Patents by Inventor Takafumi Hisamori

Takafumi Hisamori 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: 8303014
    Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle having a front seat, a rear seat, a cargo bed, a cabin frame surrounding a riding space, and a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction into the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. A backrest for the rear seat is attached to the screen shield. The screen shield can be shifted between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state when a seat bottom and the backrest of the rear seat are changed between a retracted state in which the seat bottom and the backrest are erected on the same straight line and a seatable used state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Yohei Sasaki, Naohisa Masuda, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Hirokazu Morita, Koji Nozaki, Masahiro Kawahara, Masashi Sakata, Takafumi Hisamori
  • Patent number: 8215690
    Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle including a front seat, a rear seat and a cargo bed in order from the front side to the rear side of the vehicle, and a screen for partitioning the cargo bed and ride space on the front side of the cargo bed. The cargo bed has at least a stationary bottom plate and an expansion bottom plate, and is changeable between an expanded state where the cargo bed is expanded forward into the ride space and a non-expanded state where the cargo bed does not occupy the ride space. Also, the expansion bottom plate is pivotable on a horizontal shaft in the right and left direction relative to the stationary bottom plate and the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Nishiike, Itsuo Takegami, Masashi Sakata, Takafumi Hisamori, Tooru Ogino, Kazuma Waida, Dustin Meyer, Eizou Sakai, Shigeru Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20110156424
    Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, a cargo bed, a cabin frame surrounding a riding space, and a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction to the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. A backrest for the rear seat is attached to the screen shield. The screen shield can be shifted between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state when a seat bottom and the backrest of the rear seat are changed between a retracted state in which the seat bottom and the backrest are erected on the same straight line and a seatable used state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Yohei Sasaki, Naohisa Masuda, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Hirokazu Morita, Koji Nozaki, Masahiro Kawahara, Masashi Sakata, Takafumi Hisamori
  • Publication number: 20110148145
    Abstract: The present invention is a pick-up style utility vehicle including a front seat, a rear seat and a cargo bed in order from the front side to the rear side, and a screen for partitioning the cargo bed and ride space on the front side of the cargo bed, in which the cargo bed has at least a stationary bottom plate and an expansion bottom plate, and is changeable between an expanded state where the cargo bed is expanded forward to the ride space and a non-expanded state where the cargo bed does not occupy the ride space, and the expansion bottom plate is pivotable on a horizontal shaft in the right and left direction relative to the stationary bottom plate and the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Masashi NISHIIKE, Itsuo Takegami, Masashi Sakata, Takafumi Hisamori, Tooru Ogino, Kazuma Waida, Dustin Meyer, Eizou Sakai, Shigeru Yamashita