Patents Assigned to Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20230150611
    Abstract: A small planing watercraft includes: a body including a storage box and a lid, the storage box including an opening, the lid releasably closing the opening; an opening and closing sensor detecting opening and closing of the lid; and processing circuitry determining whether the lid is open based on a result of detection of the opening and closing sensor, and, when determining that the lid is open, outputting a signal indicating that the lid is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu UOZUMI, Hideaki EBISUI, Kazuki UEDA
  • Patent number: 11649005
    Abstract: A straddle vehicle includes a headlight and a first wind-receiving surface. The headlight emits light forward. The first wind-receiving surface is disposed below and adjacent to the headlight and provided so that it is positioned higher as it approaches rearward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomo Yamamoto, Kohei Akita
  • Patent number: 11643175
    Abstract: A personal watercraft includes a watercraft body including a deck. The deck includes a side-opening storage recessed inward to accommodate items. The side-opening storage has an opening facing outward in a width direction of the watercraft body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Araki, Yu Shibuta, Kazunori Yamada
  • Patent number: 11643174
    Abstract: A small planing watercraft with an imaging device includes: the imaging device incorporated in the small planing watercraft, and capturing an image of surroundings of the small planing watercraft; and a display device incorporated in the small planing watercraft at a location where the display device is recognizable by an operator of the small planing watercraft, and displaying the image of surroundings captured by the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Kato, Toshio Araki, Hiroaki Maeda, Yoshinobu Uozumi
  • Patent number: 11644094
    Abstract: A power unit includes a prime mover and a belt continuously variable transmission. The belt continuously variable transmission includes a drive pulley, a driven pulley, a belt wound around the drive pulley and the driven pulley, and a housing forming an accommodation space in which the belt is disposed. The belt continuously variable transmission changes a speed of rotation produced by drive power output from the prime mover. The power unit further includes a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the belt or a temperature corresponding to the temperature of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Itoo, Ayumi Hamada, Nobuyuki Nishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20230134048
    Abstract: An exhaust structure for an engine includes: a catalyst converter configured to purify exhaust gas of the engine; a catalyst pipe in which the catalyst converter is accommodated; and a lead-out pipe configured to lead the exhaust gas to the catalyst pipe. The lead-out pipe is closed at a downstream end thereof, and has a plurality of discharge holes formed in a peripheral wall thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kunal Shamsundar KOYANDE, Hisatoyo ARIMA, Kozo SUZUKI, Yasuhiko KANATAKE, Hiroshi KATO, Akio FUJIKI, Tomoyuki TAKESHITA, Kazuki AIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11639098
    Abstract: A straddle vehicle includes: an on-vehicle part disposed behind an engine and including a battery; and a traveling wind passage structure disposed at a lateral side of the on-vehicle part. The battery includes a heat radiator exposed a side surface of the battery. The traveling wind passage structure includes: an inflow port into which traveling wind flows; a outflow port from which the traveling wind flows; and a side wall that is located between the inflow port and the outflow port and defines a passage between the side wall and a side surface of the on-vehicle part. The passage includes: a heat exchange region adjacently located at a lateral side of the heat radiator; and an upstream region adjacently located upstream of the heat exchange region. A passage sectional area of the heat exchange region is smaller than a passage sectional area of the upstream region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11628761
    Abstract: An aiming mechanism 10 includes a headlight 3, a supporter 4 that supports the headlight 3 on a vehicle body 1 such that the headlight 3 is rotatable about a predetermined rotation axis X, and an adjuster 6 that adjusts the rotation angle of the headlight 3 about the rotation axis X. The adjuster 6 is located accessible from above the vehicle body 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Takada, Ryo Sekoguchi
  • Patent number: 11628900
    Abstract: A straddle vehicle includes a vehicle body, a headlamp main body, and a driver circuit. The driver circuit drives the headlamp main body. The headlamp main body includes a housing that accommodates a light emission member. The driver circuit is disposed outside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomo Yamamoto, Takashi Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 11624427
    Abstract: A spider is screwed to a drive shaft, includes a first screw that advances in one direction of an axial direction of the drive shaft when the spider rotates relative to the drive shaft in one direction of a circumferential direction, and is fastened to the drive shaft by the first screw. A nut is screwed to the drive shaft, includes a second screw that advances in the other direction of the axial direction of the drive shaft when the nut rotates relative to the drive shaft in one direction of the circumferential direction, and is fastened to the drive shaft by the second screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Itoo, Yasuhiro Kuji, Shouji Ozawa, Kaoru Oda, Ryosuke Fujino, Hisashi Takeuchi, Manabu Hidaka
  • Publication number: 20230109484
    Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes: a motor which is a driving power source; a battery which powers the motor; a duct which supplies incoming wind to the battery; and a rear fender which is disposed above a rear wheel and houses the battery. The rear fender includes, behind the battery, a discharge hole which discharges the incoming wind supplied by the duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shusei UENO, Shinji IKEDA, Mitsuru KOBAYASHI, Tomoya SUGIYAMA, Takumi UEMOTO, Masaya OHTA
  • Publication number: 20230103828
    Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes: an engine disposed between a front wheel and a rear wheel; a fuel tank disposed above the engine; a generator mounted to a crankshaft of the engine; and an inverter that supplies output of the generator to a battery. The inverter is disposed behind a head pipe, above a crankcase and below the fuel tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke OHORI, Tetsuji YAMAMOTO, Masaki NISHIYABU, Takuya NOAMI, Shusei UENO, Shinji IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11618428
