Patents by Inventor Itsuo Takegami

Itsuo Takegami 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: 11034274
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a passenger grip for a crew seated on a passenger seat. The passenger grip includes a handle grip having an arm part extending from a dashboard toward the passenger seat and a grip part provided at the arm part and gripped by the crew seated on the passenger seat, a holder outserted to the arm part of the handle grip and holding the arm part movably forward and backward in an extending direct on of the arm part, and a single-action look mechanism provided at the holder and fixing the handle grip to the holder. The single-action lock mechanism includes a lock pin having a distal end penetrating a through hole provided at the holder and engaged with at least one engagement hole provided at the arm part, a spring biasing the lock pin toward the arm part, a housing fixed to the holder and accommodating the lock pin and the spring, and a knob disposed outside the housing and connected to the lock pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta Nakamura, Itsuo Takegami
  • Patent number: 10710527
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: a seat; a back panel having at least a part disposed behind the seat; and a battery disposed behind the back panel. The battery is disposed above a seating surface of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki Ishibashi, Itsuo Takegami, Kazumasa Hisada
  • Patent number: 10710523
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a seat, and a back panel with at least a part of the back panel located behind the seat. The back panel has a box portion that has an opening facing a cabin, and a lid covers the opening. An electrical component is housed in the box portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuki Ishibashi, Itsuo Takegami, Kazumasa Hisada
  • Patent number: 10589653
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a passenger grip including a handle grip having an arm part extending from a dashboard toward the passenger seat, and a grip part at the arm part and gripped by the crew seated on the passenger seat, a holder outserted to the arm part of the handle grip and holding the arm part movably forward and backward in an extending direction of the arm part, and a single-action lock mechanism at the holder and fixing the handle grip to the holder. The single-action lock mechanism includes a lock pin having a distal end penetrating a through hole at the holder and engaged with an engagement hole at the arm part, a spring biasing the lock pin toward the arm part, a housing fixed to the holder and accommodating the lock pin and the spring, and a knob outside the housing and connected to the lock pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Itsuo Takegami, Kazuhiro Maeda, Takashi Hisamura, Kazumasa Hisada
  • Publication number: 20200017040
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a seat, a back panel at least a part of which is disposed behind the seat, the back panel having a portion forming a box portion that has an opening on a cabin side, a lid that covers the opening, and an electrical component housed in the box portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuki ISHIBASHI, Itsuo TAKEGAMI, Kazumasa HISADA
  • Publication number: 20200017044
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: a seat; a back panel at least a part of which is disposed behind the seat; and a battery disposed behind the back panel. The battery is disposed above a seating surface of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuki ISHIBASHI, Itsuo TAKEGAMI, Kazumasa HISADA
  • Publication number: 20190329688
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a passenger grip for a crew seated on a passenger seat. The passenger grip includes a handle grip having an arm part extending from a dashboard toward the passenger seat and a grip part provided at the arm part and gripped by the crew seated on the passenger seat, a holder outserted to the arm part of the handle grip and holding the arm part movably forward and backward in an extending direct on of the arm part, and a single-action look mechanism provided at the holder and fixing the handle grip to the holder. The single-action lock mechanism includes a lock pin having a distal end penetrating a through hole provided at the holder and engaged with at least one engagement hole provided at the arm part, a spring biasing the lock pin toward the arm part, a housing fixed to the holder and accommodating the lock pin and the spring, and a knob disposed outside the housing and connected to the lock pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Kenta NAKAMURA, Itsuo TAKEGAMI
  • Patent number: 10450009
    Abstract: A panel locking device for a vehicle cargo bed is configured to retain an openable gate-shaped panel so as to be upstanding at a closed position. The panel locking device includes a locking lever rotatably supported by a lever support portion provided at a first of the openable gate-shaped panel and a cargo bed panel adjacent to the openable gate-shaped panel, a movable hook rotatably coupled to a halfway portion of the locking lever, a first fixed hook provided to a second one of the openable gate-shaped panel and the cargo bed panel and configured to engage with the movable hook when the openable gate-shaped panel is located at the closed position, and a second fixed hook provided to the first one of the panels and configured to engage with the movable hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruaki Yamamoto, Itsuo Takegami
