Patents by Inventor Kohei YOKOUCHI

Kohei YOKOUCHI 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: 20240341538
    Abstract: Provided is a mounting orientation adjustment stand for a cooking container that can easily mount the cooking container on a cooking device in a constant mounting orientation. An adjustment stand is used for an automatic cooking equipment including a cooking-container-holding unit configured to detachably hold a cooking container, a cooking-container-transfer unit configured to transfer the cooking-container-holding unit to various conveyance positions, and a cooking device configured to detachably hold the cooking container and perform cooking. Here, the adjustment stand is configured to set a mounting orientation of the cooking container; a container placement plate configured to allow the cooking container to be rotatably placed thereon; an alignment member to set a mounting orientation of the cooking container around a rotating axis; and a distance adjustment mechanism configured to adjust distance between the container placement plate and the alignment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIWATA, Kohei YOKOUCHI, Naoto WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240245264
    Abstract: An automatic sauce supply device that automatically supplies a cooking container with sauce in a well-agitated state and sauce storage facility provided with the same are provided. An automatic sauce supply device is configured to supply a cooking container with sauce contained in a storage container. The automatic sauce supply device includes a container-holding unit configured to hold the storage container that contains the sauce, an ejection nozzle configured to eject the sauce to the cooking container, a pump configured to pump the sauce from the storage container and pressure-feed the sauce to the ejection nozzle. The container-holding unit includes a base table equipped with the pump and the ejection nozzle, a container-fixing table removably fixing the storage container, and a container-shaking mechanism configured to shake the container-fixing table with respect to the base table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Eiji ISHIWATA, Kohei YOKOUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240246244
    Abstract: A cooking-container-holding unit includes a pair of upper and lower container-holding parts that sandwich an annular circumferential wall portion of a cooking container, which has a container body and the annular circumferential wall portion that is concentric with the container body and extends at least in one of an upward direction and a downward direction from a flange part, which is provided on a container outer circumferential surface; a holding drive part configured to detachably hold the cooking container in a cantilever manner with the pair of upper and lower container-holding parts; and a container displacement drive part configured to displace the cooking container. Part of at least one of the pair of upper and lower container-holding parts freely abuts against the container outer circumferential surface of the cooking container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kohei YOKOUCHI, Naoto WATANABE, Ryosuke TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20240225369
    Abstract: Provided are an ingredient supplying device that reliably and simply separates ingredients only from an ingredient container and automatically supplies the ingredients to a cooking container, and ingredient storage equipment that includes this device. An ingredient container transporting mechanism has an ingredient container inverting unit provided at a container carrying-out end of the container transporting mechanism to vertically invert an upper opening of an ingredient container downward, and an ingredient separating mechanism has an ingredient supplying sleeve has an ingredient extracting hole that is narrower than an upper opening of the ingredient container and is opened at an end of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kohei YOKOUCHI, Naoto WATANABE, Ryosuke TAJIMA
  • Patent number: 9440684
    Abstract: A lid lock structure for a saddle type vehicle that can achieve a reduction in the weight of a vehicle body cover while a lock member is attached to a vehicle body cover side. The lid lock structure for a saddle type vehicle includes a lock member capable of locking a lid in a closed state that is fixed to an upper inner cover and placed on upper frames below the upper inner cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Yokouchi, Michio Atsuchi
  • Patent number: 9180923
    Abstract: A windshield structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle to enhance a windshield effect by reducing a vacuum behind a leg shield and in the lateral center of the vehicle. The windshield structure for the saddle-ride type vehicle includes a front storage box that may be opened and closed that is provided in a surface of the leg shield on a side of a seat. A bottom covering portion is formed integrally with the leg shield and is formed to cover the front storage box from below. The bottom covering portion for covering the front storage box from below is formed with air discharge ports for releasing a flow of air from a front side of a vehicle body to a rear side of the leg shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Yokouchi, Hiroyuki Sasazawa, Tomotake Shimoji
  • Patent number: 8950799
    Abstract: A windbreak structure for a saddle type vehicle to provide an increase in the windshield effect behind a leg shield. Exhaust ports for letting a flow of air from the front of a vehicle body rearwardly are provided at a side end portion of a leg shield. Further, sideward covering portions are provided that serve as exhaust air guide portions that extend rearwardly on the inner side in a vehicle widthwise direction of the exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Yokouchi, Tomotake Shimoji, Hiroyuki Sasazawa
  • Patent number: 8899668
