Patents by Inventor Shinsuke Kawakubo

Shinsuke Kawakubo 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: 10612449
    Abstract: A piston cooling device includes a main body which includes a communication path communicating with an oil passage provided in the internal combustion engine, a nozzle pipe portion which includes an oil injection port for injecting an oil passing through the communication path, toward the piston, and a filter which is provided at an upstream side of the nozzle pipe portion in an oil flow path to filter the oil. The main body includes a cylindrical portion inserted into the oil passage. The filter has a bottomed cylindrical shape in which a filter side surface stands from a filter bottom surface, and is held inside the cylindrical portion. Filter holes are formed in the filter bottom surface and the filter side surface. The filter is disposed such that the filter bottom surface protrudes further upstream side in the oil flow path than a tip end of the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sotani, Shinsuke Kawakubo, Kazuya Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180283257
    Abstract: A piston cooling device includes a main body which includes a communication path communicating with an oil passage provided in the internal combustion engine, a nozzle pipe portion which includes an oil injection port for injecting an oil passing through the communication path, toward the piston, and a filter which is provided at an upstream side of the nozzle pipe portion in an oil flow path to filter the oil. The main body includes a cylindrical portion inserted into the oil passage. The filter has a bottomed cylindrical shape in which a filter side surface stands from a filter bottom surface, and is held inside the cylindrical portion. Filter holes are formed in the filter bottom surface and the filter side surface. The filter is disposed such that the filter bottom surface protrudes further upstream side in the oil flow path than a tip end of the cylindrical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SOTANI, Shinsuke KAWAKUBO, Kazuya KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9708962
    Abstract: A secondary-air supply structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle includes a cylinder block and a cylinder head which extend upward from a crankcase, and right and left secondary-air supply pipes which are connected to the right and left of an exhaust outlet portion of the cylinder head and through which secondary air is supplied to an exhaust port. The right and left secondary-air supply pipes extend from the front surface of the cylinder head to the right and left of the cylinder head, respectively, and include bent-back pipe sections extending along the right and left surfaces of the cylinder head and bent back toward the front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Kawakubo, Jun Nakano
  • Publication number: 20160281577
    Abstract: A secondary-air supply structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle includes a cylinder block and a cylinder head which extend upward from a crankcase, and right and left secondary-air supply pipes which are connected to the right and left of an exhaust outlet portion of the cylinder head and through which secondary air is supplied to an exhaust port. The right and left secondary-air supply pipes extend from the front surface of the cylinder head to the right and left of the cylinder head, respectively, and include bent-back pipe sections extending along the right and left surfaces of the cylinder head and bent back toward the front side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Shinsuke KAWAKUBO, Jun NAKANO
  • Patent number: 9255628
    Abstract: A chain tensioner includes a base frame secured to each of front and rear banks, a slider plate shiftable in the extending direction of the base frame, and a tensioner provided to straddle between the base frame and the slider plate. The slider plate is biased to elastically deform and arcuately bend the tensioner, which applies a tensile force to each of cam chains transmitting the rotation of a crankshaft. In the chain tensioner, upper securing portions are provided in an upper portion of the base frame so as to be secured to each of the front and rear banks in the bending direction of the tensioner. A lower end of the base frame extends to a position facing the inside of the crankcase to provide a lower securing portion which is secured to each of the front and rear banks perpendicularly to the bending direction of the tensioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Terada, Shinsuke Kawakubo
  • Patent number: 8448620
    Abstract: An ignition device attachment structure for an internal combustion engine includes an ignition plug tube inserted between a cylinder head cover and an ignition device insertion hole formed in a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. The ignition plug tube bulges from an upper end of the ignition plug tube to an intermediate portion of the ignition plug tube on a lateral surface of the ignition plug tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Terada, Toru Kisaichi, Shinsuke Kawakubo
  • Patent number: 8443770
    Abstract: A secondary air supplying system of an internal combustion engine includes secondary air valve chambers to control the supply of secondary air. The secondary air valve chambers are formed in a cylinder-head cover that covers a cylinder head from above. In such a secondary air supplying system, a cam shaft and a rocker-arm shaft are offset from a cylinder axis L and are disposed at respective sides of the cylinder axis L from each other. In addition, the secondary air valve chambers are formed at the rocker-arm-shaft side of the cylinder axis L. With this configuration, it is possible for the secondary air valve chambers formed in the cylinder-head cover to be disposed as close as possible to a cylinder head, and the internal combustion engine can be made more compact in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Kisaichi, Shinya Wakabayashi, Shinsuke Kawakubo
  • Publication number: 20110061624
    Abstract: An ignition device attachment structure for an internal combustion engine includes an ignition plug tube inserted between a cylinder head cover and an ignition device insertion hole formed in a cylinder head of the internal combustion engine. The ignition plug tube bulges from an upper end of the ignition plug tube to an intermediate portion of the ignition plug tube on a lateral surface of the ignition plug tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Koji TERADA, Toru Kisaichi, Shinsuke Kawakubo
  • Publication number: 20110065538
    Abstract: A chain tensioner includes a base frame secured to each of front and rear banks, a slider plate shiftable in the extending direction of the base frame, and a tensioner provided to straddle between the base frame and the slider plate. The slider plate is biased to elastically deform and arcuately bend the tensioner, which applies a tensile force to each of cam chains transmitting the rotation of a crankshaft. In the chain tensioner, upper securing portions are provided in an upper portion of the base frame so as to be secured to each of the front and rear banks in the bending direction of the tensioner. A lower end of the base frame extends to a position facing the inside of the crankcase to provide a lower securing portion which is secured to each of the front and rear banks perpendicularly to the bending direction of the tensioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Koji Terada, Shinsuke Kawakubo
  • Publication number: 20080308082
    Abstract: A secondary air supplying system of an internal combustion engine includes secondary air valve chambers to control the supply of secondary air. The secondary air valve chambers are formed in a cylinder-head cover that covers a cylinder head from above. In such a secondary air supplying system, a cam shaft and a rocker-arm shaft are offset fi-om a cylinder axis L and are disposed at respective sides of the cylinder axis L from each other In addition, the secondary air valve chambers are formed at the rocker-arm-shaft side of the cylinder axis L. With this configuration, it is possible for the secondary air valve chambers formed in the cylinder-head cover to be disposed as close as possible to a cylinder head, and the internal combustion engine can be made more compact in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Toru KISAICHI, Shinya Wakabayashi, Shinsuke Kawakubo