one embodiment, the support member is mounted to one rear tube of the pair of rear tubes of the frame member. Therefore, any layout modifications of the frame member are avoided.
[00022] It is another aspect of the present subject matter that the support member is provided on the rear tube at a height above the height of the drive means. This provides ease of connection of sub-system provided on an upper surface of the drive means, wherein sub-system can accommodate electronic systems like fuel injector, with the vehicle components mounted to the support member. It is an advantage that the support member is disposed at a height that the vehicle components mounted thereon are protected from dust, and from splashing of dirt and water.
[00023] It is an aspect of the present subject matter that the support member capable of supporting one or more vehicle components and is securely disposed between the side panel and utility box of the vehicle without interfering with any surrounding parts.
[00024] It is a feature of the present subject matter that, in an embodiment, the support member has a long axis disposed at an acute angle preferably at 45 degrees. The one or more electrical vehicle components are disposed at the acute angle thereby reducing the effect of forces acting in horizontal and vertical direction.
[00025] It is a feature that the support member is disposed upwardly of the power unit and forwardly upward of a muffler unit functionally connected to the power unit. It is an advantage that the support member and vehicle components mounted thereto are disposed away from the heat dissipated from the power unit or the muffler yet keeping optimally close to the power unit for electrical wire or hose routing.
[00026] It is yet another feature that the base portion is provided with a contact portion complementing and conforming an outer profile of said first rear tube thereby providing improved contact portion for rigid support.
[00027] The two-wheeled or three-wheeled vehicles are collectively referred to as a motor vehicle herein.
[00028] These and other advantages of the present subject matter would be described in greater detail in conjunction with the figures in the following description.
[00029] Arrows wherever provided in the top right corner in the drawings depicts direction with respect to the vehicle, wherein an arrow F denotes front direction, an arrow R indicates rear direction, an arrow Up denotes upward direction, an arrow Dw denotes downward direction, an arrow RH denotes right side, and an arrow LH denotes left side.
[00030] Fig. 1 (a) depicts a left side view an exemplary two-wheeled vehicle 100, in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter. The vehicle 100 has a frame member 105 that includes a head tube 105A, a main tube 105B extending rearwardly downward from the head tube 105A, and a pair of rear tubes 105CA, 105CB extending inclinedly rearward from a rear portion of the main tube 105B. The frame member defines a step-through portion ST and the rear tubes 105CA, 105CB extend rearward inclinedly rearward from the step-through portion ST. A handlebar assembly 110 is connected to a front wheel 115 through one or more front suspension(s) 120. A steering shaft (not shown) connects the handlebar assembly 110 to the front suspension(s) 120. The steering shaft is rotatably journaled about the head tube 105A. A drive means 125 including at least one of an internal combustion (IC) engine and/or a traction motor is swingably connected to the frame member 105 of the vehicle 100. The drive means 125 is disposed below the at least a portion of the rear tubes 105C. In the present embodiment, the IC engine is forwardly inclined i.e. a piston axis of the IC engine is forwardly inclined. The drive means 125 also act as power unit of the vehicle 100. Hereinafter, the terms ‘power unit’ and ‘drive means’ are interchangeably used. The power unit 125 is functionally connected to a rear wheel 130 through a transmission system (not shown). The transmission system includes a continuously variable transmission (CVT) or a fixed gear ratio transmission or automatic-manual transmission (AMT) controlled by an AMT control unit.
[00031] Further, the rear wheel 130 is connected to the frame member 105 through one or more rear suspension(s) 135. The power unit 125 is swingably mounted to the frame member 105 through a toggle link or the like. A seat assembly 140 is disposed above a utility box 185 (shown in Fig. 1 (b)) and is supported by the rear tubes 105CA, 105CB. A passenger grip (not shown) is provided posterior to the seat assembly 140 for pillion/passenger support.
[00032] Further, the vehicle 100 includes a front fender 150 covering at least a portion of the front wheel 115. In the present embodiment, a floorboard 145 is disposed at a step-through portion ST and is supported by the main tube 105B and a pair of floor frames (not shown). The user can operate the vehicle 100 by resting feet on the floorboard 145, in a seated position. In an embodiment, a fuel tank 165 (shown in Fig. 1 (b)) is disposed below the seat assembly 140 and behind the utility box 185. A rear fender 155 is covering at least a portion of the rear wheel 130. The vehicle 100 comprises of plurality of electrical/electronic components including a headlight 160A, a tail light 160B, a battery (not shown), a transistor controlled ignition (TCI) unit (not shown), an alternator (not shown), a starter motor (not shown). Further, the vehicle 100 may include a synchronous braking system, an anti-lock braking system.
