Patents by Inventor Tsubasa Ishii
Tsubasa Ishii 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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Publication number: 20230340688Abstract: An object is to precisely grasping, in real time, film thickness of a plated film during a plating process. A plating apparatus comprises: a plating tank for storing plating liquid; a substrate holder for holding a substrate; an anode arranged in the plating tank in such a manner that it faces the substrate held by the substrate holder; an electric potential sensor constructed in such a manner that it is arranged in a position close to the substrate held by the substrate holder, and measures electric potential of the plating liquid; and a state space model constructed to estimate current density of current flowing through an outer edge part of the substrate, based on a measured value of electric potential of the plating liquid obtained by the electric potential sensor and by using a state equation and an observation equation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Tsubasa ISHII, Masashi SHIMOYAMA, Masashi OBUCHI, Koichi MASUYA, Ryosuke HIWATASHI
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Publication number: 20230279579Abstract: Provided is a plating apparatus capable of improving uniformity of a plating film formed on a substrate. The plating apparatus includes a plating tank, a substrate holder that holds a substrate, and an anode disposed in the plating tank to oppose the substrate held by the substrate holder. The plating apparatus also includes a conduit having a first portion including an opening end disposed in a region between the substrate held by the substrate holder and the anode, and a second portion apart from the region between the substrate held by the substrate holder and the anode, the conduit having at least a part filled with a plating solution, and a potential sensor that is disposed in the second portion of the conduit and that is configured to measure a potential of the plating solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Tsubasa ISHII, Masashi SHIMOYAMA, Masashi OBUCHI, Koichi MASUYA
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Patent number: 11319012Abstract: A saddle-riding type vehicle is provided in which a water-cooled internal combustion engine, a radiator and a fuel tank are supported on a vehicle body frame. A canister that collects fuel vaporized within the fuel tank is disposed in front of the radiator in a vehicle fore-and-aft direction when viewed from a side. This can enhance the effect in cooling the canister.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiko Shimizu, Tsubasa Ishii, Nobuyuki Shimomura
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Publication number: 20190375475Abstract: A saddle-riding type vehicle is provided in which a water-cooled internal combustion engine, a radiator and a fuel tank are supported on a vehicle body frame. A canister that collects fuel vaporized within the fuel tank is disposed in front of the radiator in a vehicle fore-and-aft direction when viewed from a side. This can enhance the effect in cooling the canister.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: December 12, 2019Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiko SHIMIZU, Tsubasa ISHII, Nobuyuki SHIMOMURA
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Patent number: 9644584Abstract: A vehicle fuel supply structure with an improved fuel filter for easy maintenance of the fuel filter. A vehicle fuel supply structure includes fuel in a fuel tank that is sucked by a fuel pump and supplied to a fuel injection valve disposed in a throttle body via a secondary fuel filter adapted to filter the fuel to remove foreign matter therein. A regulator is provided for regulating fuel pressure. The secondary fuel filter, the regulator and the fuel injection valve are connected by fuel pipes. A third fuel filter is installed at least in an inlet side connecting portion between the regulator and a regulator inlet side fuel pipe, of the fuel pipes, on the side where fuel enters the regulator.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsubasa Ishii, Shosuke Suzuki, Tsutomu Muraoka, Takatomo Enami
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Patent number: 9377144Abstract: A quick connector includes a female member and a male member. The male member includes a retaining member to connect the male member and the female member. The retaining member includes an operated portion provided at an extending end of the extending portion and a claw portion. The female member includes a window portion with which the claw portion of the retaining member comes into engagement. The engagement is releasable by elastically deforming the operated portion of the retaining member toward the axis line of the male member. A release tool includes at least one operating portion which is configured to come into contact with the at least one operated portion of the retaining member to press the at least one operated portion toward the axis line of the male member so as to release connection between the male member and the female member.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2010Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Tsubasa Ishii
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Patent number: 9211930Abstract: The motorcycle includes a power unit having a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, the fuel injection system mounted to the power unit, a fuel tank, a fuel pump unit by which fuel in the fuel tank is supplied to the fuel injection system, and the fuel filter device. The fuel supply system for the motorcycle includes the fuel filter device that is cylindrical in shape, the pressure regulator cylindrical in shape is mounted to an outside portion of the fuel filter device, with its cylinder axis inclined against the cylinder axis of the fuel filter device. A fuel pipe extends from an outlet pipe of the pressure regulator to the fuel injection system in a connecting manner.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Tsubasa Ishii
