TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present subject matter, in general, relates to a two-wheeled vehicle and in particular, relates to a rear fender assembly for the two-wheeled vehicle.

BACKGROUND

[0002] Generally, in a two-wheeled vehicle, a number of parts are provided for safety purpose. The parts provided for the safety purpose include a tail lamp assembly, one or more reflectors, and one or more indicators provided at the rear side and at the front of the vehicle. Generally, in a conventional two-wheeled vehicle, the one or more indicators are integrated with the tail lamp. A display board, display board lamp, and a reflector are disposed on a rear fender disposed at a rear end of the vehicle. The rear fender is dispose below the tail lamp. The rear fender is disposed above a rear wheel and the rear fender covers at least a portion around the rear wheel. The rear fender protects the pillion rider from mud, dust and other foreign particles from hitting during riding of the vehicle.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0003] 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.
[0004] Fig. 1 illustrates a rear perspective view of a two-wheeled vehicle.

[0005] Fig. 2 illustrates a rear perspective view of a holding structure sub-assembly in accordance with an embodiment.

[0006] Fig. 3 illustrates a rear right side view of a holding structure sub-assembly.

[0007] Fig. 4 illustrates an exploded view of a holding structure sub-assembly. [0008] Fig. 5 illustrates an exploded view of a rear fender assembly.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0009] In a conventional two-wheeled vehicle, the one or more indicators disposed at the rear side of the two-wheeled vehicle are integrated with the tail lamp assembly and a display board. Therefore, the tail lamp assembly, the display board and one or more indicators are present at the rear side of the vehicle as a single integrated member. The single integrated member provided in the two-wheeled vehicle has a disadvantage of difficulty in replacing the damaged or non-functional individual parts involved in the integrated member. The entire integrated part has to be dismantled if a single part has to be replaced. Further, during servicing of the vehicle, the individual parts cannot be serviced unless separated from the integrated member. Hence, the time taken to service the individual parts is more in a conventional type two-wheeled vehicle.

[00010] Therefore, it is desirable according to an embodiment of the present invention to have the parts provided for the safety purpose as individual members on a single holding structure disposed at the rear side of the vehicle, unlike the conventional two-wheeled vehicle. The individual parts are disposed such that a reasonable gap is maintained there between to facilitate easy serviceability of the individual parts. In addition, the replacement of the non-functional individual parts should be achieved easily. Further, it is an objective of the present invention to achieve easier mounting of the individual parts at the rear side of the two-wheeled vehicle.

[00011] According to an embodiment of the present invention, a holding structure comprises of a main body, a pair of arms extending below the main body and lamp housing to accommodate a display board lamp. The main body is configured to include a right side holding portion and a left side-holding portion. The right side holding portion is adapted to support a right turn signal lamp and the left side holding portion is adapted to support a left turn signal lamp.

[00012].Further, according to an embodiment, the lamp housing is adapted to hold a reflector.

[00013] According to an embodiment of the present invention, the main body, the pair of arms and the lamp housing is integrated.

[00014] Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the holding structure is mounted on the rear fender to form an assembly.

[00015] Furthermore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the right turn signal lamp and the left turn signal lamp are each placed at a distance of approximately 180mm from the reflector.

[00016] The reasonable distance of approximately 180mm between the right turn signal lamp, left turn signal lamp and the reflector facilitates easy serviceability and easy replacement.

[00017] Further, replacement of the parts is easier according to the present invention.

[00018] The present invention discloses a holding structure. The holding structure is disposed on a rear fender provided at the rear portion of the two-wheeled vehicle. The disadvantages present in the conventional two-wheeled vehicle are overcome through the present invention and the proposed invention can be understood in detail with the help of drawings provided and the following description.

[00019] Fig. 1 shows a side view of a scooter type vehicle. The vehicle has a body frame assembly made up of several tubes welded together, which usually supports the body of the said vehicle. The vehicle has a steerable front wheel 101 and a driven rear wheel 102. The body frame assembly of the vehicle is an elongated structure, which typically extends from a forward end to a rearward end of the vehicle. It is generally convex in shape, as viewed from a side elevation view. The said frame assembly includes a head tube (not shown), a main frame and also may have a sub-frame. The sub-frame is attached to the main frame using appropriate joining mechanism. The frame assembly is covered by a plurality of vehicle body covers including a front panel 103, a rear cover 104, and a side panel 105.

[00020] A handlebar assembly 106 and a seat assembly 107 are supported at opposing ends of the frame assembly and a generally open area is defined there between known as floorboard 109, which functions as a step through space. The seat for a driver and a pillion is placed forward to a fuel tank and rear side of floorboard 109. A front fender 108 is provided above the front wheel 101 to avoid the said vehicle and its occupants from being splashed with mud. Likewise, a rear fender assembly 109 is placed between fuel tank and rear wheel 102, and to the outer side in the radial direction of rear wheel 102. Rear fender 109 inhibits rainwater or the like from being thrown up by rear wheel 102.

[00021] Suspensions are provided for comfortable steering of the vehicle on the road. A front suspension assembly (not shown) is connected to a front fork 110. The rear suspension assembly comprises of at least one rear suspension 111 preferably on the left side of the vehicle. However, a vehicle with two rear suspensions, namely on the left side and the right side is also possible.
For the safety of the user and in conformance with the traffic rules, a headlight in the front portion of the vehicle, and holding structure including a tail light, a right turn signal lamp, and a left turn signal lamp mounted to a rear fender in the rear portion of the vehicle is also provided. The detailed understanding of the holding structure is as discussed below.

