Patents by Inventor Kousei Hokari

Kousei Hokari 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).

  • Pick-up style utility vehicle with expandable cargo bed
    Patent number: 8267454
    Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle with an expandable cargo bed, including a stationary cargo bed part serving as a bottom face and a side face of the cargo bed, a movable cargo bed part serving as the bottom face and the side face of the expanded cargo bed, and a cargo bed support mechanism for supporting the movable cargo bed part at a normal position and an expansion position set on the rear side of the normal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyohito Takano, Satoshi Takaya, Kiyoaki Maeda, Kousei Hokari, Geoffrey Ewing, Junhei Asahi, Naoki Tamai, Kenji Oda
  • Pick-up style utility vehicle with expandable cargo bed
    Patent number: 8016337
    Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed in this order from front. The cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward to a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. The rear seat forms side panels of the expandable portions of the cargo bed in the expanded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouji Itou, Hideyuki Kato, Kenji Oda, Kousei Hokari, Hirokazu Morita
  • PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED
    Publication number: 20110156419
    Abstract: The present invention is a pick-up style utility vehicle with an expandable cargo bed, including a stationary cargo bed part serving as a bottom face and a side face of the cargo bed, a movable cargo bed part serving as the bottom face and the side face of the expanded cargo bed, and a cargo bed support mechanism for supporting the movable cargo bed part at a normal position and an expansion position set on the rear side of the normal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: KIYOHITO TAKANO, SATOSHI TAKAYA, KIYOAKI MAEDA, KOUSEI HOKARI, GEOFFREY EWING, JUNHEI ASAHI, NAOKI TAMAI, KENJI ODA
  • PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED
    Publication number: 20110156434
    Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed in this order from front. The cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward to a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. The rear seat forms side panels of the expandable portions of the cargo bed in the expanded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: KOUJI ITOU, HIDEYUKI KATO, KENJI ODA, KOUSEI HOKARI, HIROKAZU MORITA