| US 7,484,762 B2 | ||
| Frame for vehicle | ||
| Masatoshi Miyamoto, Shizuoka (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka-ken (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 31, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/97,411. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-106811 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0218643 A1, Oct. 06, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. B62D 21/03 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 280—797 | 20 Claims |
| 1. A frame for a vehicle, comprising:
a first frame member having a square joint end portion; and
a second frame member having a square joint end portion, wherein
the joint end portion of the first frame member and the joint end portion of the second frame member are butt-welded to each
other,
the joint end portions of the first and second frame members each has circumferentially continuous first-fourth edges
the first and second edges of each of the first and second frame members are spaced apart in a longitudinal direction and
are inclined relative to a horizontal plane in a front or a rear view, and
the third and fourth edges of each of the first and second frame members are spaced apart in a lateral direction and are inclined
relative to the horizontal plane in a side view.
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