    Abstract: An electric supercharger-equipped moving machine includes: an engine; a supercharger configured to increase intake pressure of the engine; an electric motor including a motor driving shaft; a power transmitting path including a power transmitting shaft through which driving power of the engine is transmitted to a propulsive power generating body; and a switching clutch configured to be able to block power transmission from the electric motor to the power transmitting shaft. The motor driving shaft is connected to the supercharger so as to be able to drive the supercharger when the switching clutch is in a disengaged state. The motor driving shaft is connected to the power transmitting shaft so as to be able to drive the propulsive power generating body when the switching clutch is in an engaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Masaki Nishiyabu
  • Patent number: 11608663
    Abstract: In a door striker attaching structure, a door striker includes a rod and a base plate, in which the base plate includes rod support portions to which the rod is connected, and a pair of fastening portions through which the base plate is fastened to a vehicle body of a utility vehicle. The vehicle body is provided with fastening holes to which the fastening portions are fastened, and each of the fastening holes is an elongated hole having two central portions. The door striker is symmetric with respect to a first center line that connects centers of the fastening portions, and by inverting the door striker along the first center line, a second center line that connects centers of the rod support portions is biased in a direction along the first center line by a distance equal to a central distance between the central portions of the fastening holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Hisamura, Masato Kinoshita, Akihiro Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 11607945
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes: an engine including a crankshaft; an electric motor including a motor drive shaft; a power transmission shaft to which a total of drive power from the engine and drive power from the electric motor is transmitted; and a switching dog clutch located on a power transmission route from the crankshaft to the power transmission shaft, the switching dog clutch including a switching dog structure slidable to cut off the power transmission route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshimoto Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11611651
    Abstract: A calling system for a personal watercraft includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: obtain a specific state signal indicating that the personal watercraft is in a given specific state; and wirelessly transmit a calling signal based on the specific state signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tsubone, Shuichi Miyanishi, Tokishin Nishinaka, Nobuyuki Nishiguchi
  • Patent number: 11597472
    Abstract: A control device of a gear transmission-equipped vehicle includes a power controller that starts power reduction control when it is determined that a start condition is satisfied, the power reduction control being control of reducing power transmitted from a driving source to a gear transmission. The start condition includes: a condition that a detection value of a gear position sensor that detects a current gear position of the gear transmission falls within a transition region between engagement regions corresponding to respective gear positions; and a condition that a speed difference obtained by subtracting a rotational speed of an output shaft of the gear transmission from a rotational speed of an input shaft of the gear transmission is a threshold or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo Ueda, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Kazuki Arima
  • Patent number: 11591036
    Abstract: An information transmission device applied to an open moving machine driven by a driver who is exposed to an outside of the moving machine includes: a vibrator configured to vibrate a component of the moving machine, the driver in a driving posture being in contact with the component; and a controller communicably connected to an information providing device and configured to control the vibrator and a voice output device configured to output voice to the driver, the information providing device being configured to provide utterance information to the driver as information to be transmitted to the driver. The controller makes the vibrator operate when making the voice output device output the utterance information to the driver by the voice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Masanori Kinuhata
  • Publication number: 20230054594
    Abstract: A small watercraft system includes: a watercraft body; a watercraft body manipulation member through which a watercraft body manipulation command is input by an operator; a drive source that allows the watercraft body to plane; a steering device that allows the watercraft body to be steered; and a control device that controls the drive source and the steering device to operate the watercraft body. The control device determines whether a mode switching condition is satisfied, the mode switching condition including an operator's absence condition that the operator is absent from the watercraft body. Upon determining that the mode switching condition is satisfied, the control device executes an operator-absent manipulation mode in which the control device moves the watercraft body by controlling the drive source and the steering device based on an operator-absent manipulation command independent of the watercraft body manipulation command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori KATO, Toshio ARAKI, Hiroshi TOMOMORI, Kazumasa HISADA, Daisuke KAWAI, Shohei TERAI, Takuya SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11577797
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: a seat arranged in a vehicle interior; a seat mounting frame to which the seat is mounted; a vehicle body frame to which the seat mounting frame is mounted; and a seat cover that is arranged below the seat, and defines a lower side of the vehicle interior and covers the seat from below. The seat mounting frame and the vehicle body frame are arranged above and below the seat cover and are mounted so as to sandwich the seat cover. The seat of one of multiple seat types is mounted to the vehicle body frame via the seat mounting frame above the seat cover common to the multiple seat types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Yamamoto, Kenta Takada