Patents by Inventor Shunji YOKOKAWA

Shunji YOKOKAWA 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: 10899407
    Abstract: Provided is a motorcycle including side cowls configured to cover a part of a vehicle body frame from sides, wherein each of the side cowls includes: an inner cowl, an outer cowl configured to cover the inner cowl from an outside in a vehicle width direction to form an air guide path configured to guide traveling air from a front side to a rear side between the inner cowl and the outer cowl, and an air flow conditioning member configured to generate downforce using traveling air directed from the inner cowl to an inner surface of the outer cowl in the vehicle width direction and flowing through the air guide path, and the air flow conditioning member is separated from the inner surface of the outer cowl in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunji Yokokawa, Rui Maeda, Kie Hamada
  • Publication number: 20190300090
    Abstract: Provided is a motorcycle including side cowls configured to cover a part of a vehicle body frame from sides, wherein each of the side cowls includes: an inner cowl, an outer cowl configured to cover the inner cowl from an outside in a vehicle width direction to form an air guide path configured to guide traveling air from a front side to a rear side between the inner cowl and the outer cowl, and an air flow conditioning member configured to generate downforce using traveling air directed from the inner cowl to an inner surface of the outer cowl in the vehicle width direction and flowing through the air guide path, and the air flow conditioning member is separated from the inner surface of the outer cowl in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Shunji Yokokawa, Rui Maeda, Kie Hamada
  • Patent number: 9120521
    Abstract: A front cowl structure for a saddle riding type vehicle for preventing turbulence in a stream of air flowing over a front cowl surface. The front cowl structure includes a duct placed inside a front cowl with a duct opening that opens to the front of the vehicle. The front cowl has a cowl front surface opening at a leading end portion thereof for opening a cowl front surface. Headlights are disposed on both lateral sides of the cowl front surface opening with each having a lens surface. The lens surfaces form opening edge portions on both lateral sides of the cowl front surface opening. The lens surfaces are each inclined to a vehicle outer side and rearwardly from the opening edge portions. The duct opening and a cowl opening central portion of the cowl front surface opening are substantially aligned with each other in a vehicle longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rui Maeda, Yoshinori Korogi, Shinsuke Yuki, Atsushi Takasaki, Shunji Yokokawa
  • Publication number: 20140092613
    Abstract: A front cowl structure for a saddle riding type vehicle for preventing turbulence in a stream of air flowing over a front cowl surface. The front cowl structure includes a duct placed inside a front cowl with a duct opening that opens to the front of the vehicle. The front cowl has a cowl front surface opening at a leading end portion thereof for opening a cowl front surface. Headlights are disposed on both lateral sides of the cowl front surface opening with each having a lens surface. The lens surfaces form opening edge portions on both lateral sides of the cowl front surface opening. The lens surfaces are each inclined to a vehicle outer side and rearwardly from the opening edge portions. The duct opening and a cowl opening central portion of the cowl front surface opening are substantially aligned with each other in a vehicle longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rui MAEDA, Yoshinori KOROGI, Shinsuke YUKI, Atsushi TAKASAKI, Shunji YOKOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20140091596
    Abstract: A front cowl structure for a saddle riding type vehicle, capable of containing a stick phenomenon of an airflow in the front cowl. A pair of headlights is disposed on leading end lateral sides of a front cowl. Each of the headlights has a lens surface that includes at least a part formed to face downwardly. A front cowl structure has headlight neighboring openings formed on sides in a vehicle rearward of the lens surface, the headlight neighboring openings communicating with an inside of the front cowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rui MAEDA, Yoshinori KOROGI, Atsushi TAKASAKI, Shunji YOKOKAWA