Patents by Inventor Hiroshi KITAMOTO

Hiroshi KITAMOTO 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).

  • Patent number: 8474895
    Abstract: An inner rack structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle which can easily form an inner rack with a distinctive outward appearance. An inner rack opening that opens upwardly is provided in an upper cover, and an inner rack body portion formed to bulge in a forward direction is provided in the upper portion of a lower cover. The inner rack opening is covered from below and the front by the inner rack body portion, and the inner rack body portion is covered from a rear direction by a lower-side rear wall portion that extends downwardly from the inner rack opening of the upper cover, thereby forming an inner rack serving as a storage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Michisaka, Hiroshi Kitamoto, Kengo Yano, Toshiharu Tomomatsu, Fujio Nakamura, Yu Miyajima
  • Patent number: 8448734
    Abstract: A canister mounting structure for a motorcycle includes an engagement member and a lock tab. The engagement member is provided to a canister. The lock tab protrudes from an upper surface of a rear fender supported by a rear portion of a vehicle body frame to cover a rear wheel. The lock tab is engaged with the engagement member so as to hold the canister on the rear fender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuaki Maeda, Akira Komaki, Akiko Ishikawa, Kazuya Minowa, Hiroshi Kitamoto
  • Publication number: 20130069635
    Abstract: A motor rotation angle sensor includes a plurality of Hall elements and a plurality of switches, each a which is able to interrupt supply of power for operating a corresponding one of these Hall elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi KITAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120212159
    Abstract: The electrical power steering apparatus 10 includes the 1st MOS-FET 13 and the 2nd MOS-FET 14 accommodating the 1st parasitic diode 15 and the 2nd parasitic diode 16 in the conducting path between the battery 100 and the motor driving circuit 11 and being connected in series at the opposite direction respectively, and the condenser 18 in an output side of the latter 2nd MOS-FET 14. The ECU 6 of the controller of the electrical power steering apparatus controls to turn on or off the 1st MOS-FET 13 and the 2nd MOS-FET 14 in accordance with the predetermined sequence after the ignition switch 17 is turned on, detecting the fault of the 1st MOS-FET 13, the 2nd MOS-FET 14 and the 1st parasitic diode 15 and the 2nd parasitic diode 16 on the basis of the output voltage from each of the 1st MOS-FET 13 and the 2nd MOS-FET 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi KITAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120133170
    Abstract: An inner rack structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle which can easily form an inner rack with a distinctive outward appearance. An inner rack opening that opens upwardly is provided in an upper cover, and an inner rack body portion formed to bulge in a forward direction is provided in the upper portion of a lower cover. The inner rack opening is covered from below and the front by the inner rack body portion, and the inner rack body portion is covered from a rear direction by a lower-side rear wall portion that extends downwardly from the inner rack opening of the upper cover, thereby forming an inner rack serving as a storage portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Susumu MICHISAKA, Hiroshi Kitamoto, Kengo Yano, Toshiharu Tomomatsu, Fujio Nakamura, Yu Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20110115289
    Abstract: In a motor control device that is used for, for example, an electric power steering system or another vehicle steering system equipped with a motor, a relay circuit (40) that serves as a power supply breaker is provided in a power feed line (Lp2) of a pre-driver (22) of a circuit that is a component of the motor control device. The operation of the relay circuit (40) is controlled by a relay signal (S_rly) output from a microcomputer (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi KITAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20100078241
    Abstract: A canister mounting structure for a motorcycle includes an engagement member and a lock tab. The engagement member is provided to a canister. The lock tab protrudes from an upper surface of a rear fender supported by a rear portion of a vehicle body frame to cover a rear wheel. The lock tab is engaged with the engagement member so as to hold the canister on the rear fender.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuaki MAEDA, Akira KOMAKI, Akiko ISHIKAWA, Kazuya MINOWA, Hiroshi KITAMOTO