Patents by Inventor Shokichi Arai
Shokichi Arai 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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Patent number: 8113294Abstract: A beach cleaner having a grate-like frame is formed with multiple longitudinal members. Each of the longitudinal members is provided with a plurality of sand pins projecting downward therefrom, and the frame is provided at its front end with the tow portion. The beach cleaner can be towed by a towing vehicle to generate on a sand area, while the sand pins scrape and collect waste scattered on the sand. The sand pins are detachably attached to the longitudinal members. The beach cleaner also includes a weight mount member, enabling the amount of burying the sand pins in a sand area to be optimized to enhance waste collection performance.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2007Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shokichi Arai, Hidekazu Sakai, Tadashi Oshima, Tetsuro Hosoda, Akito Hiramatsu
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Patent number: 7997349Abstract: To make it easier to collect litter which is captured and deposited in a mesh member of a beach cleaner which scrapes up the litter along with sand and captures and deposits the churned up litter and sand in the mesh member. In a second beach cleaner which captures and deposits in a mesh member litter scattered around in the sand by churning up the litter along with sand while traveling by being towed by a towing vehicle, the mesh member has an encircling member open on at least one side and is attached to the frame such that the mesh member is pivotable with respect to the frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shokichi Arai, Hidekazu Sakai, Tadashi Oshima, Tetsuro Hosoda, Akito Hiramatsu
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Patent number: 7896094Abstract: A beach cleaner which scrapes up the litter along with sand and captures and deposits the churned up litter and sand in the mesh member. The beach cleaner 50 includes a frame; keel members, a scraper, and a tow portion that are disposed in a front portion of the frame; a mesh member disposed in a rear portion of the frame. The keel members and the scraper churn up litter scattered on sand ground, along with sand, while the beach cleaner travels on a surface of the sand ground by being towed by a towing vehicle. The churned up litter is deposited in the mesh member. Mesh of the mesh member is relatively rough at a front portion thereof in the traveling direction and finer at a rear portion thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2007Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shokichi Arai, Hidekazu Sakai, Akito Hiramatsu
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Patent number: 7798240Abstract: To provide a waste recovery station for a beach cleaner which is less liable to be bulky after being divided and can facilitate installing work, and which can easily load and unload a beach cleaner and a waste recovery station on and from a trailer. A waste recovery station includes a pair of left and right grounded members, guide members formed like a mountain as viewed from the side and attached to the grounded members, and bar-like connecting members integrally connecting the grounded members. The waste recovery station can recover the waste collected by the beach cleaner towed by the towing vehicle to run on the sand area by allowing the beach cleaner to ride on the waste recovery station. The waste recovery station includes a connecting pipe which removably connect an end of the connecting member to the grounded member.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2007Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shokichi Arai, Hidekazu Sakai, Tadashi Oshima, Tetsuro Hosoda
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Publication number: 20070227960Abstract: To provide a waste recovery station for a beach cleaner which is less liable to be bulky after being divided and can facilitate installing work, and which can easily load and unload a beach cleaner and a waste recovery station on and from a trailer. A waste recovery station includes a pair of left and right grounded members, guide members formed like a mountain as viewed from the side and attached to the grounded members, and bar-like connecting members integrally connecting the grounded members. The waste recovery station can recover the waste collected by the beach cleaner towed by the towing vehicle to run on the sand area by allowing the beach cleaner to ride on the waste recovery station. The waste recovery station includes a connecting pipe which removably connect an end of the connecting member to the grounded member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2007Publication date: October 4, 2007Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shokichi Arai, Hidekazu Sakai, Tadashi Oshima, Tetsuro Hosoda
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Publication number: 20070227751Abstract: A beach cleaner having a grate-like frame is formed with multiple longitudinal members. Each of the longitudinal members is provided with a plurality of sand pins projecting downward therefrom, and the frame is provided at its front end with the tow portion. The beach cleaner can be towed by a towing vehicle to generate on a sand area, while the sand pins scrape and collect waste scattered on the sand. The sand pins are detachably attached to the longitudinal members. The beach cleaner also includes a weight mount member, enabling the amount of burying the sand pins in a sand area to be optimized to enhance waste collection performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2007Publication date: October 4, 2007Inventors: Shokichi Arai, Hidekazu Sakai, Tadashi Oshima, Tetsuro Hosoda, Akito Hiramatsu
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Publication number: 20070227749Abstract: To make it easier to collect litter which is captured and deposited in a mesh member of a beach cleaner which scrapes up the litter along with sand and captures and deposits the churned up litter and sand in the mesh member. In a second beach cleaner which captures and deposits in a mesh member litter scattered around in the sand by churning up the litter along with sand while traveling by being towed by a towing vehicle, the mesh member has an encircling member open on at least one side and is attached to the frame such that the mesh member is pivotable with respect to the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2007Publication date: October 4, 2007Inventors: Shokichi Arai, Hidekazu Sakai, Tadashi Oshima, Tetsuro Hosoda, Akito Hiramatsu
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Patent number: 4662467Abstract: A front wheel suspension for a motor vehicle including a vehicle frame having a pair of upper frames which are spaced transversely and extend longitudinally and a pair of lower frames which are spaced transversely and extend longitudinally, each of the upper frames having a downward portion extending from a front portion thereof and having a lower end fixed to one of the lower frames, front and rear wheels rotatably disposed on front and rear portions of the vehicle frame, a rider's saddle disposed on the upper frames, and footsteps supported on the lower frames.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1985Date of Patent: May 5, 1987Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shokichi Arai, Tadayoshi Fujii
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Patent number: 4632071Abstract: An engine breather device in a motor vehicle having a vehicle frame including longitudinal upper and lower frames, front and rear wheels rotatably supported on the vehicle frame, a handlebar mounted on the vehicle frame for steering the front wheels, a rider's saddle disposed on an upper portion of the vehicle frame, footsteps disposed on a lower portion of the vehicle frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1985Date of Patent: December 30, 1986Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shokichi Arai, Tadayoshi Fujii
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Patent number: 4623167Abstract: A vehicle frame construction in a buggy with a riding saddle, includes a main frame extending longitudinally along a central axis of the buggy, the main frame having front and rear ends, and a pair of down tubes disposed one on each side of the main frame and having one ends fixed to sides of the front end of the main frame and opposite ends fixed to sides of the rear end of the main frame. Each of the down tubes is composed of a downwardly directed portion extending downwardly from the front end of the main frame and in a forward direction of the buggy, a horizontal portion extending substantially horizontally from the downwardly directed portion in a rearward direction of the buggy, and an upwardly directed portion extending substantially vertically upwardly from the horizontal portion to the rear end of the main frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1984Date of Patent: November 18, 1986Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinji Matsubayashi, Tsuneo Kajikawa, Shokichi Arai