Patents by Inventor Naohisa Hirao

Naohisa Hirao 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: 7100575
    Abstract: To improve the maintenance and inspection of a fuel injection valve, as well working of the fuel piping and wiring to the fuel injection valve. An engine fuel injection apparatus includes an air chamber provided on an upstream end of an air intake passage of an engine. A first fuel injection valve for injecting fuel toward the upstream end of the air intake passage is provided on a wall of the air chamber facing a wall connected to the upstream end of the air intake passage. The fuel piping and wiring to the first fuel injection valve is located outside of the air chamber. The air chamber also serves as an air cleaner case provided with a filter element therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kurayoshi, Takashi Akagi, Tomomi Yuhara, Naohisa Hirao
  • Patent number: 7013874
    Abstract: To improve the maintenance and inspection of a fuel injection valve, as well working of the fuel piping and wiring to the fuel injection valve. An engine fuel injection apparatus includes an air chamber provided on an upstream end of an air intake passage of an engine. A first fuel injection valve for injecting fuel toward the upstream end of the air intake passage is provided on a wall of the air chamber facing a wall connected to the upstream end of the air intake passage. The fuel piping and wiring to the first fuel injection valve is located outside of the air chamber. The air chamber also serves as an air cleaner case provided with a filter element therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kurayoshi, Takashi Akagi, Tomomi Yuhara, Naohisa Hirao
  • Publication number: 20050205068
    Abstract: To improve the maintenance and inspection of a fuel injection valve, as well working of the fuel piping and wiring to the fuel injection valve. An engine fuel injection apparatus includes an air chamber provided on an upstream end of an air intake passage of an engine. A first fuel injection valve for injecting fuel toward the upstream end of the air intake passage is provided on a wall of the air chamber facing a wall connected to the upstream end of the air intake passage. The fuel piping and wiring to the first fuel injection valve is located outside of the air chamber. The air chamber also serves as an air cleaner case provided with a filter element therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kurayoshi, Takashi Akagi, Tomomi Yuhara, Naohisa Hirao
  • Patent number: 6910716
    Abstract: To avoid exertion of an external force on a fuel tank as much as possible. A mounting structure of a fuel tank for a motorcycle provides a fuel tank that is disposed between a pair of left and right frame members of a vehicle body frame and the fuel tank is mounted on the vehicle body frame at a first mounting portion and second, third, and fourth mounting portions. The fuel tank is mounted at each of the mounting portions via a plurality of tubular resilient bodies. The first mounting portion allows resilient support in the fore-and-aft direction and in the vertical direction of the vehicle and limits the lateral movement. The second, third, and fourth mounting portions allow resilient support in the fore-and-aft direction and in the vertical direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kurayoshi, Satoshi Hirayanagi, Naohisa Hirao
  • Patent number: 6860359
    Abstract: To secure a space for arranging an on-vehicle component on a motorcycle without increasing the size of the motorcycle. A motorcycle includes a front wheel, an engine, and a rear wheel disposed on a vehicle body in this order from the front. An exhaust pipe extends rearwardly from the engine with a muffler provided at the rear end of the exhaust pipe. The muffler is disposed on the rear portion of the vehicle body frame between left and right rear frames above the rear wheel. The rear portion of the exhaust pipe is connected to the muffler after being disposed near the right rear frame. A space for arranging an on-vehicle component, such as a battery or a key cylinder, is secured between the rear portion of the exhaust pipe and the left rear frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Gen Tanabe, Naohisa Hirao
  • Patent number: 6857497
    Abstract: To facilitating arrangement of a muffler and a rear fender without increasing the size of a motorcycle. A motorcycle includes a front wheel, an engine, and a rear wheel disposed on a vehicle body in this order from the front. An exhaust pipe extends rearwardly from the engine with a muffler provided at the rear end of the exhaust pipe. The muffler is disposed on the rear portion of the vehicle body frame between left and right rear frames above the rear wheel. Stays extend downwardly from the left and the right rear frames. A rear fender is disposed below the muffler and is attached to the stays. The muffler is tapered from the upper portion toward the lower portion when viewed from the rear. The left and the right rear frames comprise a rear seat, which is wider than the muffler, at a level higher than the muffler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shin Sato, Hiroaki Tsukui, Naohisa Hirao, Masatsugu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20040124031
