Patents by Inventor Kouichi Hikichi

Kouichi Hikichi 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: 4869332
    Abstract: A reverse drive for small vehicles in which an output shaft of a second motor, which is different from the internal combustion engine for running use, can be connected to the transmission line leading from the internal combustion engine to the rear wheel so as to rotate the rear wheel in reverse. The second motor is a starter motor capable of normal and reverse rotations, the normal rotation of the starter motor being transmitted to the internal combustion engine for driving use through a starting clutch, and the reverse rotation of said starter motor being transmitted to the power transmission line through a reverse clutch. Otherwise, the second motor may be a starter motor capable of rotating only in one direction. In this case, the output of the starter motor is transmitted to the output side of the power transmission line through a reverse transmission line while the output transmission line is interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Haruyasu Fujita, Yoshiaki Hirosawa, Kouichi Hikichi, Morio Sato, Yoshiaki Hirakata, Toshifumi Ito