[00022] Fig.2 illustrates a rear fender assembly 112 disposed on a rear fender 205 on the rear side of the two wheeled vehicle. It can be inferred from the figure that the holding structure is disposed below the tail light 206 and on the rear fender 205. The various parts in the holding structure is mounted such that a reasonable gap is maintained there between to facilitate easy servicing of the individual parts. Further, the right turn signal lamp 202 and the left turn signal lamp 201 present as individual parts are explicitly visible at the nighttime and serve the safety purpose in a better way.

[00023] Fig. 3 illustrates a rear perspective view of a holding structure sub-assembly in accordance with an embodiment. The individual parts including a right turn signal lamp 202, left turn signal lamp 201, a reflector 203, and a display board 204 are mounted to a holding structure (not seen). The reflector 203 is disposed between the right turn signal lamp.202 and the left turn signal lamp 201.

The individual parts (203, 202, and 201) are mounted to the holding structure (not shown) such that a reasonable gap, for example, about 180mm is maintained there between according to an embodiment. The arrangement of the right turn signal lamp 202, the left turn signal lamp 201, the reflector 203, and the display board 204 on the holding structure is made such that, easy serviceability of the parts is achieved and easy replacement of the parts can be achieved. Further, the holding structure with the individual parts laid on is easy to assemble on the rear fender 205.

[00024] Fig. 4 illustrates an exploded view of a holding structure sub-assembly. Referring to the figure, it can be observed that the individual parts including the right turn signal lamp 202, the left signal lamp 201, the reflector 203, the display board 204, and the display board lamp 401 are mounted on the holding structure 402. The holding structure 402 is mounted on the rear fender 205. The display board 204 is disposed below the reflector 203. The display board lamp 401 is mounted to the holding structure 402 to provide light to the display board 204 during nighttime. The reflector 203 is provided for safety purpose to indicate another approaching vehicle about the presence of the rider vehicle according to an embodiment.

[00025] Fig. 5 illustrates an exploded view of a rear fender assembly. Referring to the figure, the positioning of the right turn signal lamp 202, the left turn signal lamp 201, the reflector 203, the display board 204, and the display board lamp 401 on the rear fender 205 can be obtained. The mounting of the individual parts on the holding structure 402 facilitates easy servicing of the parts and easy replacement of the non-functional/damaged parts. The individual parts mounted on the holding structure 402 facilitate easy mounting of the holding structure 402 onto the rear fender 205.

[00026] Although the subject matter has been described in considerable detail with reference to certain embodiments thereof, other embodiments are possible. It is to be understood that the aspects of the embodiments are not necessarily limited to the features described herein. Rather, the features are disclosed as embodiments of the holding structure (402) of the two-wheeled vehicle (100):

I/We claim:

A holding structure (402) for a two-wheeled vehicle (100) comprising: a main body (402a) including a right side holding portion (402c) adapted to support a right turn signal lamp (202) and a left side holding portion (402b) adapted to support a left turn signal lamp (201); a pair of arms (402d) extending below and integrated with said main body (402a), said pair of arms (402d) are configured to support a display board (204); and a lamp housing (402e) disposed at a mid portion of said main body (402a), said lamp housing (402e) is adapted to accommodate a display board lamp (401).
A two-wheeled vehicle (100) comprising: a rear wheel (102) disposed at a rear end of the vehicle; and a rear fender (205) disposed above said rear wheel (102) and covering at least a portion of said rear wheel (102), said rear fender (205) supports a right turn signal lamp (202), a left turn signal lamp (201), a display board (204), and a display board lamp (401), wherein, said right turn signal lamp (202), said left turn signal lamp (201), and said display board (204) are supported on said rear fender (205) by means of a holding structure (402) mounted on said rear fender (205), said holding structure comprises a main body (402a) including a right side holding portion (402c) adapted to support a right turn signal lamp (202) and a left side holding portion (402b) adapted to support said left turn signal lamp (201), a pair of arms (402d) extending below and integrated with said main body (402a), said pair of arms (402d) are configured to support said display board (204), and a lamp housing (402e) disposed at a mid portion of said main body (402a), said lamp housing (402e) is adapted to house said display board lamp (401).

3. The holding structure (402) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lamp housing (402e) is adapted to hold a reflector (203).
4. The holding structure (402) as claimed in claim 1 and claim 3, wherein said right turn signal lamp (202) and said left signal lamp (201) are each placed at a distance of approximately 180mm from said reflector (203).

5. The holding structure (402) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said pair of arms (402d) comprises one or more provisions (403) configured to mount the display board (204).

6. The holding structure (402) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said main body (402a) and said lamp housing (402*) are integrated.

7. The two^wheeled vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 2, wherein said holding structure (402) is detachably attached to said rear fender (205).

8. The two-wheeled vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 2, wherein said rear fender (205) comprises one or more slots (501) to receive said holding structure (402).

9. The two-wheeled vehicle (100) as claimed in claim 2, wherein said display board lamp (401) is disposed beneath said lamp housing (402e).

10. The holding structure (402) as claimed in claim 1, wherein said holding structure (402) is made of a synthetic material including polymers.