Patents by Inventor Toru Ukawa

Toru Ukawa 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: 10071783
    Abstract: In a saddle-ride type vehicle in which a cylinder includes a cylinder head and a cylinder head cover that covers an upper portion of the cylinder head, a vehicle body frame includes a head cover adjoining portion that adjoins the cylinder head cover. At least a part of the cylinder head cover overlaps the head cover adjoining portion as viewed from a direction along a cylinder axis that is a center axis of the cylinder. The head cover adjoining portion extends rearward such that the cylinder head cover is exposed outside in a side view. The foregoing configuration seeks to affect the ease of mounting and dismounting a saddle-ride vehicle having a power unit with a cylinder arranged upward and the vehicle body frame for supporting the power unit by reducing the left-right width of a vehicle body frame while allowing a cylinder head cover to be attachable and detachable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Yamashita, Yuzuru Ishikawa, Toru Ukawa, Daisuke Umikawa
  • Patent number: 10041387
    Abstract: An exhaust device structure for a rocking vehicle includes: a front side exhaust device and a rear side exhaust device muffling exhaust gas noise from an engine; the front side exhaust device and the rear side exhaust device including a front side exhaust pipe and a rear side exhaust pipe having upstream ends connected to exhaust ports of the engine and a first muffler and a second muffler connected to downstream ends of the front side exhaust pipe and the rear side exhaust pipe, the first muffler and the second muffler being disposed on a lower side of the vehicle, the first muffler and the second muffler being arranged to be separated from each other in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle, and the first muffler and the second muffler being arranged so as to be separated from each other in a left-right direction with respect to a vehicle center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Nakata, Yuzuru Ishikawa, Toru Ukawa
  • Publication number: 20170183994
    Abstract: An exhaust device structure for a rocking vehicle includes: a front side exhaust device and a rear side exhaust device muffling exhaust gas noise from an engine; the front side exhaust device and the rear side exhaust device including a front side exhaust pipe and a rear side exhaust pipe having upstream ends connected to exhaust ports of the engine and a first muffler and a second muffler connected to downstream ends of the front side exhaust pipe and the rear side exhaust pipe, the first muffler and the second muffler being disposed on a lower side of the vehicle, the first muffler and the second muffler being arranged to be separated from each other in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle, and the first muffler and the second muffler being arranged so as to be separated from each other in a left-right direction with respect to a vehicle center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato NAKATA, Yuzuru ISHIKAWA, Toru UKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170088226
    Abstract: In a saddle-ride type vehicle in which a cylinder includes a cylinder head and a cylinder head cover that covers an upper portion of the cylinder head, a vehicle body frame includes a head cover adjoining portion that adjoins the cylinder head cover. At least a part of the cylinder head cover overlaps the head cover adjoining portion as viewed from a direction along a cylinder axis that is a center axis of the cylinder. The head cover adjoining portion extends rearward such that the cylinder head cover is exposed outside in a side view. The foregoing configuration seeks to affect the ease of mounting and dismounting a saddle-ride vehicle having a power unit with a cylinder arranged upward and the vehicle body frame for supporting the power unit by reducing the left-right width of a vehicle body frame while allowing a cylinder head cover to be attachable and detachable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Akihiro YAMASHITA, Yuzuru ISHIKAWA, Toru UKAWA, Daisuke UMIKAWA
  • Patent number: 8936123
    Abstract: A vehicle comprising a vehicle body frame (11), a front cowl (72) provided in front of the vehicle body frame, and a headlight unit (59) mounted within the width, in the vehicle's lateral direction, of the front cowl. The headlight unit has, on the opposite sides thereof, recesses (115L, 115R) recessed inward in the vehicle's lateral direction. Air intake openings (111L, 111R) for introducing air in front of the front cowl into the inner side of the front cowl are formed between the headlight unit and the front cowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kogo, Eiji Toriyama, Kenji Morita, Gen Tanabe, Toru Ukawa, Hajime Soda
  • Publication number: 20110155493
    Abstract: A vehicle comprising a vehicle body frame (11), a front cowl (72) provided in front of the vehicle body frame, and a headlight unit (59) mounted within the width, in the vehicle's lateral direction, of the front cowl. The headlight unit has, on the opposite sides thereof, recesses (115L, 115R) recessed inward in the vehicle's lateral direction. Air intake openings (111L, 111R) for introducing air in front of the front cowl into the inner side of the front cowl are formed between the headlight unit and the front cowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kogo, Eiji Toriyama, Kenji Morita, Gen Tanabe, Toru Ukawa, Hajime Soda