Patents Assigned to Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240124109
    Abstract: An operation assistance system for a small watercraft includes: a position specification unit that specifies an abnormality occurrence position, which is a position where an abnormality has occurred, when the abnormality has occurred in a small watercraft; a transmission unit that transmits information on the abnormality occurrence position specified by the position specification unit; and a processing circuit, in which the processing circuit includes a storage unit that stores information on the abnormality occurrence position transmitted from the transmission unit, and an information provision unit that creates predetermined operation assistance information based on information on the abnormality occurrence position stored in the storage unit and transmits the created operation assistance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio ARAKI, Kazumasa HISADA, Daisuke KAWAI, Shohei TERAI, Takuya SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240124072
    Abstract: At a floor drain, a groove extending in an up-down direction is located at a peripheral edge of a drain opening, and a cap has a circular columnar body extending in the up-down direction, a flange disposed at an outer peripheral surface of the body and mounted on the peripheral edge, and a claw disposed lower than the flange at the outer peripheral surface of the body and having an upper surface inclined upward toward one side in a circumferential direction of the body. The upper surface of the claw and a lower surface of the peripheral edge contact each other to close the drain opening in such a manner that the body is rotated to the other side in the circumferential direction with the claw inserted downward into the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya ITO
  • Publication number: 20240124115
    Abstract: A personal watercraft includes: a watercraft body; an operation unit operated by a driver aboard the watercraft body; a turning attitude detection unit that detects a turning attitude that is an attitude of the watercraft body when the driver performs operation of turning the watercraft body; a behavior adjustment actuator that adjusts behavior of the watercraft body; and a control unit that controls the behavior adjustment actuator based on the turning attitude detected by the turning attitude detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki KUROYANAGI
  • Patent number: 11958489
    Abstract: A tire force estimator includes a measuring unit configured to measure an acceleration of a vehicle body of a four-wheeled vehicle in a horizontal direction and an acceleration of at least one of four wheels of the four-wheeled vehicle in a vertical direction; and a processing unit configured to estimate a tire force acting on the at least one wheel from a ground surface in the vertical direction based on the acceleration of the vehicle body in the horizontal direction and the acceleration of the at least one wheel in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takenori Terada
  • Publication number: 20240109416
    Abstract: A display system is a system which can set a first travel mode and a second travel mode. A display system includes: a display displaying an information image indicating vehicle information to be superimposed on a background pattern; and a circuitry controlling a display on the display so that a first background pattern is set as the background pattern when the first travel mode is set and a second background pattern visually recognized to be different from the first background pattern is set as the background pattern when the second travel mode is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Jiwon SEO
  • Publication number: 20240109417
    Abstract: A display system for a vehicle is a system for a vehicle which can perform boost traveling. This display system includes: a display displaying a boost information image including a boost limitation condition information image indicating boost limitation condition information; and a circuitry controlling display of the display to change a display area of the boost limitation condition information image in accordance with a limitation condition in the boost traveling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Jiwon SEO
  • Publication number: 20240109629
    Abstract: A personal watercraft includes: a watercraft body including a boarding section on which a driver boards and a sub-boarding section on which a mounted object other than the driver is mounted; a mounted object overboard detection unit that detects that the mounted object has fallen overboard from the watercraft body; and a notification unit that performs notification control to notify the driver of the falling overboard through a specific control target when the mounted object overboard detection unit detects that the mounted object has fallen overboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio ARAKI, Hiroshi YAGII, Tetsuya IWATA
  • Patent number: 11939020
    Abstract: A saddle-type vehicle includes an engine, a vehicle body frame, a fuel tank, and a fuel pump configured to supply fuel from the fuel tank to the engine. The vehicle body frame includes a head pipe, one main frame extending rearward and downward from the head pipe, a cross member connected to the rear end of the main frame and extending in the vehicle width direction, a pair of left and right body frames extending downward and rearward from the cross member, and a pair of left and right seat rails connected to the pair of left and right body frames, respectively. The cross member is disposed in front of the fuel pump. The pair of left and right body frames are arranged to sandwich the fuel pump in the vehicle width direction in a top view, and are connected to the cross member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kashihara, Hiroshi Tamura, Satoshi Morotomi
  • Patent number: 11939021
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes a camera stay, a camera, a vibration reduction cover, and an attachment cover. The camera photographs the front area of the motorcycle. The vibration reduction cover is made of the elastic material and covers at least two surfaces of the camera facing each other. The attachment cover holds the camera via the vibration reduction cover and is attached to the camera stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Saeki, Shinji Ikeda, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11932341
