Patents by Inventor Hideyoshi Kosuge
Hideyoshi Kosuge 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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Patent number: 9731672Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a pair of right and left front wheels, a pair of right and left rear wheels, a main frame positioned between the front wheels and the rear wheels and defining a cabin in the main frame, and a cabin front wall defining a front end of the cabin. The cabin front wall includes a cabin front wall body separating the cabin and a bonnet chamber provided ahead of the cabin, and includes a wheel housing wall separating between the cabin and each of right and left front wheel housings. The utility vehicle further includes a cabin guard covering an outer surface of the cabin front wall body.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Kazumasa Hisada, Masato Kinoshita, Masayuki Shibata, Ryo Nishio, Yuichi Fujii, Takeshi Tanaka, Takuma Komatsu, Hirotaka Fujiki
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Patent number: 9481311Abstract: An accessory mounting structure to a vehicle dashboard, the structure includes: a dashboard extending in a vehicle width direction at a front portion of a riding space and provided with an accessory location opening for locating an accessory; and an accessory mount panel detachably provided to the dashboard and closing the accessory location opening. The accessory mount panel has an accessory mount portion for mounting the accessory that is located through the accessory location opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Chad Enger
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Patent number: 9422008Abstract: A front cover assembly of a utility vehicle including a riding space surrounded with a R. O. P. S. (rollover protective structure) and a cargo bed. The front cover assembly includes a left side front fender, right side front fender, a front grille, and a hood covering the top of a front chamber. These members are provided separately from one another. The hood is configured to be detached from other members or be opened and closed independently.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Chad Enger
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Patent number: 9399411Abstract: A sliding structure for a vehicle seat, the sliding structure configured to attach the vehicle seat slidably in an anteroposterior direction to a vehicle body. The sliding structure including: a seat positioning portion including positioning holes formed in the vehicle body and aligned in the anteroposterior direction, and a positioning pin attached to the seat and configured to be movable to a projecting position projected to one of positioning holes to be engageable therewith, and to a withdrawing position withdrawn from the positioning hole; and a seat slide support portion including a seat support portion formed with the vehicle body, a seat attachment portion disposed at the bottom of the seat and having a long hole extending in the anteroposterior direction, and a seat guide portion provided to the seat support portion and configured to be engaged with the long hole and guide the seat movably in the anteroposterior direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Fortik Loran
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Publication number: 20160176352Abstract: An accessory mounting structure to a vehicle dashboard, the structure includes: a dashboard extending in a vehicle width direction at a front portion of a riding space and provided with an accessory location opening for locating an accessory; and an accessory mount panel detachably provided to the dashboard and closing the accessory location opening. The accessory mount panel has an accessory mount portion for mounting the accessory that is located through the accessory location opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Hideyoshi KOSUGE, Enger CHAD
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Publication number: 20160176316Abstract: A sliding structure for a vehicle seat, the sliding structure configured to attach the vehicle seat slidably in an anteroposterior direction to a vehicle body. The sliding structure including: a seat positioning portion including positioning holes formed in the vehicle body and aligned in the anteroposterior direction, and a positioning pin attached to the seat and configured to be movable to a projecting position projected to one of positioning holes to be engageable therewith, and to a withdrawing position withdrawn from the positioning hole; and a seat slide support portion including a seat support portion formed with the vehicle body, a seat attachment portion disposed at the bottom of the seat and having a long hole extending in the anteroposterior direction, and a seat guide portion provided to the seat support portion and configured to be engaged with the long hole and guide the seat movably in the anteroposterior direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Hideyoshi KOSUGE, Fortik LORAN
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Publication number: 20160167715Abstract: A front cover assembly of a utility vehicle including a riding space surrounded with a R. O. P. S. (rollover protective structure) and a cargo bed. The front cover assembly includes a left side front fender, right side front fender, a front grille, and a hood covering the top of a front chamber. These members are provided separately from one another. The hood is configured to be detached from other members or be opened and closed independently.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Hideyoshi KOSUGE, Enger CHAD
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Patent number: 9308966Abstract: A saddle type electric vehicle which travels by using an electric motor as a power source includes: a power supply unit including a power supply for the electric motor; and a vehicle body frame defining an accommodating space located between front and rear wheels and accommodating the power supply unit. The vehicle body frame is configured such that the power supply unit is attachable to and detachable from the accommodating space in a vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Yoshimoto Matsuda
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Publication number: 20150232150Abstract: A saddle type electric vehicle which travels by using an electric motor as a power source includes: a power supply unit including a power supply for the electric motor; and a vehicle body frame defining an accommodating space located between front and rear wheels and accommodating the power supply unit. The vehicle body frame is configured such that the power supply unit is attachable to and detachable from the accommodating space in a vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2013Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Yoshimoto Matsuda
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Patent number: 8414050Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, a cargo bed expandable in a front direction, and a screen shield arranged at a front end of the cargo bed. The cargo bed has at least a stationary bottom plate, right and left stationary side panels, a front panel, expandable side panels, and an expandable bottom plate and can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction to a rear portion riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the space. Each of the expandable side panels and the screen shield are supported by a vehicle body configuring portion so as to be integrally shifted between an expanded position and a non-expanded position.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2009Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Tokishin Nishinaka, Geoffrey Ewing, Yoji Onishi, Takao Hamano, Naohisa Masuda, Kenji Oda, Takeshi Orio, Michael John Boyle, Tatsunori Shimizu, Eiji Sakurada, Mitsuhiro Yazaki, Yui Nishizaki, Hiroyuki Kishi, Naoto Nakagawa
