Patents by Inventor Tadao Minesaki

Tadao Minesaki 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: 10689069
    Abstract: A personal watercraft comprises a body including a deck; and a seat disposed on the deck at a location that is forward of a rear end of the deck. The deck includes a depressed part formed by depressing a portion of the deck which is rearward of the seat. The depressed part includes a bottom wall surface extending in a forward and rearward direction and in a rightward and leftward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Araki, Hironori Kato, Tadao Minesaki, Minoru Kanamori
  • Patent number: 10625829
    Abstract: A personal watercraft comprises a body including a deck; and a seat disposed on the deck at a location that is forward of a rear end of the deck, wherein the deck includes a deck floor extending in a forward and rearward direction and in a rightward and leftward direction, at a location that is lateral of the seat, and wherein when viewed from a side, inclined parts which are inclined in an upward direction from a front to a rear, are provided in regions of the deck floor, the regions vertically overlapping with a portion of the seat, the portion being rearward of a center of the seat in the forward and rearward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Araki, Hironori Kato, Tadao Minesaki, Minoru Kanamori
  • Publication number: 20200062353
    Abstract: A personal watercraft comprises a body including a deck; and a seat disposed on the deck at a location that is forward of a rear end of the deck. The deck includes a depressed part formed by depressing a portion of the deck which is rearward of the seat. The depressed part includes a bottom wall surface extending in a forward and rearward direction and in a rightward and leftward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Toshio Araki, Hironori Kato, Tadao Minesaki, Minoru Kanamori
  • Publication number: 20200062352
    Abstract: A personal watercraft comprises a body including a deck; and a seat disposed on the deck at a location that is forward of a rear end of the deck, wherein the deck includes a deck floor extending in a forward and rearward direction and in a rightward and leftward direction, at a location that is lateral of the seat, and wherein when viewed from a side, inclined parts which are inclined in an upward direction from a front to a rear, are provided in regions of the deck floor, the regions vertically overlapping with a portion of the seat, the portion being rearward of a center of the seat in the forward and rearward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Toshio Araki, Hironori Kato, Tadao Minesaki, Minoru Kanamori
  • Patent number: 9682753
    Abstract: A stand-up type personal watercraft comprises a body including a deck and a hull; a standing deck which is provided at a rear part of the deck and on which a rider stands; and a pair of deck fins located on a left side and a right side of the standing deck, respectively, protruding upward, and extending in a forward and rearward direction, wherein the standing deck has a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hironori Kato, Toshio Araki, Minoru Kanamori, Tadao Minesaki