[00033] The vehicle 100 includes plurality of panels 170A that include a front panel 170A disposed in an anterior portion of the head tube 105A, a leg shield (not shown) is disposed in a posterior portion of the head tube 105A. A rear panel assembly 170B includes a right side panel and a left side panel disposed below the seat assembly 140 and extending rearward from a rear portion of the floorboard 145 towards a rear portion of the vehicle 100. The rear panel assembly 170B encloses the utility box 185. Also, the rear panel assembly 170B partially encloses the power unit 125. The power unit including an IC engine 125 includes an air intake system (not shown), an air fuel supply system (not shown) that are coupled to an intake side of the IC engine 125. Also, the muffler 175 of the exhaust system (shown in Fig. 1 (b)) is coupled to exhaust side of the IC engine 125 and the exhaust system including a muffler 175 extends towards one lateral side of the vehicle 100. Also, the power unit 125 may include a traction motor (now shown). In one embodiment, the traction motor is hub mounted to the rear wheel 130. In one other embodiment, the traction motor may be swingably connected to the frame member 105.
[00034] Fig. 1 (b) illustrates a right side view of the frame member 105 employed with selective parts thereon, in accordance with the embodiment as depicted in Fig. 1 (a). The rear tubes 105CA, 105CB of the frame member 105 swingably support the power unit 125 that is disposed rearward to the step through portion ST. The power unit 125 includes the IC engine 125 that is forwardly inclined type. A piston axis of the IC engine 125 is forwardly inclined. The IC engine 125 includes a top surface, which is the top surface of a cylinder portion and of a crankcase (not shown), of the IC engine 125. The top surface of the IC engine 125 supports an air fuel supply system 125A including a carburetor or an electronic fuel injection. Also, the IC engine 125 includes an electrical machine including a magneto or an integrated starter generator (ISG) disposed on one lateral side of the IC engine 125, wherein the electrical machine is mounted to a lateral end portion of the crankshaft of the IC engine 125. In case of ISG, an electronic control unit is provided for operation of ISG in motor mode or in generator mode. The rear wheel 130 is connected to the power unit 125.
[00035] The rear tubes 105CA, 105CB extend inclinedly rearward from step-through portion ST, which is also the rear end portion of the main tube 105B. The fuel tank 165 is mounted to a rear end portion of the rear tubes 105CA and is disposed upwardly rearward to the IC engine 125. Also, the frame member 105 supports the utility box 185 disposed above the power unit 125 and ahead of the fuel tank 165. The utility box 185 defines a storage volume that is accessible in an open condition of the seat assembly 140. A first rear tube 105CA of the pair of rear tubes 105CA, 105CB is provided with a support member 200 that is affixed thereto. In an embodiment, the frame member 105 is made of rigid material including any known feasible metal or a carbon reinforced plastic and the support member 200 is made of any known metal and is either welded or fastened to the first rear tube 105CA. The support member 200 is disposed upward to the power unit 125, when viewed from side and the secured to a side facing portion of the first rear tube 105CA. The support member 200 supports one or more electronic components (shown in Fig. 2 (a)). The term ‘electronic’ used herein is not restricted to electronic components but also includes electrical vehicle components.
[00036] Fig. 2 (a) illustrates an isometric view of the rear portion of the frame member 105, in accordance with the embodiment as depicted in Fig. 2 (a). The first rear tube 105CA is provided with the support member 200 and the support member 200 includes a base portion 205 and the support member 200 is welded through the base portion 205 to the first rear tube 105CA. The support member 200 has a long axis disposed substantially along a longitudinal direction F-R of the vehicle 100. Further, the support member 200 includes one or more arms 210A, 210B extending away from the base portion 205. The one or more arms 210A, 210B extend substantially in the longitudinal direction F-R of the vehicle 100. In the present embodiment, the one or more arms 210A, 210B includes a first arm 210A and a second arm 210B that are extending rearward along the direction of extension of the first rear tube 105CA. In one embodiment, the base portion 205 and the arms 210A, 210B are disposed in a vertical plane so as to retain the width of the frame member 105, without extending in lateral direction RH-LH of the vehicle 100.
