Patents Assigned to Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
  • 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: 11578767
    Abstract: An oil feed structure includes: a hydraulic clutch; a power transmitting shaft coupled to the hydraulic clutch; a valve element inserted into the power transmitting shaft, and a spring configured to bias the valve element. The valve element includes: a pressure receiving surface facing in an axial direction of the power transmitting shaft and configured to receive hydraulic pressure of a hydraulic pressure oil passage; and a port communicable with a clutch lubrication hole of the power transmitting shaft. The spring biases the valve element toward the hydraulic pressure oil passage against the hydraulic pressure received by the pressure receiving surface. When clutch operating hydraulic pressure changes, the valve element moves in the axial direction to change an opening degree of communication between the port and the clutch lubrication hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Nishiyabu, Satoaki Ichi, Jun Tominaga
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11557275
    Abstract: A voice system of a moving machine is a voice system of a moving machine driven by a driver who is exposed to an outside of the moving machine and includes: a noise estimating section which estimates a future noise state based on information related to a noise generation factor; and a voice control section which changes an attribute of voice in accordance with the estimated noise state, the voice being voice to be output to the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Kinuhata, Daisuke Kawai, Shohei Terai, Hisanosuke Kawada, Hirotoshi Shimura
  • Patent number: 11548589
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes a pair of left and right front forks, a headlight, cover members (side cowls and light covers), and camera units. A front wheel is rotatably attached to the pair of left and right front forks. The headlight irradiates a forward side. The cover members each having an internal space are disposed at least laterally outside the pair of left and right front forks in a front view. The camera units detect the forward side by acquiring visible light which is one kind of electromagnetic waves (by acquiring images). In a front view, the camera units are disposed below the headlight and laterally outside the pair of left and right front forks. The camera units are disposed in the internal spaces of the cover members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke Saeki
  • Publication number: 20230001434
    Abstract: A coating liquid mixing device includes a supply tube including flow paths through which respective coating liquids flow and which are distally open; and a mixing nozzle communicating with an outlet of the supply tube so that the coating liquids flowing through the flow paths are supplied to an interior space, and including a reduced diameter portion in which the interior space is reduced toward an outlet so that an open area of the mixing nozzle is smaller than a total open area of the flow paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihiro NAKAGAWA, Hideki KAWAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11535099
    Abstract: [Technical problem] To provide a power transmission mechanism for a four-wheel drive vehicle in which a prime mover is disposed at a low position to lower the center of gravity of the vehicle while a driving path from a transmission to a front wheel differential mechanism is also shortened. [Solutions] In a power transmission mechanism for a four-wheel drive vehicle, the power of a prime mover is transmitted to a front wheel differential mechanism which is disposed in front of the prime mover, and to a rear wheel differential mechanism which is disposed behind a transmission, through the transmission which is disposed behind the prime mover. The transmission comprises a front and rear wheel drive shaft that extends along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. The transmission is arranged separately from the prime mover and a rear axle drive device. The rear end portion of the front and rear wheel drive shaft is connected to an input shaft of the rear wheel differential mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: KANZAKI KOKYUKOKI MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisei Shimazaki, Michio Tsukamoto, Ayumi Hamada
  • Patent number: 11529943
    Abstract: A quickshifter-equipped vehicle control unit includes an engine speed calculator configured to calculate an engine speed and a shift controller configured to operate in a quick shift mode and in a normal shift mode. The quick shift mode is a mode in which upon detection of the shift operation, the shift controller adjusts an output of an engine while keeping a main clutch in an engaged state, and the normal shift mode is a mode in which upon detection of the shift operation, the shift controller controls a clutch actuator to bring the main clutch into a disengaged state. The shift controller selects the quick shift mode when the engine speed is higher than a predetermined rotational speed threshold, and selects the normal shift mode when the engine speed is lower than the rotational speed threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Terai, Yuuka Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11524738
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes a tail lamp, a rear covering, rear end components which are a license plate and a license lamp, a rear stay, and a sensor. The tail lamp emits light toward the rear side. The rear covering is provided with the tail lamp. The rear end components are disposed more rearward than the rear covering. The rear stay extends at least rearward from a connecting portion connected to the rear covering and supports the rear end components. The sensor senses an object rearward is at least partially received in an internal space that is formed either in the rear covering or in the rear stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Saeki, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Takeshi Nakajima, Shouta Matsuzaki, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11511821
    Abstract: A leaning vehicle includes a base member, an upper arm, a lower arm, a first support member, a second support member, a first wheel, a second wheel, and a steering operation member. The upper arm, the lower arm, the first support member, the second support member constitute a parallel link mechanism. The first wheel is movable integrally with the first support member in a turning direction of the base member. The second wheel is movable integrally with the second support member in the turning direction of the base member. According to turning of the base member by operating the steering operation member, all of the upper arm, the lower arm, the first support member, the second support member, the first wheel, and the second wheel turn around a turning center of the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishii, Taro Iwamoto, Takeshi Nakajima, Kazuya Nagasaka
  • Patent number: 11515662
    Abstract: A connector unit for a vehicle includes a connection connector to connect an external connector, and a support member to support the connection connector. The support member includes a cover attachment part attached to a vehicle cover, and a connector support to support the connection connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tamura, Takeshi Kashihara, Kiyotaka Akagi
  • Patent number: 11492939
    Abstract: An exhaust device incorporated in a vehicle for travel on uneven terrains. The exhaust device includes an air blowing device and an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas generated in a prime mover is directed out of the vehicle. The exhaust pipe includes an upstream pipe, a downstream pipe, and a joint device joining the upstream pipe to the downstream pipe in a manner permitting the upstream pipe to move relative to the downstream pipe, the air blowing device being disposed to blow cooling air toward the joint device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Tajima, Yoshihiko Orihashi
  • Publication number: 20220352556
    Abstract: Provided is a power storage element including: an outer collector including outer opposing walls facing each other with a gap therebetween in an opposition direction, an inner collector including inner opposing walls, and an electrode member disposed in a space defined between the opposing walls. The electrode member includes: an electrode laminate having a sheet-like shape and including a positive electrode body, a negative electrode body, and a separator interposed between the positive and negative electrode bodies. The electrode laminate forms a plurality of unit electrode layers laminated in a lamination direction perpendicular to the opposition direction, and adjacent unit electrode layers in the lamination direction are continued in a bending manner at end portions of the unit electrode layers in an extension direction. The positive electrode body and the negative electrode body are in contact with a first collector and a second collector, respectively, to be electrically connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20220351917
    Abstract: Provided is a laminated power storage element including: an electrode member including a plurality of positive and negative electrode bodies each having a sheet shape and separators, the plurality of positive electrode bodies and the plurality of negative electrode bodies arranged so as to individually face each other, and the separators interposed between the individual electrode bodies; a plurality of positive electrode collectors connected to the plurality of positive electrode bodies; a plurality of negative electrode collectors connected to the plurality of negative electrode bodies; a positive electrode-side terminal to which the respective positive electrode collectors are connected; and a negative electrode-side terminal to which the respective negative electrode collectors are connected, wherein on at least one terminal of the positive electrode-side terminal and the negative electrode-side terminal, connection parts to which corresponding collectors are connected are arranged in a spatially distribu
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya NISHIMURA