    Abstract: An air guide structure for a saddle type vehicle for reducing the influence of a negative pressure on a rider. In an air guide structure for a motorcycle wherein a windscreen for the protection against air is provided on a front cover provided at a front portion of a vehicle body such that air is guided to the rear of the windscreen on the vehicle body to reduce a negative pressure to be generated behind the windscreen, an inlet port is provided between a central portion of a front end of the windscreen and the front cover. Further, a stepped portion that is formed stepwise in the forward and backward direction on an upper face of the front cover in the inside of the inlet port is provided, and a sectoral recessed portion is provided at a central portion of the stepped portion in the vehicle widthwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Yokouchi, Tomotake Shimoji, Hiroyuki Sasazawa
  • Patent number: 8814244
    Abstract: An accommodation structure for a saddle type vehicle wherein the accommodation space can be expanded by a simple and easy configuration. An opening is provided in a rear wall of an accommodation box that is opened and closed by an occupant's seat. Further, a sub-accommodation box is provided that is in the form of a box open in a forward direction and is mounted so as to close up the opening and be swollen rearwardly farther than the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Yokouchi, Tomoyuki Maruyama, Michio Atsuchi, Yoji Komatsu, Takasumi Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 8801074
    Abstract: A body cover structure for saddle-ride type vehicles that enables enhancement of the user's comfort while increasing the rigidity of covering members constituting a center tunnel part. Step floors are configured of forward inclined parts disposed ahead of the floors in a forward rising shape, horizontal parts disposed either substantially horizontally or in a rearwardly rising shape behind these forward inclined parts, and bent parts connecting the forward inclined parts and the horizontal parts. The middle covers are provided on the lower edges thereof with downwardly extending parts extending toward the bent parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Yokouchi, Tomoyuki Maruyama, Tomotake Shimoji, Tetsuo Kojima
  • Publication number: 20140062119
    Abstract: A lid lock structure for a saddle type vehicle that can achieve a reduction in the weight of a vehicle body cover while a lock member is attached to a vehicle body cover side. The lid lock structure for a saddle type vehicle includes a lock member capable of locking a lid in a closed state that is fixed to an upper inner cover and placed on upper frames below the upper inner cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Kohei YOKOUCHI, Michio ATSUCHI
  • Publication number: 20130320696
    Abstract: A body cover structure for saddle-ride type vehicles that enables enhancement of the user's comfort while increasing the rigidity of covering members constituting a center tunnel part. Step floors are configured of forward inclined parts disposed ahead of the floors in a forward rising shape, horizontal parts disposed either substantially horizontally or in a rearwardly rising shape behind these forward inclined parts, and bent parts connecting the forward inclined parts and the horizontal parts. The middle covers are provided on the lower edges thereof with downwardly extending parts extending toward the bent parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei YOKOUCHI, Tomoyuki MARUYAMA, Tomotake SHIMOJI, Tetsuo KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20130320697
    Abstract: A windshield structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle to enhance a windshield effect by reducing a vacuum behind a leg shield and in the lateral center of the vehicle. The windshield structure for the saddle-ride type vehicle includes a front storage box that may be opened and closed that is provided in a surface of the leg shield on a side of a seat. A bottom covering portion is formed integrally with the leg shield and is formed to cover the front storage box from below. The bottom covering portion for covering the front storage box from below is formed with air discharge ports for releasing a flow of air from a front side of a vehicle body to a rear side of the leg shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei YOKOUCHI, Hiroyuki SASAZAWA, Tomotake SHIMOJI
  • Publication number: 20130249239
    Abstract: An air guide structure for a saddle type vehicle for reducing the influence of a negative pressure on a rider. In an air guide structure for a motorcycle wherein a windscreen for the protection against air is provided on a front cover provided at a front portion of a vehicle body such that air is guided to the rear of the windscreen on the vehicle body to reduce a negative pressure to be generated behind the windscreen, an inlet port is provided between a central portion of a front end of the windscreen and the front cover. Further, a stepped portion that is formed stepwise in the forward and backward direction on an upper face of the front cover in the inside of the inlet port is provided, and a sectoral recessed portion is provided at a central portion of the stepped portion in the vehicle widthwise direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei YOKOUCHI, Tomotake SHIMOJI, Hiroyuki SASAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20130249238
    Abstract: A windbreak structure for a saddle type vehicle to provide an increase in the windshield effect behind a leg shield. Exhaust ports for letting a flow of air from the front of a vehicle body rearwardly are provided at a side end portion of a leg shield. Further, sideward covering portions are provided that serve as exhaust air guide portions that extend rearwardly on the inner side in a vehicle widthwise direction of the exhaust port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei YOKOUCHI, Tomotake SHIMOJI, Hiroyuki SASAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20130249233
    Abstract: An accommodation structure for a saddle type vehicle wherein the accommodation space can be expanded by a simple and easy configuration. An opening is provided in a rear wall of an accommodation box that is opened and closed by an occupant's seat. Further, a sub-accommodation box is provided that is in the form of a box open in a forward direction and is mounted so as to close up the opening and be swollen rearwardly farther than the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei YOKOUCHI, Tomoyuki MARUYAMA, Michio ATSUCHI, Yoji KOMATSU, Takasumi YAMANAKA