Patents by Inventor Masashi Kai

Masashi Kai 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: 11187147
    Abstract: A pressure variation in a fuel tank can be prevented, and leakage of liquid fuel can be prevented even if the fuel tank is inclined in a predetermined direction, without operation for opening and closing a breather passage. An engine generator includes: a first breather passage having an opening at a position above a liquid fuel in a tank bulge section when the engine generator is inclined to the right (corresponding to a first direction); and a second breather passage having an opening at a position above the liquid fuel in the tank bulge section when the engine generator is inclined in the left direction (a second direction).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kojima, Masashi Kai, Jun Yamamoto, Mitsuhiro Ito
  • Publication number: 20210340903
    Abstract: A pressure variation in a fuel tank can be prevented, and leakage of liquid fuel can be prevented even if the fuel tank is inclined in a predetermined direction, without operation for opening and closing a breather passage. An engine generator includes: a first breather passage having an opening at a position above a liquid fuel in a tank bulge section when the engine generator is inclined to the right (corresponding to a first direction); and a second breather passage having an opening at a position above the liquid fuel in the tank bulge section when the engine generator is inclined in the left direction (a second direction).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kojima, Masashi Kai, Jun Yamamoto, Mitsuhiro Ito
  • Patent number: 11143139
    Abstract: Provided is an engine device that can enlarge a space inside a case without lowering support stiffness. An engine (2) is attached to a case (11) via support parts (81, 82). A rear lower portion support part (82), which is one of the support parts, includes an attachment rib (11b) as a mounting part provided in the case (11) and an attachment bracket (91) fastened to a bottom of a crankcase (46) by a fastening bolt (90) and attached to the attachment rib (11b). The fastening bolt (90) penetrates through a through hole (92a) provided in the attachment bracket (91) and is screwed into a screw hole (46e) formed obliquely inward at a corner of the bottom of the crankcase (46).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shohei Kono, Masashi Kai
  • Publication number: 20200309062
    Abstract: Provided is an engine device that can enlarge a space inside a case without lowering support stiffness. An engine (2) is attached to a case (11) via support parts (81, 82). A rear lower portion support part (82), which is one of the support parts, includes an attachment rib (11b) as a mounting part provided in the case (11) and an attachment bracket (91) fastened to a bottom of a crankcase (46) by a fastening bolt (90) and attached to the attachment rib (11b). The fastening bolt (90) penetrates through a through hole (92a) provided in the attachment bracket (91) and is screwed into a screw hole (46e) formed obliquely inward at a corner of the bottom of the crankcase (46).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Shohei KONO, Masashi KAI
  • Patent number: 10342154
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus is provided in which a cover can be easily attached to a housing without using attachment jigs. Provided is a power supply apparatus that holds a battery and an inverter in a housing, wherein a groove portion for drainage is formed on at least an upper part of an opening portion of the housing, a cover that covers the opening portion is arranged on the opening portion, and the cover includes at least one first fixing claw inserted into the groove portion and at least one second fixing claw that presses the groove portion from an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Kai
  • Patent number: 10280837
    Abstract: An engine-driven working machine capable of decreasing the number of components is provided. An engine-driven working machine 10 is a generator in which an outer case 12 is formed to extend in a longitudinal direction, and an engine 15 and a muffler 67 are housed in an inside 13 of the outer case 12. In the generator 10, a crankshaft 41 is disposed to intersect the longitudinal direction of the outer case 12. A cooling fan 17 is provided on an extension line 73 of the crankshaft 41. Further, a fan cover is provided at the cooling fan 17 side. Further, a shroud 82 is provided at an opposite side from the fan cover 81.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Kai, Hiroshi Koyama
  • Patent number: 10260456
    Abstract: An engine-driven working machine capable of suppressing vibration, and further securing output power of an engine is provided. An engine-driven working machine 10 is a generator in which an outer case 12 is formed to be substantially rectangular in plan view that extends in a longitudinal direction, and an engine 15 is housed in an inside 13 of the outer case 12. In the generator 10, a crankshaft 41 is disposed to intersect the longitudinal direction of the outer case 12. Further, an intake port 44 and an exhaust port 45 are disposed in the longitudinal direction of the outer case 12. Furthermore, a carburetor 61 is disposed at a side of the intake port 44, and a muffler 67 is disposed at a side of the exhaust port 45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji Hiranuma, Masashi Kai
