Patents by Inventor Masanobu Shibayama

Masanobu Shibayama 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).

  • Fairing for a motorcycle
    Patent number: 5330029
    Abstract: A fairing for a motorcycle includes a fairing cover extending from a front end of a frame for a motorcycle rearwardly to cover both sides of an engine operatively mounted adjacent to the front end of the frame of the motorcycle. A plurality of air flow apertures are provided in the fairing for reducing air resistance during cornering of the motorcycle. The plurality of air flow apertures are provided in substantially the entire surface of the fairing. The surface area occupied by the plurality of air flow apertures is more than approximately seventeen percent of the entire surface area of the fairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Heijiro Yoshimura, Yukihiro Yamazaki, Yasutsugu Takahashi, Nobuya Itoh, Masanobu Shibayama, Takahisa Suzuki, Hiroaki Tsukui