Patents by Inventor Masaaki Miyoshi
Masaaki Miyoshi 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).
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Publication number: 20240111166Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror including a main body portion having a reflection surface that reflects display light, and a rotating shaft protruding from a first side wall of the main body portion, and a driving member that includes a motor including an output shaft arranged parallel to the rotating shaft, and neighboring the rotating shaft in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis line of the rotating shaft, a first gear portion coupled to the output shaft, and a second gear portion engaged with the first gear portion, and coupled to the rotating shaft, and rotates the mirror by transmitting rotation of the output shaft of the motor to the rotating shaft via the first gear portion and the second gear portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Naoto Tsubakihara, Hiroshi Sano, Tetsuya Suganuma, Masaaki Nakamura
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Publication number: 20240034438Abstract: A personal watercraft includes a ship body, a luggage compartment provided in the ship body and provided with an opening for taking in and out luggage, a hatch attached to the ship body and capable of opening and closing the opening, and a lock mechanism for fixing the hatch to the ship body in a state where the opening is closed. The lock mechanism includes a plurality of lock portions that engage the hatch and the ship body with each other, one operation lever that causes the plurality of lock portions to unlock the engagement in an interlocking manner, and a transmission member that transmits an operation action of the operation lever to at least one of the plurality of lock portions to unlock the engagement of the lock portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.Inventor: Masaaki MIYOSHI
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Publication number: 20230097457Abstract: A small planing watercraft includes: a travel electrical component driven for travel of the small planing watercraft; an accessory electrical component provided separately from the travel electrical component; a battery supplying power to the travel electrical component and the accessory electrical component; a sensor detecting a physical quantity corresponding to a level of the battery; and processing circuitry determining, based on a result of detection of the sensor, whether the level of the battery is a predetermined power saving level, and controlling, when it is determined that the level of the battery is the power saving level, operation of the accessory electrical component so that power consumed by the accessory electrical component is less than that before determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinobu UOZUMI, Masaaki MIYOSHI, Kazuki UEDA
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Patent number: 11577547Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a partial tie rubber layer is disposed between a carcass layer and an innerliner layer in a limited manner across an entire region excluding end portions near a pair of bead portions; end surfaces on both sides in a tire lateral direction of the partial tie rubber layer are inclined surfaces that form an acute angle with respect to a surface of the partial tie rubber layer on the carcass layer side; and an inclination angle of the inclined surfaces with respect to the surface of the partial tie rubber layer on the carcass layer side is from 20° to 60°.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventor: Masaaki Miyoshi
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Patent number: 11459071Abstract: A personal watercraft includes: a watercraft body including a hull and a deck covering an upper portion of the hull; a handle located above the deck; a straddle seat located rearward of the handle; and at least one speaker assembly located forward of the straddle seat and above the lowest point of an upper surface of the straddle seat.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Hideaki Ebisui, Masaaki Miyoshi, Yoshinobu Uozumi
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Publication number: 20220135191Abstract: A personal watercraft includes: a watercraft body including a hull and a deck covering an upper portion of the hull; a handle located above the deck; a straddle seat located rearward of the handle; and at least one speaker assembly located forward of the straddle seat and above the lowest point of an upper surface of the straddle seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Hideaki EBISUI, Masaaki MIYOSHI, Yoshinobu UOZUMI
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Patent number: 11001349Abstract: A personal watercraft includes: a watercraft body including an internal accommodation space and a front portion provided with an opening through which the accommodation space is open upward, the watercraft body further including a baffle portion and a recessed portion, the baffle portion being spaced at least forward from a peripheral portion of the opening and projecting upward, the recessed portion being formed between the peripheral portion and the baffle portion; a hatch cover including a closing portion and an overhanging portion extending at least forward from the closing portion to cover the recessed portion and the baffle portion; a first sealing member configured to seal a gap between the peripheral portion of the opening and the hatch cover when the hatch cover is in a closed state; and a second sealing member configured to seal a gap between the overhanging portion and the baffle portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazumasa Hisada, Hironori Kato, Toshio Araki, Masaaki Miyoshi
