Patents by Inventor Nobutaka Wakita

Nobutaka Wakita 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: 10597103
    Abstract: A saddle-type vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a pillion step supported by the vehicle body frame and on which a foot of a passenger is to be placed, a passenger seat supported by the vehicle body frame and on which the passenger is to be seated, an exhaust pipe configured to guide an exhaust gas discharged from an engine to an outside, an exhaust pipe cover covering the exhaust pipe from a lateral outside thereof, and a guard body extending laterally outward from the vehicle body frame, wherein the guard body is disposed below the pillion step and to protrude laterally from an opening part formed in the exhaust pipe cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shimpei Shikanai, Nobutaka Wakita, Masahiro Kontani, Takahiko Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20190039672
    Abstract: A saddle-type vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a pillion step supported by the vehicle body frame and on which a foot of a passenger is to be placed, a passenger seat supported by the vehicle body frame and on which the passenger is to be seated, an exhaust pipe configured to guide an exhaust gas discharged from an engine to an outside, an exhaust pipe cover covering the exhaust pipe from a lateral outside thereof, and a guard body extending laterally outward from the vehicle body frame, wherein the guard body is disposed below the pillion step and to protrude laterally from an opening part formed in the exhaust pipe cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shimpei SHIKANAI, Nobutaka WAKITA, Masahiro KONTANI, Takahiko SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 9878756
    Abstract: A front structure of a motorcycle where a larger amount of air can be directed to the inside without increasing the size of the vehicle. A front structure of a motorcycle includes a front fork steerably mounted on a front portion of a vehicle body frame and supporting a front wheel thereon. A front fender is provided for protection from mud being splashed by the front wheel. A duct, through which air flows, is formed on a side surface of the front fender. An air intake opening, for taking in the flow of air, is formed on a front end of the duct with an air discharge opening directed inwardly in the vehicle width direction being formed on a rear end of the duct. The rear end of the duct opens to an inside of an inner surface of the front fork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Wakita, Kenji Tako, Yasuhiro Sato, Masato Nagata, Hiroyuki Iwasaki, Tomohiro Sone, Kihoko Kaita
  • Patent number: 9834269
    Abstract: A traveling wind intake structure for a saddled vehicle, comprising a meter visor covering a meter from above; and a wind screen covering the meter visor from above, wherein an introduction portion for introducing a traveling wind rearward of the wind screen is formed between a lower end of the wind screen and a vehicle body, a gate-type louver member is provided between the wind screen and the meter visor, and is formed by a plate-shaped guide member for guiding rearward the traveling wind introduced through the introduction portion, and leg members extending downward from left and right end portions of the guide member in a vehicle width direction, and the leg members are each provided with a shaft portion extending along the vehicle width direction and supporting the louver member in a frontward and rearward swingable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Hagimoto, Nobutaka Wakita, Atsushi Kusuda, Kihoko Kaita
  • Publication number: 20160288854
    Abstract: A traveling wind intake structure for a saddled vehicle, comprising a meter visor covering a meter from above; and a wind screen covering the meter visor from above, wherein an introduction portion for introducing a traveling wind rearward of the wind screen is formed between a lower end of the wind screen and a vehicle body, a gate-type louver member is provided between the wind screen and the meter visor, and is formed by a plate-shaped guide member for guiding rearward the traveling wind introduced through the introduction portion, and leg members extending downward from left and right end portions of the guide member in a vehicle width direction, and the leg members are each provided with a shaft portion extending along the vehicle width direction and supporting the louver member in a frontward and rearward swingable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Hagimoto, Nobutaka Wakita, Atsushi Kusuda, Kihoko Kaita
  • Publication number: 20160264199
