Patents by Inventor Masahide SHIMBORI

Masahide SHIMBORI 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: 11142033
    Abstract: A front suspension structure of a vehicle where an appropriate locus of a front wheel when going over undulating ground, an arm span, and an arm length can be secured. Left and right first arms are rotatable about a rotation axis extending forward and obliquely toward a center in a left-right direction in a plan view and passing through two proximal parts. A frame front section has left and right front coupling parts to which proximal parts of front rods of left and right upper arms are coupled respectively. A distance between the left and right front coupling parts is smaller than a width in a left-right direction of a housing of a differential gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Yoshida, Kenta Higashiyama, Seiji Sawai, Masahide Shimbori
  • Patent number: 11014420
    Abstract: A vehicle that can reduce change in the toe angle of a rear wheel in a toe-out direction at the time of a braking force being provided by the vehicle. A coupling point between a vehicle frame and a trailing arm is defined as a first coupling point. A coupling point between the trailing arm and a lateral arm is defined as a second coupling point. A coupling point between the lateral arm and a frame rear section is defined as a third coupling point. A straight line connecting the first coupling point and the second coupling point is defined as a first straight line. A straight line connecting the second coupling point and the third coupling point is defined as a second straight line. With those definitions, an angle between the first straight line and the second straight line in a plan view of the vehicle is 90 degrees or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiji Sawai, Masahiro Yoshida, Kenta Higashiyama, Masahide Shimbori
  • Patent number: 10518630
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle that can efficiently cool a radiator even when the radiator is placed in the rear of a seat. The vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a seat supported by the vehicle body frame, a radiator placed in the rear of the seat and above a seat surface of the seat and including a fan placement surface on which a fan is provided and an air inflow surface opposite to the fan placement surface, the air inflow surface facing at least rearward, and a first outside air guide having a first intake port opening rearward and guiding outside air taken in from the first intake port to the air inflow surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryotaro Uno, Masahide Shimbori
  • Publication number: 20190291521
    Abstract: A vehicle that can reduce change in the toe angle of a rear wheel in a toe-out direction at the time of a braking force being provided by the vehicle. A coupling point between a vehicle frame and a trailing arm is defined as a first coupling point. A coupling point between the trailing arm and a lateral arm is defined as a second coupling point. A coupling point between the lateral arm and a frame rear section is defined as a third coupling point. A straight line connecting the first coupling point and the second coupling point is defined as a first straight line. A straight line connecting the second coupling point and the third coupling point is defined as a second straight line. With those definitions, an angle between the first straight line and the second straight line in a plan view of the vehicle is 90 degrees or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Seiji SAWAI, Masahiro YOSHIDA, Kenta HIGASHIYAMA, Masahide SHIMBORI
  • Publication number: 20190291523
    Abstract: A front suspension structure of a vehicle where an appropriate locus of a front wheel when going over undulating ground, an arm span, and an arm length can be be secured. Left and right first arms are rotatable about a rotation axis extending forward and obliquely toward a center in a left-right direction in a plan view and passing through two proximal parts. A frame front section has left and right front coupling parts to which proximal parts of front rods of left and right upper arms are coupled respectively. A distance between the left and right front coupling parts is smaller than a width in a left-right direction of a housing of a differential gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Masahiro YOSHIDA, Kenta HIGASHIYAMA, Seiji SAWAI, Masahide SHIMBORI
  • Publication number: 20190193553
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle that can efficiently cool a radiator even when the radiator is placed in the rear of a seat. The vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a seat supported by the vehicle body frame, a radiator placed in the rear of the seat and above a seat surface of the seat and including a fan placement surface on which a fan is provided and an air inflow surface opposite to the fan placement surface, the air inflow surface facing at least rearward, and a first outside air guide having a first intake port opening rearward and guiding outside air taken in from the first intake port to the air inflow surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Ryotaro UNO, Masahide SHIMBORI