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Publication number: 20130239928Abstract: A vehicle fuel supply structure with an improved fuel filter for easy maintenance of the fuel filter. A vehicle fuel supply structure includes fuel in a fuel tank that is sucked by a fuel pump and supplied to a fuel injection valve disposed in a throttle body via a secondary fuel filter adapted to filter the fuel to remove foreign matter therein. A regulator is provided for regulating fuel pressure. The secondary fuel filter, the regulator and the fuel injection valve are connected by fuel pipes. A third fuel filter is installed at least in an inlet side connecting portion between the regulator and a regulator inlet side fuel pipe, of the fuel pipes, on the side where fuel enters the regulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsubasa ISHII, Shosuke SUZUKI, Tsutomu MURAOKA, Takatomo ENAMI
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Patent number: 8534406Abstract: A motorcycle has a large accommodating space and an enlarged capacity of a fuel filter. The motorcycle includes: a fuel tank disposed on the upper side of the rear wheel and on the rear side of the luggage box; a rear fender provided between the rear frames and, disposed between the luggage box and the rear wheel, and covering the rear wheel on the front and upper sides of the rear wheel; a fuel supply path; and a fuel secondary filter. The rear fender is so disposed that its front portion faces a rear wall of the luggage box, the front portion is inclined rearwardly upward so that the distance thereto from the rear wall increases along an upward direction, and the fuel secondary filter is disposed between the rear wall of the luggage box and the front portion of the rear fender.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventors: Makoto Nakajin, Masaru Hisadomi, Hiroshi Yamada, Mitsuru Terada, Tsubasa Ishii
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Publication number: 20130206663Abstract: A fuel filter device is provided in which a filter assembly having filter layers of first multiple layers is provided in a fuel flow path extending from the interior of a fuel tank to fuel consumption means via a fuel pump, and the finest filter layer is disposed downstream-most in filter layers of second multiple layers forming at least part of the first multiple layers, wherein an aggregation-promoting part (24A) that promotes aggregation of dust in fuel by changing the flow direction or flow velocity of fuel is provided in the filter assembly (20A) so that aggregation of dust in fuel is promoted before the upstream side of at least the second finest filter layer (22A) of the filter layers (21A, 22A, 23A) among the second multiple layers. This enables the durability of the fuel filter device to be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Ito, Tsubasa Ishii, Hideaki Ando, Fujio Umebayashi, Junichi Toda, Keita Kinoshita, Hiroaki Oto
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Patent number: 8459236Abstract: The motorcycle includes a power unit having an output shaft in a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, a fuel injection system mounted to the power unit, the fuel tank, the fuel pump unit by which a fuel in the fuel tank is supplied to the fuel injection system through a fuel passage, the fuel filter device connected to the fuel passage on the downstream side relative to the fuel pump unit, and a shock absorber provided in a vertically oriented state on the front side of a rear wheel. The fuel supply system for the motorcycle includes the fuel pump unit being disposed outside the fuel tank, on the rear side of the output shaft and on the front side of the rear cushion, and the fuel filter device is disposed on the upper side of the crankcase.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsubasa Ishii, Mitsuru Terada
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Patent number: 8439145Abstract: A scooter-type vehicle can freely set a capacity of a fuel filter without being restricted by swing of a unit-swing type engine. A cross pipe is spanned between a pair of left and right lower frames and a lower end of a down frame is connected to a central portion of the cross pipe. A fuel filter is disposed so that its lower end is higher by distance than the lower end of cross pipe. The fuel filter is disposed between the down frame and the fuel tank. Since the fuel filter is disposed in front of the fuel tank, it is not restricted by the swing of an engine located rearward of the fuel tank. Therefore, a capacity of the fuel filter can freely be set.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventors: Hiroshi Yamada, Mitsuru Terada, Tsubasa Ishii
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Patent number: 8387736Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus is provided having an increased curvature of radius of a fuel pipe. The fuel supply apparatus is provided with a pressure regulator, disposed at a middle portion of a fuel supply pipe interconnecting a fuel pump and an injector, in which fuel is supplied to the pressure regulator from the fuel pump via the fuel pipe, and is then supplied from the pressure regulator to the injector via a fuel pipe and extra fuel is returned from the pressure regulator to a fuel tank via a return pipe. The pressure regulator is disposed in front of a storage box, the fuel pipe and the return pipe are disposed on opposite sides of the storage box, respectively, the pressure regulator is disposed in front of the storage box, and the fuel pipe and the return pipe are disposed in a substantially U-shaped configuration.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsubasa Ishii, Makoto Nakajin
