Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Takeuchi

Hiroshi Takeuchi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240154236
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: an electric motor that generates rotational power by which a driving wheel is driven; a battery case defining a battery accommodating space accommodating at least one battery; connectors that are located in the battery case, accommodated in the battery accommodating space, and electrically connected to respective terminals of the battery; and electric power lines through which electric power of the battery is supplied to the electric motor. The electric power lines include a connection circuit that includes a connection portion where the electric power lines extending from the connectors are connected to each other, the connection portion being located in an adjacent region located adjacent to the connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: So NISHIMURA, Hiroshi TAKEUCHI, Motoki KAJI
  • Patent number: 11978914
    Abstract: An internal unit includes: a battery cell group including a plurality of battery cells; a holder holding the battery cell group; and a platform connected to the holder. The platform includes: an insulating major surface on which a positive electrode member and a negative electrode member are disposed adjacent to each other, the positive electrode member including a positive electrode-side circuit member or a terminal of a positive electrode-side electronic component, the negative electrode member including a negative electrode-side circuit member or a terminal of a negative electrode-side electronic component; and an insulating partition portion projecting from the major surface and separating the positive electrode member and the negative electrode member from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20240025514
    Abstract: A straddle electric vehicle includes: a vehicle body frame; an electric motor including a motor driving shaft that outputs driving force by which a rear wheel is driven; a speed reducer that reduces the speed of the driving force of the motor driving shaft; an output shaft to which the driving force is transmitted from the speed reducer; an endless loop through which the driving force is transmitted from the output shaft to the rear wheel; and a motor case accommodating the electric motor and the output shaft. The motor driving shaft is located in front of and under the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Hiroshi TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240025513
    Abstract: A straddle electric vehicle includes: a vehicle body frame including a head pipe inside which a steering shaft is located and a front frame extending rearward from the head pipe; a battery case supported by the vehicle body frame; and a motor case located behind the battery case and accommodating an electric motor that generates driving force by which a wheel is driven. The front frame includes at least one lower-rear supporting portion supporting a bottom surface of the battery case and at least one motor fixing portion adjacent to the lower-rear supporting portion and fixed to the motor case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Hiroshi TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240025509
    Abstract: A straddle electric vehicle includes: a vehicle body frame including a motor case located between a front frame and a pivot frame; and an electric motor including a motor driving shaft that outputs driving force by which a rear wheel is driven. The motor case includes: a motor accommodating portion accommodating the electric motor; a front fixing portion fixed to the vehicle body frame; an upper-rear fixing portion fixed to the vehicle body frame; and a lower-rear fixing portion fixed to the vehicle body frame. In a side view of the vehicle, the motor driving shaft is located in a region surrounded by a virtual triangle defined by connecting the front fixing portion, the upper-rear fixing portion, and the lower-rear fixing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Hiroshi TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11858585
    Abstract: Provided is a straddle vehicle that allows for high design flexibility, that can absorb strong shocks applied in the up-down direction, and that can avoid contacting obstacles on the ground. The straddle vehicle includes a supported structure and a shock absorber. The supported structure includes a first element that performs a first function and a second element that performs a second function, the second element being located above a rear of the first element. The shock absorber includes an upper mounting portion and a lower mounting portion. The lower mounting portion of the shock absorber is connected to a swing arm, and the upper mounting portion of the shock absorber is connected to the second element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20230373583
    Abstract: There is provided a straddle-type vehicle including: a vehicle body frame; at least one wheel; a drive source configured to generate power to be transmitted to the wheel; and a battery case including an accommodation space in which a battery for storing electric power is accommodated and an opening that opens the accommodation space upward for inserting and removing the battery. The battery case is inclined with respect to a vertical direction such that the opening faces obliquely upward and rearward. A lower end of the battery case is disposed in a front space of the drive source and located lower than an upper end of the drive source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroshi TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230373584
    Abstract: There is provided a straddle-type vehicle including: a battery case having an accommodation space that accommodates a battery pack and an opening for attaching and detaching the battery pack via the opening that opens the accommodation space; a pressing mechanism including an abutting member capable of abutting the battery pack in a state where the battery pack is accommodated in the accommodation space of the battery case, and a retainer that holds the abutting member abutting the battery pack while pressing the abutting member toward the battery pack; and a lid body connected to the battery case via the pressing mechanism and that opens and closes the opening of the battery case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroshi TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230335982
    Abstract: There is provided a supporting member having excellent durability and an apparatus including the supporting member. The supporting member includes an elastic member and a plurality of block members formed thereon. The supporting member is deformable from a shape in which end surfaces of the block members are in contact with each other to a shape in which the end surfaces are separated from each other. The elastic member includes a fixed region whose deformation is restricted by being fixed to a bottom surface of the block member, and the supporting member includes a flexure reduction unit for reducing flexure at a position near the fixed region of the elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: JUNKOSHA INC.
    Inventors: Daiki HIRAOKA, Hiroshi TAKEUCHI, Yasuhiro MISU, Tetsuya HIROSE
  • Publication number: 20230307806
    Abstract: A battery pack of a vehicle includes a battery cell, a casing accommodating the battery cell, and at least one connector projecting outward from an outer surface of the casing. The casing includes at least one projection projecting outward from the outer surface of the casing. The projection projects in a projecting direction of the connector beyond the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshimoto MATSUDA, Hiroshi TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230250896
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conduit support device having high reliability even under severe conditions. A conduit support including a conduit, a support member configured to extend along a longitudinal direction of the conduit, and integrally support the conduit, and be capable of being bent at an arbitrary position in the longitudinal direction, and an accommodation member within which the conduit and the support member are stored, wherein an intermediate member is arranged between the support member and the accommodation member is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: JUNKOSHA INC.