[00037] In the present embodiment, the support member 200 is mounted with a boot member 305 casing an electronic control unit (ECU) 310 and a relay 315. The support member 200 acts as an integrated support member 200 to accommodate one or more of first set of electrical/electronic components The electronic control 310 is coupled to the ISG or the traction motor of the vehicle 100 that operate at high currents. Therefore, the ECU 310 is connected to the at least one of the electrical or electronic systems through the relay 315 as most of these system operate at high currents. Therefore, the support member 200 enables in providing shortest path between the ECU 310 and the relay 315. This reduces the probability of occurrence of short circuit between ECU 310 and relay 315 as the length of wiring harness therebetween is reduced. Also, the support member 200 provided on the frame member 105 is disposed in proximity to the power unit 125 so as to again reduce length of wiring harness connecting the ECU 310 and the relay 315 to either ISG or traction motor that are part of the power unit 125.
[00038] Further, each arm of the one or more arms 210A, 210B is provided with a self-locking provision 215, which holds the boot member 305 in a desired position and restricts sliding of the boot member 305 on the arms 210A, 210B. In one implementation, the self-locking provision 215 is formed by protruded portions provided on the arms 210A, 210B. The open end portion of the arms 210A, 210B are having wider cross-section that are self-locking provision 215.
[00039] Fig. 2 (b) depicts an enlarged view and a cross-sectional view of the frame member 105 with support member 200, in accordance with the embodiment of Fig. 2 (a). The boot member 305 is made of an elastic material that is detachably-attached. In another embodiment, the boot member 305 is made of a rigid material that is detachably mounted to the frame member 105 through the support member 200. In one embodiment, the support member 200 is disposed at a first angle a. As depicted, a line L-L’ passing parallel to a long axis of the support member 200 is at the first angle a with a horizontal line/plane P.
[00040] In one embodiment, the first angle a is in the range of 0 – 60 degrees. In a preferred embodiment, the first angle a is 45 degrees to reduce vertical and horizontal forces/shocks acting on the electronic components mounted to the support member 200. Further, the support member 200 that is having arms 210A, 210B that are extending inclinedly rearward enable the vehicle component(s) mounted onto the arms 210A, 210B of the support member 200 to be in inclined position whereby by virtue of own weight of the vehicle component(s), it is kept in a secure position onto the support member 200. Further, the arms 210A, 210B that support the electronic components 310, 315 are also disposed at the first angle whereby any accumulation of water or dirt on the vehicle components 310, 315 or on the boot members 310A, 315A is reduced. Also, mere bumps or impacts would not displace the vehicle component(s) from the desired location as the snap or self-locking fit of the vehicle components securely holds the vehicle components and further, the inclined mounting of the vehicle components additionally provides secure and rigid mounting to the vehicle components.
[00041] In one implementation, the base portion 205 and the arms 210A, 210B are integrally formed and the support member 200 is made of known metal having a sheet type cross-section, wherein the thickness of the sheet is chosen relative to the weight of the vehicle components mounted thereon.
[00042] Further, Fig. 2 (b) also illustrates the cross-sectional view taken along axis X-X’. In one embodiment, the ECU 310 is mounted to the first arm 210A through a first boot member 310A and the relay 315 is mounted to a second boot 315A, wherein the first boot member 310A and the second boot member 315A are independently attachable-detachable type. Further, the ECU 310 and the relay 315 are facing opposite sides. In other words, the a first component 310, which is ECU 310, and a second component 315, which is relay 315, are having a first component body and a second component body respectively. At least one of the first component body and the second component body is disposed in direction substantially facing inward in the lateral direction RH or LH. The other of the first component body and the second component body is disposed in a direction substantially facing outward in the lateral direction RH or LH. This enables in compact packaging of the ECU and the relay 315 to the same support member 200 optimally reducing/eliminating any interference therebetween.
[00043] The ECU 310 that is larger in size compared to the relay 315 is disposed facing the rear panel assembly 170B (as shown in Fig. 1 (a)) and the relay 315 is mounted facing the utility box 185 (as shown in Fig. 1 (b)) and away from the rear panel 170B. Moreover, at least one of the electrical vehicle components 310, 315 are disposed below the rear tube 105CA so as to provide compact packaging, which in the depicted embodiment is the relay 315. Also, in a top view the firs tube 105CA overlaps with the relay 315 thereby providing compact layout by substantially retaining the width of the frame member 105. Further, the support member 200 is capable of supporting one or more non-electrical vehicle components also.
