Patents by Inventor Fumiyoshi Kanbara

Fumiyoshi Kanbara 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).

  • Patent number: 9382680
    Abstract: An auger snow-removing machine includes a forward rotation shaft and a reverse rotation shaft disposed on the same axis and aligned in a width direction of an auger housing within the auger housing, and a transmission disposed inside the auger housing such that the forward rotation shaft and the reverse rotation shaft are rotated concurrently in opposite directions by a driving force transmitted from the transmission. A case of the transmission is divided into a front case member and a rear case member at a position behind a reverse rotation drive shaft extending in the width direction of the auger housing. The front case member has a first gear unit assembled therein, and the rear case member has a second gear unit assembled therein. The first and second gear units are assembled together when the front and rear case members are assembled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamada, Fumiyoshi Kanbara, Masahiro Akiyama
  • Patent number: 9359735
    Abstract: In an auger snow plow, right and left forward rotating augers and right and left backward rotating augers are disposed on a same axis and aligned in a width direction of an auger housing. A blower housing is disposed at a rear portion of the auger housing and also positioned at a widthwise center of the auger housing. A blower is disposed inside the blower housing. The right and left forward rotating augers are positioned at least in an entire range of a width of the blower housing. The right and left backward rotating augers are separately positioned on both sides of the right and left forward rotating augers and positioned only at a more outer side than the width of the blower housing in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiyoshi Kanbara, Kouhei Matsuzawa, Atsushi Moroi
  • Patent number: 9359736
    Abstract: An auger snow-removing machine includes left and right forward rotation augers rotatable in a first direction during snow removal and left and right reverse rotation augers rotatable in a second direction opposite the first direction during the snow removal. The forward and reverse rotation augers are coaxially disposed in alignment in a width direction of an auger housing within the housing. Distal ends of the left forward rotation auger and the right reverse rotation auger have phases set to substantially simultaneously reach a lowermost location when the forward and reverse rotation augers rotate. Distal ends of the right forward rotation auger and the left reverse rotation auger have phases set to substantially simultaneously reach the lowermost location when the forward and reverse rotation augers rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiyoshi Kanbara, Kouhei Matsuzawa, Atsushi Moroi
  • Publication number: 20150033591
    Abstract: An auger snow-removing machine includes a forward rotation shaft and a reverse rotation shaft disposed on the same axis and aligned in a width direction of an auger housing within the auger housing, and a transmission disposed inside the auger housing such that the forward rotation shaft and the reverse rotation shaft are rotated concurrently in opposite directions by a driving force transmitted from the transmission. A case of the transmission is divided into a front case member and a rear case member at a position behind a reverse rotation drive shaft extending in the width direction of the auger housing. The front case member has a first gear unit assembled therein, and the rear case member has a second gear unit assembled therein. The first and second gear units are assembled together when the front and rear case members are assembled together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamada, Fumiyoshi Kanbara, Masahiro Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20150033592
    Abstract: In an auger snow plow, right and left forward rotating augers and right and left backward rotating augers are disposed on a same axis and aligned in a width direction of an auger housing. A blower housing is disposed at a rear portion of the auger housing and also positioned at a widthwise center of the auger housing. A blower is disposed inside the blower housing. The right and left forward rotating augers are positioned at least in an entire range of a width of the blower housing. The right and left backward rotating augers are separately positioned on both sides of the right and left forward rotating augers and positioned only at a more outer side than the width of the blower housing in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Fumiyoshi Kanbara, Kouhei Matsuzawa, Atsushi Moroi
  • Publication number: 20150033590
    Abstract: An auger snow-removing machine includes left and right forward rotation augers rotatable in a first direction during snow removal and left and right reverse rotation augers rotatable in a second direction opposite the first direction during the snow removal. The forward and reverse rotation augers are coaxially disposed in alignment in a width direction of an auger housing within the housing. Distal ends of the left forward rotation auger and the right reverse rotation auger have phases set to substantially simultaneously reach a lowermost location when the forward and reverse rotation augers rotate. Distal ends of the right forward rotation auger and the left reverse rotation auger have phases set to substantially simultaneously reach the lowermost location when the forward and reverse rotation augers rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Fumiyoshi Kanbara, Kouhei Matsuzawa, Atsushi Moroi
  • Patent number: 7406958
    Abstract: The snow remover has a cooling fan for directing cooling air to an engine, and an air cleaner. The air cleaner has an air intake for drawing in outside air. The cooling fan and the air intake of the air cleaner is housed within the engine cover. Cooling air is changed to warm air by the cooling of the engine body, and this warm air is guided towards the air intake of the air cleaner by a guide duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiyoshi Kanbara, Nobuyuki Hirose
  • Publication number: 20070022978
