Patents by Inventor Kazuteru IWAMOTO

Kazuteru IWAMOTO 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: 12098692
    Abstract: A straddled vehicle on which a part used for performing an inspection for a leak of gas from an evaporative emission system is mounted such that a weight balance of the straddled vehicle is maintained and mass concentrates includes a canister-integrated-leak-detection device that detects a leak of gas from an evaporative emission system. The canister-integrated-leak-detection device configured in a state where at least one of a vent valve or a suction pump is integrated with a canister is supported via a common attaching member to intersect with at least one of a virtual-left-right-center plane that includes a center in a left-right direction and is perpendicular to the left-right direction, a virtual-front-rear-center plane that includes a center in a front-rear direction and is perpendicular to the front-rear direction, or a virtual-up-down-center plane that includes a center in an up-down direction and is perpendicular to the up-down direction in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsuya Hidai, Hisatoshi Kinoshita, Kazuteru Iwamoto, Atsushi Hirano, Tatsuya Kasahara
  • Patent number: 11821813
    Abstract: A drive train abnormality determination device for a straddled vehicle that includes a drive train having a rotator. The drive train abnormality determination device includes an angle signal output unit that periodically outputs an angle signal in accordance with rotation of the rotator, a rotator rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquisition unit that acquires a quantity related to a fluctuation in a rotation speed of the rotator, based on the angle signal from the angle signal output unit, a rough road determination unit that determines whether a distribution state or pattern satisfies a predetermined rough road condition, a continuity determination unit that determines whether the rough road condition is continuously satisfied, and a drive train abnormality determination unit that determines, responsive to a determination by the continuity determination unit that the rough road condition is continuously satisfied, that the drive train has an abnormality in its functioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuteru Iwamoto, Hisatoshi Kinoshita, Nobuyuki Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11767076
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one of an electric vent valve configured to open and close an outside-air-introduction passage of a canister or an electric suction pump configured to suck gas in a gas passage through which the gas flows. The canister and at least one of the vent valve or the suction pump are disposed such that at least one of a virtual-left-right-center plane that includes a center in a left-right direction and is perpendicular to the left-right direction, a virtual-front-rear-center plane that includes a center in a front-rear direction and is perpendicular to the front-rear direction, or a virtual-up-down-center plane that includes a center in an up-down direction and is perpendicular to the up-down direction is located between a gravity center of the canister and at least one of a gravity center of the vent valve or a gravity center of the suction pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsuya Hidai, Hisatoshi Kinoshita, Kazuteru Iwamoto, Atsushi Hirano, Tatsuya Kasahara
  • Patent number: 11754022
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame, a seat, a storage box, an engine body at least partially overlapping with the seat when seen from above, an intake system component, a fuel system component, an evaporative emission system, a pressure sensor, and at least one of an electric vent valve or an electric suction pump. At least one of the pressure sensor, the vent valve, or the suction pump is supported by at least one of a frame, a storage box, an engine body, an intake system component, or a fuel system component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsuya Hidai, Hisatoshi Kinoshita, Kazuteru Iwamoto, Atsushi Hirano, Tatsuya Kasahara
  • Patent number: 11629672
    Abstract: A gas-leak-detection device for detecting a gas leakage from an evaporative emission system includes an electric-wire-connection portion and a passage connection portion that are disposed to overlap with at least one of appearance components in a vehicle when the vehicle is seen in a viewing direction, and are disposed closer to the at least one appearance component than a center plane perpendicular to the viewing direction when the vehicle is in an upright state, the center plane being one of an imaginary-lateral-center plane that is an imaginary vertical plane perpendicular to the left-right direction, an imaginary-longitudinal-center plane that is an imaginary vertical plane including a center in the front-rear direction and being perpendicular to the front-rear direction, or an imaginary-vertical-center plane that is an imaginary horizontal plane including a center in the top-bottom direction and being perpendicular to the top-bottom direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsuya Hidai, Hisatoshi Kinoshita, Kazuteru Iwamoto, Atsushi Hirano, Tatsuya Kasahara
  • Patent number: 11619566
    Abstract: A straddled vehicle engine unit including an internal combustion engine and a misfire detection device. The misfire detection device includes a crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquisition unit and a misfire determination unit. The misfire determination unit includes first to third determination units. The first determination unit determines whether or not the crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquired by the crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquisition unit is greater than a set physical quantity determination reference. The second determination unit determines whether or not a fluctuation pattern constituted by a physical quantity and the crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquired at least before or after the physical quantity falls within a set misfire pattern range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Hotta, Yoshihiko Nonogaki, Kazuteru Iwamoto, Hisatoshi Kinoshita, Nobuyuki Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11598291
