Patents by Inventor Daisuke SAEKI
Daisuke SAEKI 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).
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Publication number: 20250229721Abstract: A vehicle includes a dashboard, and a mount bar formed along the dashboard. The mount bar includes a rod-shaped main body whose cross-sectional contour is circular.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2024Publication date: July 17, 2025Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Kota HIDAKA, Hidefumi YASUHARA, Daisuke SAEKI, Loran FORTIK, Chase NICKLE
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Patent number: 12319378Abstract: An operation member is switchable between a first operation position, a second operation position, and a third operation position. When operating force is released while the operation member is at the third operation position, the operation member returns to the second operation position. The controller is switchable between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the controller sets the headlight to high beam when the operation member is at the first operation position or the third operation position, and sets the headlight to low beam when the operation member is at the second operation position. In the second mode, the controller controls to change an illumination mode by the light according to a situation acquired by the situation acquisition unit. The switching from the first mode to the second mode is performed by holding the operation member at the third operation position for a first threshold time or more.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Saeki, Hiroaki Amano
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Publication number: 20240409020Abstract: A clamp attachment structure for a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes a fixing supporter to which a fixing object is fixed and which includes a fixing hole to fix the fixing object and a standby supporter disposed at a different position from the fixing supporter and including a standby hole. A clamp is attached to and detached from the fixing hole or the standby hole by quick operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2023Publication date: December 12, 2024Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Kota HIDAKA, Brad KATHOL, Justin OLSON, Daisuke SAEKI, Hidefumi YASUHARA
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Patent number: 12139008Abstract: A fuel tank cap includes: a cap body which opens and closes a fuel supply port of a fuel tank; a ring member which is disposed around the fuel supply port and is shaped so as to surround the cap body; and a hinge member which is coupled to the ring member to support the cap body in a turnable manner between a closed position and an open position. A first peripheral part of the ring member, which is opposed to an outer periphery of the cap body, has a larger dimension in a circumferential direction than a dimension of a second peripheral part of the hinge member, which is opposed to the outer periphery of the cap body. The ring member and the hinge member are made of mutually different materials.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignees: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd., Sankyo Kinzoku Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Takahashi, Daisuke Saeki, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Keiichi Araki
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Publication number: 20240300389Abstract: A vehicle according to an embodiment may include: a vehicle body including a main frame, a floor panel directly or indirectly fixed to the main frame and provided above the main frame, a front seat base and a rear seat base which are directly or indirectly fixed to the main frame and protruded above the floor panel; a front seat including a front seat bottom attached to the front seat base and a front seat back; a rear seat including a rear seat bottom attached to the rear seat base and a rear seat back; and left and right rear pillars directly or indirectly fixed to the main frame and extending upwardly. The rear pillars are provided at positions overlapping widthwise end portions of the rear seat back in view of a front-rear direction of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Kota HIDAKA, Daisuke SAEKI, Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Bradley KATHOL
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Publication number: 20240181864Abstract: An electric passenger transport vehicle includes: a car body including a floor; a first seat located at a distance above the floor; a second seat located at a distance behind the first seat; and batteries aligned between the first seat and the floor in a vehicle-width direction, all the batteries at least partially overlapping one another when viewed from a side along the vehicle-width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Kota HIDAKA, Daisuke WATANABE, Daisuke SAEKI, Ryo SEKOGUCHI
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Publication number: 20240174134Abstract: An electric passenger transport vehicle according an embodiment may include: a vehicle body including a floor, a first seat base, a second seat base provided on a rear side of the first seat base; a first seat including a first seat bottom attached to an upper surface of the first seat base; and a second seat including a second seat bottom attached to an upper surface of the second seat base. The second seat bottom is supported by the vehicle body such that the second seat bottom is movable between a first position in which a bottom surface of the second seat bottom is positioned above an upper surface of the second seat base and faces downward and a second position in which the bottom surface of the second seat bottom is positioned in front or back of the upper surface of the second seat base and faces upward.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Daisuke SAEKI, Kazumasa HISADA, Takuya ITO, Tomotaka NAKAGAWA
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Patent number: 11939021Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Saeki, Shinji Ikeda, Mitsuru Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11753103Abstract: A motorcycle includes a branch frame, a hanging frame, a front cowl, and a radar device. The branch frame is located in front of a head pipe and supported by the head pipe. The hanging frame is connected to the branch frame and includes a plurality of extension portions extending downward from the branch frame and an attachment portion connecting at least two of the plurality of extension portions to each other. The front cowl is arranged at a front part of the motorcycle and protrudes forward. A recess is formed at a rear side of the front cowl. The radar device is supported by the attachment portion of the hanging frame and arranged in the recess in the front cowl.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Saeki, Shinji Ikeda, Hiroaki Amano
