Description:FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present subject matter is related, in general to a vehicle, and more particularly, but not exclusively to a mounting region for an electronic component of the vehicle.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The automobile manufacturing industry is undergoing an industry wide revolution to provide connectivity to automobiles. This field of endeavour has been coined as "telematics" by the automotive industry. Connectivity is required for AM/FM radio, cellular, GPS, internet, and satellite linkage. Now that automobile connectivity is often used for emergency services, the connectivity of the electronic components of the vehicle such as antennas for receiving signals becomes a paramount issue.
[0003] For example, in certain conventional vehicle, anti-theft mechanisms are provided for preventing theft of one or more components of the vehicle. The anti-theft device is triggered by receiving an input from the antenna by a vehicle control unit. However, since the antenna is a low frequency (LF) antenna it is important to dispose the antenna such that is it able to receive signals from all directions efficiently.
[0004] For example, if the electronic component is disposed below a power unit of the vehicle, the electronic component such as the antenna comes into frequent contact with rider’s feet, while actuating foot brake of the vehicle. This in turn interferes with the signal of the antenna and damages its functioning. Moreover, it is important mount the electronic component such that the signals do not get interfered due to other vehicular components. The above information disclosed in this background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of the disclosure and therefore it may contain information that does not form the prior art that is already known in this country to a person of ordinary skill in the art.

