Patents by Inventor Joe Heim

Joe Heim 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: 10850557
    Abstract: A wheel for a utility vehicle includes a first attaching face with which the wheel is to be attached to a hub of a vehicle body, and a second attaching face with which the wheel inversed in a vehicle width direction is to be attached to the hub. The wheel is structured such that the first attaching face is, when attached to the hub, offset outward in the vehicle width direction with respect to a center line in the vehicle width direction of the wheel, and the second attaching face is, when attached to the hub, offset inward in the vehicle width direction with respect to the center line in the vehicle width direction of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Nishiguchi, Joe Heim
  • Publication number: 20190351704
    Abstract: A wheel for a utility vehicle includes a first attaching face with which the wheel is to be attached to a hub of a vehicle body, and a second attaching face with which the wheel inversed in a vehicle width direction is to be attached to the hub, where the wheel is structured such that the first attaching face is, when attached to the hub, offset outward in the vehicle width direction with respect to a center line in the vehicle width direction of the wheel, and the second attaching face is, when attached to the hub, offset inward in the vehicle width direction with respect to the center line in the vehicle width direction of the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Nobuyuki NISHIGUCHI, Joe HEIM
  • Patent number: 6508187
    Abstract: The present invention provides a watercraft having steering components (steering tabs or stabilizers) for maintaining steering capability even while amount of water ejected from a propulsion pump is decreased. The steering components are movably disposed on a hull of the watercraft at or below the water level on both right and left sides to be in an “Operating State” in which resistance of water is larger or to be in a “Non-operating State” in which the resistance of water is smaller in accordance with steering operation. Furthermore, a mechanism for absorbing an external force acting on the steering components in the “Operating State” is located in a system for operating the steering components. The mechanism reacts to the external force to allow the steering components to be transformed into the “Non-operating State.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoaki Maeda, Yoshinori Tsumiyama, Takehiro Nakashima, Kanji Kiyohara, Haruyoshi Maruyama, Masafumi Ikeyama, Haruki Okada, Kunihiko Kamio, Troy Kite, Chris Hagest, Joe Heim
  • Publication number: 20010018884
    Abstract: The present invention provides a watercraft having steering components (steering tabs or stabilizers) for maintaining steering capability even while amount of water ejected from a propulsion pump is decreased. The steering components are movably disposed on a hull of the watercraft at or below the water level on both right and left sides to be in an “Operating State” in which resistance of water is larger or to be in a “Non-operating State” in which the resistance of water is smaller in accordance with steering operation. Furthermore, a mechanism for absorbing an external force acting on the steering components in the “Operating State” is located in a system for operating the steering components. The mechanism reacts to the external force to allow the steering components to be transformed into the “Non-operating State.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventors: Kiyoaki Maeda, Yoshinori Tsumiyama, Takehiro Nakashima, Kanji Kiyohara, Haruyoshi Maruyama, Masafumi Ikeyama, Haruki Okada, Kunihiko Kamio, Troy Kite, Chris Hagest, Joe Heim
  • Patent number: 6192823
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a personal watercraft having a rear deck floor which can house goods necessary for water-skiing or the like and is provided with a space where a water-skier or the like sits when getting into the water or a space for embarkation when coming out of the water into a watercraft. In a personal watercraft having a whole plane view almost shell-shaped comprising a riding seat S provided from an almost central portion of a body A of a watercraft to a rear portion thereof, a steering handlebar 21 provided in front of the riding seat S, an engine E for propulsion provided below the riding seat S, and a jet pump P provided behind the engine, the jet pump being provided with an outlet port rearward for being driven by the engine, a rear deck floor 1 having a space for at least one adult to sit is provided behind the riding seat S and has an openable hatch cover 1A formed on the space, and a rear storage box 1B is formed under the hatch cover 1A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tsumiyama, Kenichi Nakagawa, Tomohiro Kanazawa, Kiyoaki Maeda, Kunihiko Kamio, Joe Heim, William Peter Engle, Jr., Gary Bozych
  • Patent number: 6112686
    Abstract: In the storage structure for a personal watercraft, a first hatch cover is installed in front of a handlebar in an openable and closable fashion with respect to a deck and a second hatch cover is installed on the first hatch cover in an openable and closable fashion with respect to the first hatch cover. A first storage area is formed inside the first hatch cover and a second storage area is formed inside the second hatch cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tsumiyama, Kenichi Nakagawa, Kiyoaki Maeda, Kunihiko Kamio, Joe Heim, William Peter Engle, Jr., Gary Bozych