Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Takashiba

Hiroaki Takashiba 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: 10272965
    Abstract: Provided is a saddled-vehicle cowl structure capable of effectively supplying outside air to a power unit. A saddled-vehicle cowl structure includes a main seat on which an occupant is seated, a side cowl that covers a side lower part of the main seat, an air cleaner box provided below the main seat and connected to a power unit, and an air intake duct for supplying outdoor air to the air cleaner box. The side cowl includes an inner side cowl and an outer side cowl disposed on a vehicle width direction outer side of the inner side cowl. An air intake port for supplying traveling wind to the air intake duct is provided near a front end portion of the inner side cowl. The air intake port is covered by the outer side cowl from an outer side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Haraguchi, Shin Yokoyama, Takayoshi Tsujinaka, Hiroki Mori, Hiroaki Takashiba, Masahiro Mizoguchi, Kazuro Furukawa
  • Publication number: 20180118295
    Abstract: Provided is a saddled-vehicle cowl structure capable of effectively supplying outside air to a power unit. A saddled-vehicle cowl structure includes a main seat on which an occupant is seated, a side cowl that covers a side lower part of the main seat, an air cleaner box provided below the main seat and connected to a power unit, and an air intake duct for supplying outdoor air to the air cleaner box. The side cowl includes an inner side cowl and an outer side cowl disposed on a vehicle width direction outer side of the inner side cowl. An air intake port for supplying traveling wind to the air intake duct is provided near a front end portion of the inner side cowl. The air intake port is covered by the outer side cowl from an outer side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Hideaki HARAGUCHI, Shin YOKOYAMA, Takayoshi TSUJINAKA, Hiroki MORI, Hiroaki TAKASHIBA, Masahiro MIZOGUCHI, Kazuro FURUKAWA
  • Patent number: 8820465
    Abstract: A front fork for a saddle-type vehicle includes a front wheel and a pair of left and right leg members disposed on opposite sides of the front wheel. Each of the left and right leg members includes an outer tube having a lower end portion thereof journaling an axle of the front wheel, an inner tube slidably fitted into the outer tube and having an upper portion thereof connected to a head pipe of the vehicle, and a spring installed in a compressed state between the outer and inner tubes. The respective springs of the left and right leg members are set to have different weights from one another. As such, the front fork is configured to correct a weight imbalance between left and right sides of the vehicle body, while increasing freedom in the layout of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Ito, Hiroaki Takashiba
  • Patent number: 8141670
    Abstract: A radiator attachment structure for a motorcycle in which a down tube is formed in a shape having a curved portion, and a radiator can be disposed in a less visible manner while being erected. An upper portion of each of down tubes is formed as a curved portion curved in a side view. A lower portion of each of the down tube is formed as a linear slope portion extending linearly downwardly from a corresponding one of the curved portions in the side view. A radiator is disposed while being overlapped with the linear slope portions of the down tubes in the side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kosei Hayashi, Kazuro Furukawa, Hiroaki Takashiba
  • Publication number: 20110278084
    Abstract: A front fork for a saddle-type vehicle includes a front wheel and a pair of left and right leg members disposed on opposite sides of the front wheel. Each of the left and right leg members includes an outer tube having a lower end portion thereof journaling an axle of the front wheel, an inner tube slidably fitted into the outer tube and having an upper portion thereof connected to a head pipe of the vehicle, and a spring installed in a compressed state between the outer and inner tubes. The respective springs of the left and right leg members are set to have different weights from one another. As such, the front fork is configured to correct a weight imbalance between left and right sides of the vehicle body, while increasing freedom in the layout of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji ITO, Hiroaki TAKASHIBA
  • Publication number: 20100187033
    Abstract: A radiator attachment structure for a motorcycle in which a down tube is formed in a shape having a curved portion, and a radiator can be disposed in a less visible manner while being erected. An upper portion of each of down tubes is formed as a curved portion curved in a side view. A lower portion of each of the down tube is formed as a linear slope portion extending linearly downwardly from a corresponding one of the curved portions in the side view. A radiator is disposed while being overlapped with the linear slope portions of the down tubes in the side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Kosei HAYASHI, Kazuro Furukawa, Hiroaki Takashiba