Patents by Inventor Kazuya Shindome

Kazuya Shindome 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: 8381697
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for reducing the amount of bubbles contained in the circulated oil without reducing the ground clearance of the engine. A crankcase is provided therein with an oil suction passage makes an oil pump and an end part of a bottom wall of an oil sump chamber communicate with each other, passes between the oil sump chamber and a hanger boss, and has a lowest part located below the bottom wall of the oil sump chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Yasui, Yukihiro Tsubakino, Kazuya Shindome, Isao Azumagakito, Akio Senda
  • Publication number: 20100024761
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for reducing the amount of bubbles contained in the circulated oil without reducing the ground clearance of the engine. A crankcase is provided therein with an oil suction passage makes an oil pump and an end part of a bottom wall of an oil sump chamber communicate with each other, passes between the oil sump chamber and a hanger boss, and has a lowest part located below the bottom wall of the oil sump chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke YASUI, Yukihiro Tsubakino, Kazuya Shindome, Isao Azumagakito, Akio Senda
  • Patent number: 6026930
    Abstract: A first muffler (4) is connected to a rear end portion of the exhaust pipe (2) extending from a single-cylinder engine toward one side of a rear portion of the vehicle body and is provided on one side of the vehicle body. A second muffler (5) is provided on the other side of the vehicle body opposite to the first muffler (4) through a connecting pipe (6). An outer side surface near the front end portion of the first muffler (4) and the second muffler (5) are covered with first and second covers (7) and (8) both plated. Each of the exhaust pipe (2) and the first and second mufflers (4) and (5) have double-pipe structure with outside plated. Further, a front end portion of the second cover (8) is curved toward the center of the vehicle body, and a phantom line as a continuous frontward extension from the front end portion of the second cover (8) is positioned before the axis of the connecting pipe (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyuki Ogisu, Tadashi Sugano, Kazuya Shindome