    Abstract: The snow remover has a cooling fan for directing cooling air to an engine, and an air cleaner. The air cleaner has an air intake for drawing in outside air. The cooling fan and the air intake of the air cleaner is housed within the engine cover. Cooling air is changed to warm air by the cooling of the engine body, and this warm air is guided towards the air intake of the air cleaner by a guide duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Fumiyoshi Kanbara, Nobuyuki Hirose
  • Patent number: 7028570
    Abstract: A transmission for a working machine including a drive transmission mechanism and a working transmission mechanism operated by swinging a shift lever is provided. The drive transmission mechanism has a key-sliding transmission mechanism axially mounted on a drive shaft. The key-sliding transmission mechanism causes a selected one of a plurality of gears rotatably mounted on the drive shaft and the drive shaft to rotate together to transmit power to drive wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ohta, Fumiyoshi Kanbara
  • Patent number: 6955102
    Abstract: A transmission for working machines having a drive transmission mechanism and a working transmission mechanism which are operated by swinging a shift lever is provided. The transmission has a drive shift member for connecting the shift lever to the drive transmission mechanism and a working shift member for connecting the shift lever to the working transmission mechanism. The shift lever has a first protrusion constantly engaging the drive shift member and a second protrusion arranged to engage with or disengage from the working shift member. When the first protrusion engages the drive shift member with the second protrusion not engaged with the working shift member, only the drive transmission mechanism operates. When the first protrusion engages the drive shift member with the second protrusion also engaging the working shift member, both the drive transmission mechanism and the working transmission mechanism operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiyoshi Kanbara, Yoshitaka Ohta
  • Patent number: 6860334
    Abstract: A walk-behind tiller has a body and a pair of wheels mounted on the body for undergoing rotation to cause the walk-behind tiller to undergo travelling along a ground surface. A tilling device is mounted on the body for undergoing a first movement operation in which the tilling device travels along the ground surface while the tilling device is disposed in spaced-apart relation to the ground surface, a second movement operation in which the tilling device tills the ground, and a third movement operation in which the tilling device is maintained generally horizontal to the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuo Yamazaki, Keiji Iino, Fumiyoshi Kanbara, Yoshitaka Oota
  • Patent number: 6823947
    Abstract: A walk-behind cultivator has a body, at least one pair of first tine assemblies mounted on the body to undergo rotation about a rotational axis in a first direction of rotation, and at least one pair of second tine assemblies mounted to undergo rotation about the rotational axis in a second direction of rotation different from the first direction of rotation. Each of the first tine assemblies has first tines connected together along end portions thereof. Each of the second tine assemblies has second tines connected together along end portions thereof. The second tine assemblies are arranged in the same phase with respect to each other around the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatoshi Nagaoka, Hideaki Kobayashi, Yoshitaka Ohta, Fumiyoshi Kanbara
  • Publication number: 20040139813
    Abstract: A transmission for working machines having a drive transmission mechanism and a working transmission mechanism which are operated by swinging a shift lever is provided. The transmission has a drive shift member for connecting the shift lever to the drive transmission mechanism and a working shift member for connecting the shift lever to the working transmission mechanism. The shift lever has a first protrusion constantly engaging the drive shift member and a second protrusion arranged to engage with or disengage from the working shift member. When the first protrusion engages the drive shift member with the second protrusion not engaged with the working shift member, only the drive transmission mechanism operates. When the first protrusion engages the drive shift member with the second protrusion also engaging the working shift member, both the drive transmission mechanism and the working transmission mechanism operate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Fumiyoshi Kanbara, Yoshitaka Ohta
  • Publication number: 20040139814
    Abstract: A transmission for a working machine including a drive transmission mechanism and a working transmission mechanism operated by swinging a shift lever is provided. The drive transmission mechanism has a key-sliding transmission mechanism axially mounted on a drive shaft. The key-sliding transmission mechanism causes a selected one of a plurality of gears rotatably mounted on the drive shaft and the drive shaft to rotate together to transmit power to drive wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ohta, Fumiyoshi Kanbara
  • Publication number: 20040140108
    Abstract: A walk-behind tiller having a loop-shaped handle is provided. An operating portion of a rear portion of the handle includes left and right horizontal grips, left and right rising portions and a cross portion interposed between the rear ends of the rising portions. For holding the tiller substantially horizontally, the left and right horizontal portions are held. For tilling operations, the left and right rising portions are held. For pushing down the handle, the cross portion is held.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Nobuo Yamazaki, Keiji Iino, Fumiyoshi Kanbara, Yoshitaka Oota
  • Publication number: 20030132012
    Abstract: A front-rotary cultivator having a plurality of tillage tines provided at the front of a body and left and right driving wheels. The tillage tines include a plurality of forward-rotating tines arranged in the center of the body width and a plurality of reverse-rotating tines arranged transversely outward of the forward-rotating tines. The reverse-rotating tines are arranged in the same phase in a side view to simultaneously dig into the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Masatoshi Nagaoka, Hideaki Kobayashi, Yoshitaka Ohta, Fumiyoshi Kanbara