    Abstract: A ride includes a first device and a second device. The first device has an adjustment mechanism. The second device has an adjustment mechanism. Any one of the first device and the second device is a lighting device in which a direction of a light source of light is adjustable. An opening is formed in the ride. The adjustment mechanism of the first device and the adjustment of the second device can be operated by being accessed from outside through the same opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11936281
    Abstract: A generator cooling structure of an engine including a crankshaft and a generator arranged on one end side of the crankshaft includes a crankcase that houses the crankshaft and a generator cover that is coupled to the crankcase in order to house the generator. The generator has a rotor fixed to the crankshaft and a stator fixed in position with respect to the generator cover. A cooling medium supply passage, which is arranged in the direction of the one end side of the crankshaft in the stator in order to supply the cooling medium to the stator, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Takagi
  • Patent number: 11932345
    Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left wheel, a right wheel, left and right bearings, left and right axle, left arm, right arm, and lean mechanism. The left arm supports the left wheel from inside in a vehicle width direction. The right arm supports the right wheel from inside in the vehicle width direction. The lean mechanism causes the left wheel and the right wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The single bearing is inserted into a hub hole of the left wheel. The single bearing is inserted into a hub hole of the right wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakajima, Hiroshi Ishii, Taro Iwamoto, Kazuya Nagasaka, Taichi Inaba
  • Patent number: 11926388
    Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a lean mechanism, and a lean brake mechanism. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean brake mechanism brakes a leaning operation of the lean mechanism. The lean brake mechanism includes a brake caliper and a brake disc. The brake caliper is attached to the lean mechanism and has a brake pad. The brake disc is attached to the lower arm of the upper arm and the lower arm that is farther from the brake pad in the front view, has a contact portion that generates braking force by being pressed by the brake pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Taro Iwamoto, Takeshi Nakajima, Hiroshi Ishii, Kazuya Nagasaka, Taichi Inaba
  • Patent number: 11926391
    Abstract: A motor is to be mounted on a vehicle as a drive source. The motor includes a motor shaft extending in an axial direction, a drive gear provided on the motor shaft, a gear shaft extending in the axial direction, a driven gear provided on the gear shaft and coupled to the drive gear, a rotating member, an inner bearing that supports the gear shaft, and an outer bearing that supports the gear shaft. The rotating member is provided on the gear shaft and is configured to be coupled to a power transmission member that transmits power to a wheel of the vehicle. The rotating member is located between the inner bearing and the outer bearing in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Nishiyabu, Takuya Noami
  • Publication number: 20240075808
    Abstract: An off-road vehicle includes a seat located adjacent to an entrance in a vehicle compartment, and a storage located below the seat and having a housing space therein. The storage has an access opening opened to the entrance such that the housing space is accessible from the entrance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Yumi MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20240075812
    Abstract: A spread assist device for assisting spreading by a spreader apparatus according to an embodiment includes a position detector configured to detect a position of the spreader apparatus and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain spread width information indicating a spread width of the spreading object to be spread by the spreader apparatus, obtain tracking information of the detected position of the spreader apparatus detected by the position detector, and generate a virtual overhead view image including a spread path based on the obtained spread width information and tracking information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryo NISHIO
  • Patent number: 11919604
    Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a vehicle body, a left front wheel, a right front wheel, a lean mechanism, and a lean brake mechanism. The lean mechanism causes the left front wheel and the right front wheel to lean about a front-rear direction as a rotation center when the vehicle body leans about the front-rear direction as a rotation center. The lean brake mechanism brakes a leaning operation of the lean mechanism. The lean brake mechanism includes a brake disc and brake pads. The brake disc is attached to an upper arm or a lower arm. The brake pads, which are attached such that their position relative to the brake disc changes in the leaning operation, produce a frictional force against the brake disc in the leaning operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Nakajima, Hiroshi Ishii, Taro Iwamoto, Kazuya Nagasaka, Taichi Inaba
  • Patent number: 11919587
    Abstract: A vehicle including an engine body that has a crankcase that rotatably supports a crankshaft, a cylinder, and a cylinder head provided with an intake port and an exhaust port, in which a central axis of the crankshaft extends in the vehicle width direction, a CVT disposed on a side portion in the vehicle width direction of the engine body, a transmission disposed on one side in a front-rear direction of the engine body, an intake pipe connected to the intake port, an air cleaner connected to the intake pipe, an exhaust pipe connected to the exhaust port, and an exhaust muffler connected to the exhaust pipe. At least a part of each of the transmission, the intake pipe, the air cleaner, the exhaust pipe, and the exhaust muffler is disposed in a region where the engine body is projected in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro Jyouzaki
  • Patent number: 11912113
    Abstract: A door assembly includes a door that turns between a fully-closed position and a fully-open position to open or close a door opening, and hinges that support a front edge portion of the door and are provided such that the trajectory of the center of gravity of the door when the door turns from the fully-closed position to the fully-open position is curved upwardly in an up-down direction and the highest point of the trajectory is positioned between both ends of the trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Teruaki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: D1017471
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Marika Satake