  • Patent number: 10247151
    Abstract: A fuel-tank-equipped working machine is provided, which is capable of securing a fuel tank to be large in a state where the fuel-tank-equipped working machine is secured to be compact. A generator 10 as a working machine includes a fuel tank 25 supported at an outer case 12. The working machine 10 includes a tank opening 35 that is formed at the outer case 12, a mounting concave portion 38 that is formed on the fuel tank 25, and a cushion portion 37 that is capable of being housed in the mounting concave portion 38. The tank opening 35 is formed so as to be able to expose an upper half part 25a of the fuel tank 25 to an outside 14 of the outer case 12. Further, the cushion portion 37 has a fitting groove 63 capable of being fitted to an opening rim 36 of the tank opening 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koyama, Masashi Kai
  • Patent number: 10224783
    Abstract: An engine-driven working machine capable of favorably reducing exhaust sound (that is, noise) is provided. An engine-driven working machine 10 is a generator in which an engine 15 and a muffler 67 are housed in an inside 13 of an outer case 12. The generator 10 includes a tail pipe 68 that is provided at a lower portion 67a of the muffler 67, a discharge port 37 that is disposed above the tail pipe 68, and a baffle plate 84 that is disposed to face the discharge port 37. The discharge port 37 is formed in the outer case 12. Further, cooling air that is sent from a cooling fan 17 is guided to below the muffler 67 with the baffle plate 84.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koyama, Masashi Kai
  • Patent number: 10122245
    Abstract: An engine-driven working machine capable of reducing an opening of an outer case to be small, and decreasing the number of components is provided. An engine-driven working machine 10 is a generator in which an inverter 27 is provided at a suction side of a cooling fan 17, and a fuel tank 25 is provided over the inverter 27. The generator 10 includes an intake port 36 that is formed in an outer case 12, and a first air guide passage 61 that is formed by a tank bottom portion 38 of the fuel tank 25. The intake port 36 is formed in a lower side part 12b of a tank front wall 37, in the outer case 12. The first air guide passage 61 is formed by the tank bottom portion 38 that is inclined with a falling gradient toward the inverter 27 from the intake port 36.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koyama, Masashi Kai
  • Publication number: 20180270980
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus is provided in which a cover can be easily attached to a housing without using attachment jigs. Provided is a power supply apparatus that holds a battery and an inverter in a housing, wherein a groove portion for drainage is formed on at least an upper part of an opening portion of the housing, a cover that covers the opening portion is arranged on the opening portion, and the cover includes at least one first fixing claw inserted into the groove portion and at least one second fixing claw that presses the groove portion from an outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventor: Masashi Kai
  • Patent number: 10001055
    Abstract: An engine-driven working machine 10 is a generator where a working unit 15 including an engine 37 and a power generating unit 38 is housed in an outer case 12. A plurality of lower support means 25 are included in the generator 10. The lower support means 25 includes a first vibration isolating support portion 73 disposed between the working unit 15 and the outer case 12, a second vibration isolating support portion 74 formed integrally with the first vibration isolating support portion 73, and a groove portion 75 formed between the first vibration isolating support portion 73 and the second vibration isolating support portion 74. The working unit 15 is supported with the first vibration isolating support portion 73. The outer case 12 is supported with the second vibration isolating support portion 74. A fitting portion 81 of the outer case 12 is fitted to the groove portion 75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koyama, Masashi Kai
  • Publication number: 20170268458
    Abstract: An engine-driven working machine capable of suppressing vibration, and further securing output power of an engine is provided. An engine-driven working machine 10 is a generator in which an outer case 12 is formed to be substantially rectangular in plan view that extends in a longitudinal direction, and an engine 15 is housed in an inside 13 of the outer case 12. In the generator 10, a crankshaft 41 is disposed to intersect the longitudinal direction of the outer case 12. Further, an intake port 44 and an exhaust port 45 are disposed in the longitudinal direction of the outer case 12. Furthermore, a carburetor 61 is disposed at a side of the intake port 44, and a muffler 67 is disposed at a side of the exhaust port 45.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Junji Hiranuma, Masashi Kai
  • Publication number: 20170268416
