Patents by Inventor Kohei Akita

Kohei Akita 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: 20240025505
    Abstract: A screen is attached to the saddle riding vehicle to face forward with respect to the saddle-riding vehicle, and permits passage of incoming air while preventing passage of foreign objects. The screen includes: a plurality of vertical fins extending in a vertical direction and arranged next to one another in a vehicle widthwise direction; and a lower fin connecting lower ends of the vertical fins and inclined downward towards a front. A first vertical fin located in an outermost position has a lower portion extending in an inwardly inclined manner in the vehicle widthwise direction towards a lower end thereof, and a front end portion extending in a downwardly inclined manner towards an outer end of the lower fin in the vehicle widthwise direction. The lower end of the first vertical fin and the outer end of the lower fin are connected by a connecting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka KATO, Kohei AKITA
  • Patent number: 11780526
    Abstract: A saddle-riding type vehicle includes a driver's seat on which an occupant taking a driving posture sits, a fuel tank disposed in front of the driver's seat and extending in a front-rear direction and a canister formed into a long-length shape that defines a longitudinal direction of the canister, fuel vapors generated in the fuel tank being brought into the canister and adsorbed and held by an adsorbent provided in the canister. The canister is disposed under the fuel tank with the longitudinal direction aligned with the front-rear direction and is entirely covered by the fuel tank in vehicle side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishii, Kohei Akita, Teruaki Mizukawa
  • Patent number: 11649005
    Abstract: A straddle vehicle includes a headlight and a first wind-receiving surface. The headlight emits light forward. The first wind-receiving surface is disposed below and adjacent to the headlight and provided so that it is positioned higher as it approaches rearward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomo Yamamoto, Kohei Akita
  • Patent number: 11414153
    Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle includes a driver seat on which a driver rides, a cylinder head of an engine arranged in a region in front of and below the driver seat, an exhaust pipe that is connected to an exhaust port formed on a front surface of the cylinder head and exhausts exhaust of the engine, and a control unit that is arranged in an engine front space formed in front of the cylinder head, above the exhaust pipe, and below an upper end surface of the engine and controls the straddle-type vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishii, Kohei Akita
  • Publication number: 20220126943
    Abstract: A straddle vehicle includes a headlight and a first wind-receiving surface. The headlight emits light forward. The first wind-receiving surface is disposed below and adjacent to the headlight and provided so that it is positioned higher as it approaches rearward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Tomo YAMAMOTO, Kohei AKITA
  • Patent number: 10647374
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle includes a body frame, and a rear fender attached to the body frame. The rear fender has a fitting portion fitted to a fitted portion of the body frame to be held by the body frame, and a fixing portion fixed to the body frame by a fixing member in a fitted state in which the fitting portion is fitted to the fitted portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kohei Akita
  • Publication number: 20200140030
    Abstract: A saddle-riding type vehicle includes a driver's seat on which an occupant taking a driving posture sits, a fuel tank disposed in front of the driver's seat and extending in a front-rear direction and a canister formed into a long-length shape that defines a longitudinal direction of the canister, fuel vapors generated in the fuel tank being brought into the canister and adsorbed and held by an adsorbent provided in the canister. The canister is disposed under the fuel tank with the longitudinal direction aligned with the front-rear direction and is entirely covered by the fuel tank in vehicle side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi ISHII, Kohei AKITA, Teruaki MIZUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200140031
    Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle includes a driver seat on which a driver rides, a cylinder head of an engine arranged in a region in front of and below the driver seat, an exhaust pipe that is connected to an exhaust port formed on a front surface of the cylinder head and exhausts exhaust of the engine, and a control unit that is arranged in an engine front space formed in front of the cylinder head, above the exhaust pipe, and below an upper end surface of the engine and controls the straddle-type vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroshi ISHII, Kohei AKITA
  • Patent number: D711290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohei Akita, Norikazu Matsumura
  • Patent number: D719894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohei Akita, Norikazu Matsumura
  • Patent number: D726632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohei Akita, Norikazu Matsumura
  • Patent number: D730263
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohei Akita, Norikazu Matsumura
  • Patent number: D730264
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohei Akita, Norikazu Matsumura
  • Patent number: D738260
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kohei Akita, Norikazu Matsumura
  • Patent number: D740199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei Akita, Norikazu Matsumura
  • Patent number: D795746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei Akita, Takumi Uemoto
  • Patent number: D796401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohei Akita, Takumi Uemoto
  • Patent number: D875614
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kohei Akita
  • Patent number: D908540
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventor: Kohei Akita
  • Patent number: D960050
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Kohei Akita, Takumi Uemoto