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).

  • Patent number: 11267525
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Mayuzumi, Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino, Yuki Kanemura, Keita Mikura, Masaomi Yamada
  • Patent number: 11260929
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyotaro Yamamoto, Kei Mayuzumi, Masaomi Yamada, Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino
  • Patent number: 11161564
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino, Hiroshi Okamura
  • Publication number: 20200324846
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Kyotaro Yamamoto, Kei Mayuzumi, Masaomi Yamada, Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino
  • Patent number: 10793214
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Yamasaki, Souichiro Makino, Keita Mikura
  • Publication number: 20200290695
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Shota Yamasaki, Souichiro Makino, Keita Mikura
  • Patent number: 10661850
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Fukuyama, Sekai Yamazaki, Yasushi Takahashi, Souichiro Makino
  • Publication number: 20200102034
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kei Mayuzumi, Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino, Yuki Kanemura, Keita Mikura, Masaomi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200070924
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino, Hiroshi Okamura
  • Publication number: 20180265152
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Kei FUKUYAMA, Sekai YAMAZAKI, Yasushi TAKAHASHI, Souichiro MAKINO