    Abstract: A gas-leak-detection device for detecting a gas leakage from an evaporative emission system includes an electric-wire-connection portion and a passage connection portion that are disposed to overlap with at least one of appearance components in a vehicle when the vehicle is seen in a viewing direction, and are disposed closer to the at least one appearance component than a center plane perpendicular to the viewing direction when the vehicle is in an upright state, the center plane being one of an imaginary-lateral-center plane that is an imaginary vertical plane perpendicular to the left-right direction, an imaginary-longitudinal-center plane that is an imaginary vertical plane including a center in the front-rear direction and being perpendicular to the front-rear direction, or an imaginary-vertical-center plane that is an imaginary horizontal plane including a center in the top-bottom direction and being perpendicular to the top-bottom direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsuya Hidai, Hisatoshi Kinoshita, Kazuteru Iwamoto, Atsushi Hirano, Tatsuya Kasahara
  • Patent number: 11536215
    Abstract: A straddled vehicle engine unit including an internal combustion engine and a misfire detection device. The internal combustion engine has a crankshaft, and a crank angle signal output unit that periodically outputs a crank angle signal in accordance with rotation of the crankshaft. The internal combustion engine is configured to repeat at least two kinds of strokes on a cycle of every 720-degree rotation of the crankshaft. The misfire detection device includes a crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquisition unit configured to acquire a physical quantity related to an amount of fluctuation in a rotation speed of the crankshaft in one kind of stroke, out of the at least two kinds of strokes, based on the crank angle signal from the crank angle signal output unit, and a misfire determination unit configured to perform a misfire determination in response to each acquisition of the crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Hotta, Yoshihiko Nonogaki, Kazuteru Iwamoto, Hisatoshi Kinoshita, Nobuyuki Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20220389887
    Abstract: A straddled vehicle on which a part used for performing an inspection for a leak of gas from an evaporative emission system is mounted such that a weight balance of the straddled vehicle is maintained and mass concentrates includes a canister-integrated-leak-detection device that detects a leak of gas from an evaporative emission system. The canister-integrated-leak-detection device configured in a state where at least one of a vent valve or a suction pump is integrated with a canister is supported via a common attaching member to intersect with at least one of a virtual-left-right-center plane that includes a center in a left-right direction and is perpendicular to the left-right direction, a virtual-front-rear-center plane that includes a center in a front-rear direction and is perpendicular to the front-rear direction, or a virtual-up-down-center plane that includes a center in an up-down direction and is perpendicular to the up-down direction in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Atsuya HIDAI, Hisatoshi KINOSHITA, Kazuteru IWAMOTO, Atsushi HIRANO, Tatsuya KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220388594
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one of an electric vent valve configured to open and close an outside-air-introduction passage of a canister or an electric suction pump configured. to suck gas in a gas passage through which the gas flows. The canister and at least one of the vent valve or the suction pump are disposed such that at least one of a virtual-left-right-center plane that includes a center in a left-right direction and is perpendicular to the left-right direction, a virtual-front-rear-center plane that includes a center in a front-rear direction and is perpendicular to the front-rear direction, or a virtual-up-down-center plane that includes a center in an up-down direction and is perpendicular to the up-down direction is located between a gravity center of the canister and at least one of a gravity center of the vent valve or a gravity center of the suction pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Atsuya HIDAI, Hisatoshi KINOSHITA, Kazuteru IWAMOTO, Atsushi HIRANO, Tatsuya KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220389886
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame, a seat, a storage box, an engine body at least partially overlapping with the seat when seen from above, an intake system component, a fuel system component, an evaporative emission system, a pressure sensor, and at least one of an electric vent valve or an electric suction pump. At least one of the pressure sensor, the vent valve, or the suction pump is supported by at least one of a frame, a storage box, an engine body, an intake system component, or a fuel system component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Atsuya HIDAI, Hisatoshi KINOSHITA, Kazuteru IWAMOTO, Atsushi HIRANO, Tatsuya KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220389888
    Abstract: A gas-leak-detection device for detecting a gas leakage from an evaporative emission system includes an electric-wire-connection portion and a passage connection portion that are disposed to overlap with at least one of appearance components in a vehicle when the vehicle is seen in a viewing direction, and are disposed closer to the at least one appearance component than a center plane perpendicular to the viewing direction when the vehicle is in an upright state, the center plane being one of an imaginary-lateral-center plane that is an imaginary vertical plane perpendicular to the left-right direction, an imaginary-longitudinal-center plane that is an imaginary vertical plane including a center in the front-rear direction and being perpendicular to the front-rear direction, or an imaginary-vertical-center plane that is an imaginary horizontal plane including a center in the top-bottom direction and being perpendicular to the top-bottom direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Atsuya HIDAI, Hisatoshi KINOSHITA, Kazuteru IWAMOTO, Atsushi HIRANO, Tatsuya KASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220050019
    Abstract: A drive train abnormality determination device for a straddled vehicle that includes a drive train having a rotator. The drive train abnormality determination device includes an angle signal output unit that periodically outputs an angle signal in accordance with rotation of the rotator, a rotator rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquisition unit that acquires a quantity related to a fluctuation in a rotation speed of the rotator, based on the angle signal from the angle signal output unit, a rough road determination unit that determines whether a distribution state or pattern satisfies a predetermined rough road condition, a continuity determination unit that determines whether the rough road condition is continuously satisfied, and a drive train abnormality determination unit that determines, responsive to a determination by the continuity determination unit that the rough road condition is continuously satisfied, that the drive train has an abnormality in its functioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuteru Iwamoto, Hisatoshi Kinoshita, Nobuyuki Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20210404406
