Patents by Inventor Heijiro Yoshimura

Heijiro Yoshimura 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: 7438040
    Abstract: A motorcycle with a low floor is configured such that secondary vibration of an engine can be largely reduced and an increase in engine width can be suppressed. The motorcycle with a low floor includes step floors on which to put a rider's feet on left and right sides of a vehicle body frame. An engine is provided between the step floors. A plurality of exhaust pipes extend respectively from cylinders of the engine, the exhaust pipes being gathered at a gathering portion. The engine is an in-line 3-cylinder engine having cylinder portions inclined forwardly. The exhaust pipes extend downwards from the cylinder portions on the basis of each cylinder. The exhaust pipes are bundled and extend on the right side of the engine, in a position on the lower side of one of the step floors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruomi Sugita, Heijiro Yoshimura, Osamu Suzuki, Atsushi Ogasawara, Yukinori Kurakawa, Yukiya Ueda, Toshio Yamamoto, Takayuki Konuma, Mitsuo Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20070062752
    Abstract: A motorcycle with a low floor is configured such that secondary vibration of an engine can be largely reduced and an increase in engine width can be suppressed. The motorcycle with a low floor includes step floors on which to put a rider's feet on left and right sides of a vehicle body frame. An engine is provided between the step floors. A plurality of exhaust pipes extend respectively from cylinders of the engine, the exhaust pipes being gathered at a gathering portion. The engine is an in-line 3-cylinder engine having cylinder portions inclined forwardly. The exhaust pipes extend downwards from the cylinder portions on the basis of each cylinder. The exhaust pipes are bundled and extend on the right side of the engine, in a position on the lower side of one of the step floors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Haruomi Sugita, Heijiro Yoshimura, Osamu Suzuki, Atsushi Ogasawara, Yukinori Kurakawa, Yukiya Ueda, Toshio Yamamoto, Takayuki Konuma, Mitsuo Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 5330029
    Abstract: A fairing for a motorcycle includes a fairing cover extending from a front end of a frame for a motorcycle rearwardly to cover both sides of an engine operatively mounted adjacent to the front end of the frame of the motorcycle. A plurality of air flow apertures are provided in the fairing for reducing air resistance during cornering of the motorcycle. The plurality of air flow apertures are provided in substantially the entire surface of the fairing. The surface area occupied by the plurality of air flow apertures is more than approximately seventeen percent of the entire surface area of the fairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Heijiro Yoshimura, Yukihiro Yamazaki, Yasutsugu Takahashi, Nobuya Itoh, Masanobu Shibayama, Takahisa Suzuki, Hiroaki Tsukui