    Abstract: An engine-driven working machine capable of decreasing the number of components is provided. An engine-driven working machine 10 is a generator in which an outer case 12 is formed to extend in a longitudinal direction, and an engine 15 and a muffler 67 are housed in an inside 13 of the outer case 12. In the generator 10, a crankshaft 41 is disposed to intersect the longitudinal direction of the outer case 12. A cooling fan 17 is provided on an extension line 73 of the crankshaft 41. Further, a fan cover is provided at the cooling fan 17 side. Further, a shroud 82 is provided at an opposite side from the fan cover 81.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Masashi Kai, Hiroshi Koyama
  • Publication number: 20170271942
    Abstract: An engine-driven working machine capable of favorably reducing exhaust sound (that is, noise) is provided. An engine-driven working machine 10 is a generator in which an engine 15 and a muffler 67 are housed in an inside 13 of an outer case 12. The generator 10 includes a tail pipe 68 that is provided at a lower portion 67a of the muffler 67, a discharge port 37 that is disposed above the tail pipe 68, and a baffle plate 84 that is disposed to face the discharge port 37. The discharge port 37 is formed in the outer case 12. Further, cooling air that is sent from a cooling fan 17 is guided to below the muffler 67 with the baffle plate 84.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koyama, Masashi Kai
  • Publication number: 20170271953
    Abstract: An engine-driven working machine capable of reducing an opening of an outer case to be small, and decreasing the number of components is provided. An engine-driven working machine 10 is a generator in which an inverter 27 is provided at a suction side of a cooling fan 17, and a fuel tank 25 is provided over the inverter 27. The generator 10 includes an intake port 36 that is formed in an outer case 12, and a first air guide passage 61 that is formed by a tank bottom portion 38 of the fuel tank 25. The intake port 36 is formed in a lower side part 12b of a tank front wall 37, in the outer case 12. The first air guide passage 61 is formed by the tank bottom portion 38that is inclined with a falling gradient toward the inverter 27 from the intake port 36.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koyama, Masashi Kai
  • Publication number: 20170268417
    Abstract: An engine-driven working machine 10 is a generator where a working unit 15 including an engine 37 and a power generating unit 38 is housed in an outer case 12. A plurality of lower support means 25 are included in the generator 10. The lower support means 25 includes a first vibration isolating support portion 73 disposed between the working unit 15 and the outer case 12, a second vibration isolating support portion 74 formed integrally with the first vibration isolating support portion 73, and a groove portion 75 formed between the first vibration isolating support portion 73 and the second vibration isolating support portion 74. The working unit 15 is supported with the first vibration isolating support portion 73. The outer case 12 is supported with the second vibration isolating support portion 74. A fitting portion 81 of the outer case 12 is fitted to the groove portion 75.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koyama, Masashi Kai
  • Publication number: 20170260941
    Abstract: A fuel-tank-equipped working machine is provided, which is capable of securing a fuel tank to be large in a state where the fuel-tank-equipped working machine is secured to be compact. A generator 10 as a working machine includes a fuel tank 25 supported at an outer case 12. The working machine 10 includes a tank opening 35 that is formed at the outer case 12, a mounting concave portion 38 that is formed on the fuel tank 25, and a cushion portion 37 that is capable of being housed in the mounting concave portion 38. The tank opening 35 is formed so as to be able to expose an upper half part 25a of the fuel tank 25 to an outside 14 of the outer case 12. Further, the cushion portion 37 has a fitting groove 63 capable of being fitted to an opening rim 36 of the tank opening 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi Koyama, Masashi Kai
  • Patent number: 9017122
    Abstract: An outboard motor configured so that an engine is covered by an engine cover, an intake opening is provided to both sides of the engine cover, and air drawn into the engine cover from the intake opening is introduced to a throttle body. A discharging/interference-type muffler is provided partway along an intake channel for guiding air from the intake opening to the throttle body. The discharging/interference-type muffler is provided vertically in the interior of the engine cover, and the interior of the discharging/interference-type muffler is divided in two in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Harada, Masashi Kai, Kunihiko Ishizuka, Naoki Aikawa, Kazuhiro Ishizaka
  • Patent number: 8985069
    Abstract: A portable engine generator includes a power generation unit operating an engine to generate electricity and a negative pressure fuel cock using a negative pressure in a crank chamber as an operating negative pressure to supply fuel to the engine. The negative pressure fuel cock is located on a side opposite to a negative pressure take-out port of the crank chamber with respect to a position of the power generation unit when the portable gas-engine generator is turned over, and so as to be located at a position higher than the negative pressure take-out port when the portable gas-engine generator is in an upright posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kojima, Masashi Kai, Takuo Kase