Patents Assigned to Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240043087
    Abstract: A saddle-riding vehicle includes a power unit including: an engine which is located between front and rear wheels and produces drive power; and an electric motor which is secured to the engine and produces drive power. The power unit is supported by a vehicle body frame, at opposite sides of the electric motor in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Shusei UENO
  • Patent number: 11895262
    Abstract: A calling system for a personal watercraft includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: obtain a specific state signal indicating that the personal watercraft is in a given specific state; and wirelessly transmit a calling signal based on the specific state signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tsubone, Shuichi Miyanishi, Tokishin Nishinaka, Nobuyuki Nishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20240034449
    Abstract: A jet-propelled boat includes a power unit that applies a propulsive force to a ship body by injecting water taken in from a water inlet while pressurizing the water, a position detection unit that detects a position of the ship body, a determination unit that determines whether or not an operation mode is a fixed position mode, and a power control unit that controls the power unit based on detection information by the position detection unit so that a position of the ship body falls within a target range including a specific anchor position in a case where the determination unit determines that the operation mode is the fixed position mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihito UCHINO, Satoru WATABE
  • Publication number: 20240034438
    Abstract: A personal watercraft includes a ship body, a luggage compartment provided in the ship body and provided with an opening for taking in and out luggage, a hatch attached to the ship body and capable of opening and closing the opening, and a lock mechanism for fixing the hatch to the ship body in a state where the opening is closed. The lock mechanism includes a plurality of lock portions that engage the hatch and the ship body with each other, one operation lever that causes the plurality of lock portions to unlock the engagement in an interlocking manner, and a transmission member that transmits an operation action of the operation lever to at least one of the plurality of lock portions to unlock the engagement of the lock portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaaki MIYOSHI
  • Patent number: 11884354
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a propulsion power source, a handlebar, an output adjusting grip, and a torque operation member. The handlebar is operable to steer the vehicle. The output adjusting grip is disposed on either a right or left portion of the handlebar operably so that an output level of the propulsion power source is adjusted by rotating the output adjusting grip relative to the handlebar. The torque operation member is operable to issue a command to change a torque output characteristic of the propulsion power source. The torque operation member is disposed on the same right or left portion of the handlebar with the output adjusting grip rotatably integrally with the output adjusting grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kaoru Kouchi, Shusei Ueno
  • Publication number: 20240025505
    Abstract: A screen is attached to the saddle riding vehicle to face forward with respect to the saddle-riding vehicle, and permits passage of incoming air while preventing passage of foreign objects. The screen includes: a plurality of vertical fins extending in a vertical direction and arranged next to one another in a vehicle widthwise direction; and a lower fin connecting lower ends of the vertical fins and inclined downward towards a front. A first vertical fin located in an outermost position has a lower portion extending in an inwardly inclined manner in the vehicle widthwise direction towards a lower end thereof, and a front end portion extending in a downwardly inclined manner towards an outer end of the lower fin in the vehicle widthwise direction. The lower end of the first vertical fin and the outer end of the lower fin are connected by a connecting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka KATO, Kohei AKITA
  • Publication number: 20240025326
    Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosure may be a vehicle that may include: a vehicle body including a floor surface; a front seat base protruded from the floor surface and including an upper surface thereof on which a front seat bottom is attached; a rear seat base protruded from the floor surface and located on a rear side of the front seat base across an aisle, wherein a rear seat bottom is attached to the rear seat base; and a drink holder fixed to a portion of the upper surface of the front seat base on a rear side of the front seat bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Bradley KATHOL, Naoki HASHIMOTO, Akira KINOSHITA
  • Patent number: 11878742
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a vehicle body frame and a cargo bed supported by the vehicle body frame, the cargo bed including a side wall unit. The side wall unit includes a side wall, a tail lamp mounted on a rear end portion of the side wall, and a bolt including a shaft portion and a head portion. The tail lamp is secured to the side wall by the bolt oriented in a vehicle width direction. The head portion of the bolt is hidden by a part of the side wall unit when viewed from behind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Iwata, Yusuke Nakashima
  • Patent number: 11872888
    Abstract: A drive system of a hybrid utility vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine including a crank shaft; a continuously variable transmission connected to the internal combustion engine; a drive train that connects an output shaft of the continuously variable transmission to a driving wheel; an electric motor; a branch train that connects the electric motor to the drive train such that power can be transmitted from the electric motor to the drive train; and an engine clutch that can cut transmission of rotational driving power, which has been input from the electric motor through the branch train to the drive train, to the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Kuji
  • Patent number: 11873057
    Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a lean mechanism, and a lean brake mechanism. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean brake mechanism brakes a leaning operation of the lean mechanism. The lean brake mechanism includes a brake disc and brake pads. The brake disc is attached to an upper arm or a lower arm. The brake pads, which are attached such that their position relative to the brake disc changes in the leaning operation, produce a frictional force against the brake disc in the leaning operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakajima, Hiroshi Ishii, Taro Iwamoto, Kazuya Nagasaka, Taichi Inaba
  • Publication number: 20240009602
