Patents by Inventor Nobutaka Wakita
Nobutaka Wakita 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: 10597103Abstract: A saddle-type vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a pillion step supported by the vehicle body frame and on which a foot of a passenger is to be placed, a passenger seat supported by the vehicle body frame and on which the passenger is to be seated, an exhaust pipe configured to guide an exhaust gas discharged from an engine to an outside, an exhaust pipe cover covering the exhaust pipe from a lateral outside thereof, and a guard body extending laterally outward from the vehicle body frame, wherein the guard body is disposed below the pillion step and to protrude laterally from an opening part formed in the exhaust pipe cover.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shimpei Shikanai, Nobutaka Wakita, Masahiro Kontani, Takahiko Shimizu
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Publication number: 20190039672Abstract: A saddle-type vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a pillion step supported by the vehicle body frame and on which a foot of a passenger is to be placed, a passenger seat supported by the vehicle body frame and on which the passenger is to be seated, an exhaust pipe configured to guide an exhaust gas discharged from an engine to an outside, an exhaust pipe cover covering the exhaust pipe from a lateral outside thereof, and a guard body extending laterally outward from the vehicle body frame, wherein the guard body is disposed below the pillion step and to protrude laterally from an opening part formed in the exhaust pipe cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2016Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shimpei SHIKANAI, Nobutaka WAKITA, Masahiro KONTANI, Takahiko SHIMIZU
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Patent number: 9878756Abstract: A front structure of a motorcycle where a larger amount of air can be directed to the inside without increasing the size of the vehicle. A front structure of a motorcycle includes a front fork steerably mounted on a front portion of a vehicle body frame and supporting a front wheel thereon. A front fender is provided for protection from mud being splashed by the front wheel. A duct, through which air flows, is formed on a side surface of the front fender. An air intake opening, for taking in the flow of air, is formed on a front end of the duct with an air discharge opening directed inwardly in the vehicle width direction being formed on a rear end of the duct. The rear end of the duct opens to an inside of an inner surface of the front fork.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobutaka Wakita, Kenji Tako, Yasuhiro Sato, Masato Nagata, Hiroyuki Iwasaki, Tomohiro Sone, Kihoko Kaita
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Patent number: 9834269Abstract: A traveling wind intake structure for a saddled vehicle, comprising a meter visor covering a meter from above; and a wind screen covering the meter visor from above, wherein an introduction portion for introducing a traveling wind rearward of the wind screen is formed between a lower end of the wind screen and a vehicle body, a gate-type louver member is provided between the wind screen and the meter visor, and is formed by a plate-shaped guide member for guiding rearward the traveling wind introduced through the introduction portion, and leg members extending downward from left and right end portions of the guide member in a vehicle width direction, and the leg members are each provided with a shaft portion extending along the vehicle width direction and supporting the louver member in a frontward and rearward swingable manner.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Hagimoto, Nobutaka Wakita, Atsushi Kusuda, Kihoko Kaita
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Publication number: 20160288854Abstract: A traveling wind intake structure for a saddled vehicle, comprising a meter visor covering a meter from above; and a wind screen covering the meter visor from above, wherein an introduction portion for introducing a traveling wind rearward of the wind screen is formed between a lower end of the wind screen and a vehicle body, a gate-type louver member is provided between the wind screen and the meter visor, and is formed by a plate-shaped guide member for guiding rearward the traveling wind introduced through the introduction portion, and leg members extending downward from left and right end portions of the guide member in a vehicle width direction, and the leg members are each provided with a shaft portion extending along the vehicle width direction and supporting the louver member in a frontward and rearward swingable manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Hagimoto, Nobutaka Wakita, Atsushi Kusuda, Kihoko Kaita
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Publication number: 20160264199Abstract: A front structure of a motorcycle where a larger amount of air can be directed to the inside without increasing the size of the vehicle. In a front structure of a motorcycle includes a front fork steerably mounted on a front portion of a vehicle body frame and supporting a front wheel thereon. A front fender is provided for avoiding mud from being splashed by the front wheel. A duct, through which a flow of air flows, is formed on a side surface of the front fender. An air intake opening, for taking in the flow of air, is formed on a front end of the duct with an air discharge opening directed inwardly in the vehicle width direction being formed on a rear end of the duct. The rear end of the duct opens to an inside of an inner surface of the front fork.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobutaka WAKITA, Kenji TAKO, Yasuhiro SATO, Masato NAGATA, Hiroyuki IWASAKI, Tomohiro SONE, Kihoko KAITA