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Patent number: 8371270Abstract: The motorcycle includes a power unit having a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, a throttle body mounted to the power unit, a fuel injection system mounted on the throttle body, a fuel tank, the fuel pump unit by which a fuel in the fuel tank is supplied to the fuel injection system, and the fuel filter device. The fuel supply system for the motorcycle includes the fuel filter device disposed so as to overlap with the throttle body when viewed in the vehicle width direction, an upper portion of an outer case of the fuel filter device is supported by an engine hanger boss for fixing the power unit to a body frame of the motorcycle, and a lower portion of the outer case is supported by the crankcase.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tsubasa Ishii
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Patent number: 8297395Abstract: A scooter-type vehicle can freely set a capacity of a fuel filter without being restricted by swing of a unit-swing type engine. A fuel supply device includes a fuel tank and a fuel supply passage for supplying fuel to an engine. A pump-anterior filter for purifying the fuel in the fuel tank, a fuel pump, a fuel filter disposed on the downstream side of the fuel pump, and an injector for injecting fuel are arranged on the fuel supply passage in this order. The fuel filter is disposed between the upper surface of the fuel tank and the step floor. The size of the fuel filter can freely be set without being restricted by swing of the engine located rearward of the fuel tank.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Yamada, Mitsuru Terada, Tsubasa Ishii
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Publication number: 20110186370Abstract: A fuel supply apparatus is provided having an increased curvature of radius of a fuel pipe. The fuel supply apparatus is provided with a pressure regulator, disposed at a middle portion of a fuel supply pipe interconnecting a fuel pump and an injector, in which fuel is supplied to the pressure regulator from the fuel pump via the fuel pipe, and is then supplied from the pressure regulator to the injector via a fuel pipe and extra fuel is returned from the pressure regulator to a fuel tank via a return pipe. The pressure regulator is disposed in front of a storage box, the fuel pipe and the return pipe are disposed on opposite sides of the storage box, respectively, the pressure regulator is disposed in front of the storage box, and the fuel pipe and the return pipe are disposed in a substantially U-shaped configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsubasa ISHII, Makoto NAKAJIN
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Publication number: 20110073079Abstract: The motorcycle includes a power unit having an output shaft in a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, a fuel injection system mounted to the power unit, the fuel tank, the fuel pump unit by which a fuel in the fuel tank is supplied to the fuel injection system through a fuel passage, the fuel filter device connected to the fuel passage on the downstream side relative to the fuel pump unit, and a shock absorber provided in a vertically oriented state on the front side of a rear wheel. The fuel supply system for the motorcycle includes the fuel pump unit being disposed outside the fuel tank, on the rear side of the output shaft and on the front side of the rear cushion, and the fuel filter device is disposed on the upper side of the crankcase.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Inventors: Tsubasa ISHII, Mitsuru TERADA
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Publication number: 20110073400Abstract: A motorcycle has a large accommodating space and an enlarged capacity of a fuel filter. The motorcycle includes: a fuel tank disposed on the upper side of the rear wheel and on the rear side of the luggage box; a rear fender provided between the rear frames and, disposed between the luggage box and the rear wheel, and covering the rear wheel on the front and upper sides of the rear wheel; a fuel supply path; and a fuel secondary filter. The rear fender is so disposed that its front portion faces a rear wall of the luggage box, the front portion is inclined rearwardly upward so that the distance thereto from the rear wall increases along an upward direction, and the fuel secondary filter is disposed between the rear wall of the luggage box and the front portion of the rear fender.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Nakajin, Masaru Hisadomi, Hiroshi Yamada, Mitsuru Terada, Tsubasa Ishii
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Publication number: 20110073073Abstract: The motorcycle includes a power unit having a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, a throttle body mounted to the power unit, a fuel injection system mounted on the throttle body, a fuel tank, the fuel pump unit by which a fuel in the fuel tank is supplied to the fuel injection system, and the fuel filter device. The fuel supply system for the motorcycle includes the fuel filter device disposed so as to overlap with the throttle body when viewed in the vehicle width direction, an upper portion of an outer case of the fuel filter device is supported by an engine hanger boss for fixing the power unit to a body frame of the motorcycle, and a lower portion of the outer case is supported by the crankcase.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Inventor: Tsubasa ISHII
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Publication number: 20110073075Abstract: The motorcycle includes a power unit having a crankcase of an internal combustion engine, the fuel injection system mounted to the power unit, a fuel tank, a fuel pump unit by which fuel in the fuel tank is supplied to the fuel injection system, and the fuel filter device. The fuel supply system for the motorcycle includes the fuel filter device that is cylindrical in shape, the pressure regulator cylindrical in shape is mounted to an outside portion of the fuel filter device, with its cylinder axis inclined against the cylinder axis of the fuel filter device. A fuel pipe extends from an outlet pipe of the pressure regulator to the fuel injection system in a connecting manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Inventor: Tsubasa Ishii