Patents by Inventor Souichiro MAKINO
Souichiro MAKINO 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: 11267525Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes a pivot frame configured to support a swing arm, a step bracket attachment section continuous with a lower side of the pivot frame, and a step bracket attached to an outer surface of the step bracket attachment section outside in a vehicle width direction and configured to support a step, wherein the outer surface of the step bracket attachment section is provided further inside in the vehicle width direction than an outer surface of the pivot frame outside in the vehicle width direction, and an outer surface of the step bracket outside in the vehicle width direction is disposed to be arranged on the same surface as the outer surface of the pivot frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kei Mayuzumi, Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino, Yuki Kanemura, Keita Mikura, Masaomi Yamada
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Patent number: 11260929Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes a body frame, an engine supported by the body frame, an exhaust sensor that detects exhaust air of the engine, and a radiator for the engine. The engine is supported by an engine hanger portion disposed in the body frame. The exhaust sensor is disposed on an exhaust pipe of the engine at a position on a front with respect to the engine hanger portion and is positioned underneath the radiator. At least a part of the exhaust sensor overlaps the engine hanger portion as viewed in a front view of a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyotaro Yamamoto, Kei Mayuzumi, Masaomi Yamada, Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino
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Patent number: 11161564Abstract: A vehicle body frame includes a main frame that extends from a head pipe toward the vehicle rear side above an engine and a down-frame that extends downward from one end fixed to the head pipe. The main frame is assembled into a truss shape from a pair of left and right upper frames and a pair of left and right lower frames and reinforcing frames disposed between these upper frames and lower frames. Front end parts of the upper frames are fixed to the upper end side of the head pipe and front end parts of the lower frames are fixed to a part close to the head pipe in the single down-frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino, Hiroshi Okamura
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Publication number: 20200324846Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes a body frame, an engine supported by the body frame, an exhaust sensor that detects exhaust air of the engine, and a radiator for the engine. The engine is supported by an engine hanger portion disposed in the body frame. The exhaust sensor is disposed on an exhaust pipe of the engine at a position on a front with respect to the engine hanger portion and is positioned underneath the radiator. At least a part of the exhaust sensor overlaps the engine hanger portion as viewed in a front view of a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Kyotaro Yamamoto, Kei Mayuzumi, Masaomi Yamada, Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino
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Patent number: 10793214Abstract: In a headlight support structure of a saddle riding vehicle, a headlight support supporting a headlight is mounted on a bottom bridge connected between left and right sides of a front fork. In the headlight support structure, the headlight support is mounted in an integrally-molded headlight stay supporting the headlight. The headlight includes an aiming mechanism outside the headlight. The aiming mechanism is mounted in the headlight stay.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shota Yamasaki, Souichiro Makino, Keita Mikura
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Publication number: 20200290695Abstract: In a headlight support structure of a saddle riding vehicle, a headlight support supporting a headlight is mounted on a bottom bridge connected between left and right sides of a front fork. In the headlight support structure, the headlight support is mounted in an integrally-molded headlight stay supporting the headlight. The headlight includes an aiming mechanism outside the headlight. The aiming mechanism is mounted in the headlight stay.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Shota Yamasaki, Souichiro Makino, Keita Mikura
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Patent number: 10661850Abstract: A front structure of a saddled vehicle having a meter unit of a less thickness and rendering meter-side and wiring-side couplers hardly visible from the outside is disclosed. The front structure includes a stem shaft rotatably mounted through a head pipe disposed in a front portion of a vehicle body frame and steerably supporting a front wheel, a top bridge coupling the stem shaft with a handle, a meter unit disposed in front of the top bridge and including a meter display on a top face of the meter unit, a meter-side coupler disposed on the meter unit, and a wiring-side coupler disposed on a side of wiring connected to the meter-side coupler, wherein the meter unit includes a coupler support member extending behind the meter display and supporting the meter-side coupler, and the coupler support member is disposed below the top bridge.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kei Fukuyama, Sekai Yamazaki, Yasushi Takahashi, Souichiro Makino
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Publication number: 20200102034Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes a pivot frame configured to support a swing arm, a step bracket attachment section continuous with a lower side of the pivot frame, and a step bracket attached to an outer surface of the step bracket attachment section outside in a vehicle width direction and configured to support a step, wherein the outer surface of the step bracket attachment section is provided further inside in the vehicle width direction than an outer surface of the pivot frame outside in the vehicle width direction, and an outer surface of the step bracket outside in the vehicle width direction is disposed to be arranged on the same surface as the outer surface of the pivot frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Kei Mayuzumi, Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino, Yuki Kanemura, Keita Mikura, Masaomi Yamada
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Publication number: 20200070924Abstract: A vehicle body frame includes a main frame that extends from a head pipe toward the vehicle rear side above an engine and a down-frame that extends downward from one end fixed to the head pipe. The main frame is assembled into a truss shape from a pair of left and right upper frames and a pair of left and right lower frames and reinforcing frames disposed between these upper frames and lower frames. Front end parts of the upper frames are fixed to the upper end side of the head pipe and front end parts of the lower frames are fixed to a part close to the head pipe in the single down-frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino, Hiroshi Okamura
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Publication number: 20180265152Abstract: Provided is a front structure of a saddled vehicle having a meter unit of a less thickness and rendering meter-side and wiring-side couplers hardly visible from the outside. The front structure includes a stem shaft rotatably mounted through a head pipe disposed in a front portion of a vehicle body frame and steerably supporting a front wheel, a top bridge coupling the stem shaft with a handle, a meter unit disposed in front of the top bridge and including a meter display on a top face of the meter unit, a meter-side coupler disposed on the meter unit, and a wiring-side coupler disposed on a side of wiring connected to the meter-side coupler, wherein the meter unit includes a coupler support member extending behind the meter display and supporting the meter-side coupler, and the coupler support member is disposed below the top bridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Kei FUKUYAMA, Sekai YAMAZAKI, Yasushi TAKAHASHI, Souichiro MAKINO