Patents by Inventor Kaoru Kouchi
Kaoru Kouchi 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).
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Patent number: 11884354Abstract: A vehicle includes a propulsion power source, a handlebar, an output adjusting grip, and a torque operation member. The handlebar is operable to steer the vehicle. The output adjusting grip is disposed on either a right or left portion of the handlebar operably so that an output level of the propulsion power source is adjusted by rotating the output adjusting grip relative to the handlebar. The torque operation member is operable to issue a command to change a torque output characteristic of the propulsion power source. The torque operation member is disposed on the same right or left portion of the handlebar with the output adjusting grip rotatably integrally with the output adjusting grip.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Kaoru Kouchi, Shusei Ueno
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Patent number: 11161605Abstract: A fuselage, a support part supporting the fuselage, a thrust generation unit including fore, aft, left, and right thrust generators, and a flight controller controlling the unit are included. The fore, aft, left, and right thrust generators are respectively positioned on first, second, third, and fourth axes respectively extending in support part fore and aft, fore and aft, left and right, and left and right directions. The generators are respectively at the support part front, back, left, and right. The generators respectively generate thrust in directions intersecting the first, second, third, and fourth axes and can change thrust magnitude and direction around them. All generators are connected to the support part.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriaki Katayama, Kaoru Kouchi
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Publication number: 20200307739Abstract: A vehicle includes a propulsion power source, a handlebar, an output adjusting grip, and a torque operation member. The handlebar is operable to steer the vehicle. The output adjusting grip is disposed on either a right or left portion of the handlebar operably so that an output level of the propulsion power source is adjusted by rotating the output adjusting grip relative to the handlebar. The torque operation member is operable to issue a command to change a torque output characteristic of the propulsion power source. The torque operation member is disposed on the same right or left portion of the handlebar with the output adjusting grip rotatably integrally with the output adjusting grip.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Kaoru KOUCHI, Shusei Ueno
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Patent number: 10576872Abstract: A head lamp device of a straddle vehicle, the head lamp device having an optical axis adjustment mechanism, comprises a housing; and an internal unit including a light source device which emits light, and a light output device which outputs in a forward direction the light emitted from the light source device, through the housing, the internal unit being accommodated in the housing in a state in which the internal unit is tiltable with respect to the housing. The internal unit includes a support point part which is tiltably supported by the housing. In a front view, the support point part is disposed in an area center of the internal unit or at a location that is in the vicinity of the area center.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kaoru Kouchi
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Patent number: 10322763Abstract: A head lamp device of a straddle-type vehicle, comprises at least one lamp unit including at least one light source and a plurality of emission ports through which light emitted from the light source is output; and a cover member including a transmission section which transmits in a forward direction of a vehicle body, the light output through the plurality of emission ports, and covering a front portion of the lamp unit, wherein the transmission section includes a first surface, and a second surface bent with respect to the first surface, and an edge is provided on a ridge line formed by the first surface and the second surface, and wherein the edge extends through a gap formed between two adjacent emission ports of the plurality of emission ports.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kaoru Kouchi, Toru Sato
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Publication number: 20190092218Abstract: A head lamp device of a straddle vehicle, the head lamp device having an optical axis adjustment mechanism, comprises a housing; and an internal unit including a light source device which emits light, and a light output device which outputs in a forward direction the light emitted from the light source device, through the housing, the internal unit being accommodated in the housing in a state in which the internal unit is tiltable with respect to the housing. The internal unit includes a support point part which is tiltably supported by the housing. In a front view, the support point part is disposed in an area center of the internal unit or at a location that is in the vicinity of the area center.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventor: Kaoru Kouchi
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Publication number: 20190047693Abstract: A fuselage, a support part supporting the fuselage, a thrust generation unit including fore, aft, left, and right thrust generators, and a flight controller controlling the unit are included. The fore, aft, left, and right thrust generators are respectively positioned on first, second, third, and fourth axes respectively extending in support part fore and aft, fore and aft, left and right, and left and right directions. The generators are respectively at the support part front, back, left, and right. The generators respectively generate thrust in directions intersecting the first, second, third, and fourth axes and can change thrust magnitude and direction around them. All generators are connected to the support part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Noriaki KATAYAMA, Kaoru KOUCHI
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Patent number: 10112668Abstract: A head lamp device of a straddle-type vehicle, comprises a housing; a pair of light units which are disposed at right and left sides, respectively, in a rightward and leftward direction, and emit light in a forward direction; a pair of support point members which support the pair of light units, respectively; a pair of first tilt members which tilt the pair of light units, respectively in a first direction with respect to the housing; and a pair of second tilt members which tilt the pair of light units, respectively in a second direction with respect to the housing, the pair of support point members are disposed in outward regions, respectively, of the housing in the rightward and leftward direction, and the pair of first tilt members and the pair of second tilt members are disposed in a center region of the housing in the rightward and leftward direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru Sato, Kaoru Kouchi, Akira Saijyo, Hiroyuki Harada
