Patents by Inventor Masao Ogawa

Masao Ogawa 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: 8272660
    Abstract: A stand device for a motorcycle includes an interlocking mechanism having a coil-formed stand spring connected to a stand at one end thereof. A spring support member has a spring support portion connected with the other end of the stand spring and is interlocked and connected to an operating element so that the position of the spring support portion can be changed according to a manual operation of an operating element. The position of the spring support portion determined according to the operation of the operating element toward the erect position side is so set that the stand spring is put in the state of urging the stand toward the erect position side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Ogawa, Masahiro Akiba
  • Patent number: 7967318
    Abstract: A stand device for a motorcycle includes an interlocking mechanism having a coil-formed stand spring connected to a stand at one end thereof. A spring support member has a spring support portion connected with the other end of the stand spring and is interlocked and connected to an operating element so that the position of the spring support portion can be changed according to a manual operation of an operating element. The position of the spring support portion determined according to the operation of the operating element toward the erect position side is so set that the stand spring is put in the state of urging the stand toward the erect position side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Ogawa, Masahiro Akiba
  • Publication number: 20110089663
    Abstract: A stand device for a motorcycle includes an interlocking mechanism having a coil-formed stand spring connected to a stand at one end thereof. A spring support member has a spring support portion connected with the other end of the stand spring and is interlocked and connected to an operating element so that the position of the spring support portion can be changed according to a manual operation of an operating element. The position of the spring support portion determined according to the operation of the operating element toward the erect position side is so set that the stand spring is put in the state of urging the stand toward the erect position side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Masao Ogawa, Masahiro Akiba
  • Publication number: 20110089664
    Abstract: A stand device for a motorcycle includes an interlocking mechanism having a coil-formed stand spring connected to a stand at one end thereof. A spring support member has a spring support portion connected with the other end of the stand spring and is interlocked and connected to an operating element so that the position of the spring support portion can be changed according to a manual operation of an operating element. The position of the spring support portion determined according to the operation of the operating element toward the erect position side is so set that the stand spring is put in the state of urging the stand toward the erect position side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Masao OGAWA, Masahiro Akiba
  • Patent number: 7857340
    Abstract: A stand device for a motorcycle includes an interlocking mechanism having a coil-formed stand spring connected to a stand at one end thereof. A spring support member has a spring support portion connected with the other end of the stand spring and is interlocked and connected to an operating element so that the position of the spring support portion can be changed according to a manual operation of an operating element. The position of the spring support portion determined according to the operation of the operating element toward the erect position side is so set that the stand spring is put in the state of urging the stand toward the erect position side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Ogawa, Masahiro Akiba
  • Patent number: 7621362
    Abstract: Sliding of a seat or reclining of a seat back can be disabled, except when a rider intends to slide the seat or recline the seat back. The motion of an auxiliary bar which permits sliding of a seat is inhibited by an interlocking lock member. An operating piece cannot be raised and hence it is impossible to slide the seat. An engine key is inserted into a first lock mechanism and is turned, causing the interlocking lock member to slide up to a position permitting operation of the operating piece. In addition, a lever of a second lock mechanism faces a reclining lever, so that the reclining lever cannot turn clockwise around a rivet bolt and a pawl remains engaged with any of first to third recesses. If the lever of the second lock mechanism is turned, the reclining lever can be pulled to release the reclining locked condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Ogawa, Shunichi Nakabayashi, Koji Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 7571690
    Abstract: A printable embroidery machine includes a sewing machine body, a cloth holding frame holding a workpiece cloth, a frame drive unit which has a mounting part and to which the cloth holding frame is coupled so that the cloth holding frame is moved independently in two horizontal directions perpendicular to each other, and an ink-jet printer. The body or the printer is detachably attached to the mounting part of the frame drive unit separated from the body so that the workpiece cloth held on the cloth holding frame moved by the frame drive unit is printed by the printer. A predetermined sewing reference position of a sewing needle in attaching the body to the frame drive unit corresponds with a predetermined print reference position of a print head of the printer in a case where the printer is attached to the frame drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masao Ogawa, Hiroshi Kitazawa
