Patents Assigned to Suzuki Motor Corporation
  • Publication number: 20230220796
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a drain passage, a collection passage and a bypass passage each connecting an upstream portion and a downstream portion of the drain passage, a branched portion branched into the collection passage and the bypass passage, and a confluence portion joined the collection passage and the bypass passage. A difference between flowing directions from the upstream portion into the branched portion and from the branched portion into the collection passage is smaller than a difference between flowing directions from the upstream portion into the branched portion and from the branched portion into the bypass passage. A difference between flowing directions from the bypass passage into the confluence portion and from the confluence portion into the downstream portion is smaller than a difference between flowing directions from the collection passage into the confluence portion and from the confluence portion into the downstream portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasumasa OHO, Takanori NIHASHI, Masahiro KITABATAKE
  • Publication number: 20230219674
    Abstract: A cooling device for a ship propulsion machine includes a drain passage and a collector. The collector includes a collector main body, a case, an upper connection pipe, and a lower connection pipe having flexibility. A first bent portion is provided between an upper end portion and a lower end portion of the lower connection pipe. A second bent portion is provided between the first bent portion and the lower end portion of the lower connection pipe. The lower connection pipe extends downward from the upper end portion thereof along an axis of the case, bends at the first bent portion, extends downward while being inclined with respect to the axis so as to be separated from the axis, bends at the second bent portion, and extends downward while being inclined with respect to the axis so as to be close to the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11697464
    Abstract: A seat rail installed on a vehicle body of a motorcycle. The seat rail includes an upper lateral member located on a lateral side in a width direction of the vehicle body and made of a fiber reinforced resin, the upper lateral member including a lower flange that protrudes in the width direction of the vehicle body from a lower edge of the upper lateral member. Furthermore, the seat rail includes a lower lateral member located downward from the upper lateral member and made of metal, and a lower surface of the lower flange of the upper lateral member is joined to an upper surface of the lower lateral member by adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Hatano, Yudai Murase, Michinobu Fujita
  • Patent number: 11692620
    Abstract: There is provided a shift device for a straddle-type vehicle that is configured to cause a transmission device to perform a shift change in accordance with rotation of a shift shaft. The shift device includes: a shift lever provided with an operation portion that is configured to receive a shift operation; a shift sensor provided on the shift shaft so as to be integrally rotatable with the shift shaft; and a shift rod that couples the shift lever and the shift sensor. The shift sensor is configured to detect the shift operation on the shift lever in accordance with a movement of the shift rod. The operation portion and the shift sensor are positioned at the same side in a manner of sandwiching the shift rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Kato, Takatoshi Maemori, Tatsushi Uchiyama, Hiroyasu Inohara
  • Publication number: 20230202634
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes a case having a gear chamber, a drive shaft arrangement hole, and a propeller shaft arrangement hole, a drive shaft, a propeller shaft, a drive gear, a driven gear, a gear position setting member provided in front of the driven gear in the case and configured to set a position of the driven gear in a front-rear direction, and a screw mechanism configured to move the gear position setting member in the front-rear direction when the gear position setting member is rotated about an axis of the gear position setting member. The screw mechanism includes a first screw provided in the case and a second screw provided on the gear position setting member and configured to be screwed with the first screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomokazu HIKOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20230202635
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes an outer propeller shaft extending in a front-rear direction, an inner propeller shaft extending in the front-rear direction and disposed at an inner peripheral side of the outer propeller shaft, a rear driven gear disposed at a rear side of a drive gear, a front driven gear disposed at a front side of the drive gear, and a case covering front portions of the outer propeller shaft and the inner propeller shaft, the drive gear, the rear driven gear, and the front driven gear. A first bearing rotatably supporting the outer propeller shaft on the case and configured to receive an axial load acting on the outer propeller shaft in a front direction is provided at an outer peripheral side of the front portion of the outer propeller shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomokazu HIKOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20230202636
