Patents by Inventor Michiyoshi Hashimoto

Michiyoshi Hashimoto 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).

  • Motorcycle storage container mounting system
    Patent number: 4830134
    Abstract: A motorcycle frame structure is provided with means for mounting a fuel tank in a lower region of the structure and a storage container thereabove thereby to improve operating performance of the vehicle by lowering its center of gravity. The elevated disposition of the storage container facilitates access to the container whereby articles stored in the container can more readily be deposited therein or retrieved therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Michiyoshi Hashimoto
  • Power unit swing type motorcycle
    Patent number: 4579190
    Abstract: A power unit swing type motorcycle provided with a foot floor positioned lower than a line connecting the center of the front wheel axle and that of the rear wheel axle, and a power unit disposed so that its center of gravity is located substantially on the said line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michiyoshi Hashimoto, Katsumi Kimura, Hisafumi Shako
  • Safety kickstarter for motorcycles
    Patent number: 4030561
    Abstract: Adjacent to a retractable kickstarter on a motorcycle engine unit, there is arranged a footrest pivotable between working and retracted positions. The footrest has formed thereon a stop which when the footrest is in its working position, functions to hold the kickstarter retracted. The kickstarter can be moved to its working position for starting up the engine only after the footrest has been retracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michiyoshi Hashimoto, Hisahumi Shako