    Abstract: To secure a space for arranging an on-vehicle component on a motorcycle without increasing the size of the motorcycle. A motorcycle includes a front wheel, an engine, and a rear wheel disposed on a vehicle body in this order from the front. An exhaust pipe extends rearwardly from the engine with a muffler provided at the rear end of the exhaust pipe. The muffler is disposed on the rear portion of the vehicle body frame between left and right rear frames above the rear wheel. The rear portion of the exhaust pipe is connected to the muffler after being disposed near the right rear frame. A space for arranging an on-vehicle component, such as a battery or a key cylinder, is secured between the rear portion of the exhaust pipe and the left rear frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Gen Tanabe, Naohisa Hirao
  • Publication number: 20040124628
    Abstract: To avoid exertion of an external force on a fuel tank as much as possible. A mounting structure of a fuel tank for a motorcycle provides a fuel tank that is disposed between a pair of left and right frame members of a vehicle body frame and the fuel tank is mounted on the vehicle body frame at a first mounting portion and second, third, and fourth mounting portions. The fuel tank is mounted at each of the mounting portions via a plurality of tubular resilient bodies. The first mounting portion allows resilient support in the fore-and-aft direction and in the vertical direction of the vehicle and limits the lateral movement. The second, third, and fourth mounting portions allow resilient support in the fore-and-aft direction and in the vertical direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kurayoshi, Satoshi Hirayanagi, Naohisa Hirao
  • Publication number: 20040108160
    Abstract: To facilitating arrangement of a muffler and a rear fender without increasing the size of a motorcycle. A motorcycle includes a front wheel, an engine, and a rear wheel disposed on a vehicle body in this order from the front. An exhaust pipe extends rearwardly from the engine with a muffler provided at the rear end of the exhaust pipe. The muffler is disposed on the rear portion of the vehicle body frame between left and right rear frames above the rear wheel. Stays extend downwardly from the left and the right rear frames. A rear fender is disposed below the muffler and is attached to the stays. The muffler is tapered from the upper portion toward the lower portion when viewed from the rear. The left and the right rear frames comprise a rear seat, which is wider than the muffler, at a level higher than the muffler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Shin Sato, Hiroaki Tsukui, Naohisa Hirao, Masatsugu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20040060545
    Abstract: To improve the maintenance and inspection of a fuel injection valve, as well working of the fuel piping and wiring to the fuel injection valve. An engine fuel injection apparatus includes an air chamber provided on an upstream end of an air intake passage of an engine. A first fuel injection valve for injecting fuel toward the upstream end of the air intake passage is provided on a wall of the air chamber facing a wall connected to the upstream end of the air intake passage. The fuel piping and wiring to the first fuel injection valve is located outside of the air chamber. The air chamber also serves as an air cleaner case provided with a filter element therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kurayoshi, Takashi Akagi, Tomomi Yuhara, Naohisa Hirao
  • Patent number: 6409783
    Abstract: To dispose an air cleaner having a large capacity under a fuel tank without changing the capacity and mounting height of the fuel tank. An air cleaner is disposed under a fuel tank in such a manner as to be housed in a space surrounded by a head box and right and left main frames. Independent air cleaner elements and are disposed in parallel in the air cleaner and are connected to independent intake passages A and B, respectively. The intake passages A and B form a dirty room formed in a front portion of a case main body, and are disposed on the left and right sides of water drip walls integrally formed on the bottom of the case main body. The right and left water drip walls are each formed into an approximately V-shape in a plan view and project in the intake passages. The water drip walls also separate an intake pipe opened upwardly in the clean room C from the intake passages A and B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Miyajima, Naohisa Hirao