  • Patent number: 10384726
    Abstract: A side-by-side vehicle includes a vehicle body frame; a driving power unit supported by the vehicle body frame; and a cargo carrier which is disposed above the driving power unit and has a loading space. The cargo carrier includes a bottom wall defining a bottom surface of the loading space. The bottom wall includes a center bottom wall portion, a rear bottom wall portion provided rearward of the center bottom wall portion and configured to be higher than the center bottom wall portion, and a protruding wall portion protruding upward from a rear end of the center bottom wall portion and connected to a front end of the rear bottom wall portion. The protruding wall portion is provided with a drain hole through which a space formed above the center bottom wall portion is in communication with a space formed under the rear bottom wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta Nakamura, Itsuo Takegami
  • Publication number: 20190241111
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a passenger grip including a handle grip having an arm part extending from a dashboard toward the passenger seat, and a grip part at the arm part and gripped by the crew seated on the passenger seat, a holder outserted to the arm part of the handle grip and holding the arm part movably forward and backward in an extending direction of the arm part, and a single-action lock mechanism at the holder and fixing the handle grip to the holder. The single-action lock mechanism includes a lock pin having a distal end penetrating a through hole at the holder and engaged with an engagement hole at the arm part, a spring biasing the lock pin toward the arm part, a housing fixed to the holder and accommodating the lock pin and the spring, and a knob outside the housing and connected to the lock pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Itsuo TAKEGAMI, Kazuhiro MAEDA, Takashi HISAMURA, Kazumasa HISADA
  • Patent number: 10227029
    Abstract: A container holder attached to a utility vehicle and including a support member; an upper holding member attached to the support member and holding a side surface of a container; and a lower holding member attached to the support member and supporting a lower surface of a container; wherein the upper holding member is rotatable with respect to the support member between a first holding position of holding a container and a first accommodated position of holding no container, the lower holding member is rotatable with respect to the support member between a second holding position of holding a container and a second accommodated position of holding no container, the upper holding member located at the first accommodated position holds the lower holding member located at the second accommodated position, and the support member includes a fixing portion configured to fix the upper holding member at the first accommodated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Maeda, Itsuo Takegami
  • Patent number: 10202151
    Abstract: A cargo carrier having a depressed loading space includes a base carrier member, and a pair of right and left side carrier members disposed on right and left sides, respectively, of the base carrier member, and fastened to the pair of right and left rear frame members, respectively, from above. The base carrier member includes a bottom wall portion forming a bottom surface of the loading space, a front wall portion protruding upward from a front end of the bottom wall portion, and a pair of right and left side wall portions protruding upward from a right end and a left end, respectively, of the bottom wall portion. The pair of right and left side wall portions of the base carrier member are removably mountable on the pair of right and left side carrier members, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta Nakamura, Takashi Hisamura, Itsuo Takegami
  • Patent number: 9604561
    Abstract: A grip mounting structure for a utility vehicle includes an R.O.P.S. surrounding a riding space provided with a seat, a front-seat central grip provided to the R.O.P.S. and having a holding portion configured to be held by a crew member sitting on the seat, and an additional grip detachably mounted to at least one of the R.O.P.S. and the front-seat central grip and having a holding portion configured to be held by the crew member. The holding portion of the additional grip has a projection amount to the riding space that is larger than a projection amount of the holding portion of the front-seat central grip to the riding space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Maeda, Itsuo Takegami
  • Publication number: 20170036585
    Abstract: A container holder attached to a utility vehicle and including a support member; an upper holding member attached to the support member and holding a side surface of a container; and a lower holding member attached to the support member and supporting a lower surface of a container; wherein the upper holding member is rotatable with respect to the support member between a first holding position of holding a container and a first accommodated position of holding no container, the lower holding member is rotatable with respect to the support member between a second holding position of holding a container and a second accommodated position of holding no container, the upper holding member located at the first accommodated position holds the lower holding member located at the second accommodated position, and the support member includes a fixing portion configured to fix the upper holding member at the first accommodated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuhiro MAEDA, Itsuo TAKEGAMI
