Patents by Inventor Shinichi Karube
Shinichi Karube 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).
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Publication number: 20140167387Abstract: Stay members to which various parts are to be attached are provided at a rear portion of a motorcycle, and stay supporting portions that support the stay members are provided on a vehicle body frame. The various parts include side bag supporting members and a carrier member. The side bag supporting members and the carrier member are fastened together to the stay members by a plurality of fastening members, and the stay members to which the side bag supporting members and the carrier member are fastened together are fastened to the stay supporting portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoji Komatsu, Shinichi Karube, Shin Yokoyama, Kaori Inada, Tomoki Fusano, Takaaki Kasai
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Patent number: 8668040Abstract: An internal combustion engine for a vehicle can include a crankcase, and a supercharger disposed behind the crankcase in a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle body. A throttle body and an intercooler are connected in the front-to-rear direction, to an intake passage of the engine. The intake passage extends a rearward from a cylinder head, and the cylinder head protrudes substantially upward from the crankcase. The throttle body and the intercooler are connected in this order, in the front-to-rear direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2009Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Karube, Takaaki Shomura
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Publication number: 20130055841Abstract: A gear shift control device of a saddle ride type vehicle includes an operation pedal; a movable part which includes a movable member interlocking with and connected to the operation pedal and which has at least one of a click mechanism configured to give click feeling to an operation of the operation pedal, a stopper mechanism configured to restrict a turning operation range of the operation pedal, and a return mechanism configured to apply a spring force in a return direction to the operation pedal; and a detector which detects a gear shift operation performed by using the operation pedal, the gear shift control device configured to make a transmission perform a gear shift on the basis of a detection result of the detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTDInventors: Kenta Nakamura, Yuzuru Ishikawa, Shinichi Karube, Taichi Mori, Ippei Kawamura
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Publication number: 20120228857Abstract: A fuel pump mounting structure of a saddle-ride-type vehicle that can enhance the degree of freedom in the shape of a fuel tank with the construction where a fuel pump is arranged in the inside of the saddle-type fuel tank that straddles a main frame. A first opening portion is formed in a tank bottom plate of a fuel tank, and a mounting arm which closes the first opening portion by one end thereof and supports the fuel pump by the other end thereof is arranged in the inside of the fuel tank, the mounting arm extends along a vehicle widthwise direction toward a gap SA formed between a straddling bottom portion of the fuel tank that straddles a main frame and a tank side wall of the fuel tank, and supports the fuel pump in the inside of the gap SA.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventors: Shinichi KARUBE, Shinya KOYAMA, Hiroyuki SUDO
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Patent number: 8196696Abstract: A vehicle frame structure includes a central frame member, extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction at a central portion of a body frame. The central frame member includes a front end joined to a second front cross pipe, and a rear end joined to a second lower crossmember behind the second front cross pipe. When viewed from the side, the central frame member extends in a substantially straight line along with the left and right front reinforcing pipes. The front end portion of the central frame member is joined to the second front cross pipe at a position inwardly of a joint between the left front reinforcing pipe and the second front cross pipe, and inwardly of a joint between the right front reinforcing pipe and the second front cross pipe. Such frame structure lowers level of a center of gravity of the vehicle, and enhances rigidity.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Karube, Toshiyuki Suzuki, Hiroyuki Kido, Ryota Yamagishi, Takeyuki Kariyasu, Naoki Kuwabara
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Publication number: 20110049855Abstract: A vehicle frame structure includes a central frame member, extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction at a central portion of a body frame. The central frame member includes a front end joined to a second front cross pipe, and a rear end joined to a second lower crossmember behind the second front cross pipe. When viewed from the side, the central frame member extends in a substantially straight line along with the left and right front reinforcing pipes. The front end portion of the central frame member is joined to the second front cross pipe at a position inwardly of a joint between the left front reinforcing pipe and the second front cross pipe, and inwardly of a joint between the right front reinforcing pipe and the second front cross pipe. Such frame structure lowers level of a center of gravity of the vehicle, and enhances rigidity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi KARUBE, Toshiyuki SUZUKI, Hiroyuki KIDO, Ryota YAMAGISHI, Takeyuki KARIYASU, Naoki KUWABARA
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Patent number: 7757799Abstract: A saddle ride vehicle with a front and a rear wheel, a front fender covering from an upper side to a rear side of the front wheel, and a rear fender covering from a front side to an upper side of the rear wheel. A rider of the vehicle places his feet on right and left foot rests. Right and left foot boards are provided under the rider's feet for connecting the front fender and the rear fender to each other, and right and left foot brackets are provided corresponding to the right and left foot rests. Each of the foot boards is clamped between one of the foot rests and the corresponding one of the foot brackets.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Karube, Rei Shioya
