Patents by Inventor Motohide Kunimitsu

Motohide Kunimitsu 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: 6990932
    Abstract: A motorcycle lubrication oil cooling system that cools lubrication oil without increasing the number of parts, weight, or cost, and yet is simple in construction. The cooling system is applicable to motorcycles in which an engine is cooled by a coolant pump driven by a crankshaft. The coolant pump is provided on a side face of the engine, and an oil storage chamber capable of storing a specified amount of lubrication oil is provided adjacent to the coolant pump, while a covering member is provided to cover both the oil storage chamber and a coolant pump chamber that houses the coolant pump. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention discloses in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Motohide Kunimitsu, Kazuhito Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6651635
    Abstract: The present invention provides a breather apparatus for a 4-cycle engine in which oil in a blow-by gas can be separated. The engine's starter includes a kick idle gear that transmits a rider's pedal force to the crankshaft. A hollow kick idle shaft rotates together with the kick idle gear and a clutch body whereby sprayed oil mist mixed in blow-by gas is separated by centrifugal force. The hollow kick idle shaft opens up into a breather passage, with a blow-by gas intake port on one end and a blow-by gas exhaust port on the other, through which the blow-by gas flows. Only blow-by gas without oil mist is re-circulated to an air cleaner and then to the combustion chamber to be burned again with new air. The oil mist returns to the oil pan in a transmission chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Motohide Kunimitsu, Kazuhito Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20030098203
    Abstract: A motorcycle lubrication oil cooling system that cools lubrication oil without increasing the number of parts, weight, or cost, and yet is simple in construction. The cooling system is applicable to motorcycles in which an engine is cooled by a coolant pump driven by a crankshaft. The coolant pump is provided on a side face of the engine, and an oil storage chamber capable of storing a specified amount of lubrication oil is provided adjacent to the coolant pump, while a covering member is provided to cover both the oil storage chamber and a coolant pump chamber that houses the coolant pump. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention discloses in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Motohide Kunimitsu, Kazuhito Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20030079729
    Abstract: The present invention provides a breather apparatus for a 4-cycle engine in which oil in a blow-by gas can be separated. The engine's starter includes a kick idle gear that transmits a rider's pedal force to the crankshaft. A hollow kick idle shaft rotates together with the kick idle gear and a clutch body whereby sprayed oil mist mixed in blow-by gas is separated by centrifugal force. The hollow kick idle shaft opens up into a breather passage, with a blow-by gas intake port on one end and a blow-by gas exhaust port on the other, through which the blow-by gas flows. Only blow-by gas without oil mist is re-circulated to an air cleaner and then to the combustion chamber to be burned again with new air. The oil mist returns to the oil pan in a transmission chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Motohide Kunimitsu, Kazuhita Nakamura