Patents by Inventor Hidekazu Yasui

Hidekazu Yasui 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: 10047804
    Abstract: A damper is in the form of a disk and used for the clutch including: a clutch housing in which a clutch plate is held; and a clutch gear that transmits rotary drive power to the clutch housing via the damper. A non-circular engagement hole is formed at a center portion of a disk of the damper such that an engagement projection of the clutch housing engages with the engagement hole. First cutout portions are formed in the damper on an outer side and an inner side in a clutch radial direction on a rear side on which rotary drive power from the clutch gear is applied. A minimal distance between each first cutout portion and the engagement hole is smaller than a distance between the engagement hole and an outer circumference of the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Inagaki, Hidekazu Yasui
  • Publication number: 20150345568
    Abstract: A damper is in the form of a disk and used for the clutch including: a clutch housing in which a clutch plate is held; and a clutch gear that transmits rotary drive power to the clutch housing via the damper. A non-circular engagement hole is formed at a center portion of a disk of the damper such that an engagement projection of the clutch housing engages with the engagement hole. First cutout portions are formed in the damper on an outer side and an inner side in a clutch radial direction on a rear side on which rotary drive power from the clutch gear is applied. A minimal distance between each first cutout portion and the engagement hole is smaller than a distance between the engagement hole and an outer circumference of the disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Inagaki, Hidekazu Yasui
  • Patent number: 8328266
    Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed. The cargo bed is expandable forward and has a screen shield for partitioning at a front end thereof. The rear seat has a seat bottom for the rear seat detachably attached to a rear seat attaching portion provided on a vehicle body. The screen shield has a seat holding portion to which the seat bottom, detached from the rear seat attaching portion, is attachable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidekazu Yasui, Hirokazu Morira, Kenji Oda, Takao Kawabata, Masaki Tanaka, Eiji Ihara
  • Patent number: 8096600
    Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle has a driver's seat, a seat next to the driver's seat, one or more passenger seats behind the driver's seat, and a cargo bed. Each of all the passenger seats and the seat next to the driver's seat is independently changeable between a first state in which the seat is seatable and a second state in which the seat is retracted so that an occupied space of the seat can be used as part of the cargo bed. Preferably, a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a riding space in front of the cargo bed is provided. The screen shield is divided into left and right screen shield members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideaki Shinnoki, Takao Kawabata, Eiji Ihara, Hidekazu Yasui, Shinichi Tamba, Masaki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20110156420
    Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed, wherein the cargo bed is expandable forward and has a screen shield for partitioning at a front end thereof. The rear seat has a seat bottom for the rear seat detachably attached to a rear seat attaching portion provided on a vehicle body. The screen shield has a seat holding portion to which the seat bottom detached from the rear seat attaching portion is attachable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Hidekazu Yasui, Hirokazu Morira, Kenji Oda, Takao Kawabata, Masaki Tanaka, Eiji Ihara
  • Publication number: 20110156426
    Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a driver's seat, a seat next to the driver's seat, one or more passenger seats behind the driver's seat, and a cargo bed. Each of all the passenger seats and the seat next to the driver's seat is independently changeable between a first state in which the seat is seatable and a second state in which the seat is retracted so that an occupied space of the seat is used as part of the cargo bed. Preferably, a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a riding space in front of the cargo bed is provided. The screen shield is divided into left and right screen shield members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: HIDEAKI SHINNOKI, TAKAO KAWABATA, EIJI IHARA, HIDEKAZU YASUI, SHINICHI TAMBA, MASAKI TANAKA