  • Publication number: 20160325663
    Abstract: A grip mounting structure for a utility vehicle includes an R.O.P.S. surrounding a riding space provided with a seat, a front-seat central grip provided to the R.O.P.S. and having a holding portion configured to be held by a crew member sitting on the seat, and an additional grip detachably mounted to at least one of the R.O.P.S. and the front-seat central grip and having a holding portion configured to be held by the crew member. The holding portion of the additional grip has a projection amount to the riding space that is larger than a projection amount of the holding portion of the front-seat central grip to the riding space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuhiro MAEDA, Itsuo TAKEGAMI
  • Patent number: 9440527
    Abstract: A utility vehicle according to the invention includes a body frame supporting a cabin disposed between a pair of left and right front wheels and a pair of left and right rear wheels, a cabin front wall extending substantially throughout a vehicle width at a front end of the cabin, and an inner fender covering a lower surface of a front chamber located ahead of the cabin and above the front wheels and extending substantially throughout the vehicle width. The cabin front wall and the inner fender are connected to each other substantially throughout the vehicle width and form a front wheel space including wheel housings of the front wheels and a space between the front wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Maeda, Itsuo Takegami
  • Patent number: 9403467
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: a chassis (1); a seat (6) arranged on the chassis; a cargo bed (8) arranged behind the seat and supported in a freely rotatable manner about a pivot (11) of the chassis so as to be changeable between a dumping position in which a front portion of the cargo bed is raised and a normal position in which the front portion of the cargo bed is not raised; a holding part (12) for biasing the cargo bed toward the dumping position so as to hold the cargo bed; and a support rod (101) provided separately from the holding part and supporting the cargo bed at the dumping position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiji Takahashi, Yoshinori Tsumiyama, Itsuo Takegami, Kazuki Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20160200374
    Abstract: A panel locking device for a vehicle cargo bed is configured to retain an openable gate-shaped panel (18) upstanding at a closed position. The panel locking device includes a locking lever (24) rotatably supported by a lever support portion (22) provided at a first one of the gate-shaped panel (18) and a cargo bed panel (16) adjacent to the gate-shaped panel (18), a movable hook (25) rotatably coupled to a halfway portion of the locking lever (24), a first fixed hook (21) provided to a second one of the gate-shaped panel (18) and the cargo bed panel (16) and configured to engage with the movable hook (25) when the gate-shaped panel (18) is located at the closed position, and at least one second fixed hook (26) provided to the first one of the panels and configured to engage with the movable hook (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Teruaki YAMAMOTO, Itsuo TAKEGAMI
  • Publication number: 20160185270
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: a chassis (1); a seat (6) arranged on the chassis; a cargo bed (8) arranged behind the seat and supported in a freely rotatable manner about a pivot (11) of the chassis so as to be changeable between a dumping position in which a front portion of the cargo bed is raised and a normal position in which the front portion of the cargo bed is not raised; a holding part (12) for biasing the cargo bed toward the dumping position so as to hold the cargo bed; and a support rod (101) provided separately from the holding part and supporting the cargo bed at the dumping position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Keiji TAKAHASHI, Yoshinori TSUMIYAMA, Itsuo TAKEGAMI, Kazuki TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 9056576
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a front seat, a rear seat at a rear side of the front seat, and a cargo bed at a rear side of the rear seat, and a screen for partitioning the cargo bed and a riding space at a front side of the cargo bed. The cargo bed includes left and right fixed side walls, a front wall movable into the riding space, and left and right expansion side walls expandable into the riding space. The cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward into the riding space and a non-expanded state in which the cargo bed is not expanded into the riding space. The screen is attached to the front wall, and each expansion side wall is foldably attached to the front wall and a corresponding one of the fixed side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruaki Yamamoto, Itsuo Takegami, Yoshiyuki Kuroyanagi