Patents by Inventor Kenzo Shimizu
Kenzo Shimizu 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).
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Patent number: 11679839Abstract: The power transmission mechanism includes a non-contact power transmission mechanism and a mechanical power transmission mechanism, both of which are provided in parallel on a power unit side or a rear wheel side. The mechanical power transmission mechanism has a crown gear and a pinion that are meshed at the time of low-speed rotation of the engine and are separated at the time of medium-high speed rotation thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenzo Shimizu
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Patent number: 11414149Abstract: In an electric motor cooling structure (20) of a motorcycle, a swing arm (21) includes an electric motor accommodating section (60) configured to accommodate an electric motor (11), and a cooling air intake port (61) opening toward the outside of the electric motor accommodating section (60) and disposed on one side of the electric motor (11), a cooling air outlet port (62) opening toward the outside of the electric motor accommodating section (60) and disposed on the other side of the electric motor (11), and a communication section (63) in communication with the cooling air intake port (61) and the cooling air outlet port (62) and configured to distribute cooling air introduced from the cooling air intake port (61) to both sides of the electric motor (11) are provided in the electric motor accommodating section (60).Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenzo Shimizu
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Publication number: 20210387697Abstract: The power transmission mechanism includes a non-contact power transmission mechanism and a mechanical power transmission mechanism, both of which are provided in parallel on a power unit side or a rear wheel side. The mechanical power transmission mechanism has a crown gear and a pinion that are meshed at the time of low-speed rotation of the engine and are separated at the time of medium-high speed rotation thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventor: Kenzo Shimizu
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Patent number: 10800478Abstract: A swing arm structure for a saddle riding electric vehicle includes a swing arm pivotably supported by a vehicle body frame at a pivot section and extending rearward from the pivot section to rotatably support a rear wheel, an electric motor that drives the rear wheel, and a speed reduction mechanism that reduces an output of the electric motor and transmit the output to the rear wheel, and a housing installed separately from the swing arm and attached to the swing arm, wherein the speed reduction mechanism and the housing are configured as a speed reduction mechanism unit in which the speed reduction mechanism is attached to the housing and integrated with the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenzo Shimizu, Masahiro Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20190263291Abstract: In an electric motor cooling structure (20) of a motorcycle, a swing arm (21) includes an electric motor accommodating section (60) configured to accommodate an electric motor (11), and a cooling air intake port (61) opening toward the outside of the electric motor accommodating section (60) and disposed on one side of the electric motor (11), a cooling air outlet port (62) opening toward the outside of the electric motor accommodating section (60) and disposed on the other side of the electric motor (11), and a communication section (63) in communication with the cooling air intake port (61) and the cooling air outlet port (62) and configured to distribute cooling air introduced from the cooling air intake port (61) to both sides of the electric motor (11) are provided in the electric motor accommodating section (60).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventor: Kenzo Shimizu
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Publication number: 20180037291Abstract: A swing arm structure for a saddle riding electric vehicle includes a swing arm pivotably supported by a vehicle body frame at a pivot section and extending rearward from the pivot section to rotatably support a rear wheel, an electric motor that drives the rear wheel, and a speed reduction mechanism that reduces an output of the electric motor and transmit the output to the rear wheel, and a housing installed separately from the swing arm and attached to the swing arm, wherein the speed reduction mechanism and the housing are configured as a speed reduction mechanism unit in which the speed reduction mechanism is attached to the housing and integrated with the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Kenzo SHIMIZU, Masahiro YAMAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20160172666Abstract: An electrode structure is provided. The electrode structure includes an electron donating region, an electrode withdrawing region different from the electron donating region, and a region configured to electrically isolate at least surfaces of the electron donating region and the electrode withdrawing region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2016Publication date: June 16, 2016Applicants: New Nippon Metal Mining Industry Co., Ltd., Tohoku UniversityInventors: Kenzo Shimizu, Tadahiro Ohmi, Tetsuya Goto
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Patent number: 7740100Abstract: A body cover being formed by joining together a plurality of cover members including a maintenance cover which is detachably disposed on the side of the power unit. A pedal which is actuated by an individual operating the vehicle wherein the overall body frame is covered without modifying the structure and arrangement of the pedal. A suspension system wherein a swing arm type or an independent suspension type may be used in the vehicle. A light structure for a tail light wherein attaching lighting components such as a light emitting section are attached to a substrate formed in part of a lid of a utility box attached to a rear part of a vehicle. The lighting components such as the substrate are directly assembled in the concave section, and a lens is attached to the concave section by welding.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2006Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Takahashi, Kenzo Shimizu, Seiji Hanafusa, Takao Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20060231308Abstract: A body cover being formed by joining together a plurality of cover members including a maintenance cover which is detachably disposed on the side of the power unit. A pedal which is actuated by an individual operating the vehicle wherein the overall body frame is covered without modifying the structure and arrangement of the pedal. A suspension system wherein a swing arm type or an independent suspension type may be used in the vehicle. A light structure for a tail light wherein attaching lighting components such as a light emitting section are attached to a substrate formed in part of a lid of a utility box attached to a rear part of a vehicle. The lighting components such as the substrate are directly assembled in the concave section, and a lens is attached to the concave section by welding.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2006Publication date: October 19, 2006Inventors: Shinji Takahashi, Kenzo Shimizu, Seiji Hanafusa, Takao Yamamoto
