Patents by Inventor Kazuya Sawasaki

Kazuya Sawasaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20230078780
    Abstract: A saddle-ride type vehicle in which a rear frame and a rear suspension can be attached to a vehicle body frame with a small number of parts and with a simple structure. The saddle-ride type vehicle includes a rear frame fastened to a frame portion of a rear portion of a vehicle body frame, and a rear suspension disposed at a rear portion of the vehicle body frame. The vehicle body frame includes a tubular member inserted into the frame portion in a vehicle width direction and fixed to the frame portion. The rear frame is fastened by a frame fastener to a frame fixation portion provided at an inner end portion of the tubular member in the vehicle width direction, and the rear suspension is connected to a suspension connecting portion provided at an outer end portion of the tubular member in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Kei Mayuzumi, Keita Mikura, Kazuya Sawasaki, Kazuyuki Tachibana, Yuki Kanemura
  • Patent number: 11358669
    Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes a head pipe, left and right main frame pipes, a fuel tank supported on the left and right main frame pipes, an upper gusset plate provided between the left and right main frame pipes, a lower gusset plate provided below the upper gusset plate with an interval, a stay attached to the lower gusset plate below the upper gusset plate, and a fastening bolt configured to detachably fasten the lower gusset plate and the stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Mayuzumi, Keita Mikura, Masaomi Yamada, Kazuya Sawasaki
  • Patent number: 11267525
    Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes a pivot frame configured to support a swing arm, a step bracket attachment section continuous with a lower side of the pivot frame, and a step bracket attached to an outer surface of the step bracket attachment section outside in a vehicle width direction and configured to support a step, wherein the outer surface of the step bracket attachment section is provided further inside in the vehicle width direction than an outer surface of the pivot frame outside in the vehicle width direction, and an outer surface of the step bracket outside in the vehicle width direction is disposed to be arranged on the same surface as the outer surface of the pivot frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Mayuzumi, Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino, Yuki Kanemura, Keita Mikura, Masaomi Yamada
  • Patent number: 11260929
    Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes a body frame, an engine supported by the body frame, an exhaust sensor that detects exhaust air of the engine, and a radiator for the engine. The engine is supported by an engine hanger portion disposed in the body frame. The exhaust sensor is disposed on an exhaust pipe of the engine at a position on a front with respect to the engine hanger portion and is positioned underneath the radiator. At least a part of the exhaust sensor overlaps the engine hanger portion as viewed in a front view of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyotaro Yamamoto, Kei Mayuzumi, Masaomi Yamada, Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino
  • Patent number: 11161564
    Abstract: A vehicle body frame includes a main frame that extends from a head pipe toward the vehicle rear side above an engine and a down-frame that extends downward from one end fixed to the head pipe. The main frame is assembled into a truss shape from a pair of left and right upper frames and a pair of left and right lower frames and reinforcing frames disposed between these upper frames and lower frames. Front end parts of the upper frames are fixed to the upper end side of the head pipe and front end parts of the lower frames are fixed to a part close to the head pipe in the single down-frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino, Hiroshi Okamura
  • Publication number: 20200324846
    Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes a body frame, an engine supported by the body frame, an exhaust sensor that detects exhaust air of the engine, and a radiator for the engine. The engine is supported by an engine hanger portion disposed in the body frame. The exhaust sensor is disposed on an exhaust pipe of the engine at a position on a front with respect to the engine hanger portion and is positioned underneath the radiator. At least a part of the exhaust sensor overlaps the engine hanger portion as viewed in a front view of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Kyotaro Yamamoto, Kei Mayuzumi, Masaomi Yamada, Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino
  • Publication number: 20200102035
    Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes a head pipe, left and right main frame pipes, a fuel tank supported on the left and right main frame pipes, an upper gusset plate provided between the left and right main frame pipes, a lower gusset plate provided below the upper gusset plate with an interval, a stay attached to the lower gusset plate below the upper gusset plate, and a fastening bolt configured to detachably fasten the lower gusset plate and the stay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kei Mayuzumi, Keita Mikura, Masaomi Yamada, Kazuya Sawasaki
  • Publication number: 20200102034
    Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes a pivot frame configured to support a swing arm, a step bracket attachment section continuous with a lower side of the pivot frame, and a step bracket attached to an outer surface of the step bracket attachment section outside in a vehicle width direction and configured to support a step, wherein the outer surface of the step bracket attachment section is provided further inside in the vehicle width direction than an outer surface of the pivot frame outside in the vehicle width direction, and an outer surface of the step bracket outside in the vehicle width direction is disposed to be arranged on the same surface as the outer surface of the pivot frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kei Mayuzumi, Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino, Yuki Kanemura, Keita Mikura, Masaomi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200070924
    Abstract: A vehicle body frame includes a main frame that extends from a head pipe toward the vehicle rear side above an engine and a down-frame that extends downward from one end fixed to the head pipe. The main frame is assembled into a truss shape from a pair of left and right upper frames and a pair of left and right lower frames and reinforcing frames disposed between these upper frames and lower frames. Front end parts of the upper frames are fixed to the upper end side of the head pipe and front end parts of the lower frames are fixed to a part close to the head pipe in the single down-frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuya Sawasaki, Souichiro Makino, Hiroshi Okamura
  • Patent number: 9156453
    Abstract: In a motorcycle including a vehicle body frame, an engine supported by the vehicle body frame, an air cleaner box arranged above of the engine, and an ABS module capable of decompressing brake pressures of front and rear wheels, the ABS module is arranged at a position above the engine, rearward of the air cleaner box, in proximity to the left inlet port and a right inlet port of the air cleaner box for sucking outside air, and in suction routes of the left inlet port and the right inlet port. Therefore, a cooling effect with respect to an ABS module to suppress a thermal influence on the ABS module can be secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takatsuka, Yoshihiro Inoue, Kazuya Sawasaki, Mitsuya Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20150041232
    Abstract: In a motorcycle including a vehicle body frame, an engine supported by the vehicle body frame, an air cleaner box arranged above of the engine, and an ABS module capable of decompressing brake pressures of front and rear wheels, the ABS module is arranged at a position above the engine, rearward of the air cleaner box, in proximity to the left inlet port and a right inlet port of the air cleaner box for sucking outside air, and in suction routes of the left inlet port and the right inlet port. Therefore, a cooling effect with respect to an ABS module to suppress a thermal influence on the ABS module can be secured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takatsuka, Yoshihiro Inoue, Kazuya Sawasaki, Mitsuya Kawamura