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Publication number: 20100175946Abstract: An internal combustion engine for a vehicle can include a crankcase, and a supercharger disposed behind the crankcase in a front-to-rear direction of the vehicle body. A throttle body and an intercooler are connected in the front-to-rear direction, to an intake passage of the engine. The intake passage extends a rearward from a cylinder head, and the cylinder head protrudes substantially upward from the crankcase. The throttle body and the intercooler are connected in this order, in the front-to-rear direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2009Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi KARUBE, Takaaki SHOMURA
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Patent number: 7597387Abstract: Vehicles, such as all terrain vehicles, can be provided with a frame and a fender assembly. The fender assembly can have layered fender panels attached together with a bolt and T-nut. A channel can be formed between the fender panels to facilitate passage of fluid along a predetermined pathway. A seat includes a compression surface for sandwiching the fender assembly with respect to the frame. Front and rear fender assemblies can be attached to the frame by a midpoint fastener passing through respective apertures in each of the front and rear fender assemblies, through a grommet, and into the frame. A stay assembly attaches a mudguard to the fender assembly, and can involve a swivel clip. Methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Company, Ltd.Inventors: Stephen Hlopick, Darin D. King, Matthew Alexander, Yoshihito Tokuda, Scott Blanford, Shinichi Karube, Mitsuya Kawamura, Anthony M. Schroeder, Asao Itaya, Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Nicholas Renner, Jessica Vera, Hideaki Yamazumi, Michael V. Peterson
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Patent number: 7581615Abstract: An improved saddle-ride type vehicle in which heat radiation of a body is improved while the exterior appearance of the body is enhanced, and an exhaust pipe and a muffler are free from interference from the outside while a hose, a cable and the like are designed to be easily retained in place in a simple structure. A saddle-ride type vehicle provides a side cover disposed on the side of a body frame, a foot board disposed below the side cover and an exhaust pipe extending in the forward and rearward direction of a vehicle body disposed inside the body frame. The exhaust pipe is disposed as viewed laterally so as to be exposed to the exterior through an opening surrounded by an upper slat frame, the side cover and the side plate of a foot board, and the guard member is disposed at the opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Karube, Rei Shioya, Masahiro Inoue, Yuji Maki
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Patent number: 7530629Abstract: Vehicles, such as all terrain vehicles, can be provided with a frame and a fender assembly. The fender assembly can have layered fender panels attached together with a bolt and T-nut. A channel can be formed between the fender panels to facilitate passage of fluid along a predetermined pathway. A seat includes a compression surface for sandwiching the fender assembly with respect to the frame. Front and rear fender assemblies can be attached to the frame by a midpoint fastener passing through respective apertures in each of the front and rear fender assemblies, through a grommet, and into the frame. A stay assembly attaches a mudguard to the fender assembly, and can involve a swivel clip. Methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Company, Ltd.Inventors: Darin D. King, Shinichi Karube, Stephen Hlopick
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Patent number: 7527323Abstract: Vehicles, such as all terrain vehicles, can be provided with a frame and a fender assembly. The fender assembly can have layered fender panels attached together with a bolt and T-nut. A channel can be formed between the fender panels to facilitate passage of fluid along a predetermined pathway. A seat includes a compression surface for sandwiching the fender assembly with respect to the frame. Front and rear fender assemblies can be attached to the frame by a midpoint fastener passing through respective apertures in each of the front and rear fender assemblies, through a grommet, and into the frame. A stay assembly attaches a mudguard to the fender assembly, and can involve a swivel clip. Methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Company, Ltd.Inventors: Michael V. Peterson, Darin D. King, Stephen Hlopick, Shinichi Karube, Anthony M. Schroeder
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Patent number: 7523981Abstract: Vehicles, such as all terrain vehicles, can be provided with a frame and a fender assembly. The fender assembly can have layered fender panels attached together with a bolt and T-nut. A channel can be formed between the fender panels to facilitate passage of fluid along a predetermined pathway. A seat includes a compression surface for sandwiching the fender assembly with respect to the frame. Front and rear fender assemblies can be attached to the frame by a midpoint fastener passing through respective apertures in each of the front and rear fender assemblies, through a grommet, and into the frame. A stay assembly attaches a mudguard to the fender assembly, and can involve a swivel clip. Methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Company, Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Karube, Stephen Hlopick
