Patents by Inventor Shoji Idei

Shoji Idei 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: 7278521
    Abstract: A disc rotor of a disc brake device for a vehicle, the disc rotor being substantially disc-shaped, is disclosed, including a flange portion with which the disc rotor is mounted on a wheel of the vehicle, and a brake portion formed coaxially with a rotational axis of the disc rotor and configured to be seized by a caliper of the disc brake device, wherein the brake portion is configured to protrude in one direction of the rotational axis relative to the flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoji Idei, Seiichi Ino
  • Patent number: 7270207
    Abstract: To provide an air intake system for a vehicle, so simple in structure as to reduce the cost and effective to increase the ram pressure, a front cowling (19) is mounted on a front portion of a vehicle body structure (1). This front cowling (19) has left and right headlight windows (20 and 21) aligned with left and right headlights (22 and 23), respectively, and also has an air intake opening (24) defined therein at a location above the headlight windows (20 and 21) for introducing an external combustion air (A) towards the vehicle engine (E). An intake air passage (35) is provided for introducing the combustion air (A), then entering the air intake opening (24), towards an air cleaner (30) by way of opposite lateral portions of a head tube (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoji Idei, Keishi Fukumoto, Masashi Fukuuchi, Takashi Fukami
  • Patent number: 7055323
    Abstract: An oil pressure generator for a vehicle is disclosed, including a bar-shaped steering handle having a pipe structure, a lever pivotally mounted in the vicinity of an end portion of the handle, and a master cylinder for a hydraulic brake or a hydraulic clutch, the master cylinder being configured to house a piston movable according to an operation of the lever, wherein the master cylinder is located within the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoji Idei, Seiichi Ino
  • Publication number: 20050056011
    Abstract: An oil pressure generator for a vehicle is disclosed, including a bar-shaped steering handle having a pipe structure, a lever pivotally mounted in the vicinity of an end portion of the handle, and a master cylinder for a hydraulic brake or a hydraulic clutch, the master cylinder being configured to house a piston movable according to an operation of the lever, wherein the master cylinder is located within the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Shoji Idei, Seiichi Ino
  • Publication number: 20050056497
    Abstract: A disc rotor of a disc brake device for a vehicle, the disc rotor being substantially disc-shaped, is disclosed, including a flange portion with which the disc rotor is mounted on a wheel of the vehicle, and a brake portion formed coaxially with a rotational axis of the disc rotor and configured to be seized by a caliper of the disc brake device, wherein the brake portion is configured to protrude in one direction of the rotational axis relative to the flange portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Shoji Idei, Seiichi Ino
  • Publication number: 20040050357
    Abstract: To provide an air intake system for a vehicle, so simple in structure as to reduce the cost and effective to increase the ram pressure, a front cowling (19) is mounted on a front portion of a vehicle body structure (1). This front cowling (19) has left and right headlight windows (20 and 21) aligned with left and right headlights (22 and 23), respectively, and also has an air intake opening (24) defined therein at a location above the headlight windows (20 and 21) for introducing an external combustion air (A) towards the vehicle engine (E). An intake air passage (35) is provided for introducing the combustion air (A), then entering the air intake opening (24), towards an air cleaner (30) by way of opposite lateral portions of a head tube (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Shoji Idei, Keishi Fukumoto, Masashi Fukuuchi, Takashi Fukami
  • Patent number: 6422332
    Abstract: An intake apparatus is provided for an engine of a vehicle. The intake apparatus can introduce fresh air under the vehicle's large running wind pressure. The intake apparatus also allows the opening area and profile of an air inlet to be selected freely. The intake apparatus includes a pair of intake ducts 13 for introducing the air into the engine and an air-introducing duct 15 connected to respective upstream ends of the intake ducts 13 to provide the air inlet 14. The air-introducing duct 15 is formed independently of a cowling 16 fitted to a front of the vehicle. The air-introducing duct 15 has its leading end 15a positioned ahead of a leading end 16a of the cowling 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takata, Hisayoshi Shibata, Shoji Idei
  • Patent number: D515227
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoji Idei, Seiichi Ino
  • Patent number: D578043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shoji Idei
  • Patent number: D494295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoji Idei, Seiichi Ino, Kenichi Shiba
  • Patent number: D496309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keishi Fukumoto, Shoji Idei
  • Patent number: D588503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoji Idei, Seiichi Ino, Shunji Tanaka
  • Patent number: D498726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoji Idei, Seiichi Ino
  • Patent number: D596767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shoji Idei
  • Patent number: D597920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Kawazaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shoji Idei