[00044] The base portion 205 is provided with a contact portion 216 complementing and conforming an outer profile of the first rear tube 105CA thereby providing improved contact portion. Further, the base portion 205 in the depicted embodiment is welded to said first rear tube (105CA) along at least one edge of said base portion (205) thereof.
[00045] Fig. 3 (a) depicts an isometric view of a portion of the frame member 105 in a second implementation, in accordance with the embodiment of Fig. 1 (b). The present implementation comprises a power unit 125 that works in conjunction with a secondary air induction system 320. The support member 200 includes the base portion 205 from which one or more arm(s) 210A, 210B are provided extending away from the base portion 205. In one embodiment, the base portion 205 has a surface area greater than the surface area of the arm(s) 210A, 210B. The support member 200 is welded to the frame member 105 through the base portion 205. The base portion 205 having substantially greater surface area enables longer and optimum welding lengths on the first rear tube 105CA. Due to the longer welding portion, the weight acting on the support member 200 is distributed along the length of the welding onto the first rear tube 105CA thereby eliminating any higher load concentration at a single point/portion. Further, the support member 200 includes a mounting portion M provided on the base portion 205. Furthermore, the support member 200 is capable of supporting non-electronic components that work in conjunction with the power unit 125, which includes the secondary air induction 320. The secondary air induction (SAI) system 320 includes a SAI air filter 321, which supplies secondary air at the exhaust port for further combustion of gases for reduction of emissions. The SAI filter 321 is mounted to the base portion 205 of the support member 200 through a mounting bracket 330. The mounting bracket 330 is having two or more mounting(s) for securing thereto and the mounting bracket 330 has a reinforced base and also elongated arm 331 that supports the SAI filter 320. Preferably, the SAI filer 320 is disposed along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle 100, with a SAI valve disposed in the front portion to offer shortest routing path towards the exhaust system of the drive means 125. The SAI filter 320 has an input hose 320A open to atmosphere and an output port 320B that is connected to the power unit 125, which is the IC engine 125, using optimum length. Moreover, mounting portion M for the SAI filter 320 is disposed in proximity to the contact portion/welding portion of the support member 200 to the rear tube 105CA to provide improved load bearing ability to the support member 200.
[00046] Fig. 3 (b) depicts a right side view of the frame member 105 in accordance with the implementation of Fig. 3 (a). The support member 200 is provided that is capable of supporting plurality of vehicle components 310, 315, and 320 that are part of vehicle sub-systems. The support member 200 includes one or more arm(s) 210A, 210B (as shown in Fig. 3 (a) and in Fig. 2 (a)) capable of supporting a first set of electronic components 310, 315 and a second set of non-electronic components 320. In one embodiment, the power unit 125 includes a carburetor 125A, which is air-fuel supply system, mounted to an upper surface of the power unit 125. The SAI filter 320 is connected to the carburetor 125A and the exhaust port of the power unit 125. Further, the support member 200 is capable of supporting the ECU 310 that works in conjunction with the power unit 125. In one embodiment, the power unit 125 includes the ISG 180 that is disposed on one lateral side of the vehicle 100. The ECU 310 is electrically coupled to the ISG 180 for operation as motor and to rectify and regulate power output from ISG 180 when operating as generator. Therefore, the electrical vehicle components 310, 315 are disposed on same lateral side as that of the ISG 180 thereby providing optimum wiring harness. Also, the wiring harness routing is supported by the frame member 105. In addition, the support member 200 is disposed upwardly of the power unit 125 and the muffler 175, which is at a substantial height to protect the vehicle components mounted to the support member from dirt and splashes.
[00047] Also, the fuel tank 165 is coupled to the IC engine 125 on other lateral side of the vehicle 100. This reduces interference between electrical routing and the hose routing thereby improving ease of servicing and assembly. Further, the support member provides access to vehicle components at a single location thereby improving service time.
[00048] Thus, the same frame member is capable of accommodating the vehicle components of the sub-systems with varying power unit or drive means configurations without varying the frame member. Further, the frame member of the present subject matter enables secure mounting of the electrical vehicle components on to the frame member with reduced failures of the systems improving reliable operation of the vehicle.
