Patents by Inventor Shigetarou Okano

Shigetarou Okano 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
    Patent number: 5107950
    Abstract: A motorcycle has a frame assembly including a main frame supporting front and rear wheels on a central line thereof a connecting member is mounted on the main frame between the front and rear wheels, and a subframe is mounted on the connecting member and being capable of banking laterally about the connecting member. At least one of the front and rear wheels is a drive wheel. At least the drive wheel is capable of preventing the main frame from banking laterally. Centrifugal forces generated upon cornering are counterbalanced by centripetal forces produced when only the subframe banks laterally. The drive wheel supported on the main frame which does not bank has an increased road gripping force. Thus, high-speed cornering is made possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Horiike, Yasuhiko Nakano, Shigetarou Okano, Shigeru Kimura, Masanobu Matsuzaki, Toshiteru Yamamoto, Kenji Ooki, Eiji Hamano, Mikio Kubo
  • Motorcycle
    Patent number: 5076388
    Abstract: A motorcycle has a frame assembly including a main frame supporting front and rear wheels on a central line thereof. A connecting member is mounted on the main frame between the front and rear wheels, and a subframe is mounted on the connecting member and is capable of banking laterally about the connecting member. At least one of the front and rear wheels is a drive wheel. At least the drive wheel is capable of preventing the main frame from banking laterally. Centrifugal forces generated upon cornering are counterbalanced by centripetal forces produced when only the subframe banks laterally. The drive wheel supported on the main frame which does not bank has an increased road gripping force. Thus, high-speed cornering is made possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Horiike, Yasuhiko Nakano, Shigetarou Okano, Shigeru Kimura, Masanobu Matsuzaki, Toshiteru Yamamoto, Kenji Ooki, Eiji Hamano, Mikio Kubo
  • Motorcycle
    Patent number: 5014807
    Abstract: A motorcycle has a frame assembly including a main frame supporting front and rear wheels on a central line thereof. A connecting member is mounted on the main frame between the front and rear wheels, and a subframe is mounted on the connecting member and is capable of banking laterally about the connecting member. At least one of the front and rear wheels is a drive wheel. At least the drive wheel is capable of preventing the main frame from banking laterally. Centrifugal forces generated upon cornering are counterbalanced by centripetal forces produced when only the subframe banks laterally. The drive wheel supported on the main frame which does not bank has an increased road gripping force. Thus, high-speed cornering is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Horiike, Yasuhiko Nakano, Shigetarou Okano, Shigeru Kimura, Masanobu Matsuzaki, Toshiteru Yamamoto, Kenji Ooki, Eiji Hamano, Mikio Kubo
  • Motorcycle
    Patent number: 4917209
    Abstract: A motorcycle has a frame assembly including a main frame supporting front and rear wheels on a central line thereof. A connecting means mounted on the main frame between the front and rear wheels, and a subframe is mounted on the connecting member and being capable of banking laterally about the connecting member. At least one of the front and rear wheels is a drive wheel. At least the drive wheel is capable of preventing the main frame from banking laterally. Centrifugal forces generated upon cornering are counterbalanced by centripetal forces produced when only the subframe banks laterally. The drive wheel supported on the main frame which does not bank has an increased road gripping force. Thus, high-speed cornering is made possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Horiike, Yasuhiko Nakano, Shigetarou Okano, Shigeru Kimura, Masanobu Matsuzaki, Toshiteru Yamamoto, Kenji Ooki, Eiji Hamano, Mikio Kubo