DESC:[FIELD OF INVENTION]
[0001] The following invention pertains to a guide structure in a vehicle. More particularly, the following invention relates to a cable guide structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle.
[BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION]
[0002] Typically, saddle type vehicles with at least 2 wheels constitute of vehicle layout design with lots of cables, hoses & wiring harness running across the different aggregate systems of the vehicle. Such cables are connected to respective functional systems e.g. speedometer cable to front wheel to measure & display speed, distance traveled etc., brake cable to connect front & rear brake actuation systems to hand- and / or foot- operated levers, acceleration or throttle cables, disc brake hoses, ABS hoses, high & low current harness etc. For a saddle type vehicle, typically all such cables / hoses, harness tend to get cluttered in & around the steering pivot of the vehicle since the functional system like ECU (Electronic Control Unit), LED driver circuit, turn signal indicators etc., which are disposed behind the pivot steering, need to be communicatively connected to systems like front wheel sensors, actuation levers, instrument cluster, headlamp, etc. It is often a challenge for the layout designer to create or free up valuable space in the vehicle especially near the front cluttered pivot frame region which can be used to augment the vehicle with critical performance improvement functionalities like ABS control unit, LED driver circuit, ECU, fuse storage unit, tamper-proof OBD access unit etc. The space around the frame pivot is often inaccessible especially when vehicle is in locked & parked condition & thus can be a valuable region if one can create a secure additional layout space while still being able to securely guide all the wiring harness and / or cables and / or hoses etc. The steering pivot being rotatable to enable steering or maneuvering of the vehicle, render the design of this region around the steering pivot complex with many challenges. One needs to find a delicate & complex balance of design of length as well as routing of the cables or hoses or harness to have adequate flexibility in form of free-play or float to accommodate the dynamic change in center distance between the front steering portion of the vehicle & the rear non-steered portion of the vehicle while additionally ensuring the cables or hoses or harness do not get entangled between themselves as well as the dynamically moving parts in the steering region e.g. steering lock system, lower triple clamp, front cowl, headlamp mounting structure, frame pivot tube, etc. While any malfunction or failure of any cable / hose or harness is not desirable, there also lies additional challenge of making the steering region easy to access, ease to assemble all cables, hoses & harness, be versatile to accommodate variations in cable / harness requirements (intravehicular as well as model variants) while at same time being elegant, safe, secure, reliable & aesthetically harmonious. The guiding structure & layout needs to also withstand any shock loads & vibrations that may be induced on all the aggregates out of road induced inputs or powertrain excitation. In most of the known arts, the guide structure is in form of cable straps or clamps which tend to make the system excessively rigid and unable to withstand vibrations leading to durability failures in due course of time & exposure to vibration loads, environment-induced degradations due to mud, Ozone, UV radiation etc. Most of the safety and regulatory-compliant components of a vehicle comprises of electrical parts such as headlamp, stop lamps, indicators, etc. and the prime source of power for these components is a battery. Conventionally, these components are physically connected to the battery through a wiring harness. As the battery is stationed at a single location in an automobile, it is evident that the wiring harness is required to be lengthier traversing across the length & width of the vehicle. An understanding of basic principles suggests that for maximum utilization of battery power, the power loss occurring across the wiring harness has to be at a minimum. Over the years, significant research in materials known in the art has led to an efficient design of wiring harness in vehicles, thus making them one of the major cost-contributors in the overall vehicle price. As a result, wiring harness has become an aggregate system losing its flexibility to repair & replace any individual string of wire in case of any damage or failure. Since this region is expected to be steered around steering axis, the mass which is being steered needs to be as low as possible to achieve good & consistent handling performance of the vehicle without any undue resistance to rotary movement. Excess steering inertia due to heavy steering mass arising out of complex cable or hose or harness guides deteriorate the dynamic performance of the vehicle in terms of maneuverability. Thus, light weight solution for a guide structure is always a dilemma motivating a design engineer to go for trade-off solution. Design known in the art are prone to failure or physical damage of any portion of the wiring harness which necessitate the replacement of entire harness system; which leads to high cost of replacement. In known art, typically there also exists a trade-off between the smooth dynamic movement of the cables / hoses / wiring harness in this region against the free movement of the steering & the effort to be applied by the rider to steer against the resistances offered by all the cables, hoses, cables & other peripherals in the region. Running vehicles with faulty harness can lead to safety risk of critical system malfunction e.g. powertrain stoppage & getting stranded, failure of braking / Anti-lock Brake System (ABS), failure of illumination system etc. which can lead to accident as well as invite undesirable non-compliance of safety as well as regulatory requirements. Thus, there is a need to provide an improved guide structure for cables / hoses / harness routing around the steering pivot region which breaks the trade-offs & overcomes all of the cited problems as well as other drawbacks of known arts. It is also an additional objective of the present invention to create valuable free & secure space around the pivot frame to package critical components like OBD access port etc.