[00049] It is to be understood that the aspects of the embodiments are not necessarily limited to the features described herein. Many modifications and variations of the present subject matter are possible in the light of above disclosure. Therefore, within the scope of claims of the present subject matter, the present disclosure may be practiced other than as specifically described. ,CLAIMS:We claim:
1. A motor vehicle (100) comprising:
a frame member (105) defining a step-through portion (ST), and said frame member (105) includes one or more rear tube(s) (105CA, 105CB) extending inclinedly rearward substantially from said step-through portion (ST);
a power unit (125) swingably connected to said frame member (105) and said power unit (125) disposed below said pair of rear tubes (105CA, 105CB); and
plurality of vehicle components (310, 315, 320) working in conjunction with said power unit (125),
wherein
said frame member (105) provided with a support member (200) affixed to a first rear tube (105CA) of said one or more rear tube(s) (105CA, 105CB) of the frame member (105), and said support member (200) disposed at a first angle (a) with respect to a horizontal line (P), wherein said support member (200) being capable of detachably supporting one or more vehicle components (310, 315) of said plurality of vehicle components (310, 315, 320) whereby said one or more vehicle components (310, 315) are securely disposed in proximity to said power unit (125).
2. The motor vehicle (100) of claim 1, wherein said support member (200) comprises a base portion (205) and at least one arm (210A, 210B), said at least one arm (210A, 210B) extending away from said base portion (205), said at least one arm (210A, 210B) capable of detachably supporting one or more vehicle components (310, 315) of said plurality of vehicle components (310, 315, 320).
3. The motor vehicle (100) of claim 1, wherein said at least one arm (210A, 210B) is provided with a self-locking provision (215) for securely supporting said one or more vehicle components (310, 315) thereat, and said one or more vehicle components (310, 315) includes at least one of an electronic control unit (310), a transistor controlled ignition, and a relay (315) that are functionally coupled to said power unit (125).
4. The motor vehicle (100) of claim 1, wherein said base portion (205) is capable of supporting a secondary air filter (320) of said plurality of vehicle components (310, 315, 320), said secondary air filter (320) being functionally coupled to the power unit (125).
5. The motor vehicle (100) of claim 1, wherein said base portion (205) comprises a surface area substantially greater than a surface area of said at least one arm (210A, 210B), and said secondary air filter (320) mounted to said base portion (205) is disposed substantially below said first rear tube (105CA).
6. The motor vehicle (100) of claim 1, wherein said support member (200) includes a long axis (L-L’) disposed at said first angle (a) with respect to said horizontal line (P) and said first angle (a) is an acute angle in the range of 0-60 degrees, and said one or more vehicle components (310, 315) of said plurality of vehicle components (310, 315, 320) disposed substantially at said first angle (a).
7. The motor vehicle (100) of claim 1, wherein said support member (200) is disposed substantially in a vertical plane extending in a longitudinal direction (F-R) of said vehicle (100) and is disposed between a rear panel assembly (170B) and a utility box (185) of the vehicle (100), and said support member (200) is secured to a lower surface portion of said first rear tube (105CA) and at an laterally outward facing side of said first rear tube (105CA).
8. The motor vehicle (100) of claim 1, wherein said power unit (125) includes at electrical machine mounted to a first lateral side (RH, LH) thereof, and first rear tube (105CA) is disposed on said first lateral side (RH, LH) thereby providing optimum electrical routing.
9. The motor vehicle (100) of claim 1, wherein said one or more vehicle components (310, 315, 320) includes at least one electronic component (315) disposed substantially below said first rear tube (105CA), such that when viewed from top, the first rear tube (105CA) overlaps with at least a portion of said at least one electronic component (315).
10. The motor vehicle (100) of claim 1, wherein said plurality of vehicle component(s) (310, 315) are detachably secured to said at least one arm(s) (210A, 210B) through a boot member (305, 310A, 310B) that securely holds said vehicle component (310, 315), said boot (305, 310A, 310B) made of at least one of a flexible polymer or a rigid material.
11. The motor vehicle (100) of claim 1, wherein said plurality of vehicle component(s) (310, 315) includes a first component (310) and a second component (315) having a first component body and a second component body respectively, and at least one of the first component body and the second component body is disposed in direction substantially facing inward lateral direction (RH or LH) and the other of the first component body and the second component body is disposed in a direction substantially facing outward lateral direction (RH or LH) thereby providing compact packaging.
12. The motor vehicle (100) of claim 1, wherein said support member (200) is disposed upwardly of the power unit (125) and forwardly upward of a muffler unit (175) functionally connected to the power unit (125).
13. The motor vehicle (100) of claim 1, wherein said base portion (205) is provided with a contact portion (206) complementing and conforming an outer profile of said first rear tube (105CA), and said base portion (205) is at least fastened to said first rear tube (105CA) or is welded to said first rear tube (105CA) along at least one edge of said base portion (205) thereof.