    Abstract: A personal watercraft includes a ship body and a recovery water passage. The ship body includes a deck and a hull. The recovery water passage is provided in the hull, and includes a water intake opening through which water can be taken in when the ship body plains on a water surface, and a discharge opening through which the taken water is discharged. The recovery water passage is formed with a filter accommodation space that accommodates a filter that traps minute foreign matters contained in water flowing through the recovery water passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio ARAKI, Yuki NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 11866030
    Abstract: A control device of a hybrid vehicle includes: a determiner that determines whether or not a predetermined first condition that efficiency is prioritized is satisfied and whether or not a predetermined second condition that output performance is prioritized; and a control unit that controls an engine and an electric motor in accordance with an accelerator manipulation amount and a determination result of the determiner. When the first condition is satisfied, the control unit controls the driving power source such that the driving power source outputs first driving force in a first driving state where the efficiency is prioritized, and when the second condition is satisfied, the control unit controls the driving power source such that the driving power source outputs second driving force larger than the first driving force in a second driving state where the output performance is prioritized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Tada, Shohei Terai
  • Patent number: 11866134
    Abstract: A small watercraft system includes: a watercraft body; a watercraft body manipulation member through which a watercraft body manipulation command is input by an operator; a drive source that allows the watercraft body to plane; a steering device that allows the watercraft body to be steered; and a control device that controls the drive source and the steering device to operate the watercraft body. The control device determines whether a mode switching condition is satisfied, the mode switching condition including an operator's absence condition that the operator is absent from the watercraft body. Upon determining that the mode switching condition is satisfied, the control device executes an operator-absent manipulation mode in which the control device moves the watercraft body by controlling the drive source and the steering device based on an operator-absent manipulation command independent of the watercraft body manipulation command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Kato, Toshio Araki, Hiroshi Tomomori
  • Patent number: 11858585
    Abstract: Provided is a straddle vehicle that allows for high design flexibility, that can absorb strong shocks applied in the up-down direction, and that can avoid contacting obstacles on the ground. The straddle vehicle includes a supported structure and a shock absorber. The supported structure includes a first element that performs a first function and a second element that performs a second function, the second element being located above a rear of the first element. The shock absorber includes an upper mounting portion and a lower mounting portion. The lower mounting portion of the shock absorber is connected to a swing arm, and the upper mounting portion of the shock absorber is connected to the second element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20230415659
    Abstract: A storage 3 of a utility vehicle 100 includes a storage body 4 in a vehicle body 10, the storage body 4 including a housing space 40; a lid 5 opening or closing the housing space 40; a supporter 6 supporting the lid 5 such that the lid 5 is rotatable relative to the storage body 4; and a spring 7 biasing the lid in a direction in which the lid 5 closes the housing space 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenta TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20230415551
    Abstract: A vehicle full door includes a door body having a first door panel and a second door panel formed separately from the first door panel and connected to an upper end of the first door panel; a window provided at the second door panel; an outer knob, an inner knob, and a latch provided at the first door panel; and a hinge provided at the first door panel to turnably support the door body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sota TSURUMI, Teruaki YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11845518
    Abstract: A small planing watercraft includes: a body including a storage box and a lid, the storage box including an opening, the lid releasably closing the opening; an opening and closing sensor detecting opening and closing of the lid; and processing circuitry determining whether the lid is open based on a result of detection of the opening and closing sensor, and, when determining that the lid is open, outputting a signal indicating that the lid is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Uozumi, Hideaki Ebisui, Kazuki Ueda
  • Publication number: 20230399073
    Abstract: Provided is an off-road vehicle including: a travel mechanism that includes a travel motor, wheels including a front wheel and a rear wheel, and a power transmission mechanism transmitting rotation from the travel motor to the wheels, the power transmission mechanism including a CVT belt and a transfer box switchable between a front and rear wheel drive mode and a rear wheel drive mode; a sensor that detects a travel condition caused by the travel mechanism; and processing circuitry that determines whether the travel condition caused by the travel mechanism has become a predetermined belt check request condition based on an output of the sensor, and performs, when determining that the travel condition has become the belt check request condition, travel function limitation processing of limiting a travel function performed by the travel mechanism more than that before determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventor: Taisuke MORITA
  • Patent number: 11841076
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes: a CVT mechanism; a CVT case; and a partition that extends in a radial direction of a driving pulley, divides an internal space of the CVT case into a first chamber and a second chamber, and includes a communication opening through which an axis of the driving pulley passes and through which the first chamber communicates with the second chamber. The first chamber communicates with an inflow opening of the CVT case. The second chamber accommodates the CVT mechanism and communicates with an outflow opening of the CVT case. The first chamber includes a curved portion having a shape that, when viewed from an axial direction in which the axis extends, spreads in the radial direction as the curved portion extends toward an upstream side around the communication opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11827082
    Abstract: A vehicle door includes an inner panel, a power window that opens or closes a window opening formed at an upper portion of the inner panel, and an operation switch provided at the inner panel to open or close the power window. The operation switch is arranged at the periphery of the window opening at the inner panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Teruaki Yamamoto