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Publication number: 20090001762Abstract: Vehicles, such as all terrain vehicles, can be provided with a frame and a fender assembly. The fender assembly can have layered fender panels attached together with a bolt and T-nut. A channel can be formed between the fender panels to facilitate passage of fluid along a predetermined pathway. A seat includes a compression surface for sandwiching the fender assembly with respect to the frame. Front and rear fender assemblies can be attached to the frame by a midpoint fastener passing through respective apertures in each of the front and rear fender assemblies, through a grommet, and into the frame. A stay assembly attaches a mudguard to the fender assembly, and can involve a swivel clip. Methods are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventors: Darin D. King, Shinichi Karube, Stephen Hlopick
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Publication number: 20090001781Abstract: Vehicles, such as all terrain vehicles, can be provided with a frame and a fender assembly. The fender assembly can have layered fender panels attached together with a bolt and T-nut. A channel can be formed between the fender panels to facilitate passage of fluid along a predetermined pathway. A seat includes a compression surface for sandwiching the fender assembly with respect to the frame. Front and rear fender assemblies can be attached to the frame by a midpoint fastener passing through respective apertures in each of the front and rear fender assemblies, through a grommet, and into the frame. A stay assembly attaches a mudguard to the fender assembly, and can involve a swivel clip. Methods are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2007Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventors: Shinichi Karube, Stephen Hlopick
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Patent number: 7448664Abstract: A seat mount structure for a saddle ride vehicle having seat brackets provided on a vehicle body frame, includes hooks on a bottom plate of a seat, and locking the hooks to the seat brackets to thereby mount the seat to the vehicle body frame. The structure also includes front-side cushion rubbers for receiving the load on the seat side mounted to the seat brackets, the front-side cushion rubbers being located on the inner side of the hooks. With this seat mount structure for a saddle ride vehicle, a bending moment at a lock portion between the vehicle body frame side and the seat side is suppressed, and the ride comfort is enhanced while setting the moldability of a seat bottom plate to be equivalent to that in the related art.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2005Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Karube, Rei Shioya
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Patent number: 7438350Abstract: Vehicles, such as all terrain vehicles, can be provided with a frame and a fender assembly. The fender assembly can have layered fender panels attached together with a bolt and T-nut. A channel can be formed between the fender panels to facilitate passage of fluid along a predetermined pathway. A seat includes a compression surface for sandwiching the fender assembly with respect to the frame. Front and rear fender assemblies can be attached to the frame by a midpoint fastener passing through respective apertures in each of the front and rear fender assemblies, through a grommet, and into the frame. A stay assembly attaches a mudguard to the fender assembly, and can involve a swivel clip. Methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Company, Ltd.Inventors: Michael V. Peterson, Darin D. King, Stephen Hlopick, Shinichi Karube, Daryl Nolt
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Patent number: 7410191Abstract: Tank mounting pieces are provided in a body frame for a fuel tank mounting structure for mounting a fuel tank to the body frame of a saddle-ride type vehicle. More particularly, an upper rear frame is provided, located under the fuel tank, with a band stay for mounting to the body frame in a bottom wall of the fuel tank. The band stay and the metallic tank mounting pieces are connected together through a band member to fix the fuel tank to the body frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2005Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichi Karube, Jeremy McGuire
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Publication number: 20080115991Abstract: A saddle ride vehicle with a front and a rear wheel, a front fender covering from an upper side to a rear side of the front wheel, and a rear fender covering from a front side to an upper side of the rear wheel. A rider of the vehicle places his feet on right and left foot rests. Right and left foot boards are provided under the rider's feet for connecting the front fender and the rear fender to each other, and right and left foot brackets are provided corresponding to the right and left foot rests. Each of the foot boards is clamped between one of the foot rests and the corresponding one of the foot brackets.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2008Publication date: May 22, 2008Inventors: Shinichi Karube, Rei Shioya
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Publication number: 20080023989Abstract: Vehicles, such as all terrain vehicles, can be provided with a frame and a fender assembly. The fender assembly can have layered fender panels attached together with a bolt and T-nut. A channel can be formed between the fender panels to facilitate passage of fluid along a predetermined pathway. A seat includes a compression surface for sandwiching the fender assembly with respect to the frame. Front and rear fender assemblies can be attached to the frame by a midpoint fastener passing through respective apertures in each of the front and rear fender assemblies, through a grommet, and into the frame. A stay assembly attaches a mudguard to the fender assembly, and can involve a swivel clip. Methods are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2007Publication date: January 31, 2008Inventors: Stephen Hlopick, Darin D. King, Matthew Alexander, Yoshihito Tokuda, Scott Blanford, Shinichi Karube, Mitsuya Kawamura, Anthony M. Schroeder, Asao Itaya, Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Nicholas Renner, Jessica Vera, Hideaki Yamazumi, Michael V. Peterson