[0003] In case of a saddle-ride type vehicle, the functional aggregate systems like battery are typically placed substantially at the central portion of the longitudinal direction of the vehicle behind the pivot steering towards the rider side while being functionally connected to control, communicate and / or supply power / signal to the electrical components like headlamp, horn, front indicators, etc. at the front portion as well as tail light, rear indicators, USB charging port etc. at the rear portion. As the wiring harness for components at the rear portion of the vehicles is routed through the stationary members & does not have any steerable unit with dynamic random movement, the probability of the wiring harness or cables or hoses being physically damaged due to movement of surrounding components is less. Moreover, there is no direct visibility of wiring harness or cables or hoses at the rear portion of the vehicle as they are primarily concealed within body panels.
[0004] However, the routing of wiring harness or cables or hoses for components at the front portion of the vehicle is more crucial as availability of space to accommodate harness or cables or hoses is less, and there are components of the vehicle which move relative to each other during vehicle usage condition. For example, the wiring harness from the headlamp extends from the headlamp and is subsequently routed through the gap between the upper bracket and lower bracket of the frame head tube in the region of the pivot steering. The frame head tube also supports the handlebar which is used to change direction of the vehicle during riding conditions. In order to lock the handlebar at a specific angle of rotation, a steering lock engaging member is provided on the lower bracket of the vehicle body on either sides of the head tube. As the handlebar is rotated beyond a specific angle in a particular direction, the steering lock member engages in the opposite direction; comes into contact with the stationary head tube; and any further rotation is disabled. As evident, the conventional layout of the vehicle front portion is such that at any given position of the handle bar, there is a gap formed between the steering lock member on the lower bracket and the head tube. Often the float or free play of the cables or harness tends to get trapped or compressed between the steering lock member on lower bracket and the head tube, leading to difficulty in steering of the vehicle and damage of the wiring harness or cables which is highly undesirable.
[0005] Also, in a motorcycle type vehicle, the wiring harness at the front portion of the vehicle is directly visible. More particularly, consider a headlamp which is typically disposed ahead of the frame head tube supporting the front suspension between the upper bracket and lower bracket. While the headlamp is being assembled onto the vehicle, the wiring harness from headlamp is pushed further rearward and it projects out from the gap between the upper bracket and the lower bracket after assembly. This leads to poor aesthetic appearance of the region surrounding headlamp. While the visibility in a scooter type vehicle may be covered with body panels, the aesthetics of the region can look very clumsy when opened up for service which is undesirable.
[0006] In a known construction, to overcome some of the above stated problems, an opening is provided on the rear housing of the headlamp. Through this opening, the cables or hoses or wiring harness are / is routed and the periphery of this opening supports and acts as a secure guide. In such a construction, the rear housing of the headlamp has to be pre-mounted onto the vehicle before assembling and routing of the cables or hoses or wiring harness. This is done by mounting the rear housing onto the holes provided on the upper bracket and lower bracket using multiple fasteners followed by routing the cables or hoses or wiring harness through the opening. This leads to drawback of high assembling time & poor ease of service. Subsequently, the headlamp and the other surrounding parts are mounted as a sub-assembly onto the vehicle. If there are manufacturing variations in the dimension and location of holes provided on the upper bracket and lower bracket, the resulting assembly is strained due to misalignment and also suffers from poor fit & finish quality. To overcome further reworking of the assembly, expensive manufacturing process has to be deployed to maintain such critical dimensions for the upper bracket and lower bracket of the vehicle.
[SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION]
[0007] The current invention addresses all of the above concerns and other associated concerns in the prior arts, specifically at the front portion of the saddle-ride type vehicles.
[0008] It is an objective of the current invention to provide a safe, secure, reliable & elegant guide for the cables or hoses or wiring harness at the front portion of the vehicle and consequently avoid any difficulty in steering as well as any form of physical damage to the cables or hoses or wiring harness.
[0009] It is another objective of the current invention to reduce the time of assembling by reducing the number of parts.
[00010] It is another objective of the current invention to maintain good fit and finish quality by reducing dependency on the critical dimensions of the vehicle.
[00011] It is another objective of the current invention to improve the aesthetic appeal of the vehicle at the front portion by preventing visibility of internal components.
[00012] Moreover, since additional cables, such as the brake cable, clutch cable, etc., are also routed in the vicinity of the upper bracket and the lower bracket, the current invention also provides a scope to organize the routing all forms of cables, hoses or harness. For brevity, the word guide structure has been used henceforth in the specification interchangeably to mean guide structure for hoses and / or cables and / or wiring harness either independently or in combination. Similarly, the word harness has been interchangeably referred for cable or hoses.
[00013] As per the current invention, a guide structure is provided at the front portion of a saddle-ride type vehicle such that the guide structure can be easily located and supported on a portion of the front suspension unit, preferably between the upper bracket and the lower bracket. The guide structure as per the current invention comprises of a left hugging member and a right hugging member connected to each other by an intermediate member and at least one of the left hugging member and the right hugging member is supported on a portion of at least one of the left suspension tube or right suspension tube. The intermediate member further comprises of a base wall and a protrusion formed integral to the base wall so that a harness, comprising of at least one wire or cable or hose, is disposed in a gap formed between the protrusion and either of the hugging members. The left hugging member and the right hugging member are connected to each other through the base wall of the intermediate member.
[00014] Thus, as per the current invention, the gap formed between the protrusion and at least one hugging member forms a safe & secure guide for the wiring harness. As a result, the wiring harness is protected from any physical damage. Moreover, while the headlamp and other components are being assembled, the wiring harness is not pushed rearward and thus, does not project out between the peripheral parts like upper bracket and the lower bracket thereby eliminating the problem of entrapment & damage. The current invention also improves the aesthetic appearance of the region surrounding the steering pivot.
[00015] As per the first embodiment of the current invention, the left hugging member, the right hugging member and the intermediate member are made up of polymeric resin and are integrally molded. This embodiment of the current invention enables reduction in part count by manufacturing the members as a single integrated unit.
[00016] As per the second embodiment of the current invention, the left hugging member and the right hugging member are made up of a polymeric resin and have a shape complimentary and conforming to that of the left suspension tube and the right suspension tube respectively. This embodiment eliminates the need for fasteners as the left hugging members and the right hugging members can be easily supported by the front suspension tubes. Thus the need for critical dimensions to mount the fasteners is also eliminated. Additionally, by virtue of the complimentary shape, the guide structure can be easily located in place and assembled by sliding it down on the front suspension tubes. Alternatively, since the polymer resin is flexible in nature, the left hugging member and the right hugging member can be flexed around the tube and supported. Also, since force is required to flex the component, the wire-support structure does not disengage easily from its position during vehicle usage conditions giving a secure & stable design.
[00017] As per the third embodiment of the current invention, the base wall connects the bottom portion of the left hugging member to the bottom portion of the right hugging member and the protrusion is formed immediately above the central portion of the lower bracket in the vehicle width direction. As per this embodiment, the protrusion and the base wall prevent the interference of the harness with the steering tube and the lower bracket, thus preventing damage of the harness.
