Patents by Inventor Masato Nakata
Masato Nakata 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).
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Publication number: 20240025401Abstract: This vehicle includes a lane keeping assistance system and a control device which controls steering of the vehicle, wherein the control device divides a width of a lane in which the vehicle travels into a plurality of virtual lanes and controls the vehicle so that the vehicle travels in one virtual lane among the plurality of virtual lanes. The control device controls the vehicle so that a traveling position of the vehicle is returned to an inside of the one virtual lane when the vehicle traveling in the one virtual lane is about to deviate from the inside of the one virtual lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Ko Hosokawa, Masato Nakata, Akihiko Tomoda, Shunichi Nakabayashi
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Publication number: 20230415765Abstract: This vehicle information notification device includes: a pair of left and right grips which are formed on a steering handle; and a vibration device (which is disposed on at least one of the pair of left and right grips to notify a driver of predetermined information, wherein a plurality of the vibration devices are provided on one of the left and right grips. Both of the pair of left and right grips are respectively provided with a plurality of vibration devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Shunichi Nakabayashi, Masato Nakata, Akihiko Tomoda, Ko Hosokawa
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Publication number: 20230399071Abstract: This vehicle information notification device includes: movable portions (56 and 57) which are provided in at least one of a pair of left and right vehicle body outer portions (1L and 1R) in a vehicle body (1A), steerably supporting a steering system component (10A), to be operated by actuators (105L and 105R), wherein the movable portions (56 and 57) include outer surfaces (56e and 57e) which are able to contact a driver's body, and wherein the movable portions (56 and 57) notify the driver of predetermined information by operating the outer surfaces (56e and 57e) in a predetermined motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Shunichi Nakabayashi, Masato Nakata, Akihiko Tomoda, Ko Hosokawa
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Patent number: 10041387Abstract: An exhaust device structure for a rocking vehicle includes: a front side exhaust device and a rear side exhaust device muffling exhaust gas noise from an engine; the front side exhaust device and the rear side exhaust device including a front side exhaust pipe and a rear side exhaust pipe having upstream ends connected to exhaust ports of the engine and a first muffler and a second muffler connected to downstream ends of the front side exhaust pipe and the rear side exhaust pipe, the first muffler and the second muffler being disposed on a lower side of the vehicle, the first muffler and the second muffler being arranged to be separated from each other in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle, and the first muffler and the second muffler being arranged so as to be separated from each other in a left-right direction with respect to a vehicle center.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Nakata, Yuzuru Ishikawa, Toru Ukawa
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Patent number: 9751393Abstract: Left and right radiators in a saddle type vehicle are formed in a trapezoidal shape and disposed such that a shorter one of two side portions of each of the radiators which extend in parallel or substantially in parallel to each other as viewed in front elevation is positioned at the inner side in the vehicle widthwise direction. A longer one of the side portions is disposed at the outer side in the vehicle widthwise direction. Forward projections of an exhaust pipe projecting forwardly from an engine pass below the shorter side portions at the inner side in the vehicle widthwise direction of the radiators.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Nakata, Satoshi Seo, Tetsuya Tanabe, Kota Noguchi
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Publication number: 20170183994Abstract: An exhaust device structure for a rocking vehicle includes: a front side exhaust device and a rear side exhaust device muffling exhaust gas noise from an engine; the front side exhaust device and the rear side exhaust device including a front side exhaust pipe and a rear side exhaust pipe having upstream ends connected to exhaust ports of the engine and a first muffler and a second muffler connected to downstream ends of the front side exhaust pipe and the rear side exhaust pipe, the first muffler and the second muffler being disposed on a lower side of the vehicle, the first muffler and the second muffler being arranged to be separated from each other in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle, and the first muffler and the second muffler being arranged so as to be separated from each other in a left-right direction with respect to a vehicle center.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2016Publication date: June 29, 2017Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato NAKATA, Yuzuru ISHIKAWA, Toru UKAWA
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Publication number: 20150068830Abstract: Left and right radiators in a saddle type vehicle are formed in a trapezoidal shape and disposed such that a shorter one of two side portions of each of the radiators which extend in parallel or substantially in parallel to each other as viewed in front elevation is positioned at the inner side in the vehicle widthwise direction. A longer one of the side portions is disposed at the outer side in the vehicle widthwise direction. Forward projections of an exhaust pipe projecting forwardly from an engine pass below the shorter side portions at the inner side in the vehicle widthwise direction of the radiators.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Masato NAKATA, Satoshi SEO, Tetsuya TANABE, Kota NOGUCHI
