Patents by Inventor Shimpei KOJIMA

Shimpei KOJIMA 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).

  • Vessel propulsion apparatus
    Patent number: 8579668
    Abstract: A vessel propulsion apparatus includes a nozzle, a deflector, and a forward bucket (hereinafter referred to as “F bucket”). In a state in which the F bucket is in a closed position and the deflector is positioned at a left side, water jetted obliquely rearward to the left from the deflector is guided by the F bucket in a left guiding direction that is tilted further to the left than a direction of jetting of water from the deflector. In a state in which the F bucket is in the closed position and the deflector is positioned at a right side, water jetted obliquely rearward to the right from the deflector is guided by the F bucket in a right guiding direction that is tilted further to the right than the direction of jetting of water from the deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minoru Minoura, Yuki Nakashima, Kenichi Yamada, Nobuharu Oota, Shimpei Kojima
  • VESSEL PROPULSION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120276793
    Abstract: A vessel propulsion apparatus includes a nozzle, a deflector, and a forward bucket (hereinafter referred to as “F bucket”). In a state in which the F bucket is in a closed position and the deflector is positioned at a left side, water jetted obliquely rearward to the left from the deflector is guided by the F bucket in a left guiding direction that is tilted further to the left than a direction of jetting of water from the deflector. In a state in which the F bucket is in the closed position and the deflector is positioned at a right side, water jetted obliquely rearward to the right from the deflector is guided by the F bucket in a right guiding direction that is tilted further to the right than the direction of jetting of water from the deflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru MINOURA, Yuki NAKASHIMA, Kenichi YAMADA, Nobuharu OOTA, Shimpei KOJIMA
  • Tread portion of an automobile tire
    Patent number: D760153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shimpei Kojima
  • Tread portion of an automobile tire
    Patent number: D763181
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shimpei Kojima