[00018] As per the fourth embodiment of the current invention, the left hugging member and the right hugging member are supported by portions of the left suspension tube and the right suspension tube respectively, between the upper bracket and the lower bracket. This embodiment leads to a simpler design of the wire-support structure.

[00019] Thus, as per aspects of the present invention, the gap created between the protrusion and the right hugging member facilitates routing of the brake cable extending from right of the handlebar unit. Also, the gap formed between the protrusion and the left hugging member facilitates the routing of clutch cable from the left of the handlebar unit.
[BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING]
[00020] The detailed description is described with reference to the accompanying figures. The same numbers are used throughout the drawings with reference to the features and components.
[00021] Figure 1 presents a side view of the saddle-ride type vehicle as per current invention.
[00022] Figure 2 presents a perspective view of the front suspension unit along with the head tube unit as per the current invention.
[00023] Figure 3 presents a perspective view of the assembled components as per the current invention.
[00024] Figure 4 presents an exploded perspective view of the wire-guide structure and the front suspension unit as per an embodiment of the current invention.
[00025] Figure 5 presents a perspective view of the wire-guide structure as per the current invention.
[DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION]
[00026] The following description provides a detailed explanation of the current invention and its embodiments with the support of the drawings of the associated components. The directions of the vehicle view are with reference to the rider seated on the vehicle. It is to be noted that the longitudinal direction of the vehicle referred in the specification is the direction from front wheel of the vehicle to rear wheel of the vehicle and the lateral direction of the vehicle is the direction from the left hand of the rider to the right hand of the rider; lateral direction also represents the width of the vehicle. The solid line represents the details of the components directly visible in a view and broken lines present the details of a component which is overlapped by the directly visible components in the corresponding view.
[00027] Figure 1 presents a side view of the vehicle as viewed from left side of the vehicle. The saddle-ride type vehicle (100) comprises of a frame unit (101) as the basic supporting structure for the vehicle, an engine unit (102) which generates the power required to propel the vehicle, a fuel tank unit (103) for storing and sending the fuel to the engine unit (102), a power transmission unit (104) at the rear portion for transferring the power to a rear wheel (105) located behind the engine unit (102), a front suspension unit (106) at the front portion of the vehicle for smooth force transmission to and from a front wheel (107) disposed ahead of the vehicle, a handlebar unit (108) which is used by the rider to steer the front wheel (107) of the vehicle in a desired direction, a seat unit (109) provided behind the fuel tank unit (103) for the rider to be seated on and other functional components. The frame unit (101) further comprises of a head tube (110), an intermediate top frame unit (111), an intermediate bottom frame unit (112) and a rear frame unit (113). The head tube (110) is disposed at the front portion of the frame unit (101) and supports the front suspension unit (106) and the handlebar unit (108). The intermediate top frame unit (111) extends rearward from the head tube (110) supports the fuel tank unit (103) and partly supports a pair of side covers (115). The intermediate bottom frame unit (112) extends rearwardly downward from either sides of the head tube (110) and forms cradle-shape to support the engine unit (102) along with a pair of engine covers (116) and a portion of the power transmission unit (104) is also supported by the intermediate bottom frame unit (112). The rear frame unit (113) supports the seat unit (109), a rear suspension unit (117) and a pair of tail covers (118) disposed in the periphery of the seat unit (109).
