Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kidera

Hiroyuki Kidera 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: 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
  • Patent number: 6154703
    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 preselected 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: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noboru Nakai, Tadayoshi Naitou, Hiroyuki Kidera
  • Patent number: 5630383
    Abstract: A lubricating system and method of operating the system for an internal combustion engine wherein the amount of lubricant supplied to the engine from a positive displacement engine driven pump is varied by selectively delivering lubricant from the pump to the engine or bypassing the lubricant back to the return of the pump. The amount of lubricant supplied is varied by changing both the duty ratio of the lubricant supply and the duration of engine supply in response to a map of engine conditions. Various control routines are disclosed and in each the lubricant supplied to the engine is monitored so that once a finite amount of lubricant is supplied, lubricant is not supplied again to the engine until that amount previously supplied has been consumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kidera, Toru Izumi
  • Patent number: 5511524
    Abstract: A lubricating system and method of operating the system for an internal combustion engine wherein the amount of lubricant supplied to the engine from a positive displacement engine driven pump is varied by selectively delivering lubricant from the pump to the engine or bypassing the lubricant back to the return of the pump. The amount of lubricant supplied is varied by changing both the duty ratio of the lubricant supply and the duration of engine supply in response to a map of engine conditions. Various control routines are disclosed and in each the lubricant supplied to the engine is monitored so that once a finite amount of lubricant is supplied, lubricant is not supplied again to the engine until that amount previously supplied has been consumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kidera, Toru Izumi
  • Patent number: 5390635
    Abstract: A lubricating system and method of operating the system for an internal combustion engine wherein the amount of lubricant supplied to the engine from a positive displacement engine driven pump is varied by selectively delivering lubricant from the pump to the engine or bypassing the lubricant back to the return of the pump. The amount of lubricant supplied is varied by changing both the duty ratio of the lubricant supply and the duration of engine supply in response to a map of engine conditions. Various control routines are disclosed and in each the lubricant supplied to the engine is monitored so that once a finite amount of lubricant is supplied, lubricant is not supplied again to the engine until that amount previously supplied has been consumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kidera, Toru Izumi