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Patent number: 10576789Abstract: There is provided a pneumatic tire, in which a first set of blocks that is partitioned and formed by two first circumferential grooves and a plurality of first lateral grooves is provided in the center region that includes the tire equatorial plane, a second set of blocks that is partitioned and formed by one second circumferential groove and a plurality of second lateral grooves is provided in the outermost portion in the tire width direction on each side in the tire width direction, a rib is provided between the first set of blocks and the second sets of blocks, the rib is divided by at least one third circumferential groove, and a plurality of sipes is formed in the first set of blocks, the second set of blocks, and the rib.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Furusawa, Masaaki Miyoshi
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Publication number: 20200062036Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a partial tie rubber layer is disposed between a carcass layer and an innerliner layer in a limited manner across an entire region excluding end portions near a pair of bead portions; end surfaces on both sides in a tire lateral direction of the partial tie rubber layer are inclined surfaces that form an acute angle with respect to a surface of the partial tie rubber layer on the carcass layer side; and an inclination angle of the inclined surfaces with respect to the surface of the partial tie rubber layer on the carcass layer side is from 20° to 60°.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventor: Masaaki Miyoshi
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Publication number: 20190351705Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire having a partial tie rubber layer disposed between a carcass layer and an innerliner layer in all region except for tips of bead portions. A protruding amount of the partial tie rubber layer toward the bead portion with respect to a perpendicular line, which is drawn from an outermost end portion of a belt layer in a tire lateral direction toward the innerliner layer, is 0.25 times to 0.80 times as large as a periphery length along a tire inner surface from an intersection point of the perpendicular line and the tire inner surface to a tip point of a bead toe.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventor: Masaaki Miyoshi
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Patent number: 10131188Abstract: The pneumatic tire includes lateral communication grooves, and circumferential grooves. In a tread portion shoulder region, the lateral communication groove is disposed between a pair of V-shaped crossing grooves adjacent in a tire circumferential direction and extends from a tread edge portion toward a tire equatorial plane. In a tread portion center region, the lateral communication groove communicates with the V-shaped crossing groove located to a projecting side of the V-shape of the pair of V-shaped crossing grooves and does not communicate with the other V-shaped crossing groove of the pair. The circumferential grooves are disposed in the tread portion shoulder region and extend in the tire circumferential direction, communicating with the V-shaped crossing grooves and the lateral communication grooves.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Miyoshi, Hiraku Kouda
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Publication number: 20160243899Abstract: The pneumatic tire includes lateral communication grooves, and circumferential grooves. In a tread portion shoulder region, the lateral communication groove is disposed between a pair of V-shaped crossing grooves adjacent in a tire circumferential direction and extends from a tread edge portion toward a tire equatorial plane. In a tread portion center region, the lateral communication groove communicates with the V-shaped crossing groove located to a projecting side of the V-shape of the pair of V-shaped crossing grooves and does not communicate with the other V-shaped crossing groove of the pair. The circumferential grooves are disposed in the tread portion shoulder region and extend in the tire circumferential direction, communicating with the V-shaped crossing grooves and the lateral communication grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Masaaki MIYOSHI, Hiraku KOUDA
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Publication number: 20160229231Abstract: There is provided a pneumatic tire, in which a first set of blocks that is partitioned and formed by two first circumferential grooves and a plurality of first lateral grooves is provided in the center region that includes the tire equatorial plane, a second set of blocks that is partitioned and formed by one second circumferential groove and a plurality of second lateral grooves is provided in the outermost portion in the tire width direction on each side in the tire width direction, a rib is provided between the first set of blocks and the second sets of blocks, the rib is divided by at least one third circumferential groove, and a plurality of sipes is formed in the first set of blocks, the second set of blocks, and the rib.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Hiroshi Furusawa, Masaaki Miyoshi