    Abstract: A straddled vehicle engine unit including an internal combustion engine and a misfire detection device. The internal combustion engine has a crankshaft, and a crank angle signal output unit that periodically outputs a crank angle signal in accordance with rotation of the crankshaft. The internal combustion engine is configured to repeat at least two kinds of strokes on a cycle of every 720-degree rotation of the crankshaft. The misfire detection device includes a crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquisition unit configured to acquire a physical quantity related to an amount of fluctuation in a rotation speed of the crankshaft in one kind of stroke, out of the at least two kinds of strokes, based on the crank angle signal from the crank angle signal output unit, and a misfire determination unit configured to perform a misfire determination in response to each acquisition of the crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Minoru HOTTA, Yoshihiko NONOGAKI, Kazuteru IWAMOTO, Hisatoshi KINOSHITA, Nobuyuki KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20210404913
    Abstract: A straddled vehicle engine unit including an internal combustion engine and a misfire detection device. The misfire detection device includes a crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquisition unit and a misfire determination unit. The misfire determination unit includes first to third determination units. The first determination unit determines whether or not the crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquired by the crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquisition unit is greater than a set physical quantity determination reference. The second determination unit determines whether or not a fluctuation pattern constituted by a physical quantity and the crankshaft rotation speed fluctuation physical quantity acquired at least before or after the physical quantity falls within a set misfire pattern range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Minoru HOTTA, Yoshihiko NONOGAKI, Kazuteru IWAMOTO, Hisatoshi KINOSHITA, Nobuyuki KAWASHIMA
  • Patent number: 10823639
    Abstract: An object is to provide a misfire detection device and a vehicle with an enhanced detection reliability. A misfire detection device includes: a rotation speed acquisition unit configured to acquire a rotation speed of a rotator rotated by a four-stroke engine; a misfire determination unit configured to determine the presence or absence of a misfire in the four-stroke engine based on the rotation speed of the rotator acquired by the rotation speed acquisition unit; and a periodic fluctuation detection unit configured to detect a periodic fluctuation contained in a rotation fluctuation of the four-stroke engine based on a rotation speed acquired by the rotation speed acquisition unit, the periodic fluctuation being repeated on a circulation cycle of at least one element of a wrapping transmission element or a plurality of transmission wheels, the periodic fluctuation having a plurality of extreme values within the circulation cycle of the one element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Wakimura, Kazuteru Iwamoto, Yoh Aramaki, Shunichi Akama, Minoru Hotta, Yoshihiko Nonogaki
  • Patent number: 10794314
    Abstract: An unequal-interval combustion engine misfire-determination device determines whether a misfire has occurred in an unequal-interval combustion engine including a plurality of cylinders in which combustion occurs at unequal intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru Hotta, Yoshihiko Nonogaki, Hisatoshi Kinoshita, Yo Aramaki, Kazuteru Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 10788397
    Abstract: A misfire determination device includes: a combustion fluctuation canceled value acquisition unit that acquires a first combustion fluctuation canceled value corresponding to a first angle position and a second combustion fluctuation canceled value corresponding to a second angle position; a combustion fluctuation manifested value calculation unit that calculates a first fluctuation manifested value by removing the first combustion fluctuation canceled value from a rotation speed at the first angle position, and calculates a second fluctuation manifested value by removing the second combustion fluctuation canceled value from a rotation speed at the second angle position; a first-order difference calculation unit that calculates a first-order difference between the first fluctuation manifested value and the second fluctuation manifested value; and a specific cylinder misfire determination unit that determines a misfire in a specific cylinder by using the first-order difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru Hotta, Yoshihiko Nonogaki, Hisatoshi Kinoshita, Yo Aramaki, Kazuteru Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 10408151
    Abstract: A control device for a rotating element rotated by a four-stroke engine has a high degree of freedom in the choice of an apparatus to which the control device is applicable. The control device includes a rotation speed acquisition unit configured to obtain a rotation speed of the rotating element rotated by the four-stroke engine, and an undulation detection unit configured to, based on the rotation speed obtained by the rotation speed acquisition unit, detect a periodic undulation contained in a rotation fluctuation of the four-stroke engine, the periodic undulation having an angular period longer than a crank angle corresponding to four strokes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru Hotta, Yoshihiko Nonogaki, Kazuteru Iwamoto, Makoto Wakimura, Naoki Nagata
  • Publication number: 20190128199
    Abstract: An unequal-interval combustion engine misfire-determination device determines whether a misfire has occurred in an unequal-interval combustion engine including a plurality of cylinders in which combustion occurs at unequal intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicants: Denso Corporation, Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minoru Hotta, Yoshihiko Nonogaki, Hisatoshi Kinoshita, Yo Aramaki, Kazuteru Iwamoto