Patents by Inventor Yoshitaka Yanagibashi

Yoshitaka Yanagibashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240143091
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an operation member that is rotationally operable, a rotation detection substrate provided with a rotation detector configured to detect rotation of the operation member, a capacitance detector provided inside the operation member and configured to output a detection signal in accordance with capacitance, a signal transfer unit configured to transfer the detection signal to the rotation detection substrate, and a touch operation detector to which the detection signal is input through the rotation detection substrate, the touch operation detector being configured to detect a tap operation and a slide operation as a touch operation onto an outer surface of the operation member based on change in the detection signal due to the touch operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Takahiro AKIMOTO, Yoshitaka HASHIMOTO, Taro FUCHIGAMI, Haruhisa UEDA, Nagisa YANAGIBASHI, Takayuki IWASA
  • Publication number: 20240137643
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an operation member that is rotationally operable, a rotational operation detector configured to detect a rotational operation onto the operation member, a touch operation detector configured to detect a touch operation onto the operation member, a state detector configured to detect a state of the electronic apparatus, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to execute a function in accordance with the rotational operation and the touch operation, and change setting about the rotational operation and the touch operation in accordance with the state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Haruhisa UEDA, Nagisa YANAGIBASHI, Taro FUCHIGAMI, Takahiro AKIMOTO, Yoshitaka HASHIMOTO, Takayuki IWASA
  • Patent number: 7422243
    Abstract: A fuel pump installation area for a vehicle for enhancing the stiffness of the fuel pump built in a fuel tank and for enhancing the stiffness of an installation area of a tank installation stay on the fuel tank side. In a motorcycle in which a fuel tank is installed to the body frame and a fuel pump is provided within this fuel tank, the fuel pump is installed to the fuel tank via a pump installation member. To the pump installation member, a tank installation stay for fixing the fuel tank to the body frame is installed. The left and right side walls may be formed by depressing the center of the underside of the fuel tank upwardly over the front and the rear. Concave-shaped engaging members are installed by engaging left and right convex portions provided on the body frame with these engaging members, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kudo, Yoshitaka Yanagibashi
  • Patent number: 7134422
    Abstract: In an air intake assembly, a portion of an inner peripheral wall of an intake funnel pipe is provided as a pivotally movable blocking body, so that when unthrottled, an inner wall surface of the blocking body is flush with the inner peripheral wall of the funnel pipe. The blocking body has a substantially trianglular outline shape, the apex of which is positioned on top when viewed along the axis of the support shaft. The support shaft is positioned at the apex of the blocking body, and allows pivotal movement of the blocking body, on the downstream side thereof, to allow adjustment of the rate of air flow through the funnel pipe. The blocking body within the funnel pipe of an air intake assembly allows a smooth flow of air therepast when actuated to throttle the air intake channel, and does not obstruct the air intake channel when inactive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yanagibashi, Koichi Kobayashi, Junji Higashiyama, Tetsuya Kudo
  • Patent number: 6991254
    Abstract: An inflator unit provided on a main frame of a motorcycle is provided with an inflator case having an inflator stored therein. Gas generated by the inflator flows through the interior of the main frame and is supplied to the airbag. The inflator case includes the left and right case halves divided along the parting plane and joined with each other by two bolts and the internal space thereof narrows towards an exit opening in the funnel shape. The axis Li of the inflator is shifted to the side opposite from the exit opening with respect to the axis Lc of the inflator case. A main frame may be formed with an atmosphere communication hole for communicating the interior of the main frame with the atmosphere at the position near the inflator case so that the atmosphere is introduced through the atmosphere communication port into the interior of the main frame by the negative pressure generated when gas flows from the inflator to the airbag. Thus, a large-volume airbag can be deployed by a small-capacity inflator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yanagibashi, Hideo Namiki, Akiko Tanaka, Hideki Akiyama, Takeshi Kuroe, Takenori Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6932379
    Abstract: To effectively restrain a rider on a seat provided at a rear portion of a vehicle body with an inflated air bag in a scooter type vehicle having a footrest for supporting the feet of the rider. An air bag that can be inflated so as to restrain a rider on a seat from the front side of the rider is accommodated in a folded condition inside a front end portion of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamazaki, Satoshi Iijima, Yoshitaka Yanagibashi, Takeshi Kuroe
  • Publication number: 20050066936
    Abstract: In an air intake assembly, a portion of an inner peripheral wall of an intake funnel pipe is provided as a pivotally movable blocking body, so that when unthrottled, an inner wall surface of the blocking body is flush with the inner peripheral wall of the funnel pipe. The blocking body has a substantially trianglular outline shape, the apex of which is positioned on top when viewed along the axis of the support shaft. The support shaft is positioned at the apex of the blocking body, and allows pivotal movement of the blocking body, on the downstream side thereof, to allow adjustment of the rate of air flow through the funnel pipe. The blocking body within the funnel pipe of an air intake assembly allows a smooth flow of air therepast when actuated to throttle the air intake channel, and does not obstruct the air intake channel when inactive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yanagibashi, Koichi Kobayashi, Junji Higashiyama, Tetsuya Kudo
  • Publication number: 20050045399
