US 7,554,217 B2
	Vehicle controller for a straddle type vehicle
Hitoshi Unno, Shizuoka-ken (Japan)
Assigned to Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka-ken (Japan)
Filed on May 19, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/419,395.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-148594 (JP), filed on May 20, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0261674 A1, Nov. 23, 2006
Int. Cl. B60L 1/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 307—9.1  [340/426.1]

7 Claims

1. A vehicle controller for a straddle type vehicle comprising a steering lock release assembly, a portable device, a control unit and a code identification component, the portable device adapted to transmit a code signal, the code identification component adapted to authenticate the code signal by comparing the code signal to a reference, the control unit issuing a release signal to actuate the steering lock release assembly upon successful authentication of the code signal and power being supplied from the control unit to a control section of a vehicle driving source upon successful authentication so that the vehicle driving source is able to be started, the vehicle controller further comprising a vehicle-mounted unit and a related actuator, the actuator adapted to unlock the vehicle-mounted unit, an encrypted signal being communicated between the control unit and the vehicle-mounted unit, and if the encrypted signal is successfully authenticated, the actuator unlocks the vehicle-mounted unit.