    Abstract: A front structure of a motorcycle where a larger amount of air can be directed to the inside without increasing the size of the vehicle. In a front structure of a motorcycle includes a front fork steerably mounted on a front portion of a vehicle body frame and supporting a front wheel thereon. A front fender is provided for avoiding mud from being splashed by the front wheel. A duct, through which a flow of air flows, is formed on a side surface of the front fender. An air intake opening, for taking in the flow of air, is formed on a front end of the duct with an air discharge opening directed inwardly in the vehicle width direction being formed on a rear end of the duct. The rear end of the duct opens to an inside of an inner surface of the front fork.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobutaka WAKITA, Kenji TAKO, Yasuhiro SATO, Masato NAGATA, Hiroyuki IWASAKI, Tomohiro SONE, Kihoko KAITA
  • Patent number: 7556013
    Abstract: A cover structure for an internal combustion engine covers and protects a coolant pipe of a cooling system component on an internal combustion engine, even when the internal combustion engine only has a short distance provided between a crankshaft and an output shaft. The cover structure includes an outer cover disposed outside an inner cover, thereby defining a space between the first and outer covers. Coolant conduits, which are in fluid communication with a cooling system component, are constructed and arranged to pass through the space between the first and outer covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Negoro, Reina Kurosu, Nobutaka Wakita
  • Patent number: 7540347
    Abstract: In an exhaust system for a motorcycle in which an engine main body of a multi-cylinder engine has an oil pan on a lower portion thereof, and is mounted on a vehicle body with a plurality of expansion chambers being connected to a downstream side of an assembled portion of a plurality of exhaust pipes that extend out of the respective cylinders of the engine main body, respectively. The muffler includes a first expansion chamber that is connected to the assembled portion and the other expansion chambers that are the assembled portion are disposed on one side of the oil pan. The first continuous to the first expansion chamber. The respective exhaust pipes and expansion chamber is disposed on the other side of the oil pan with the other expansion chambers being disposed to the rear of the engine main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Taniguchi, Noriyoshi Tsutsui, Nobutaka Wakita, Hidetoshi Takamatsu, Yuji Kashiwabara, Shunichi Nakajima, Tsuyoshi Arima, Hirotaka Haze
  • Publication number: 20080047503
    Abstract: A cover structure for an internal combustion engine covers and protects a coolant pipe of a cooling system component on an internal combustion engine, even when the internal combustion engine only has a short distance provided between a crankshaft and an output shaft. The cover structure includes an outer cover disposed outside an inner cover, thereby defining a space between the first and outer covers. Coolant conduits, which are in fluid communication with a cooling system component, are constructed and arranged to pass through the space between the first and outer covers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Negoro, Reina Kurosu, Nobutaka Wakita
  • Publication number: 20070107419
    Abstract: In an exhaust system for a motorcycle in which an engine main body of a multi-cylinder engine has an oil pan on a lower portion thereof, and is mounted on a vehicle body with a plurality of expansion chambers being connected to a downstream side of an assembled portion of a plurality of exhaust pipes that extend out of the respective cylinders of the engine main body, respectively. The muffler includes a first expansion chamber that is connected to the assembled portion and the other expansion chambers that are continuous to the first expansion chamber. The respective exhaust pipes and the assembled portion are disposed on one side of the oil pan. The first expansion chamber is disposed on the other side of the oil pan with the other expansion chambers being disposed to the rear of the engine main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Taniguchi, Noriyoshi Tsutsui, Nobutaka Wakita, Hidetoshi Takamatsu, Yuji Kashiwabara, Shunichi Nakajima, Tsuyoshi Arima, Hirotaka Haze
  • Patent number: D572184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kanya Takigawa, Nobutaka Wakita
  • Patent number: D629336
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Wakita, Yota Okamoto, Teofilo Plaza
  • Patent number: D387017
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobutaka Wakita, Hikoharu Shimokawa
  • Patent number: D774962
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobutaka Wakita, Osami Inomata
  • Patent number: D825394
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Tako, Hidekazu Iwata, Nobutaka Wakita
  • Patent number: D933536
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Martin Petersson, Nobutaka Wakita, Kanya Takigawa