  • Patent number: 7534834
    Abstract: This invention is directed to A composition for forming a golf ball, the composition comprising polyurethane gel composite particles and at least one base material selected from the group consisting of synthetic resins and elastomers, the polyurethane gel composite particles consisting of colloidal polyurea particles precipitated from a non-aqueous solvent solution of colloidal polyurea and polyurethane gel particles covered with the polyurea particles, the polyurethane gel particles being three-dimensionally crosslinked and each of the polyurethane gel particles being formed of a polyisocyanate compound and a polyethylene oxide group-free, active-hydrogen-containing compound, at least one of the compounds being trifunctional or higher valency, and is also directed to a multi-piece golf ball having one or more layers formed of this composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Onoda, Masao Ogawa, Yuri Naka, Norikazu Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 7397414
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave absorber is formed by injection-molding a thermoplastic resin blended with approximately 20-60% by volume of soft magnetic material powder, and blended with a molding assistant and a kneading assistant. The electromagnetic wave absorber includes a unit cell having a bore extending from a top face to a bottom face. A portion of the bore located more adjacently to the bottom face than to the top face has a smaller cross-sectional area than the bore at the top face, and a height of the unit cell from the bottom face to the top face is approximately at least 1.2 times and approximately at most 10 times as large as the maximum width of the bore at the top face of the unit cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Miyagawa Kasei Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Noda, Yasumasa Kato, Haruo Kitamura, Masao Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20080070623
    Abstract: The mobile communication terminal 1 and the image photographing apparatus 2 are connected through wireless communications 3 or optical communications 3, where the image data from the image photographing apparatus 2 is displayed in the display part of the mobile communication terminal 1 on a real-time basis, and various functions are controlled such as ON function, OFF function, a connection ON function, a connection OFF function, a recording start function, a recording stop function, a shuttering function, a flash function, a zooming function, an image size changing function, a monitoring function (a monitoring start function and a monitoring stop function), and an angle changing function and so forth, of the image photographing apparatus 2 on the basis of the control instructing data from the mobile communication terminal 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Macnica, Inc.
    Inventor: Masao Ogawa
  • Patent number: 7326130
    Abstract: A multi-piece golf ball has a core (3), an interlayer (5), and a cover (7), the core (3) being provided with a spherical main part (31) and a plurality of ribs (32) formed on the main part (31), the interlayer (5) being accommodated in depressions (33) surrounded by the ribs (32) and having a thickness substantially the same as the height of the ribs (32), each of the ribs (32) extending in such a manner that the width thereof becomes greater from the cover towards the core, each of the depressions (33) being formed into a cone-like shape by side faces of the ribs (32), and the hardness of the interlayer (5) being less than that of the core (3). This structure achieves satisfactory soft feeling and high bounce resilience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Norikazu Ninomiya, Kenji Onoda, Masao Ogawa, Yuri Naka
  • Patent number: 7326129
    Abstract: A multi-piece golf ball has a core 3, an interlayer 5, and a cover 7, the core 3 having a spherical main part 9 and a plurality of ribs 11 provided on the surface of the main part 9, the interlayer 5 being inserted into depressions surrounded by the ribs 11, and the hardness of the interlayer 5 being less than that of the core 3. The multi-piece golf ball can achieve an especially long carry distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Norikazu Ninomiya, Kenji Onoda, Masao Ogawa, Yuri Naka
  • Publication number: 20070257962
    Abstract: A printer with embroidering function includes a sewing machine body 2 capable of sewing a workpiece cloth W, a cloth holding frame 3 that holds the workpiece cloth W to be sewn, a frame drive unit 4 having the cloth holding frame 3 connected therewith to move the cloth holding frame 3 independently in two perpendicular directions in a horizontal plane, the printer with embroidering function further including an ink-jet printing unit detachably a tached to an attachment portion 4a of the frame drive unit 4 separated from the sewing machine body 2 capable of printing the workpiece cloth W of the cloth holding frame 3 moved by the frame drive unit 4 and a head cap 52, a purging mechanism 53, a nozzle wiper 54, an ink receptacle 55 and a waste-ink absorbing felt 56.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao Ogawa, Hiroshi Kitazawa
  • Patent number: 7287615
