Patents by Inventor Hirotsugu Ueno

Hirotsugu Ueno 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: 10106219
    Abstract: In a cowl stay structure for a vehicle which is mounted on a front end part of a body frame having a pair of main frames extending longitudinally to the left and right, and which supports a cowling, a cowl stay supporting the cowling has a front opening which serves as a duct with a hollow structure designed to guide the air taken in from a front side of a vehicle body to an air cleaner box. The cowl stay is mounted on a front surface of a head pipe arranged on the front end of the body frame for establishing a flow path of the front opening with said head pipe opening. A headlight configured to irradiate an area in front of a vehicle with light is placed inside the cowl stay. Such a cowl stay structure has reduced size and weight, and it supports multiple parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dai Takakuwa, Hirotsugu Ueno
  • Patent number: 10029751
    Abstract: A top bridge 11 supports upper portions of a pair of left and right front forks 10 that rotatably support a front wheel. A handlebar 14 is fixed above the top bridge 11. A meter 30 and a meter visor 18 that covers the meter 30 are supported via a meter stay 40 at a position anterior to the top bridge 11. The meter stay 40 includes a proximal portion 41 that is fastened to a front surface of the top bridge 11, a first arm portion 42 that extends forwardly from the proximal portion 41, a visor support portion 43 disposed at a front end of the first arm portion 42, and second arm portions 45 that extend obliquely upwardly toward a rear from the visor support portion 43.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirotsugu Ueno
  • Patent number: 9975586
    Abstract: A motorcycle with a power unit for reducing the running resistance of a flow of air by effectively straightening the flow of air while ensuring the visibility of a tail light unit. The tail light unit emits light toward the rear of the vehicle and is arranged in a rear cowl which covers a rear part of the body frame at least behind an operator's seat. A straightening plate covers a rear part of a body frame F from below while allowing air flowing from a power unit to the rear to be straightened and discharged to the rear of the vehicle. The straightening plate is fixedly arranged below a rear cowl, which covers the rear part of the body frame from the side and above, behind an operator's seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Shigihara, Hirotsugu Ueno, Toshiaki Kishi
  • Patent number: 9663175
    Abstract: A front fender structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle, capable of preventing water, mud or the like from adhering to an engine, a radiator or the like while efficiently cooling the engine, the radiator or the like by using traveling air. A front fender is supported by a front fork in such a manner that a front end of a backward fender is positioned higher than a front end of a forward fender in a side view, and is formed with ventilating holes 88 allowing traveling air to pass through and provided behind the forward fender and above the backward fender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyosuke Kitayama, Hirotsugu Ueno
  • Publication number: 20170036711
    Abstract: A motorcycle with a power unit for reducing the running resistance of a flow of air by effectively straightening the flow of air while ensuring the visibility of a tail light unit. The tail light unit emits light toward the rear of the vehicle and is arranged in a rear cowl which covers a rear part of the body frame at least behind an operator's seat. A straightening plate covers a rear part of a body frame F from below while allowing air flowing from a power unit to the rear to be straightened and discharged to the rear of the vehicle. The straightening plate is fixedly arranged below a rear cowl, which covers the rear part of the body frame from the side and above, behind an operator's seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi SHIGIHARA, Hirotsugu UENO, Toshiaki KISHI
  • Publication number: 20170015382
    Abstract: In a cowl stay structure for a vehicle which is mounted on a front end part of a body frame having a pair of main frames extending longitudinally to the left and right, and which supports a cowling, a cowl stay supporting the cowling has a front opening which serves as a duct with a hollow structure designed to guide the air taken in from a front side of a vehicle body to an air cleaner box. The cowl stay is mounted on a front surface of a head pipe arranged on the front end of the body frame for establishing a flow path of the front opening with said head pipe opening. A headlight configured to irradiate an area in front of a vehicle with light is placed inside the cowl stay. Such a cowl stay structure has reduced size and weight, and it supports multiple parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Dai TAKAKUWA, Hirotsugu UENO
  • Publication number: 20160288855