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes a power source, a drive shaft, a propeller shaft, a propeller attached to the propeller shaft, a case covering the power source, the drive shaft, and the propeller shaft, a water intake passage provided in the case, through which water is taken into the case from an outside of the outboard motor, a first pump configured to be driven by rotation of the drive shaft and to supply the water taken in from the water intake passage to the power source as cooling water, and a second pump configured to be driven by rotation of the drive shaft and to supply the water taken in from the water intake passage to the power source as the cooling water. The first pump and the second pump are arranged in a distributed manner in the outboard motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomokazu HIKOSAKA
  • Publication number: 20230202629
    Abstract: An outboard motor includes a power source disposed, a propeller shaft, a drive shaft, a gear mechanism, a lower case having an internal space in which gear oil is stored, a gear oil gauge configured to check a level or a state of the gear oil stored in the internal space, a gauge mounting hole provided configured to removably mount the gear oil gauge to the lower case such that one end side of the gear oil gauge is immersed in the gear oil stored in the internal space, a gauge insertion portion configured to insert the gear oil gauge into the gauge mounting hole, an oil supply and discharge passage provided in the lower case, and a pump connecting portion configured to connect a pump. The gauge insertion portion and the pump connecting portion are arranged side by side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomokazu HIKOSAKA
  • Patent number: 11686238
    Abstract: An exhaust device that guides exhaust gas from an exhaust pipe in front of an engine to a muffler in a rear of the engine is provided. The exhaust device includes a primary catalyst case accommodating a primary catalyst configured to purify the exhaust gas at a downstream side from the exhaust pipe, a secondary catalyst case accommodating a secondary catalyst configured to purify the exhaust gas at a downstream side from the primary catalyst, and a chamber formed with a muffling chamber configured to reduce an exhaust noise at a downstream side from the secondary catalyst. The primary catalyst case is disposed in a front space of the engine. The secondary catalyst case is disposed on a front part of a lower space of the engine. The chamber is disposed so as to occupy at least a rear part of the lower space of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuo Muraoka
  • Patent number: 11685498
    Abstract: There is provided a ship maneuvering system including: a turning operation device configured to output a turning operation signal corresponding to a turning operation; a turning control device configured to change a direction of each of ship propulsion machines based on the turning operation signal; an output operation device configured to output an output setting signal indicating an output of a power source of each of the ship propulsion machines set by an output setting operation; and an output control device configured to increase or decrease the output of the power source of each of the ship propulsion machines based on the output setting signal. When the turning control device fails, the output control device turns a ship by making outputs of power sources of the ship propulsion machines different from each other based on the turning operation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Namba, Takashi Kawata
  • Publication number: 20230192213
    Abstract: There is provided a straddle-type vehicle including: a head pipe; a steering stem rotatably supported in the head pipe; a front fork; an upper bracket connecting an upper end portion of the front fork to the steering stem; a lower bracket located below the upper bracket and connecting an upper portion of the front fork to the steering stem; a front wheel supported by a lower end portion of the front fork; a front fender covering the front wheel from above; a front cowl covering an upper front portion of the straddle-type vehicle; a shroud located above the front fender and covering a lower portion of the front cowl; and a lower bracket cover located above the front fender and covering the lower bracket from below. The shroud has an opening through which the front fork passes. The lower bracket cover is provided below the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihito DEGUCHI, Makoto SATOU
  • Publication number: 20230182854
    Abstract: A rear wheel suspension device includes: a swing arm swingably supported with respect to a vehicle body frame, the swing arm being configured to rotatably support a rear wheel; a rear cushion configured to be extended and contracted in accordance with swing of the swing arm; a cushion lever coupled to a lower end portion of the rear cushion; a cushion rod coupling the cushion lever and the swing arm; an accumulator storing a working fluid that extends and contracts the cushion rod; and an accumulator bracket supporting the accumulator. A vehicle height is adjusted by displacement of the swing arm in accordance with extension and contraction of the cushion rod. A muffler pipe extends rearward from an engine through a side of the accumulator. The accumulator bracket is configured to separate the accumulator and the muffler pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi KONNO