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Patent number: 5499796Abstract: To safely and quickly exchange a seal of a shock strut of a selected shock absorbing apparatus of an airplane, an apparatus is provided whereby the main body of the airplane is lifted by pressurizing and extending at least one other shock absorbing apparatus in order to extend the selected shock absorbing apparatus and expose the seal thereof. A shock strut of the selected shock absorbing apparatus is then lifted away from the associated wheels so that a new seal may be inserted from below the strut. To lift the strut, an apparatus is provided which includes a main body portion having an inclined surface substantially complementary to a downward-facing inclined surface of the strut, and a cylindrical portion which inserts into an attachment hole of the strut.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 1995Date of Patent: March 19, 1996Assignee: All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuya Kigawa, Kenji Furukawa, Tetsu Deguchi, Sachiharu Inoue, Norikatsu Endo, Tatsuo Yanagisawa, Shinji Ikegami, Yasuyuki Omagari, Koji Kihara, Tachiki Sugawara, Kenzo Shimizu
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Patent number: 5442545Abstract: A system for automatically managing information about printed-circuit boards includes a data file for storing stock information about the printed-circuit boards stocked in a warehouse, mounting information showing mounting positions of the printed-circuit boards on shelves of equipments, and mounting history information showing results of mounting of the printed-circuit boards. A delivery processing part detects, by referring to the stock information stored in the data file, a fact that all printed-circuit boards necessary to assemble an ordered equipment, and generates a delivery instruction which instructs all the printed-circuit boards to be delivered from the warehouse to an mounting section. A mounting processing part outputs to the mounting section a mounting instruction which instructs the printed-circuit boards delivered from the warehouse to be placed in predetermined positions in the ordered equipment by referring to the mounting information stored in the data file.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1992Date of Patent: August 15, 1995Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Toshinari Matsui, Shigeru Kubo, Kenzo Shimizu, Kunifumi Iwasaki, Koji Kobayashi, Eiko Maruyama
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Patent number: 5419034Abstract: To safely and quickly exchange a seal of a shock strut of a selected shock absorbing apparatus of an airplane, an apparatus is provided whereby the main body of the airplane is lifted by pressurizing and extending at least one other shock absorbing apparatus in order to extend the selected shock absorbing apparatus and expose the seal thereof. A shock strut of the selected shock absorbing apparatus is then lifted away from the associated wheels so that a new seal may be inserted from below the strut.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1993Date of Patent: May 30, 1995Assignee: All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuya Kigawa, Kenji Furukawa, Tetsu Deguchi, Sachiharu Inoue, Norikatsu Endo, Tatsuo Yanagisawa, Shinji Ikegami, Yasuyuki Omagari, Koji Kihara, Tachiki Sugawara, Kenzo Shimizu
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Patent number: 5323522Abstract: To safety and quickly exchange a seal of a shock strut of a selected shock absorbing apparatus of an airplane, the main body of the airplane is lifted by pressurizing and extending at least one other shock absorbing apparatus in order to extend the selected shock absorbing apparatus and expose the seal thereof. A shock strut of the selected shock absorbing apparatus is then lifted away from the associated wheels so that a new seal may be inserted from below the strut.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 1992Date of Patent: June 28, 1994Assignee: All Nippon Airways, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuya Kigawa, Kenji Furukawa, Tetsu Deguchi, Sachiharu Inoue, Norikatsu Endo, Tatsuo Yanagisawa, Shinji Ikegami, Yasuyuki Omagari, Koji Kihara, Tachiki Sugawara, Kenzo Shimizu
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Patent number: 4984822Abstract: An adjustable vehicle seat for use with a passive seat belt has a seat cushion having a joining portion and a seat back having a joining portion at which it is pivotally supported on the joining portion of the seat cushion. A clearance is provided between the joining portions of the seat back and seat cushion for preventing the webbing from being held compressedly between the joining portions when the seat back is in a forwardly turned position.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 1989Date of Patent: January 15, 1991Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, LimitedInventors: Kenzo Shimizu, Shizuo Ogata
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Patent number: 4655503Abstract: A seat back of a vehicular seat is movably supportable in the fore and aft direction relative to a seat cushion and lockable in its forward and rearward positions. The back side of the seat back serves as a part of a seat for a child in the forward position in which the child is restrained relative to the seat back by a seat belt assembly, while the front side of the seat back serves as a part of a usual passenger seat in the rearward position, thereby providing a sufficient comfortableness to the seated child without deteriorating the function of the usual passenger seat.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 1984Date of Patent: April 7, 1987Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Ltd.Inventors: Ken Kamijo, Kenzo Shimizu, Hiroshi Ueno
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Patent number: 4355837Abstract: A glove compartment provided in an instrument panel of an automobile disclosed herein comprises a first lid adapted to be opened to provide a wide coplanar surface with a bottom of the compartment, and an upper lid adapted to be opened into an upper opened position, thereby providing a wide space for writing and putting baggage on the opened first lid and the bottom of the compartment.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1980Date of Patent: October 26, 1982Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenzo Shimizu, Yukio Fukunaga, Hiroshi Tsuda
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Patent number: 4267993Abstract: A panel such as instrument panel or door panel of a vehicle is integrally formed with a speaker supporter. The supporter comprises flat base part which has at one end thereof a catch portion into which a part of the speaker unit is slidably inserted to be caught; and slant parts connecting the flat base part to the major part of the panel in such an arrangement that the flat base part is parallelly spaced away from the major part of the panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1978Date of Patent: May 19, 1981Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, LimitedInventors: Kenzo Shimizu, Yoshio Matsuno