SUMMARY
[0005] A vehicle comprising a fuel tank disposed in a front portion of the vehicle, a tail lamp disposed in the rear most portion of the vehicle; and one or more electronic component which are configured to receive signals as an input. The one or more electronic component is disposed in a pre-defined region between a rear most portion of the fuel tank, and the tail lamp. The one or more electronic component is disposed along a first axis which passes centrally through the vehicle in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The one or more electronic component being disposed along a vertical plane passing through the first axis.
[0006] As per an embodiment of the present invention, the vehicle comprises a seat assembly. The sear assembly is mounted on a pair of seat rails. The pair of seat rails extends rearwardly from a front portion of a frame assembly of the vehicle along a vehicle longitudinal direction. The seat assembly comprising a rider seat and a pillion seat.
[0007] As per an embodiment of the present invention, the predefined region is further defined as beneath a cross member of the seat assembly, wherein the cross member connects laterally connects the pair of seat rails.
[0008] As per an embodiment of the present invention the pre-defined region is further defined to be between rearward of a battery box of the vehicle and a front portion of the taillight.
[0009] As per an embodiment of the present invention at least one of the one or more electronic component being an antenna of the vehicle, wherein the antenna is a low frequency antenna.
[00010] As per an embodiment of the present invention, the cross member being configured to support at least one of the seat assembly and a battery mounting structure.
[00011] As per an embodiment of the present invention, one or more electronic component being connected to a portion of the cross member using a mounting assembly.
[00012] As per an embodiment of the present invention the one or more electronic component being disposed below a rear portion of the rider seat.
[00013] As per an embodiment of the present invention the one or more electronic component being disposed below a rear portion of the pillion seat.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[00014] The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below and the accompanying drawings which are given by way of illustration only, and thus are not limitative of the present invention, and wherein:
[00015] Figure 1a illustrates a left side view of a vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter.
[00016] Figure 1b illustrates a top view of the vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter.
[00017] Figure 2 illustrates an exploded view of a rear portion of the vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter.
[00018] Figure 3 illustrates a left perspective view of a frame assembly of the vehicle and a one or more electronic component, in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[00019] An objective of the present invention is to provide a vehicle having one or more electronic component wherein the one or more electronic component can receive signals from all directions efficiently and effectively, thereby the electronic communication of the vehicle works efficiently in entire 360-degree range of the vehicle. Further, the efficiency of using a key less key in a vehicle, and threat of using duplicate keys is eliminated.
[00020] Further, another objective of the present invention is to enable ease of assembly and ease of accessibility for servicing of the one or more electronic component such that man-hour of manufacturing the vehicle is reduced significantly.
[00021] The present disclosure may be best understood with reference to the detailed figures and description set forth herein. Various embodiments are discussed below with reference to the figures. However, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the detailed descriptions given herein with respect to the figures are simply for explanatory purposes as the methods and systems may extend beyond the described embodiments. For example, the teachings presented and the needs of a particular application may yield multiple alternative and suitable approaches to implement the functionality of any detail described herein. Therefore, any approach may extend beyond the particular implementation choices in the following embodiments described and shown.
[00022] References to “one embodiment,” “at least one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” “one example,” “an example,” “for example,” and so on indicate that the embodiment(s) or example(s) may include a particular feature, structure, characteristic, property, element, or limitation but that not every embodiment or example necessarily includes that particular feature, structure, characteristic, property, element, or limitation. Further, repeated use of the phrase “in an embodiment” does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment.
[00023] The present invention now will be described more fully hereinafter with different embodiments. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather those embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art.
[00024] The present invention provides a vehicle having one or more electronic component wherein the one or more electronic component can receive signals from all directions efficiently and effectively, thereby the electronic communication of the vehicle works efficiently in entire 360-degree range of the vehicle. Thereby, a more reliable, efficient, vehicle is being provided without significant changes in the existing layout of the vehicle.
[00025] The afore mentioned and other advantages of the present subject matter would be described in greater detail in conjunction with the figures & embodiment in the following description.
[00026] Figure 1a illustrates a left side view of a vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter. Figure 1b illustrates a top view of the vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter. The Figure 1a, Figure 1b are explained together for the sake of brevity.
[00027] A vehicle (100) comprising a frame assembly (104). In one embodiment, the vehicle (100) is a conventional internal combustion engine powered vehicle or an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle. The frame assembly (104) is configured to include a head tube (not shown) being disposed at a front portion of the vehicle (100) when viewed along a longitudinal direction (F-R) of the vehicle (100). The frame assembly (104) includes a pair of main tubes extending rearwardly from the head tube (102). The pair of main tubes is configured to accommodate and receive a fuel tank (106) of the vehicle (100).
[00028] The frame assembly (104) comprising a pair of seat rails (200a, 200b) (as shown in figure 3a) extending rearwardly and upwardly from the pair of main tubes. The pair of seat rails (200a, 200b) is configured to accommodate and receive mounting of a seat assembly (108). In one embodiment, the seat assembly (108) is a split seat assembly comprising a rider seat and a pillion seat. The frame assembly (104) comprising a battery box (not shown) being disposed below the seat assembly (108) and the battery box (not shown) is covered by a cover assembly (not shown) on both left and right sides of the vehicle (100) for protecting the battery box (not shown) from any external impacts. The vehicle (100) comprising a front wheel (112) and a rear wheel (114) being disposed in a front portion and a rear portion of the vehicle (100) respectively. A rear fender (110) is disposed above the rear wheel (114) for covering a portion of the rear wheel (114) from dirt and dust etc. The vehicle also includes a tail lamp (110).
[00029] Figure 2 illustrates an exploded view of a rear portion of the vehicle (100), in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter. The vehicle (100) comprising the frame assembly (104) is configured to bifurcate into the pair of seat rails (200a, 200b) disposed below the rider seat of the seat assembly (108). A one or more electronic component (206 shown in fig. 3) for example an antenna is configured to receive signals as an input for telematics functions of the vehicle (100). The one or more electronic component (206) is disposed at a pre- defined region (202) between a rear most portion of the fuel tank (106), and the tail lamp (110). The positioning of the one or more electronic component in the pre-defined region (202) eliminates the scope of interference of the signal by any other part of the vehicle (100), or by the rider. Thus, the one or more electronic component (206) is cable to receive uninterrupted signals for efficient functioning.
[00030] Figure 3 illustrates a left perspective view of a frame assembly of the vehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter. As per an embodiment, the vehicle (100) comprises a seat assembly (108) which is mounted on a pair of seat rails (200a, 200b). The pair of seat rails is (200a, 200b) extending rearwardly from a front portion of a frame assembly (104) of the vehicle (100) along a vehicle (100) longitudinal direction (F-R). The vehicle (100) also comprises a fuel tank (106) disposed in a front portion of the vehicle (100); a tail lamp (110) which is disposed in the rear most portion of the vehicle (100). The vehicle (100) also includes a one or more electronic component (206) which is configured to receive signals as an input. The one or more electronic component (206) receives signals to operate telematics operations of the vehicle (100), such as key less access, GPS, anti-theft unit etc.