    Inventors: Daiki HIRAOKA, Hiroshi TAKEUCHI, Yasuhiro MISU
  • Patent number: 11721966
    Abstract: There is provided a supporting member having excellent durability and an apparatus including the supporting member. The supporting member includes an elastic member and a plurality of block members formed thereon. The supporting member is deformable from a shape in which end surfaces of the block members are in contact with each other to a shape in which the end surfaces are separated from each other. The elastic member includes a fixed region whose deformation is restricted by being fixed to a bottom surface of the block member, and the supporting member includes a flexure reduction unit for reducing flexure at a position near the fixed region of the elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: JUNKOSHA INC.
    Inventors: Daiki Hiraoka, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Yasuhiro Misu, Tetsuya Hirose
  • Patent number: 11655916
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conduit support device having high reliability even under severe conditions. A conduit support including a conduit, a support member configured to extend along a longitudinal direction of the conduit, and integrally support the conduit, and be capable of being bent at an arbitrary position in the longitudinal direction, and an accommodation member within which the conduit and the support member are stored, wherein an intermediate member is arranged between the support member and the accommodation member is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: JUNKOSHA INC.
    Inventors: Daiki Hiraoka, Hiroshi Takeuchi, Yasuhiro Misu
  • Patent number: 11639098
    Abstract: A straddle vehicle includes: an on-vehicle part disposed behind an engine and including a battery; and a traveling wind passage structure disposed at a lateral side of the on-vehicle part. The battery includes a heat radiator exposed a side surface of the battery. The traveling wind passage structure includes: an inflow port into which traveling wind flows; a outflow port from which the traveling wind flows; and a side wall that is located between the inflow port and the outflow port and defines a passage between the side wall and a side surface of the on-vehicle part. The passage includes: a heat exchange region adjacently located at a lateral side of the heat radiator; and an upstream region adjacently located upstream of the heat exchange region. A passage sectional area of the heat exchange region is smaller than a passage sectional area of the upstream region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20230083637
    Abstract: It is possible to display a frame that is comfortable for an occupant. An image processing apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: an image/sound creation unit (142) that: creates a frame belonging to one of a plurality of modes as a frame of an application to be displayed on a screen provided in a vehicle; and moves before-switching and after-switching frames in a first direction parallel to or perpendicular to a vehicle travel direction in a case where an operation for switching from a frame that is being displayed to another frame in the same mode for the application is input, and moves before-switching and after-switching frames in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in a case where an operation for switching from a frame that is being displayed to another frame in a different mode for the application is input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Maho HAYASHI, Sachiko NISHIDE, Miyuki SHIRAKAWA, Tomonari MURAKAMI, Akio SUZUKI, Asami YAMAGISHI, Koji NAGATA, Seishi TOMONAGA, Tetsuo IKEDA, Toru NAGARA, Hiroshi TAKEUCHI, Takashi TAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230085310
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, a program, and an image presentation system capable of presenting a more suitable image to the interior of a vehicle. An image processing unit generates a presentation image to be presented to the interior of a second vehicle that is traveling, on the basis of a vehicle external image obtained by capturing an environment outside a first vehicle that is traveling. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a projector type presentation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: TETSUO IKEDA, SACHIKO NISHIDE, MIYUKI SHIRAKAWA, TOMONARI MURAKAMI, AKIO SUZUKI, ASAMI YAMAGISHI, KOJI NAGATA, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU, MAHO HAYASHI, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TORU NAGARA, HIROSHI TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11602046
    Abstract: A wiring board according to the present disclosure includes a core board including an upper surface, a lower surface, a through-hole penetrating from the upper surface to the lower surface, and a plurality of glass fibers located inside, and a through-hole conductor located in the through-hole. The through-hole conductor includes a first portion located on an inner wall of the through-hole, and second portions connected to the first portion and located inside the glass fibers. The second portions include portions in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction in a planar direction of the core board, the portions having a shorter length in the planar direction from the inner wall of the through-hole than portions, of the second portions, in directions other than the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20230054104
    Abstract: It is possible to optimize a mode of a screen for watching content. An image processing apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a shape determination unit (152) that determines a screen shape suitable for displaying content on the basis of an automated driving state of a vehicle and information regarding the content to be displayed on a screen provided in the vehicle; and an image creation unit (153) that creates an image of the content to be displayed on the screen according to the shape determined to be suitable for displaying the content by the shape determination unit (152).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: MAHO HAYASHI, SACHIKO NISHIDE, MIYUKI SHIRAKAWA, TOMONARI MURAKAMI, AKIO SUZUKI, ASAMI YAMAGISHI, KOJI NAGATA, SEISHI TOMONAGA, TETSUO IKEDA, TORU NAGARA, HIROSHI TAKEUCHI, TAKASHI TAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20220287176
    Abstract: A wiring board according to the present disclosure includes a core board including an upper surface, a lower surface, a through-hole penetrating from the upper surface to the lower surface, and a plurality of glass fibers located inside, and a through-hole conductor located in the through-hole. The through-hole conductor includes a first portion located on an inner wall of the through-hole, and second portions connected to the first portion and located inside the glass fibers. The second portions include portions in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction in a planar direction of the core board, the portions having a shorter length in the planar direction from the inner wall of the through-hole than portions, of the second portions, in directions other than the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 11398658
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a terminal board electrically connecting terminals of a plurality of battery cells to each other. The terminal board is thinner than a bus bar and welded to the terminals of the battery cells. The terminal board includes an elongated portion extending in a direction in which the battery cells are arranged and a plurality of fixation portions arranged at intervals on a long side of the elongated portion. The bus bar includes a plurality of fixation portions respectively placed in face-to-face contact with the fixation portions of the terminal board. Fasteners fasten the fixation portions of the terminal board and the fixation portions of the bus bar to fastener-receiving portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takeuchi