Patents by Inventor Masaki Kakuta

Masaki Kakuta 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).

  • Apparatus for temperature controlling grip heater
    Patent number: 6903312
    Abstract: A grip heater control apparatus has a heater provided in a left grip of a steering handle of a motorcycle or the like, a heater control unit mounted on a left cowling of the motorcycle, a cover disposed on an upper end of a heater control unit and supporting thereon a plurality of LEDs and up and down switches, a controller disposed in the heater control unit for controlling the amount of electricity supplied from a battery, and a branch cable interconnecting the controller and the heater. The temperature of the heater is adjusted by the number of times that buttons of the up and down switches are pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Access, Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Ryoichi Miura, Masaki Kakuta, Tokuzo Tojo
  • Apparatus for controlling grip heater
    Publication number: 20030226836
    Abstract: A grip heater control apparatus has a heater provided in a left grip of a steering handle of a motorcycle or the like, a heater control unit mounted on a left cowling of the motorcycle, a cover disposed on an upper end of a heater control unit and supporting thereon a plurality of LEDs and up and down switches, a controller disposed in the heater control unit for controlling the amount of electricity supplied from a battery, and a branch cable interconnecting the controller and the heater. The temperature of the heater is adjusted by the number of times that buttons of the up and down switches are pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA HONDA ACCESS, SHINDENGEN ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Ryoichi Miura, Masaki Kakuta, Tokuzo Tojo