Patents by Inventor Kentaro Kaminishi

Kentaro Kaminishi 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: 8302721
    Abstract: A snow vehicle includes a vehicle body, an arm member supported with respect to the vehicle body, a knuckle supported with respect to the arm member at a predetermined support point, a coupling unit arranged to couple the knuckle to the arm member, a ski member, and a ski coupling unit. The ski coupling unit couples the ski member to the knuckle such that the ski member pivots about a pitching axis with respect to the knuckle, the pitching axis extends in a width direction of the ski member. The pitching axis is disposed such that, when the vehicle is in a reference attitude of being placed on a horizontal surface, a horizontal distance from the pitching axis to a reference normal directed to the horizontal surface from the support point is shorter than a horizontal distance from the pitching axis to a steering axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masanori Yoshihara, Kentaro Kaminishi
  • Publication number: 20110278083
    Abstract: A snow vehicle includes a vehicle body, an arm member supported with respect to the vehicle body, a knuckle supported with respect to the arm member at a predetermined support point, a coupling unit arranged to couple the knuckle to the arm member, a ski member, and a ski coupling unit. The ski coupling unit couples the ski member to the knuckle such that the ski member pivots about a pitching axis with respect to the knuckle, the pitching axis extends in a width direction of the ski member. The pitching axis is disposed such that, when the vehicle is in a reference attitude of being placed on a horizontal surface, a horizontal distance from the pitching axis to a reference normal directed to the horizontal surface from the support point is shorter than a horizontal distance from the pitching axis to a steering axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori YOSHIHARA, Kentaro KAMINISHI