  • Publication number: 20230182855
    Abstract: A rear wheel suspension device includes: a swing arm swingably supported with respect to a vehicle body frame, the swing arm rotatably supporting a rear wheel; a rear cushion configured to be extended and contracted in accordance with swing of the swing arm; a cushion lever coupled to a lower end portion of the rear cushion; a cushion rod coupling the cushion lever and the swing arm; and an accumulator storing a working fluid that extends and contracts the cushion rod. A vehicle height is adjusted by displacement of the swing arm in accordance with extension and contraction of the cushion rod. The accumulator is positioned on a lower side of a swing shaft of the swing arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi KONNO
  • Patent number: 11673625
    Abstract: There is provided a shift device for a straddle-type vehicle that is configured to cause a transmission device to perform a shift change in accordance with rotation of a shift shaft. The shift device includes: a shift lever provided with an operation portion that is configured to receive a shift operation; a shift sensor provided on the shift shaft so as to be integrally rotatable with the shift shaft; and a shift rod that couples the shift lever and the shift sensor. The shift sensor is configured to detect the shift operation on the shift lever in accordance with a movement of the shift rod. The operation portion and the shift sensor are positioned at the same side in a manner of sandwiching the shift rod in a vehicle side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Kato, Takatoshi Maemori, Tatsushi Uchiyama, Hiroyasu Inohara
  • Patent number: 11668390
    Abstract: There is provided a lubricating structure for a power transmission mechanism in which a crankshaft is coupled to a piston disposed in a cylinder bore and in which power is transmitted from the crankshaft to a camshaft. The lubricating structure includes: an idler gear that is configured to transmit power from the crankshaft to the camshaft; and an idler gear shaft that supports the idler gear via a bearing. One end portion of the idler gear shaft protrudes into the cylinder bore, and an oil passage configured to guide oil from the cylinder bore to the bearing is formed in the idler gear shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisashi Ozeki
  • Publication number: 20230151785
    Abstract: There is provided an air cleaner configured to be disposed inside a vehicle body frame, the air cleaner including: an air cleaner case in which an intake chamber is formed; an air filter disposed in the intake chamber; an inlet tube configured to take in air to the intake chamber; and an outlet tube configured to send out the air from the intake chamber. The inlet tube extends in a front-rear direction. The inlet tube has a bottom wall curved downward in a side view to form a concave curved portion below a discharge port of the inlet tube. The concave curved portion is formed with a drain hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihito FUKUI, Shintaro YAGI
  • Publication number: 20230149845
    Abstract: There is provided an air cleaner configured to be disposed inside a vehicle body frame, the air cleaner including: an air cleaner case in which an intake chamber is formed; an intake air temperature sensor configured to detect an intake air temperature in the intake chamber; an inlet tube configured to take in air to the intake chamber; and an outlet tube configured to send out air from the intake chamber. The outlet tube has an upstream portion protruding into the intake chamber, and the upstream portion of the outlet tube has a peripheral wall formed with a through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihito FUKUI, Makoto KANEKO
  • Patent number: 11643178
    Abstract: A propeller apparatus of a ship propulsion machine includes a tubular member inserted into an insertion hole so as to be movable in a circumferential direction with respect to a hub. First concave portions arranged in a circumferential direction are formed in an outer peripheral surface of the tubular member. Second concave portions arranged in the circumferential direction so as to respectively face the first concave portions are formed in an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole. Each of the elastic bodies has a spherical or columnar shape, a first portion of each of the elastic bodies is disposed in each of the first concave portions, a second portion of each of the elastic bodies is disposed in each of the second concave portions, and the elastic bodies are rotatably held between the first concave portions and the second concave portions facing each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kimpara
  • Patent number: D986775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Takano, Yuichiro Tani, Shigeru Uchiyama
  • Patent number: D986776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoya Murakami, Masayuki Kawagishi, Shuji Matsuzawa