[00031] The present invention provides that the one or more electronic component (206) is disposed in a pre-defined region (202) between a rear most portion of the fuel tank (106), and the tail lamp (110). Further, the one or more electronic component (206) is disposed along a first axis (AA’) which passes centrally through the vehicle (100) in a vehicle longitudinal direction (F-R). Thus, in other words the central axis of the vehicle (100) coincides with the central axis of the one or more electronic component (206). Moreover, the one or more electronic component (206) is disposed along a vertical plane passing through the first axis (AA’). This enables that the one or more electronic component (206) does not interfere with the other vehicular components.
The first subset predefined region (202a) is further defined as beneath a cross member (204) of the seat assembly (108), wherein the cross member (204) connects laterally connects the pair of seat rails (200a, 200b). The second subset pre-defined region (202b) is further defined to be between rearward of the battery box of the vehicle (100) and a front portion of the tail lamp (110). The cross member (204) is configured to support at least one of the seat assembly (108) and a battery mounting structure. The at least one of the one or more electronic component (206) is an antenna of the vehicle (100), wherein the antenna is a low frequency antenna. As per another embodiment, the one or more electronic component (206) is connected to a portion of the cross member (204) using a mounting assembly. As per yet another embodiment, the one or more electronic component (206) is disposed below a rear portion of the rider seat and the one or more electronic component (206) being disposed below a rear portion of the pillion seat.
[00032] With the present invention, the following advantages can be obtained such as the one or more electronic component (206) can receive signals from all directions efficiently and effectively, thereby the electronic communication of the vehicle (100) works efficiently in entire 360-degree range of the vehicle (100). The said advantage is achieved by the claim limitation of the one or more electronic component (206) is disposed along a first axis (AA’), wherein the first axis (AA’) passes centrally through the vehicle (100) in a vehicle (100) longitudinal direction (F-R). Further the one or more electronic component (206) is disposed along a vertical plane passing through the first axis (AA’). This enables ease of accessibility, serviceability, and manufacturability. Moreover, the one or more electronic component (206) can be disposed at the predefined region (220) without significant changes in the existing layout of the vehicle (100), thus the layout of the other vehicular components is not altered.
[00033] In light of the above-mentioned advantages and the technical advancements provided by the disclosed method and system, the claimed steps as discussed above are not routine, conventional, or well understood in the art, as the claimed steps enable the following solutions to the existing problems in conventional technologies. Further, the claimed steps clearly bring an improvement in the functioning of the device itself as the claimed steps provide a technical solution to a technical problem.
[00034] A description of an embodiment with several components in communication with another does not imply that all such components are required, On the contrary, a variety of optional components are described to illustrate the wide variety of possible embodiments of the invention,
[00035] Finally, the language used in the specification has been principally selected for readability and instructional purposes, and it may not have been selected to delineate or circumscribe the inventive subject matter and is therefore intended that the scope of the invention be limited not by this detailed description, but rather by any claims that issue on an application based here on. Accordingly, the embodiments of the present invention are intended to be illustrative, but not limiting, of the scope of the invention, which is set forth in the following claims.
[00036] While various aspects and embodiments have been disclosed herein, other aspects and embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art. The various aspects and embodiments disclosed herein are for purposes of illustration and are not intended to be limiting, with the true scope and spirit being indicated by the following claims.
[00037] The present disclosure may be realized in hardware, or a combination of hardware and software. The present disclosure may be realized in a centralized fashion, in at least one computer system, or in a distributed fashion, where different elements may be spread across several interconnected computer systems, a computer system or other apparatus adapted for carrying out the methods described herein may be suited. A combination of hardware and software may be a general-purpose computer system with a computer program that, when loaded and executed, may control the computer system such that it carries out the methods described herein. The present disclosure may be realized in hardware that comprises a portion of an integrated circuit that also performs other functions.
[00038] A person with ordinary skills in the art will appreciate that the systems, modules, and sub-modules have been illustrated and explained to serve as examples and should not be considered limiting in any manner. It will be further appreciated that the variants of the above disclosed system elements, modules, and other features and functions, or alternatives thereof, may be combined to create other different systems or applications.
[00039] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that any of the aforementioned steps and/or system modules may be suitably replaced, reordered, or removed, and additional steps and/or system modules may be inserted, depending on the needs of a particular application. In addition, the systems of the aforementioned embodiments may be implemented using a wide variety of suitable processes and system modules, and are not limited to any particular computer hardware, software, middleware, firmware, microcode, and the like. The claims can encompass embodiments for hardware and software, or a combination thereof.
[00040] While the present disclosure has been described with reference to certain embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made, and equivalents may be substituted without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the present disclosure without departing from its scope. Therefore, it is intended that the present disclosure is not limited to the particular embodiment disclosed, but that the present disclosure will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.
, Claims:I/We claim
1. A vehicle (100) comprising:
a fuel tank (106) , the fuel tank (106) being disposed in a front portion of the vehicle (100);
a tail lamp (110), the tail lamp (110) being disposed in the rear most portion of the vehicle (100); and
one or more electronic component (206), the one or more electronic component (206) being configured to receive signals as an input,
wherein the one or more electronic component ( 206) being disposed in a pre-defined region (202) between a rear most portion of the fuel tank (106) , and the tail lamp (110); and
wherein the one or more electronic component ( 206) being disposed along a first axis (AA’), wherein the first axis (AA’) passes centrally through the vehicle (100) in a vehicle longitudinal direction (F-R), wherein the one or more electronic component (206) being disposed along a vertical plane passing through the first axis (AA’).

2. The vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 1, comprises a seat assembly (108) of the vehicle(100) is mounted on a pair of seat rails (200a, 200b), the pair of seat rails (200a, 200b) extending rearwardly from a front portion of a frame assembly (104) of the vehicle (100) along a vehicle (100) longitudinal direction (F-R), and wherein the seat assembly (108) comprising a rider seat and a pillion seat.

3. The vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first subset predefined region (202a) is further defined as beneath a cross member (204) of the seat assembly (108), wherein the cross member (204) connects laterally connects the pair of seat rails (200a, 200b).

4. The vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second pre-defined region (202b) is further defined to be between rearward of a battery box of the vehicle (100) and a front portion of the tail lamp (110).

5. The vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more electronic component (206) being an antenna of the vehicle (100), wherein the antenna is a low frequency antenna.

6. The vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cross member (204) being configured to support at least one of the seat assembly (108) and a battery mounting structure.

7. The vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein one or more electronic component being connected to a portion of the cross member (204) using a mounting assembly.

8. The vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more electronic component (206) being disposed below a rear portion of the rider seat.

9. The vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more electronic component being disposed below a rear portion of the pillion seat.