Patents by Inventor Koji Yoshiura

Koji Yoshiura 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: 7513328
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes an exhaust device connected to an engine unit, and the exhaust device includes: a plurality of first exhaust pipes forwardly extending from an exhaust port which opens in the front of the engine unit; a joint portion for joining the first exhaust pipes; a second exhaust pipe connected to a downstream side of the joint portion and passing below an oil pan disposed in a lower portion of the engine unit; and an exhaust expansion chamber connected to a downstream portion of the second exhaust pipe. A cowling of such a motorcycle includes: a front cowling covering the engine unit and the exhaust device from lower and side portions thereof; and a rear cowling partially covering a rider's seat. The front cowling is formed with an air-exhaust opening at a bottom surface of a rear end thereof positioned to a front lower surface of the exhaust expansion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shigeta, Koji Yoshiura
  • Publication number: 20070056790
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes an exhaust device connected to an engine unit, and the exhaust device includes: a plurality of first exhaust pipes forwardly extending from an exhaust port which opens in the front of the engine unit; a joint portion for joining the first exhaust pipes; a second exhaust pipe connected to a downstream side of the joint portion and passing below an oil pan disposed in a lower portion of the engine unit; and an exhaust expansion chamber connected to a downstream portion of the second exhaust pipe. A cowling of such a motorcycle includes: a front cowling covering the engine unit and the exhaust device from lower and side portions thereof; and a rear cowling partially covering a rider's seat. The front cowling is formed with an air-exhaust opening at a bottom surface of a rear end thereof positioned to a front lower surface of the exhaust expansion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shigeta, Koji Yoshiura
  • Patent number: 6276482
    Abstract: The overall surface of the upper-cowl body and the headlamp cover attached to the front part thereof are formed with a streamlined, basic cross-sectional shape such as an arc, parabola or some analogous section, which curves with its tangent being gradually directed toward the rear, from the forward part to the rear outer sides. A pair of air intakes opening forward for guiding air for engine supercharging, cooling heat exchanger, etc., are provided on the outer sides of the headlamp cover while a pair of turn signal lenses are arranged on the outer sides of the openings of the air intakes, so that the lens surfaces are projected forward from the basic cross-sectional shape. Air flowing sidewards and rearward along basic cross-sectional shape is guided along the turn signal lens surfaces into the air intakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Moriya, Koji Yoshiura
  • Patent number: D535216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Yoshiura
  • Patent number: D797002
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Toyama, Koji Yoshiura, Kazutaka Ogawa