    Abstract: A fuel pump installation area for a vehicle for enhancing the stiffness of the fuel pump built in a fuel tank and for enhancing the stiffness of an installation area of a tank installation stay on the fuel tank side. In a motorcycle in which a fuel tank is installed to the body frame and a fuel pump is provided within this fuel tank, the fuel pump is installed to the fuel tank via a pump installation member. To the pump installation member, a tank installation stay for fixing the fuel tank to the body frame is installed. The left and right side walls may be formed by depressing the center of the underside of the fuel tank upwardly over the front and the rear. Concave-shaped engaging members are installed by engaging left and right convex portions provided on the body frame with these engaging members, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Takashi Kudo, Yoshitaka Yanagibashi
  • Patent number: 6854762
    Abstract: To secure the capacity of an inflator for deploying an airbag even when the airbag unit is downsized due to a limitation with respect to the mounting space. An airbag unit is disposed at the front portion of a fuel tank of a motorcycle V. A pair of inflator units is disposed on the left side and the right side of the centerline L of the vehicle body in a symmetrical manner. The inflators stored in the respective inflator units are connected to the airbag unit via gas supply hoses. Accordingly, even when a space for storing an inflator having a sufficient capacity cannot be provided in the airbag unit, the airbag can reliably be deployed by merging a sufficient amount of gas supplied from the inflators of a plurality of inflator units without any problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yanagibashi, Takeyasu Itabashi, Takenori Yamamoto, Takeshi Kuroe
  • Publication number: 20040026904
    Abstract: To effectively restrain a rider on a seat provided at a rear portion of a vehicle body with an inflated air bag in a scooter type vehicle having a footrest for supporting the feet of the rider. An air bag that can be inflated so as to restrain a rider on a seat from the front side of the rider is accommodated in a folded condition inside a front end portion of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamazaki, Satoshi Iijima, Yoshitaka Yanagibashi, Takeshi Kuroe
  • Patent number: 6681610
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an easy and cost effective process for extruding a tube having different intermediate sections in its longitudinal direction, and a die for forming a tube through this extrusion molding process. Tubes so formed may be used for a vehicle for example, particularly for the body frame of a motorcycle. The die for this extrusion molding process includes a fixed die and a movable variable die. The tube is formed by material extruded from an outflow passage which is formed by the superposition in the direction of extrusion of a fixed die hole and a variable die hole. The outflow passage has an opening for a tube wall for forming the wall of the tube, and openings for two intermediate walls for forming connecting walls in the inside space of the tube. The tube formed by this process is composed of a part having the connecting wall and a part having no connecting wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yanagibashi, Konomu Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20030137137
    Abstract: To secure the capacity of an inflator for deploying an airbag even when the airbag unit is downsized due to a limitation with respect to the mounting space. An airbag unit is disposed at the front portion of a fuel tank of a motorcycle V. A pair of inflator units is disposed on the left side and the right side of the centerline L of the vehicle body in a symmetrical manner. The inflators stored in the respective inflator units are connected to the airbag unit via gas supply hoses. Accordingly, even when a space for storing an inflator having a sufficient capacity cannot be provided in the airbag unit, the airbag can reliably be deployed by merging a sufficient amount of gas supplied from the inflators of a plurality of inflator units without any problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yanagibashi, Takeyasu Itabashi, Takenori Yamamoto, Takeshi Kuroe
  • Publication number: 20030132616
    Abstract: An inflator unit provided on a main frame of a motorcycle is provided with an inflator case having an inflator stored therein. Gas generated by the inflator flows through the interior of the main frame and is supplied to the airbag. The inflator case includes the left and right case halves divided along the parting plane and joined with each other by two bolts and the internal space thereof narrows towards an exit opening in the funnel shape. The axis Li of the inflator is shifted to the side opposite from the exit opening with respect to the axis Lc of the inflator case. A main frame may be formed with an atmosphere communication hole for communicating the interior of the main frame with the atmosphere at the position near the inflator case so that the atmosphere is introduced through the atmosphere communication port into the interior of the main frame by the negative pressure generated when gas flows from the inflator to the airbag. Thus, a large-volume airbag can be deployed by a small-capacity inflator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yanagibashi, Hideo Namiki, Akiko Tanaka, Hideki Akiyama, Takeshi Kuroe, Takenori Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20020108425
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an easy and cost effective process for extruding a tube having different intermediate sections in its longitudinal direction, and a die for forming a tube through this extrusion molding process. Tubes so formed may be used for a vehicle for example, particularly for the body frame of a motorcycle. The die for this extrusion molding process includes a fixed die and a movable variable die. The tube is formed by material extruded from an outflow passage which is formed by the superposition in the direction of extrusion of a fixed die hole and a variable die hole. The outflow passage has an opening for a tube wall for forming the wall of the tube, and openings for two intermediate walls for forming connecting walls in the inside space of the tube. The tube formed by this process is composed of a part having the connecting wall and a part having no connecting wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yanagibashi, Konomu Hoshi