Patents by Inventor Motoharu YOKOI

Motoharu YOKOI 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: 10502960
    Abstract: Provided is an information display assembly that is hardly affected by an external force such as traveling wind when mounted on a helmet and that ensures easy attachability and detachability to and from the helmet. In an information display assembly including a display unit displaying information, and a frame connected to the display unit to allow mounting of the display unit on the helmet, the frame has resiliency and is provided at opposite ends thereof with pressing parts, and the pressing parts are fixed on an inner side of the helmet by restoring force of resilient deformation. The display unit and the frame are commonly provided at a single location therebetween with a connecting par. The display unit is displaceably supported relative to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taishi Inoue, Motoharu Yokoi, Hayato Inoue
  • Publication number: 20180267321
    Abstract: Provided is an information display assembly that is hardly affected by an external force such as traveling wind when mounted on a helmet and that ensures easy attachability and detachability to and from the helmet. In an information display assembly including a display unit displaying information, and a frame connected to the display unit to allow mounting of the display unit on the helmet, the frame has resiliency and is provided at opposite ends thereof with pressing parts, and the pressing parts are fixed on an inner side of the helmet by restoring force of resilient deformation. The display unit and the frame are commonly provided at a single location therebetween with a connecting par. The display unit is displaceably supported relative to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Taishi Inoue, Motoharu Yokoi, Hayato Inoue
  • Patent number: 9027693
    Abstract: An inverted pendulum type vehicle is configured to permit a user to easily get on to the vehicle in a forward-facing posture from the rear of a vehicle body. The vehicle includes a seat for supporting a user thereon, as well as a main wheel driven by an inverted pendulum control, a vehicle body frame which rotatably supports the main wheel, and a tail wheel attached to a tail wheel arm, supported for pivotal motion on the vehicle body frame. The seat is attached to the vehicle body frame at an uppermost portion thereof. The vehicle body frame pivots rearwardly around an axle of the driving wheel together with the seat upon cancellation of the inverted pendulum control and the range of pivotal motion thereof is limited by contact thereof with the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Muto, Makoto Mitsukawa, Motoharu Yokoi, Yasuka Mori
  • Patent number: 8813893
    Abstract: An inverted pendulum type vehicle includes electrical components configured and arranged efficiently to provide a compact structure. The inverted pendulum type vehicle includes a traveling unit, including a main wheel driven under inverted pendulum control. The vehicle also includes a vehicle body frame supported on, and extending upwardly from the traveling unit, as well as a driving unit, including a pair of driving motors supported on the vehicle body frame and disposed above the main wheel for driving the main wheel. An electrical control unit is supported on the vehicle body frame in front of the driving motors for controlling the driving unit. The driving unit is disposed behind a front edge of the main wheel, and the electrical control unit is disposed between a front edge of the main wheel and the front edge of the driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Muto, Yasuka Mori, Motoharu Yokoi
  • Patent number: 8776934
    Abstract: An inverted pendulum type vehicle includes a traveling unit with a main wheel, a vehicle body frame having the main wheel supported thereon, and a pair of left and right driving units supported on the vehicle body frame for driving the main wheel. The vehicle also includes a battery unit for supplying electric power to the driving units, a seat for supporting an occupant thereon, and a telescopic strut for supporting the seat for selected upward and downward movement. The telescopic strut is disposed between the driving unit and the battery unit in a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Muto, Yasuo Shinde, Makoto Mitsukawa, Motoharu Yokoi, Yasuka Mori
  • Publication number: 20130299261
    Abstract: An inverted pendulum type vehicle is configured to permit a user to easily get on to the vehicle in a forward-facing posture from the rear of a vehicle body. The vehicle includes a seat for supporting a user thereon, as well as a main wheel driven by an inverted pendulum control, a vehicle body frame which rotatably supports the main wheel, and a tail wheel attached to a tail wheel arm, supported for pivotal motion on the vehicle body frame. The seat is attached to the vehicle body frame at an uppermost portion thereof. The vehicle body frame pivots rearwardly around an axle of the driving wheel together with the seat upon cancellation of the inverted pendulum control and the range of pivotal motion thereof is limited by contact thereof with the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke MUTO, Makoto MITSUKAWA, Motoharu YOKOI, Yasuka MORI
  • Publication number: 20130299259
    Abstract: An inverted pendulum type vehicle includes a traveling unit with a main wheel, a vehicle body frame having the main wheel supported thereon, and a pair of left and right driving units supported on the vehicle body frame for driving the main wheel. The vehicle also includes a battery unit for supplying electric power to the driving units, a seat for supporting an occupant thereon, and a telescopic strut for supporting the seat for selected upward and downward movement. The telescopic strut is disposed between the driving unit and the battery unit in a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke MUTO, Yasuo SHINDE, Makoto MITSUKAWA, Motoharu YOKOI, Yasuka MORI
  • Publication number: 20130299262
    Abstract: An inverted pendulum type vehicle includes electrical components configured and arranged efficiently to provide a compact structure. The inverted pendulum type vehicle includes a traveling unit, including a main wheel driven under inverted pendulum control. The vehicle also includes a vehicle body frame supported on, and extending upwardly from the traveling unit, as well as a driving unit, including a pair of driving motors supported on the vehicle body frame and disposed above the main wheel for driving the main wheel. An electrical control unit is supported on the vehicle body frame in front of the driving motors for controlling the driving unit. The driving unit is disposed behind a front edge of the main wheel, and the electrical control unit is disposed between a front edge of the main wheel and the front edge of the driving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke MUTO, Yasuka MORI, Motoharu YOKOI