    Abstract: A top bridge 11 supports upper portions of a pair of left and right front forks 10 that rotatably support a front wheel. A handlebar 14 is fixed above the top bridge 11. A meter 30 and a meter visor 18 that covers the meter 30 are supported via a meter stay 40 at a position anterior to the top bridge 11. The meter stay 40 includes a proximal portion 41 that is fastened to a front surface of the top bridge 11, a first arm portion 42 that extends forwardly from the proximal portion 41, a visor support portion 43 disposed at a front end of the first arm portion 42, and second arm portions 45 that extend obliquely upwardly toward a rear from the visor support portion 43.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Hirotsugu UENO
  • Patent number: 9440702
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure of a saddle-type vehicle includes a headlight and a front cowl with rearview mirrors being attached on the left and right sides of the upper part thereof. A lens surface of the headlight and the upper part of the front cowl each have a surface that is inclined so as to extend upwardly and rearwardly to form a front cowl surface continuously covering the vehicle body front surface. A step part protruding more in a forward direction than the lens surface is made at the connection part between the front cowl and an upper edge of the lens surface of the headlight. This step part extends outwardly in the vehicle width direction to the base parts of the rearview mirrors along the upper edge of the lens surface with mirror-side overhang surfaces continuously leading to the step part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Tako, Hirotsugu Ueno
  • Publication number: 20160059921
    Abstract: A front fender structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle, capable of preventing water, mud or the like from adhering to an engine, a radiator or the like while efficiently cooling the engine, the radiator or the like by using traveling air. A front fender is supported by a front fork in such a manner that a front end of a backward fender is positioned higher than a front end of a forward fender in a side view, and is formed with ventilating holes 88 allowing traveling air to pass through and provided behind the forward fender and above the backward fender.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Kyosuke Kitayama, Hirotsugu Ueno
  • Publication number: 20140152045
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure of a saddle-type vehicle includes a headlight and a front cowl with rearview mirrors being attached on the left and right sides of the upper part thereof. A lens surface of the headlight and the upper part of the front cowl each have a surface that is inclined so as to extend upwardly and rearwardly to form a front cowl surface continuously covering the vehicle body front surface. A step part protruding more in a forward direction than the lens surface is made at the connection part between the front cowl and an upper edge of the lens surface of the headlight. This step part extends outwardly in the vehicle width direction to the base parts of the rearview mirrors along the upper edge of the lens surface with mirror-side overhang surfaces continuously leading to the step part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji TAKO, Hirotsugu UENO
  • Patent number: 8454075
    Abstract: A front portion structure of a saddle-ride type vehicle which is constructed to install a combination lamp on a front cowl and improve visibility of a blinker of one of left and right sides of the vehicle from the other side, wherein Lens-side recess portions are formed as concavities which are recessed to the rear of the vehicle and extend in a vertical direction in front of the blinker lamps as well as on the inner side of a vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Hayashi, Hirotsugu Ueno, Hiroaki Tsukui, Manabu Ichikawa, Takahiro Oyama
  • Publication number: 20110149587
    Abstract: To provide a front portion structure of a saddle-ride type vehicle which is constructed to install a combination lamp on a front cowl and improves visibility of a blinker of one of left and right sides of the vehicle from the other side. Lens-side recess portions are formed as concavities which are recessed to the rear of the vehicle and extend in a vertical direction in front of the blinker lamps as well as on the inner side of a vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Kazuhito HAYASHI, Hirotsugu UENO, Hiroaki TSUKUI, Manabu ICHIKAWA, Takahiro OYAMA
  • Patent number: D677601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yanagita, Hirotsugu Ueno
  • Patent number: D683274
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yanagita, Hirotsugu Ueno
  • Patent number: D683275
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yanagita, Hirotsugu Ueno
  • Patent number: D712793
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Kohama, Hirotsugu Ueno
  • Patent number: D717699
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Tako, Hirotsugu Ueno
  • Patent number: D735616
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTORS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Tako, Hirotsugu Ueno
  • Patent number: D809432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Ueno, Maurizio Carbonara
  • Patent number: D840323
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Tako, Hirotsugu Ueno