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Patent number: 7556013Abstract: A cover structure for an internal combustion engine covers and protects a coolant pipe of a cooling system component on an internal combustion engine, even when the internal combustion engine only has a short distance provided between a crankshaft and an output shaft. The cover structure includes an outer cover disposed outside an inner cover, thereby defining a space between the first and outer covers. Coolant conduits, which are in fluid communication with a cooling system component, are constructed and arranged to pass through the space between the first and outer covers.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2007Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Negoro, Reina Kurosu, Nobutaka Wakita
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Patent number: 7540347Abstract: In an exhaust system for a motorcycle in which an engine main body of a multi-cylinder engine has an oil pan on a lower portion thereof, and is mounted on a vehicle body with a plurality of expansion chambers being connected to a downstream side of an assembled portion of a plurality of exhaust pipes that extend out of the respective cylinders of the engine main body, respectively. The muffler includes a first expansion chamber that is connected to the assembled portion and the other expansion chambers that are the assembled portion are disposed on one side of the oil pan. The first continuous to the first expansion chamber. The respective exhaust pipes and expansion chamber is disposed on the other side of the oil pan with the other expansion chambers being disposed to the rear of the engine main body.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2006Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Taniguchi, Noriyoshi Tsutsui, Nobutaka Wakita, Hidetoshi Takamatsu, Yuji Kashiwabara, Shunichi Nakajima, Tsuyoshi Arima, Hirotaka Haze
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Publication number: 20080047503Abstract: A cover structure for an internal combustion engine covers and protects a coolant pipe of a cooling system component on an internal combustion engine, even when the internal combustion engine only has a short distance provided between a crankshaft and an output shaft. The cover structure includes an outer cover disposed outside an inner cover, thereby defining a space between the first and outer covers. Coolant conduits, which are in fluid communication with a cooling system component, are constructed and arranged to pass through the space between the first and outer covers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Negoro, Reina Kurosu, Nobutaka Wakita
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Publication number: 20070107419Abstract: In an exhaust system for a motorcycle in which an engine main body of a multi-cylinder engine has an oil pan on a lower portion thereof, and is mounted on a vehicle body with a plurality of expansion chambers being connected to a downstream side of an assembled portion of a plurality of exhaust pipes that extend out of the respective cylinders of the engine main body, respectively. The muffler includes a first expansion chamber that is connected to the assembled portion and the other expansion chambers that are continuous to the first expansion chamber. The respective exhaust pipes and the assembled portion are disposed on one side of the oil pan. The first expansion chamber is disposed on the other side of the oil pan with the other expansion chambers being disposed to the rear of the engine main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2006Publication date: May 17, 2007Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Taniguchi, Noriyoshi Tsutsui, Nobutaka Wakita, Hidetoshi Takamatsu, Yuji Kashiwabara, Shunichi Nakajima, Tsuyoshi Arima, Hirotaka Haze
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Patent number: D572184Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventors: Kanya Takigawa, Nobutaka Wakita
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Patent number: D629336Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobutaka Wakita, Yota Okamoto, Teofilo Plaza
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Patent number: D387017Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1996Date of Patent: December 2, 1997Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Nobutaka Wakita, Hikoharu Shimokawa
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Patent number: D774962Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobutaka Wakita, Osami Inomata
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Patent number: D825394Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Tako, Hidekazu Iwata, Nobutaka Wakita
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Patent number: D933536Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Martin Petersson, Nobutaka Wakita, Kanya Takigawa