    Abstract: A load receiving pipe extends from a separate frame and has a closed portion at the extremity thereof. A meter unit is disposed immediately behind the closed portion. Accordingly, the meter unit can be accommodated in a limited space in front of a handle post cover and behind the load receiving pipe, and the probability that a load on the load receiving pipe comes into contact with the meter unit can be avoided. Therefore, the appearance of the front portion of a vehicle body can be improved while improving the load receiving capacity at the front of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Michisaka, Masao Ogawa, Tomokatsu Suda
  • Publication number: 20070204775
    Abstract: A printable embroidery machine (1), including a machine body (2) capable of sewing a workpiece cloth (W), a cloth holding frame (3) holding the workpiece cloth (W) to be sewn, and a frame drive unit (4) having a mounting part (4a) detachably attached to the machine body (2), and coupled to the cloth holding frame (3) to independently move the cloth holding frame in two horizontal directions perpendicular to each other. An ink-jet type printer (5) is detachably attached to the mounting part (4a) of the frame drive unit (4) separated from the machine body (2). The workpiece cloth (W) on the cloth holding frame (3) moved by the frame drive unit (4) can be printed by the printer (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masao Ogawa, Hiroshi Kitazawa
  • Publication number: 20070200315
    Abstract: A stand device for a motorcycle includes an interlocking mechanism having a coil-formed stand spring connected to a stand at one end thereof. A spring support member has a spring support portion connected with the other end of the stand spring and is interlocked and connected to an operating element so that the position of the spring support portion can be changed according to a manual operation of an operating element. The position of the spring support portion determined according to the operation of the operating element toward the erect position side is so set that the stand spring is put in the state of urging the stand toward the erect position side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Masao Ogawa, Masahiro Akiba
  • Patent number: 7249648
    Abstract: A frame assembly for a motorized vehicle includes a vehicle body frame with an upper frame, a lower basket frame integrally attached to and extending downwardly from the upper frame, and an auxiliary frame which is separate from and operatively attached to the vehicle body frame. The upper frame includes a head pipe, a tubular main frame section attached to the head pipe, a pair of seat rails extending rearwardly in a divergent fashion from the main frame section, and a rear crossbar interconnecting the seat rails at rear portions thereof. The lower basket frame comprises left and right down tubes extending downwardly in a divergent fashion from the head pipe, a pair of left and right lower pipes extending rearwardly from lower ends of the respective down tubes, and a pair of medial frame sections extending between rear ends of the lower pipes and the seat rails. The auxiliary frame has a width substantially equal to a distance between the left and right lower pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Michisaka, Masao Ogawa, Tomokatsu Suda
  • Patent number: 7220191
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high-strength golf ball comprising a core having a main core and optionally a sub-core comprising one or more layers, and a cover having one or more layers; and to a high-strength golf ball comprising a core having a main core and optionally a sub-core comprising one or more layers, an interlayer having one or more layers, and a cover having one or more layers; wherein at least one of the portions contains at least one member selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes and fullerenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Onoda, Masao Ogawa, Yuri Naka, Norikazu Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 7210550
    Abstract: A motorcycle with a seat frame and seat attached to a seat post. The seat frame is covered with the seat as viewed from above and is structured so as to hold an article in an exposed state thereon to form an article accommodating space below the seat. The rear wheel of the motorcycle is driven by a motor to which power is supplied from a battery. The voltage of the battery is converted by a charging and voltage conversion section to supply power to electrical equipment. The charging and voltage conversion section is attached in an exposed state to a vehicle body frame. A battery for supplying power to a motor is provided with a charging and voltage conversion apparatus for charging the battery. A charging cable for energizing the charging and voltage conversion apparatus is disposed in a hollow portion of a vehicle body frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yonehana, Masao Ogawa, Yutaka Murata
  • Patent number: 7201670
    Abstract: A golf ball comprising a core (1), intermediate layer (3), and cover (5), wherein the intermediate layer (3) is provided with a plurality of apertures through which the core (1) is exposed, wherein the outer surface of the intermediate layer (3) and the surface of the core (1) exposed through the apertures are on substantially the same spherical surface, and wherein the hardness of the intermediate layer (3) is greater than that of the core (1). The golf ball achieves both a high ball resilience and a soft impact feel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: Norikazu Ninomiya, Kenji Onoda, Masao Ogawa, Yuri Naka