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Patent number: 8322770Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed in this order from front, a cabin frame surrounding a riding space, and a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward to the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. All or part of the screen shield is angle shiftable between the expanded state and the non-expanded state.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Hirokazu Morita, Ryouji Negi, Masaki Nishiyabu, Tomohiro Kanazawa, Teruaki Yamamoto, Hideaki Shinnoki, Masashi Sakata
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Publication number: 20110156441Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed in this order from front, a cabin frame surrounding a riding space, and a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward to the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. All or part of the screen shield is angle shiftable between the expanded state and the non-expanded state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2009Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Hirokazu Morita, Ryouji Negi, Masaki Nishiyabu, Tomohiro Kanazawa, Teruaki Yamamoto, Hideaki Shinnoki, Masashi Sakata
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Publication number: 20110148144Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, a cargo bed expandable in a front direction, and a screen shield arranged at a front end of the cargo bed. The cargo bed has at least a stationary bottom plate, right and left stationary side panels, a front panel, expandable side panels, and an expandable bottom plate and can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction to a rear portion riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the space. Each of the expandable side panels and the screen shield are supported by a vehicle body configuring portion so as to be integrally shifted between an expanded position and a non-expanded position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Hideyoshi KOSUGE, Tokishin Nishinaka, Geoffrey Ewing, Yoji Onishi, Takao Hamano, Naohisa Masuda, Kenji Oda, Takeshi Orio, Michael John Boyle, Tatsunori Shimizu, Eiji Sakurada, Mitsuhiro Yazaki, Yui Nishizaki, Hiroyuki Kishi, Naoto Nakagawa
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Patent number: 7896421Abstract: A floor structure of a four wheeled utility vehicle by which a passenger can quickly and simply maintain a proper riding posture in the case of a swing and an inclination of the vehicle. A cabin housing an operating portion of a vehicle and a passenger seat is provided between front wheels and rear wheels, and a floor constituted by a floor plate is provided in a lower end portion of the cabin. The floor plate is provided with a foot pressing surface against which a passenger can press a bottom surface of the passenger's foot. Preferably, the foot pressing surface is inclined so as to ascend in a forward direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2007Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Toshinori Oki
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Patent number: 7578523Abstract: A four wheeled utility vehicle includes a pair of right and left rear wheels, a cabin arranged between the front wheels and the rear wheels, the cabin being defined with a cabin frame and accommodating an operational unit for the vehicle and seats for a passenger of the vehicle, a front fender for covering the front wheel and a front portion of the cabin frame, a protective frame disposed from a front portion of the cabin to a rear portion of the cabin through an upper portion of the cabin, and a front fixing member fixed rigidly to the front portion of the cabin frame so as to extend upward and project from the front fender through a through hole formed in the front fender, wherein a fore lower end of the protective frame is detachably and attachably fixed to the front fixing member at an upper end portion of the front fixing member.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Naoki Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20080289896Abstract: The invention provides a four wheeled utility vehicle which can efficiently introduce a cooling air into an engine room from a front side of the vehicle. The vehicle is provided with a cabin arranged between front wheels and rear wheels and accommodating a seat of the vehicle and an operating portion in front of the seat to steer the vehicle; an engine room arranged within the cabin or at a position rearward of the cabin to accommodate an engine of the vehicle therein, and configured to be covered by a wall surface at least in a front side and an upper side of the engine; an air duct extending forward from the engine room, and introducing an engine room cooling air into the engine room.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2007Publication date: November 27, 2008Inventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Toshinori Oki
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Publication number: 20080053738Abstract: A four wheeled utility vehicle includes a pair of right and left rear wheels, a cabin arranged between the front wheels and the rear wheels, the cabin being defined with a cabin frame and accommodating an operational unit for the vehicle and seats for a passenger of the vehicle, a front fender for covering the front wheel and a front portion of the cabin frame, a protective frame disposed from a front portion of the cabin to a rear portion of the cabin through an upper portion of the cabin, and a front fixing member fixed rigidly to the front portion of the cabin frame so as to extend upward and project from the front fender through a through hole formed in the front fender, wherein a fore lower end of the protective frame is detachably and attachably fixed to the front fixing member at an upper end portion of the front fixing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Inventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Naoki Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20080048469Abstract: The present invention provides a floor structure of a four wheeled utility vehicle by which a passenger can quickly and simply keep a proper riding posture in the case of a swing and an inclination of the vehicle. A cabin housing an operating portion of a vehicle and a passenger seat is provided between front wheels and rear wheels, and a floor constituted by a floor plate is provided in a lower end portion of the cabin. The floor plate is provided with a foot pressing surface against which a passenger can press a back surface of passenger's foot. Preferably, the foot pressing surface is inclined to ascend forward.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2007Publication date: February 28, 2008Inventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Toshinori Oki
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Patent number: 6296163Abstract: A substantially flat-shaped board type carrier (8) is placed on a carrier frame mounted on the front and/or rear of a straddle type four wheeled all-terrain vehicle. The carrier surface (8A) on which baggage is placed is provided with numerous lateral anti-slip projections (8e) that are parallel to one another and expand outward. Of the parts comprising the carrier frame, at least the front main frame and rear main frame are made of pipe and support the carrier by being fitted into the fitting grooves formed by the ribs on the bottom surface of the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1999Date of Patent: October 2, 2001Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jiro Kitao, Takeshi Usui, Hideyoshi Kosuge, Kazuhiro Maeda, Fumio Mizuta, Toru Minami
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Patent number: D422552Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1998Date of Patent: April 11, 2000Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideyoshi Kosuge, Takeshi Usui, Kazuhiro Maeda, Jiro Kitao, Kazumasa Hisada, Teruhito Momoi, Naoki Hashimoto