Patents Assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushika Kaisha
  • Patent number: 7096850
    Abstract: To provide a four-cycle combustion engine wherein the air-fuel mixture can be smoothly passed at all times by the utilization of the reciprocating motion of the piston to effectively lubricate the valve operating mechanism and the cranking mechanism and also to allow the air-fuel mixture to be supplied into the combustion chamber with a high suction efficiency. By utilization of the reciprocating motion of the piston (9), a portion of the air-fuel mixture (M) fed from the intake passage (33) is circulated through a circulating passage made up of the valve chamber (18), the first passage (24), the crankcase chamber (7) and the second passage (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushika Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadao Yashirodai, Kazuhiko Takemoto
  • Patent number: 7080929
    Abstract: A lamp unit (23) mounted above a front fender (7) for a wheel (6) of a motorcycle includes left and right head lamps (23a, 23b), a single lens member (23d) positioned forwardly of and covering the head lamps (23a, 23b), and a mirror finished body (29) positioned rearwardly of the lens member (23d). The mirror finished body (29) includes a first mirror surface area (29a) aligned with an intermediate portion of the lens member (23d) extending vertically, and left and right second mirror surface areas (29b) continued from the first mirror surface area (29a) extending horizontally along a lower edge of the lens member (23d). The mirror finished body (29) is formed to reflect an image of the fender (7) when viewed either from front or slantwise from front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushika Kaisha
    Inventors: Takumi Uemoto, Ryota Obuki
  • Patent number: 7080621
    Abstract: An air cleaner unit of the present invention includes a removable cleaner case having defined therein an outflow port, located below the filter element, for discharging an air, introduced into the cleaner case, towards the combustion engine and including a case body opening downwardly and a bottom plate closing the opening of the case body, and a filter element replaceably accommodated within the cleaner case for substantially purifying the air introduced into the cleaner case through an air intake port. A pedestal is carried by the combustion engine and has an outer peripheral surface, which is substantially in flush with an outer peripheral surface of the filter element within the cleaner case. This filter element within the cleaner case is removably mounted on the pedestal. The bottom plate has a mounting hole defined therein and encircling the outer peripheral surface of the pedestal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushika Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakamizo, Takao Sasamura, Atsuhiro Yoshimatsu, Yukio Miki