[00028] Figure 2 presents a partial front perspective view of the assembly of head tube (110) and the front suspension unit (106). The head tube (110) comprises of a steering tube or frame pivot (201) welded along with a bottom cup (202) and a top cup (203). The bottom cup (202) further comprises of a base cup member (204) and a steering protrusion (205) which are welded together. The front suspension unit (106) comprises of a left suspension tube (206), a right suspension tube (207), a steering shaft (208) and a lower bracket (209) and an upper bracket (210). The left suspension tube (206) and the right suspension tube (207) are disposed at a distance apart from each other and are supported by the lower bracket (209) and upper bracket (210). The head tube (110) is disposed in between the upper bracket (210) and the lower bracket (209). The handlebar unit (108) is supported to the head tube (110) through the upper bracket (210) such that the axis of rotation (A-A’) of handlebar unit (108) overlaps the symmetric axis of the steering tube (201). For assembling the above mentioned components, a sub-assembly of the steering shaft (208), the left suspension tube (206), the right suspension tube (207) and the lower bracket (209) is formed and this sub-assembly is assembled onto the head tube (110) by inserting the steering shaft (208) through the steering tube (201). Following this, the upper bracket (210) is assembled from top of the head tube (110) and then the handlebar unit (108) is mounted onto the upper bracket (210) through a fastener (211) shown inf Fig 3. Thus, as the rider rotates the handlebar unit (108) in the desired direction, the handlebar unit (108) along with the front suspension unit (106) rotates about the axis A-A together as a single unit whereas the head tube (110) remains stationary. It is to be noted that there exists an operational range of angle which the handle bar unit (108) needs to be rotated so as to facilitate usage under normal conditions. It is undesirable to have a rotation of the entire unit exceeding the operational range of angle as this could prove to be detrimental. To maintain the operational range of angle a pair of steering lock or stoppers (212,213) are provided symmetrically about the longitudinal central plane of the vehicle on the lower bracket (209) such that when the handlebar unit (108) is being rotated in a clock-wise direction with reference to the rider, after a certain angle of rotation, the stopper (213) on the left side of the lower bracket comes into contact with the steering protrusion (205) on the bottom cup (212) of the head tube (110). Once the contact is established, the handlebar cannot be turned any further in the clock-wise direction. Similarly, when the handlebar unit (108) is being rotated in an anti-clock-wise direction with reference to the rider, after a certain angle of rotation, the stopper (213) on the right side of the lower bracket comes into contact with the steering protrusion (205) on the bottom cup (212) of the head tube (110). Once the contact is established, the handlebar cannot be turned any further in the anti-clock-wise direction.
[00029] Figure 3 presents a perspective view of the assembled components as per the current invention. In addition to supporting the handlebar unit (108) and the front suspension unit (106) the upper bracket (210) and the lower bracket (209) also support a headlamp unit (114) disposed ahead of the head tube (110). The headlamp unit (114) primarily comprises of a lens unit (not shown), a housing unit (not shown) and a cable (216) which connects the headlamp unit to the battery (not shown). The handlebar unit (108) comprises of a brake lever (301) which interacts with the brake unit (not shown) through a brake cable (302) and a clutch lever (303) which interacts with the engine unit through a clutch cable (304). As evident, various wires or cables or hoses, such as the cable (216) from the headlamp unit (114), and cables, such as the brake cable (302) and the clutch cable (304), are intended to be routed in the space between the front suspension unit (106) and the headlamp unit (114) so as to enable interaction with the respective functional elements which are located at a different location as per the vehicle layout. Thus, a slide fitting guide structure (305) as per the current invention is provided in the vicinity of the frame pivot (201) & the front suspension unit (106) to achieve the above intent. As per an aspect of the present invention, the guide structure is slid from the top onto the front side of the frame pivot so that the complimentary profile of the guide structure is vertically guided to slide substantially along axis A-A’ & assembly abutting to the complimentary profile of the at least one of the suspension tubes (206, 207). In an alternate embodiment, the guide structure is slid to have its central complimentary profile being guided by the pivot frame (201) giving a stable & adequately rigid structure. As per an aspect of the present invention, the guide structure is made of resin material to have adequate compliance to be compliant enough to flex for ease of sliding assembly & abut with the complimentary profile with adequate contact pressure to handle vibration & other dislodging forces.
