Patents by Inventor Kyohei Ikoma

Kyohei Ikoma 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: 11623711
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a seat rail structure for a motorcycle having a seat rail on a vehicle body. In this structure, the seat rail has a side member being a bent product of continuous fiber reinforced resin, the side member has: a side wall at an outer end in a width direction of a vehicle body; and an upper flange at an upper end of the side wall to protrude from the side wall inward in the width direction, the side wall has an upper fastening portion at an upper end section of a front end region, fastened to a main frame, the upper fastening portion has an upper corner edge portion straddling front edge and upper edge portions, the upper corner edge portion is arcuate, and a rear end of the upper corner edge portion is frontward relative to a front edge portion of the upper flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Hatano, Kyohei Ikoma
  • Patent number: 11608133
    Abstract: In a seat rail structure according to the present invention, a seat rail of a vehicle body of a motorcycle has a side wall positioned lateralward in a width direction of the vehicle body, and the side wall has a bulge portion formed at a front upper region positioned frontward in the vehicle body and upward in the vehicle body. The bulge portion bulges outward in the width direction of the vehicle body relative to a peripheral portion positioned at surroundings of the bulge portion, and the seat rail has a front flange positioned at an upper end of the side wall and protrudes inward in the width direction of the vehicle body from an upper end of the bulge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Hatano, Kyohei Ikoma
  • Publication number: 20220119060
    Abstract: A seat rail structure installed on a vehicle body of a motorcycle. In such a seat rail structure, each of two lateral members and a first coupling member configured to allow a seat to be placed thereon has a laminated structure made of a fiber reinforced resin, each lateral member includes a vertical wall and an upper flange, the first coupling member includes two upper surface contact portions in contact with the upper flanges of the two lateral members, respectively, and two side surface contact portion extending downward from outer edges of the two upper surface contact portions, respectively, each upper surface contact portion is fastened to the upper flange being in contact with the upper surface contact portion, and each side surface contact portion is fastened to the vertical wall being in contact with the side surface contact portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke HATANO, Kyohei IKOMA, Kenta SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20210163093
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a seat rail structure for a motorcycle having a seat rail on a vehicle body. In this structure, the seat rail has a side member being a bent product of continuous fiber reinforced resin, the side member has: a side wall at an outer end in a width direction of a vehicle body; and an upper flange at an upper end of the side wall to protrude from the side wall inward in the width direction, the side wall has an upper fastening portion at an upper end section of a front end region, fastened to a main frame, the upper fastening portion has an upper corner edge portion straddling front edge and upper edge portions, the upper corner edge portion is arcuate, and a rear end of the upper corner edge portion is frontward relative to a front edge portion of the upper flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Hatano, Kyohei Ikoma
  • Publication number: 20210147025
    Abstract: In a seat rail structure according to the present invention, a seat rail of a vehicle body of a motorcycle has a side wall positioned lateralward in a width direction of the vehicle body, and the side wall has a bulge portion formed at a front upper region positioned frontward in the vehicle body and upward in the vehicle body. The bulge portion bulges outward in the width direction of the vehicle body relative to a peripheral portion positioned at surroundings of the bulge portion, and the seat rail has a front flange positioned at an upper end of the side wall and protrudes inward in the width direction of the vehicle body from an upper end of the bulge portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Hatano, Kyohei Ikoma
  • Publication number: 20200353701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fiber reinforced resin structure having a through-hole. The structure includes an inner resin portion forming a peripheral edge portion of the through-hole, and an outer resin portion adjacent to an outer peripheral edge of the inner resin portion. The inner resin portion is formed by a matrix resin. The outer resin portion includes base material sheets formed of a fiber reinforced resin having fiber and the matrix resin. The base material sheets are stacked together in the thickness direction of the structure. The inner and outer resin portions are formed integrally so as to be continuous with each other by the matrix resin. The present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kyohei Ikoma, Daisuke Hatano, Kenta Suzuki