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Patent number: 8757391Abstract: A garbage separation and recovery machine for beach cleaning that has mobility and can perform a garbage separation and recovery work according to the situation is provided. The garbage separation and recovery machine has a drum type sieve body (54) that is freely rotatably secured to a vehicle body frame (51) towed by a vehicle, a driving gear (92) that is freely rotatably supported by the vehicle body frame (51) and secured to an axle (52) to which right and left wheels are secured, and a mechanism portion (91) for transmitting the driving force of the driving gear (92) to the drum type sieve body (54). The mechanism portion (91) has a gear switching mechanism (95) for performing a switching operation between an automatic rotation mode in which the drum type sieve body (54) is rotated by the rotational force of the wheels (53) and a manual rotation mode in which the drum type sieve body (54) is released from the rotational force of the wheel (53) and allowed to be manually freely rotatable.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2010Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Kiyono, Jun Nakajima, Tatsuo Masuda, Yasuji Hashimoto, Takanori Okuma, Tatsuhiko Asano, Tomohiro Nishida, Masato Nakata, Hiroyuki Uchida
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Publication number: 20130062260Abstract: A garbage separation and recovery machine for beach cleaning that has mobility and can perform a garbage separation and recovery work according to the situation is provided. The garbage separation and recovery machine has a drum type sieve body (54) that is freely rotatably secured to a vehicle body frame (51) towed by a vehicle, a driving gear (92) that is freely rotatably supported by the vehicle body frame (51) and secured to an axle (52) to which right and left wheels are secured, and a mechanism portion (91) for transmitting the driving force of the driving gear (92) to the drum type sieve body (54). The mechanism portion (91) has a gear switching mechanism (95) for performing a switching operation between an automatic rotation mode in which the drum type sieve body (54) is rotated by the rotational force of the wheels (53) and a manual rotation mode in which the drum type sieve body (54) is released from the rotational force of the wheel (53) and allowed to be manually freely rotatable.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2010Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Kiyono, Jun Nakajima, Tatsuo Masuda, Yasuji Hashimoto, Takanori Okuma, Tatsuhiko Asano, Tomohiro Nishida, Masato Nakata, Hiroyuki Uchida
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Publication number: 20110018022Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device of the present invention includes: a substrate (101); a laminate semiconductor layer (20) including a light-emitting layer (105) formed on the substrate (101); a translucent electrode (109) formed on a top surface of the laminate semiconductor layer (20); and a junction layer (110) and a bonding pad electrode (107) formed on the translucent electrode (109), wherein the bonding pad electrode (107) has a laminate structure including a metal reflective layer (107a) and a bonding layer (107c) that are sequentially laminated from the translucent electrode (109) side, and the metal reflective layer (107a) is made of at least one kind of metal selected from the group consisting of Ag, Al, Ru, Rh, Pd, Os, Ir and Pt, or an alloy containing the metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2009Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventors: Takehiko Okabe, Daisuke Hiraiwa, Masato Nakata, Hisayuki Miki, Naoki Fukunaga, Hironao Shinohara
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Patent number: 7850221Abstract: A cowling structure is provided for a motorcycle in which a radiator is disposed behind a front wheel of the motorcycle. The cowling structure includes a main cowling and a sub cowling. The main cowling covers a periphery of the radiator from the front of a handlebar. The sub cowling is provided in the rear of the cowling through a space. The sub cowling is separate from the cowling. The cowling structure allows wind to effectively hit a radiator, and reduces a force necessary for inclining a vehicle body at the time of cornering.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2007Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Nakata, Takanori Okuma, Shinichi Kokubu, Hiromasa Yamaguchi, Yasushi Sato, Hiroto Yoshiki
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Patent number: 7730987Abstract: A motorcycle is provided having an engine disposed between a front wheel and a rear wheel and functional components, e.g., a first radiator, a fuel pump, a rear shock absorber, etc., are arranged, as viewed from the side, on a circumference of a circle with a radius R corresponding to a distance from a crankshaft, serving as a center, to a corner of an oil pan, serving as a part of the engine most distant from the crankshaft, to concentrate the functional components of the motorcycle at positions substantially equidistant from the crankshaft of the engine whereby a mass concentration toward the vehicle body center of a motorcycle is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2007Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takanori Okuma, Shinichi Kokubu, Masato Nakata, Takeo Yokoyama
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Publication number: 20080012391Abstract: A cowling structure is provided for a motorcycle in which a radiator is disposed behind a front wheel of the motorcycle. The cowling structure includes a main cowling and a sub cowling. The main cowling covers a periphery of the radiator from the front of a handlebar. The sub cowling is provided in the rear of the cowling through a space. The sub cowling is separate from the cowling. The cowling structure allows wind to effectively hit a radiator, and reduces a force necessary for inclining a vehicle body at the time of cornering.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2007Publication date: January 17, 2008Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato NAKATA, Takanori OKUMA, Shinichi KOKUBU, Hiromasa YAMAGUCHI, Yasushi SATO, Hiroto YOSHIKI
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Publication number: 20070199754Abstract: In a motorcycle having an engine between a front wheel and a rear wheels, functional components (a first radiator, a fuel pump, a rear shock absorber) are arranged, as viewed from the side, on a circumference of a circle with a radius R corresponding to a distance from a crankshaft, serving as a center, to a corner of an oil pan, serving as a part most distant from the engine, to thereby concentrate the functional components of the motorcycle at positions substantially equidistant from the crankshaft of the engine. To achieve a mass concentration toward the vehicle body center of a motorcycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2007Publication date: August 30, 2007Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takanori Okuma, Shinichi Kokubu, Masato Nakata, Takeo Yokoyama