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Patent number: 9346324Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a tread portion, side wall portions, and bead portions includes at least one row of blocks constituted by a plurality of blocks aligned in a tire circumferential direction formed in a vehicle inner side region and a vehicle outer side region of the tread portion. Sipes extend in a tire width direction in each of the blocks. A pitch count of the blocks constituting the row of blocks in the vehicle inner side region is greater than the pitch count of the blocks constituting the row of blocks in the vehicle outer side region. Sipes formed in the blocks in the vehicle outer side region are provided with a structure extending in a linear manner along the depth direction thereof and sipes formed in the blocks in the vehicle inner side region are provided with a structure extending while curving along the depth direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Miyoshi, Isamu Kishizoe
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Patent number: 8646498Abstract: A pneumatic tire having improved braking performance includes sides and a tread section between the sides. In each of two regions on opposite sides of a tire centerline in the tread section, two circumferential main grooves extend along a tire circumferential direction in a zigzag shape, first lug grooves extend from an inner circumferential main groove to a pattern end, and second lug grooves extend toward the pattern end from the outer circumferential main groove. A wall of the inside circumferential main groove includes wall surfaces with a wall angle varying along the circumferential direction. An outside land section between the main grooves includes a notched lug groove extending in a tire widthwise direction from either the inside or outside main groove and closes within the outside land section. A groove depth of the notched lug groove is shallower than that of the first and second lug grooves.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2012Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masaaki Miyoshi
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Publication number: 20130240100Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a tread portion, side wall portions, and bead portions includes at least one row of blocks constituted by a plurality of blocks aligned in a tire circumferential direction formed in a vehicle inner side region and a vehicle outer side region of the tread portion. Sipes extend in a tire width direction in each of the blocks. A pitch count of the blocks constituting the row of blocks in the vehicle inner side region is greater than the pitch count of the blocks constituting the row of blocks in the vehicle outer side region. Sipes formed in the blocks in the vehicle outer side region are provided with a structure extending in a linear manner along the depth direction thereof and sipes formed in the blocks in the vehicle inner side region are provided with a structure extending while curving along the depth direction thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Miyoshi, Isamu Kishizoe
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Publication number: 20130146192Abstract: A pneumatic tire having improved braking performance includes sides and a tread section between the sides. In each of two regions on opposite sides of a tire centerline in the tread section, two circumferential main grooves extend along a tire circumferential direction in a zigzag shape, first lug grooves extend from an inner circumferential main groove to a pattern end, and second lug grooves extend toward the pattern end from the outer circumferential main groove. A wall of the inside circumferential main groove includes wall surfaces with a wall angle varying along the circumferential direction. An outside land section between the main grooves includes a notched lug groove extending in a tire widthwise direction from either the inside or outside main groove and closes within the outside land section. A groove depth of the notched lug groove is shallower than that of the first and second lug grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaaki MIYOSHI
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Publication number: 20120219751Abstract: A pile fabric whose pile fibers are prevented from falling off without impairing the texture by fusing only a specific area of the pile fabric. The pile fabric has a ground structure and pile fibers that are intertwined with ground yarns and napped on a front surface of the ground structure. The pile fibers including acrylic fibers and/or acrylic-based fibers and have a softening point lower than a softening point of the ground structure fibers, and are intertwined with the ground yarns. At least part of the pile fibers located outside of the ground yarns are fused but the pile fibers napped on the front surface of the ground structure are not fused. A method of producing a pile fabric includes a contact heating/pressurization step at a temperature equal to or higher than the softening point of the pile fibers and lower than the softening point of the ground structure fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2009Publication date: August 30, 2012Applicant: Kaneka CorporationInventors: Sohei Nishida, Masaaki Miyoshi, Kazuya Kusunoki, Hiroyuki Tokumoto
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Patent number: D740747Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Sato, Masaaki Miyoshi, Hiraku Kouda
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Patent number: D741249Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiraku Kouda, Kenichi Sato, Masaaki Miyoshi