[00030] Figure 4 presents a perspective view of the guide structure (305) as per the current invention. The guide structure (401) as per an embodiment comprises of a left hugging member (401), a right hugging member (402) and an intermediate member (403). The intermediate member (403) further comprises of a base wall (404) and a projection wall (405) extending integrally from the base wall (404) in an substantially orthogonal direction. The left hugging member (401) and the right hugging member (402) are connected to each other through the base wall (404) of the intermediate member (403). The left hugging member (401) is abuttingly supported on a portion of the left suspension tube (206) and the right hugging member (402) is abuttingly supported on a portion of the right suspension tube (208). A right space (406) defined by the projection wall (405) and the right hugging member (402) is formed on right side of the projection wall. A left space (407) defined by the projection wall (405) and the left hugging member (401) is formed on the left side of the projection wall (405). A portion of the cable (216) of the headlamp unit (114) and the brake cable (302) is disposed on the right space (406) and a portion of the clutch cable (304) is disposed on the left space (407). As per alternate embodiments, it is clear to a person ordinarily skilled in the art that the at least one cable or harness or hose may be routed in multiple different layouts in the at least one of the left or right guiding passages created by guide structure.
[00031] As per the first embodiment of the current invention, the left hugging member (401), the right hugging member (402) and the intermediate member (403) are made up of polymeric resin and are integrally molded to form a single wire-guide structure (305).
[00032] As per the second embodiment of the current invention, a portion of the left hugging member (401) and the right hugging member (402) are formed in a profile which is complimentary and conforming to the left suspension tube (206) and the right suspension tube (207) respectively. As explicitly shown in Figure 4 the left suspension tube (206) and the right suspension tube (207) have a substantially circular profile across the cross-section. The left hugging member (401) and the right hugging member (402) also have a complimentary profile matching at least a portion of the substantially circular profile of the left suspension tube (206) and the right suspension tube (207) respectively. As per an embodiment of the present invention, the complimentary conforming profile of the hugging member may have an overlap arc with the complementary part in the range of 45 degrees to 270 degrees. Various alterations in the form of the complimentary profile are feasible in form of local windows, cut-outs as shown in Figure 4 to reduce the weight of the guide structure & keep it as light as possible. As per this embodiment it is easier to slide locate and assemble the guide structure (305) by sliding down the guide structure onto the left suspension tube (206) and the right suspension tube (207) before assembling the upper bracket (210) as shown in Figure 3. Alternatively, as the guide structure (305) is made up of polymeric resin, it can be elastically flexed and assembled onto the left suspension tube (206) and right suspension tube (207). The second embodiment along with the first embodiment also eliminates the need for fasteners to mount the guide structure as the left hugging member (401) and the right hugging member (402) can be supported on the left suspension tube (206) and the right suspension tube (207) respectively, as they are made up of light-weight polymeric resin.
[00033] As per the third embodiment of the current invention the base wall (404) of the intermediate member (403) connects the lower portion of the left hugging member (401) to the lower portion of the right hugging member (402) and the substantially orthogonal projection wall (405) is formed immediately above the central portion of the lower bracket (209). As per this embodiment, the projection wall (405) covers the steering protrusion (205) of the head tube and the stoppers (212,213) on the lower brackets from a front side. This prevents the accidental entrapment of the harness between the steering lock & stopper thereby avoiding any undesirable compression of the cable (216), the brake cable (302) or the clutch cable (304) between the stoppers (212,213) and the steering protrusion (205).
[00034] As per the fourth embodiment of the current invention, the portion of the left suspension tube (206) and the right suspension tube (207) between the upper bracket (210) and the lower bracket (209) support the left hugging member (401) and the right hugging member (402) respectively. This embodiment also provides a scope to create valuable additional space in the vicinity of frame pivot between the upper bracket (210) and the lower bracket (209). Such additional space generated can be utilized to augment the vehicle with additional features & technologies as desired e.g. disposing an OBD (On-Board Diagnostics) coupler unit and / or an ECU and / or a battery unit being closer to the headlamp etc. which greatly enhances the degrees of freedom for a vehicle layout engineer to design an improved performance, feature rich vehicle. Such space also helps the manufacturer to have flexibility in platform design of vehicles to configure vehicle variants with different features based on cost, segment, markets etc.
