Patents by Inventor Shigekazu Yoshimura

Shigekazu Yoshimura 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: 4396084
    Abstract: A subsidiary fuel tank apparatus in a motorized two-wheeled vehicle of the type that a vehicle body frame having front and rear wheels is provided with an internal combustion engine in the middle, a fuel tank on the upper side, and a detachable driver's seat in the rear of the fuel tank. The vehicle body frame is provided at its rear portion with a pair of right and left back stays situated below the driver's seat and with a pair of front and rear cross members extending across the back stays so that a room space is formed between the cross members and below the driver's seat, and a subsidiary fuel tank is accommodated in the room space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1983
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigekazu Yoshimura, Yoshio Nogami, Kazuo Asakura
  • Patent number: 4385676
    Abstract: A system for feeding a fuel to a carburetor on a motorcycle, comprising a frame on which an engine having a carburetor is mounted, a main fuel tank disposed at the front side of an upper portion of the frame for storing fuel such as alcohol therein, and an auxiliary fuel tank disposed at the rear side of the upper portion of the frame for storing fuel such as gasoline therein. The main and auxiliary fuel tanks are in communication with the carburetor through main and auxiliary fuel passages, respectively. A switch cock is provided in the main fuel passage for opening and closing thereof, and a measuring pump is interposed in the auxiliary fuel passage for supplying an auxiliary fuel at a predetermined flow rate from the auxiliary fuel tank to the carburetor. The switch cock and measuring pump are disposed at opposite sides of a lower surface of the main fuel tank. Accordingly, a driver on the motorcycle can easily reach and operate the switch cock and measuring pump in his sitting posture on the motorcycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigekazu Yoshimura