Patents by Inventor Taichi KUBOTA

Taichi KUBOTA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240268261
    Abstract: A lawn mower according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a cutter blade configured to cut lawn grass; a drive source configured to rotate the cutter blade; a blade accommodating portion that is configured to accommodate the cutter blade and is provided with an opening in a rear portion thereof; and a lid portion provided at the opening in an openable and closable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Fumio Minami, Tatsuya Yamazaki, Taichi Kubota, Yuko Nishi, Shin Murakami
  • Publication number: 20240251707
    Abstract: The lawn mower includes a cutter blade and a rotary shaft for rotating the cutter blade, and cuts grass by rotating the cutter blade while traveling. In a state where the lawn mower is placed on a horizontal plane, the rotary shaft is held such that an upper side of a rotation axis line of the rotary shaft is inclined toward a rear side in a traveling direction of the lawn mower, with respect to a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Fumio Minami, Tatsuya Yamazaki, Taichi Kubota, Yuko Nishi, Shin Murakami
  • Publication number: 20240251708
    Abstract: The lawn mower includes a cutter blade and a rotary shaft for rotating the cutter blade, and cuts grass by rotating the cutter blade while traveling. In a state where the lawn mower is horizontally disposed, the rotary shaft is held so as to be inclined forward in a traveling direction of the lawn mower, with respect to the direction of gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Fumio Minami, Tatsuya Yamazaki, Taichi Kubota, Yuko Nishi, Shin Murakami
  • Publication number: 20240251709
    Abstract: A lawn mower according to the present invention includes: a drive source provided with a rotation shaft; a cutter blade extending in a direction intersecting the rotation shaft; and a housing provided with a peripheral wall surrounding the cutter blade. The cutter blade is provided with a cutting portion, the cutting portion being provided at least at a portion of the cutter blade that faces the peripheral wall, and the peripheral wall is provided with protrusions protruding toward the rotation shaft from a surface of the peripheral wall that faces the direction of the rotation shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Fumio Minami, Tatsuya Yamazaki, Taichi Kubota, Yuko Nishi, Shin Murakami, Kento Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240206386
    Abstract: A cutter blade of a lawn mower includes an attachment portion, a first arm portion, and a second arm portion. The first arm portion includes a first blade portion. The second arm portion includes a second blade portion. In a horizontal placement state in which the cutter blade is placed in a manner so that a rotation center line of the cutter blade extends along a vertical direction, a position of a first portion of the first blade portion in the vertical direction and a position of a second portion of the second blade portion in the vertical direction are different from each other. A distance from the rotation center line to the first portion and a distance from the rotation center line to the second portion are equal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Fumio Minami, Tatsuya Yamazaki, Taichi Kubota, Yuko Nishi, Shin Murakami, Kento Kimura
  • Publication number: 20240206387
    Abstract: A cutter blade of a lawn mower is rotated by a rotary shaft provided in a lawn mower. The cutter blade includes an attachment portion attached to the rotary shaft, and a first arm portion and a second arm portion each extending from the attachment portion in a radially outward direction. A wing portion is provided only on the first arm portion among the first arm portion and the second arm portion, the wing portion being inclined upward, toward a reverse rotation direction opposite to a blade rotation direction which is a rotation direction of the cutter blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Fumio Minami, Tatsuya Yamazaki, Taichi Kubota, Yuko Nishi, Shin Murakami, Kento Kimura
  • Patent number: 11581603
    Abstract: Provided is electric power equipment that allows a battery to be installed and removed with ease. The electric power equipment (1) includes a main body (2) defining a battery receiving recess (40) having an open upper end, and a battery (20) configured to be received in the battery receiving recess, wherein an upper part of a front end part of the battery is provided with a projection (108) projecting in a forward direction, and a rear end part of the battery is provided with a grip, and wherein an upper edge of the front end part of the battery receiving recess is provided with a supporting surface (36) configured to support a lower surface of the projection at least when the battery is being removed from the battery receiving recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taichi Kubota, Tatsuya Yamazaki, Norikazu Shimizu, Kunihiko Ishizuka, Keisuke Muraoka, Makoto Uchimi
  • Publication number: 20190288255
    Abstract: Provided is electric power equipment that allows a battery to be installed and removed with ease. The electric power equipment (1) includes a main body (2) defining a battery receiving recess (40) having an open upper end, and a battery (20) configured to be received in the battery receiving recess, wherein an upper part of a front end part of the battery is provided with a projection (108) projecting in a forward direction, and a rear end part of the battery is provided with a grip, and wherein an upper edge of the front end part of the battery receiving recess is provided with a supporting surface (36) configured to support a lower surface of the projection at least when the battery is being removed from the battery receiving recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Taichi KUBOTA, Tatsuya YAMAZAKI, Norikazu SHIMIZU, Kunihiko ISHIZUKA, Keisuke MURAOKA, Makoto UCHIMI
  • Patent number: 10230078
    Abstract: A battery (20) of power equipment (1) is received in a battery receiving recess (40) of the power equipment. A lower front end of the battery is provided with an engagement portion (140) configured to be engaged by a rib (50) provided in a lower part of the front end of the battery receiving recess. A first sheet spring member (80) is provided in a rear part of a bottom surface of the battery receiving recess to urge the battery upward. A latch member (66) provided in a rear end part of the battery receiving recess engages a rear end of the battery against the spring force of the first sheet spring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taichi Kubota, Kunihiko Ishizuka, Eri Katagiri
  • Publication number: 20180151854
    Abstract: A battery 20 of power equipment 1 is received in a battery receiving recess 40 of the power equipment. A lower front end of the battery is provided with an engagement portion 136 configured to be engaged by a rib 50 provided in a lower part of the front end of the battery receiving recess. A first sheet spring member 80 is provided in a rear part of a bottom surface of the battery receiving recess to urge the battery upward. A latch member 66 provided in a rear end part of the battery receiving recess engages a rear end of the battery against the spring force of the first sheet spring member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Taichi KUBOTA, Kunihiko ISHIZUKA, Eri KATAGIRI