Claims
- 1. A front fender for a vehicle having a centrally located engine and a fork having a pair of exposed, mutually spaced fork elements located forwardly of said engine, comprising:
- a fender body having an upper surface, said fender body extending across substantially the entire width of said fork with said upper surface defining an air passage between said fork elements, said air passage having an air inlet portion defined by a substantially horizontal projection extending laterally outwardly from each side of said fender body, each horizontal projection being located in front of a respective one of said fork elements, and a guide wall rising substantially vertically from a rearward edge of each said projection, each said guide wall being located in front of the forwardly exposed portion of a respective one of said fork elements and extending rearwardly and inwardly across substantially the entire width of said fork elements to guide air toward the engine from in front of the fork; and
- said fender body having an upper surface with a raised portion located between said guide walls, said raised portion extending vertically from said upper surface and longitudinally of said air passage so as to regulate air flow toward said engine.
- 2. The fender set forth in claim 1 wherein said raised portion is defined by longitudinally extending rib means that cooperates with said guide walls to divide said air passage into spaced, substantially parallel air flow paths.
- 3. The fender set forth in claim 2 wherein said rib means comprises a pair of mutually spaced ribs, each of which cooperates with one of said guide walls for defining said air flow paths.
- 4. The fender set forth in claim 2 wherein said rib means comprises a streamlined shaped rib centrally disposed between said guide walls defining said air flow paths.
- 5. The fender set forth in claim 2 including means on said rib means for connecting said fender to said vehicle.
- 6. A front fender for a vehicle having a centrally located engine and a front fork containing a pair of exposed, mutually spaced fork elements located forwardly of said engine comprising:
- a fender body having an upper surface defining a longitudinally extending air passage therein, said air passage being enlarged toward the front of the vehicle and having an air inlet portion defined by a substantially horizontal projection extending longitudinally of said passage and having its widest lateral extent intermediate the longitudinal ends of said body at a position forwardly of the vehicle fork, and oppositely spaced guide walls rising substantially vertically from a rearward edge of said projection adjacent its widest lateral extent, each said guide wall extending laterally inwardly of said body from said rearward edge across substantially the entire width of said fork elements to obstruct the forwardly exposed portion of the adjacent fork element to guide air from forwardly of said fork between the respective elements thereof to said engine; and
- said fender body upper surface containing a raised portion extending vertically therefrom and longitudinally of said air passage so as to direct air flow in spaced, substantially parallel paths toward said engine.
- 7. The fender set forth in claim 6 wherein said raised portion is defined by longitudinally extending rib means that cooperates with said guide walls to divide said air passage into spaced, substantially parallel air flow paths.
- 8. The fender set forth in claim 7 wherein said rib means comprises a pair of mutually spaced ribs, each of which cooperates with one of said guide walls for defining said air flow paths.
- 9. The fender set forth in claim 77 wherein said rib means comprises a streamlined shaped rib centrally disposed between said guide walls defining said air flow paths.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 783,447, filed Oct. 3, 1985 now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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