[00035] Although with the support of the figures and detailed description, the best mode to carry out the invention has been explained, it is to be noted that the scope of the current invention not limited by the specified invention and its embodiments, as methodological improvements or modifications can be incorporated based on future requirements without principally deviating from the concepts applied in the current invention. For example, the wiring harness mentioned in this specification can also be a part of the turn signal indicator or the position lamps. The guide structure may also be supported on the front suspension through one or more fasteners.

[List of reference symbols]
Saddle-ride type vehicle – 100
Frame unit – 101
Engine unit – 102
Fuel tank unit – 103
Power transmission unit – 104
Rear wheel – 105
Front suspension unit – 106
Front wheel – 107
Handlebar unit – 108
Seat unit – 109
Head tube – 110
Intermediate top frame unit – 111
Intermediate bottom frame unit – 112
Rear frame unit – 113
Headlamp unit – 114
Side covers – 115
Engine covers – 116
Rear suspension unit – 117
Tail covers – 118
Steering tube – 201
Bottom cup – 202
Top cup – 203
Base cup member – 204
Steering protrusion – 205
Left Suspension tube – 206
Right suspension tube – 207
Steering shaft - 208
Lower bracket – 209
Upper bracket – 210
Axis of rotation of handlebar unit – A-A
Fastener - 211
Pips - 212,213
Lens unit – 214
Housing unit – 215
Cable – 216
Brake lever - 301
Brake cable – 302
Clutch lever – 303
Clutch cable – 304
Wire-guide structure – 305
Left hugging member – 401
Right hugging member – 402
Intermediate member – 403
Base wall – 404
Projection wall – 405
Right space – 406
Left space – 407 ,CLAIMS:We claim:
1. A guide structure (305) for a saddle ride type vehicle (100), the guide structure (305) being disposed at the front portion of the saddle-ride type vehicle (100) wherein said guide structure (305) being capable of guiding one or more of a cable, a wiring harness and a hose (216,302,304) of the saddle ride type vehicle (100).
2. The guide structure (305) for the saddle ride type vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide structure (305) comprises of
a left hugging member (401);
a right hugging member (402), and
an intermediate member (403).
3. The guide structure (305) for the saddle ride type vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said intermediate member (403) comprises of a base wall (404) and a projection wall (405) formed integral to the base wall (404) wherein one or more of a hose (216,302,304) and a harness being disposed in a gap formed between the projection wall (405) and either of the left hugging member (401) or the right hugging members (402).
4. The guide structure (305) for the saddle ride type vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the left hugging member (401) and the right hugging member (402) are connected to each other through a base wall (404) of the intermediate member (403).
5. The guide structure (305) for the saddle ride type vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 2 , the left hugging member (401) being supported on a portion of a left suspension tube (206) and the right hugging member (402) being supported on a portion of a right suspension tube (207).
6. The guide structure (305) for the saddle ride type vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the left hugging member (401), the right hugging member (402) and the intermediate member (403) are a single integrated unit.
7. The guide structure (305) for the saddle ride type vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide structure (305) is disposed between an upper bracket (210) and a lower bracket (209).
8. The guide structure (305) for the saddle ride type vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the left hugging member (401) and the right hugging member (402) are made up of flexible material such as polymeric resin and are integrally molded.
9. The guide structure (305) for the saddle ride type vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 2 , wherein, the left hugging member (401) and the right hugging member (402) have shapes complimentary and conforming to the shapes of the left suspension tube (206) and the right suspension tube (207) respectively.
10. The guide structure (305) for the saddle ride type vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the base wall (404) connects the bottom portion of the left hugging member (401) to the bottom portion of the right hugging member (402) and the projection wall (405) is formed immediately above the central portion of the lower bracket (209).
11. The guide structure (305) for the saddle ride type vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide structure (305) being slide fit s in the vicinity of the frame pivot (201) and a front suspension unit (106) such that the left hugging member (401) and right hugging member (402) are being configured to slide and juxtapose the front suspension tubes (206, 207).
12. The guide structure (305) for the saddle ride type vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 1, the upper bracket (210) and the lower bracket (209) are arranged such that an additional space in the vicinity of the frame pivot is created