Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Iio

Hiroshi Iio 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: 5743219
    Abstract: A four-stroke-cycle engine of a motorcycle arranged between front and rear wheels thereof has a crank case in which a crank shaft is arranged and a plurality of cylinder assemblies operatively connected to the crank shaft and includes a front-side cylinder assembly and a rear-side cylinder assembly along a longitudinal direction of a motorcycle body. Each of the cylinder assemblies is composed of a cylinder block, a cylinder head mounted to a head portion of the cylinder block and a head cover covering the cylinder head. The cylinder assemblies are arranged so as to provide V-shapes along the longitudinal direction of the motorcycle body. A mating surface formed between the head cover and the cylinder head of at least the front-side cylinder assembly of the plural cylinder assemblies has an inclination obliquely downward towards the front wheel with respect to a mating surface formed between the cylinder head and the cylinder block of the front-side cylinder assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iio, Hiroyuki Nakai