Patents by Inventor Masashi Fukuuchi

Masashi Fukuuchi 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: 9308813
    Abstract: The present invention provides a utility vehicle including fuel system components located compactly. The utility vehicle includes a single or a plurality of seat rows, a cargo bed, a cabin, and an engine. The utility vehicle further includes a fuel tank accommodated in a lower space of one of the seat rows, a fuel system mounting bracket provided next to the fuel tank in the lower space and fixed to a seat frame, and a fuel feed pump and a single or a plurality of fuel system accessories mounted to the fuel system mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Egami, Takuma Nozaki, Yuji Ohshita, Jun Takagi, Yoshihiko Orihashi, Masashi Fukuuchi
  • Patent number: 8443927
    Abstract: An exhaust device of a vehicle having a V-engine including a front cylinder and a rear cylinder, includes at least one muffler disposed in a rear part of the vehicle, a front-cylinder exhaust pipe which is connected to a front surface of the front cylinder and which reaches the muffler, and a rear-cylinder exhaust pipe which is connected to a rear surface of the rear cylinder and which reaches the muffler. The front-cylinder exhaust pipe is curved rearward at a curved portion from a connecting portion between the front-cylinder exhaust pipe and the front cylinder inward of the side frame in the lateral direction. The front-cylinder exhaust pipe is located outward in the lateral direction with a fixed space from the engine, and extends toward a rear part of the vehicle substantially along the side frame as viewed from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Tamotsu Hatada, Ryosuke Masuike
  • Patent number: 8430198
    Abstract: A muffler mounting structure of a vehicle, particularly a straddle-type four-wheeled vehicle. The muffler mounting structure is provided with a muffler, at least one muffler mounting portion provided in a body frame and having a mounting hole, and at least one mounted bracket provided in an upper part of the muffler and disposed on an upper surface of the muffler mounting portion. The mounted bracket having a fixing member insertion hole passing in the up and down direction, and at least one fixing member inserted into the fixing member insertion hole from the upper side and fixed to the mounting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Ryosuke Masuike, Tamotsu Hatada
  • Patent number: 8215447
    Abstract: An exhaust device in which a portion of an exhaust pipe covered by an exhaust pipe cover is rationalized. An exhaust device of a vehicle includes a muffler disposed in a rear part of the vehicle, an exhaust pipe extending from a front surface of a cylinder of an engine to the muffler while passing along an outer side of the engine in a lateral direction, a first exhaust pipe cover covering an entire periphery of an exhaust pipe front portion located near the outer side of the engine in the lateral direction, and a second exhaust pipe cover covering an outer side of an exhaust pipe rear portion located behind the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Tamotsu Hatada, Ryosuke Masuike
  • Publication number: 20120160601
    Abstract: An exhaust device in which a portion of an exhaust pipe covered by an exhaust pipe cover is rationalized. An exhaust device of a vehicle includes a muffler disposed in a rear part of the vehicle, an exhaust pipe extending from a front surface of a cylinder of an engine to the muffler while passing along an outer side of the engine in a lateral direction, a first exhaust pipe cover covering an entire periphery of an exhaust pipe front portion located near the outer side of the engine in the lateral direction, and a second exhaust pipe cover covering an outer side of an exhaust pipe rear portion located behind the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshihiko ORIHASHI, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Tamotsu Hatada, Ryosuke Masuike
  • Publication number: 20120160591
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an exhaust device having a front-cylinder exhaust pipe capable of reducing a heat influence on a cowl located outward in a lateral direction of a side frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshihiko ORIHASHI, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Tamotsu Hatada, Ryosuke Masuike
  • Publication number: 20120152643
    Abstract: The present invention is suitable for a muffler mounting structure of a vehicle, particularly to a straddle-type four-wheeled vehicle. The muffler mounting structure is provided with a muffler, at least one muffler mounting portion provided in a body frame, the muffler mounting portion having a mounting hole, at least one mounted bracket provided in an upper part of the muffler and disposed on an upper surface of the muffler mounting portion, the mounted bracket having a fixing member insertion hole passing in the up and down direction, and at least one fixing member inserted into the fixing member insertion hole from the upper side and fixed to the mounting hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Ryosuke Masuike, Tamotsu Hatada
  • Patent number: 8151766
    Abstract: A combustion engine includes an cylinder block having a combustion chamber formed therein, a throttle body forming a part of an air intake passage for introducing an air therethrough into the combustion chamber, a throttle valve accommodated in the throttle body for adjusting a cross section of the air intake passage, and an electrically driven throttle device having an actuator for driving the throttle valve. At least a portion of the throttle body is positioned intermediate between the actuator and the cylinder block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masashi Fukuuchi
  • Publication number: 20100162997
    Abstract: A combustion engine includes an cylinder block having a combustion chamber formed therein, a throttle body forming a part of an air intake passage for introducing an air therethrough into the combustion chamber, a throttle valve accommodated in the throttle body for adjusting a cross section of the air intake passage, and an electrically driven throttle device having an actuator for driving the throttle valve. At least a portion of the throttle body is positioned intermediate between the actuator and the cylinder block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Masashi Fukuuchi
  • Patent number: 7270207
    Abstract: To provide an air intake system for a vehicle, so simple in structure as to reduce the cost and effective to increase the ram pressure, a front cowling (19) is mounted on a front portion of a vehicle body structure (1). This front cowling (19) has left and right headlight windows (20 and 21) aligned with left and right headlights (22 and 23), respectively, and also has an air intake opening (24) defined therein at a location above the headlight windows (20 and 21) for introducing an external combustion air (A) towards the vehicle engine (E). An intake air passage (35) is provided for introducing the combustion air (A), then entering the air intake opening (24), towards an air cleaner (30) by way of opposite lateral portions of a head tube (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoji Idei, Keishi Fukumoto, Masashi Fukuuchi, Takashi Fukami
  • Publication number: 20040050357
    Abstract: To provide an air intake system for a vehicle, so simple in structure as to reduce the cost and effective to increase the ram pressure, a front cowling (19) is mounted on a front portion of a vehicle body structure (1). This front cowling (19) has left and right headlight windows (20 and 21) aligned with left and right headlights (22 and 23), respectively, and also has an air intake opening (24) defined therein at a location above the headlight windows (20 and 21) for introducing an external combustion air (A) towards the vehicle engine (E). An intake air passage (35) is provided for introducing the combustion air (A), then entering the air intake opening (24), towards an air cleaner (30) by way of opposite lateral portions of a head tube (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Shoji Idei, Keishi Fukumoto, Masashi Fukuuchi, Takashi Fukami