Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Kurita

Hiroaki Kurita has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230331140
    Abstract: A leaning vehicle or a straddled vehicle, including a vehicle body, a light source unit, a light using device, an optical fiber cable, an electrical power supply unit, a plurality of electrical units, and an electrical cable. The vehicle body includes a seat and a body cover. The optical fiber cable has a supported portion disposed along, and supported by, a trunk portion of the electrical cable, and an upstream portion connecting the light source unit and the supported portion without being supported by the trunk portion. The supported portion and the upstream portion are partially disposed within an in-body covered region, which is at least one of a region closer to a vehicle center than an outermost surface of the body cover is, or a region positioned further in a downward direction than an uppermost portion of the seat is, both being invisible from an outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Takehiro INOUE, Atsushi KAMO, Hiroaki KURITA, Yoko TAKAGI
  • Patent number: 8294559
    Abstract: A vehicle control device simplifies input work of a password that puts a vehicle in a usable state, on an emergency occasion, in which a portable equipment (smart key) cannot be used. A system display unit flashes on an emergency occasion when a password is input without the use of the smart key. A hazard switch is operated to enter a character of the password corresponding to a number of times that the system display unit flashes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Yoshizawa, Hiroaki Kurita
  • Publication number: 20090021361
    Abstract: A vehicle control device simplifies input work of a password that puts a vehicle in a usable state, on an emergency occasion, in which a portable equipment (smart key) cannot be used. A system display unit flashes on an emergency occasion when a password is input without the use of the smart key. A hazard switch is operated to enter a character of the password corresponding to a number of times that the system display unit flashes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro YOSHIZAWA, Hiroaki KURITA
  • Patent number: 6157890
    Abstract: A navigational system particularly adapted for use with small open vehicles such as a motorcycle. The navigational system includes a display which displays, in addition to vehicle speed and distance traveled, navigational information as to points along a pre-selected course of travel and the distance and turning direction to reach each successive point. The operator may also insert information about each point, such as observations about the point as the name of the point. The display switches from providing a first display condition that provides the travel information and a second condition that permits the insertion of data into the system. The insertion display is not enabled unless the vehicle is in a standing condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noboru Nakai, Takayoshi Meguro, Hiroyuki Kidera, Hiroaki Kurita