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Patent number: 10011313Abstract: A tandem grip unit includes a pair of left and right tandem grips. Each of the tandem grips in turn includes a to-be-supported portion supported by a vehicle frame structure, a grip portion to be grasped by a fellow passenger, a bag fitting portion to which a pannier bag is fitted, and a casing fitting portion to which a top casing is fitted, all of those elements being formed integrally.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki Wada, Takahiro Kokubo, Kaoru Kouchi, Hidefumi Yasuhara
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Publication number: 20170327170Abstract: A head lamp device of a straddle-type vehicle, comprises a housing; a pair of light units which are disposed at right and left sides, respectively, in a rightward and leftward direction, and emit light in a forward direction; a pair of support point members which support the pair of light units, respectively; a pair of first tilt members which tilt the pair of light units, respectively in a first direction with respect to the housing; and a pair of second tilt members which tilt the pair of light units, respectively in a second direction with respect to the housing, the pair of support point members are disposed in outward regions, respectively, of the housing in the rightward and leftward direction, and the pair of first tilt members and the pair of second tilt members are disposed in a center region of the housing in the rightward and leftward direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Toru Sato, Kaoru Kouchi, Akira Saijyo, Hiroyuki Harada
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Publication number: 20170327169Abstract: A head lamp device of a straddle-type vehicle, comprises at least one lamp unit including at least one light source and a plurality of emission ports through which light emitted from the light source is output; and a cover member including a transmission section which transmits in a forward direction of a vehicle body, the light output through the plurality of emission ports, and covering a front portion of the lamp unit, wherein the transmission section includes a first surface, and a second surface bent with respect to the first surface, and an edge is provided on a ridge line formed by the first surface and the second surface, and wherein the edge extends through a gap formed between two adjacent emission ports of the plurality of emission ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Kaoru Kouchi, Toru Sato
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Patent number: 9605827Abstract: A head lamp unit for vehicle includes a head lamp and a position lamp housed in a housing, in which a cover lens is mounted on the front surface of a lamp body. A position lamp emitter is arranged to be hidden by a head lamp reflector, seen from the front. A position lamp reflection surface reflecting a light emitted from the position lamp emitter to guide the light to the front of the housing is provided around the head lamp reflector.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2013Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kaoru Kouchi
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Publication number: 20170008585Abstract: A tandem grip unit includes a pair of left and right tandem grips. Each of the tandem grips in turn includes a to-be-supported portion supported by a vehicle frame structure, a grip portion to be grasped by a fellow passenger, a bag fitting portion to which a pannier bag is fitted, and a casing fitting portion to which a top casing is fitted, all of those elements being formed integrally.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Hiroyuki Wada, Takahiro Kokubo, Kaoru Kouchi, Hidefumi Yasuhara
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Publication number: 20160311370Abstract: A display device of a vehicle comprises a rotational speed display unit including a dial plate section including scale markings to indicate a rotational speed of a motor, and an indicator needle member which is movable with respect to the dial plate section according to the rotational speed of the motor and points to one of the scale markings; a threshold determiner unit which determines whether or not the rotational speed of the motor has exceeded a predetermined threshold; and a display configuration control unit which changes a display configuration of the indicator needle member to urge a rider to perform a shift-up operation of a transmission, when the threshold determiner unit determines that the rotational speed has exceeded the predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Juichi Oyanagi, Kaoru Kouchi
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Patent number: 9409615Abstract: A motorcycle includes a detachable pannier. A rear surface of the pannier includes a first inclined surface extending downward from an upper end so as to be inclined rearward, and a second inclined surface extending downward from a lower end of the first inclined surface so as to be inclined rearward at an angle greater than the first inclined surface. A light distribution requirement that a tail lamp and a turn indicator can be seen from a rear side is met in a state where the pannier is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jiwon Seo, Kaoru Kouchi
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Publication number: 20160052581Abstract: A motorcycle includes a detachable pannier. A rear surface of the pannier includes a first inclined surface extending downward from an upper end so as to be inclined rearward, and a second inclined surface extending downward from a lower end of the first inclined surface so as to be inclined rearward at an angle greater than the first inclined surface. A light distribution requirement that a tail lamp and a turn indicator can be seen from a rear side is met in a state where the pannier is mounted.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Jiwon Seo, Kaoru Kouchi
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Patent number: D815566Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2017Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Juichi Oyanagi, Kaoru Kouchi, Takumi Uemoto
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Patent number: D833335Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Jiwon Seo, Kaoru Kouchi, Takumi Uemoto
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Patent number: D918785Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Inventors: Kaoru Kouchi, Gregory Yujiro Tada
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Patent number: D936526Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Inventors: Juichi Oyanagi, Takumi Uemoto, Kaoru Kouchi