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Publication number: 20230025478Abstract: A fuel tank cap includes: a cap body which opens and closes a fuel supply port of a fuel tank; a ring member which is disposed around the fuel supply port and is shaped so as to surround the cap body; and a hinge member which is coupled to the ring member to support the cap body in a turnable manner between a closed position and an open position. A first peripheral part of the ring member, which is opposed to an outer periphery of the cap body, has a larger dimension in a circumferential direction than a dimension of a second peripheral part of the hinge member, which is opposed to the outer periphery of the cap body. The ring member and the hinge member are made of mutually different materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Daisuke TAKAHASHI, Daisuke SAEKI, Kazuhiro SUZUKI, Keiichi ARAKI
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Patent number: 11548589Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventor: Daisuke Saeki
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Patent number: 11524738Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Saeki, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Takeshi Nakajima, Shouta Matsuzaki, Mitsuru Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20220193619Abstract: A method for producing permselective membrane includes preparing a support membrane having selective permeability and a lipid membrane containing a channel substance, the lipid membrane being formed on a surface of the support membrane. Excess lipids are removed with an acid or an alkali, and the support membrane has a permeation flux of 20 L/(m2·h) or more and a desalination capacity of 1% to 20% at a pressure of 0.1 MPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2022Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Takahiro KAWAKATSU, Hideto MATSUYAMA, Daisuke SAEKI, Wakana MIYASHITA
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Publication number: 20220153374Abstract: An operation member is switchable between a first operation position, a second operation position, and a third operation position. When operating force is released while the operation member is at the third operation position, the operation member returns to the second operation position. The controller is switchable between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the controller sets the headlight to high beam when the operation member is at the first operation position or the third operation position, and sets the headlight to low beam when the operation member is at the second operation position. In the second mode, the controller controls to change an illumination mode by the light according to a situation acquired by the situation acquisition unit. The switching from the first mode to the second mode is performed by holding the operation member at the third operation position for a first threshold time or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Daisuke SAEKI, Hiroaki AMANO
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Publication number: 20220055706Abstract: A motorcycle (1) includes a tail lamp (41), a rear covering (32), rear end components which are a license plate (44) and a license lamp (46), a rear stay (33), and a sensor (60). The tail lamp (41) emits light toward the rear side. The rear covering (32) is provided with the tail lamp (41). The rear end components are disposed more rearward than the rear covering (32). The rear stay (33) extends at least rearward from a connecting portion connected to the rear covering (32), and supports the rear end components. The sensor (60) for sensing an object rearward is at least partially received in an internal space (111) that is formed either in the rear covering (32) or in the rear stay (33).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Daisuke SAEKI, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Takeshi NAKAJIMA, Shouta MATSUZAKI, Mitsuru KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11104396Abstract: A motorcycle includes a handle bar, a light operation part, and a control unit. The part is provided to the bar for operating light switching and passing operations. The light switching operation is an operation for switching between irradiating low beam and irradiating high beam of a headlight in a manual mode. The unit performs at least two modes among the manual mode, a first auto mode which is a mode for automatically switching between the low beam and the high beam, and a second auto mode which is a mode for automatically adjusting an irradiation area of the high beam. The unit switches the modes including at least two modes among the manual mode, the first auto mode, and the second auto mode when determining that a mode switching operation which is different from the light switching operation and the passing operation is performed using the part.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Daisuke Saeki
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Publication number: 20210188385Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Daisuke SAEKI, Shinji IKEDA, Mitsuru KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20210188384Abstract: A motorcycle includes a branch frame, a hanging frame, a front cowl, and a radar device. The branch frame is located in front of a head pipe and supported by the head pipe. The hanging frame is connected to the branch frame and includes a plurality of extension portions extending downward from the branch frame and an attachment portion connecting at least two of the plurality of extension portions to each other. The front cowl is arranged at a front part of the motorcycle and protrudes forward. A recess is formed at a rear side of the front cowl. The radar device is supported by the attachment portion of the hanging frame and arranged in the recess in the front cowl.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Daisuke SAEKI, Shinji IKEDA, Hiroaki AMANO
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Publication number: 20210046432Abstract: A permselective membrane is provided with a support membrane having selective permeability, and a coating layer formed on a surface of the support membrane and including a lipid bilayer membrane containing a channel substance. The support membrane includes a polyamide membrane providing permeation flux of 35 L/(m2·h) or more at a pressure of 0.1 MPa. A method for producing the permselective membrane includes a step of treating a polyamide membrane with chlorine to produce the support membrane and a step of forming the lipid bilayer membrane on the support membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Takahiro KAWAKATSU, Yu FUJIMURA, Hideto MATSUYAMA, Daisuke SAEKI, Kenta OKUNO
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Patent number: 10843766Abstract: A straddle vehicle comprises an axle; an external member which is externally fittable to the axle; and a fastening member fastened to the axle to prevent disengagement of the external member. The axle includes an outer tube member to which the external member is externally fittable, and an inner shaft member which is inserted into the outer tube member and is longer in an axial direction of the axle than the outer tube member. The inner shaft member includes a shaft part which is internally fittable to the outer tube member, a male thread part formed in an outer peripheral surface of a first end portion of the shaft part, and a retaining part protruding radially outward from a second end portion of the shaft part, the retaining part being configured to retain an axial tension of the inner shaft member generated by fastening the fastening member to the axle.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato Kogirima, Daisuke Saeki