Patents by Inventor Takasumi Yamanaka
Takasumi Yamanaka 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: 9765731Abstract: A canister arrangement structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle in which a canister for adsorbing evaporated fuel in a fuel tank is disposed below a step floor on which an occupant's foot is placed, the step floors are configured as a left and right pair and are supported from below by left and right step frames that extend back and forth at a position on the side of the main frame of the vehicle. The canister is supported by the one step frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuyuki Okubo, Masanori Nakamura, Masashi Nagayama, Tetsunori Iwamoto, Takasumi Yamanaka, Matake Sugeno
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Patent number: 9221512Abstract: A routing structure for a saddle type vehicle for suppressing an increase in the number of parts while the appearance of play is suppressed. The routing structure for a saddle type vehicle includes a cable guide portion formed integrally with a storage box and configured to guide an operational cable of a wire cable structure. The cable guide portion is formed in a shape of a gutter along an outer side of a peripheral edge of an opening of the storage box.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuya Ibaraki, Takasumi Yamanaka
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Patent number: 9090217Abstract: In a storage part structure for a saddle type vehicle including a storage box and a battery box it is possible to easily detach a battery box to enhance maintenance. The storage part structure for the saddle type vehicle includes the storage box and the battery box formed as a body separate from the storage box and fixed to the storage box. In the storage part structure, the battery box is disposed under the storage box with a horizontal part cross member constituting a body frame being disposed under the battery box. In addition, the battery box is mounted on the horizontal part cross member.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Michio Atsuchi, Yoji Komatsu, Takashi Doi, Takasumi Yamanaka, Nobuaki Kinoshita
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Patent number: 8905419Abstract: A rear structure of a saddle-ride type vehicle for preventing rainwater or the like splashed by a rear wheel from entering a fresh air inlet of an engine intake system. The rear structure of a saddle-ride type vehicle includes a rear fender halved into a first fender and a second fender connected to each other. The first fender is formed with a hanging portion so as to cover the rear and upside of a rear wheel and the second fender covering the upside of the rear wheel with a fresh air inlet being provided lateral to and in front of the rear wheel. The first fender and the second fender are disposed to overlap each other in an anteroposterior direction. The second fender is disposed on the vehicle-widthwise inside of the first fender. The second fender has anteroposteriorly and downwardly extending sidewalls at both vehicle-widthwise lateral end portions.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2013Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventors: Masanori Nakamura, Takasumi Yamanaka, Michio Atsuchi, Masashi Nagayama, Kyosuke Inada, Noriyoshi Sasaki, Yoshihiro Arai
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Patent number: 8814244Abstract: An accommodation structure for a saddle type vehicle wherein the accommodation space can be expanded by a simple and easy configuration. An opening is provided in a rear wall of an accommodation box that is opened and closed by an occupant's seat. Further, a sub-accommodation box is provided that is in the form of a box open in a forward direction and is mounted so as to close up the opening and be swollen rearwardly farther than the opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kohei Yokouchi, Tomoyuki Maruyama, Michio Atsuchi, Yoji Komatsu, Takasumi Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20140060945Abstract: In a storage part structure for a saddle type vehicle including a storage box and a battery box it is possible to easily detach a battery box to enhance maintenance. The storage part structure for the saddle type vehicle includes the storage box and the battery box formed as a body separate from the storage box and fixed to the storage box. In the storage part structure, the battery box is disposed under the storage box with a horizontal part cross member constituting a body frame being disposed under the battery box. In addition, the battery box is mounted on the horizontal part cross member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventors: Michio ATSUCHI, Yoji KOMATSU, Takashi DOI, Takasumi YAMANAKA, Nobuaki KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20140063825Abstract: A rear structure of a saddle-ride type vehicle for preventing rainwater or the like splashed by a rear wheel from entering a fresh air inlet of an engine intake system. The rear structure of a saddle-ride type vehicle includes a rear fender halved into a first fender and a second fender connected to each other. The first fender is formed with a hanging portion so as to cover the rear and upside of a rear wheel and the second fender covering the upside of the rear wheel with a fresh air inlet being provided lateral to and in front of the rear wheel. The first fender and the second fender are disposed to overlap each other in an anteroposterior direction. The second fender is disposed on the vehicle-widthwise inside of the first fender. The second fender has anteroposteriorly and downwardly extending sidewalls at both vehicle-widthwise lateral end portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori NAKAMURA, Takasumi YAMANAKA, Michio ATSUCHI, Masashi NAGAYAMA, Kyosuke INADA, Noriyoshi SASAKI, Yoshihiro ARAI
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Publication number: 20140061268Abstract: A routing structure for a saddle type vehicle for suppressing an increase in the number of parts while the appearance of play is suppressed. The routing structure for a saddle type vehicle includes a cable guide portion formed integrally with a storage box and configured to guide an operational cable of a wire cable structure. The cable guide portion is formed in a shape of a gutter along an outer side of a peripheral edge of an opening of the storage box.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Inventors: Yuya IBARAKI, Takasumi YAMANAKA
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Patent number: 8662232Abstract: In an electric two-wheeled motor vehicle including: an electric motor for generating power to drive a rear wheel; a battery for supplying electric power to the electric motor; a rider seat on which a rider seats; a housing box disposed below the rider seat; and a side cover covering the housing box below the rider seat, the electric two-wheeled motor vehicle configured to allow charging of the battery, an opening (118) covered with an openable and closeable lid member (120) is provided in the side cover (48), and a power-receiving-side connector (67) to which a power-supplying-side connector leading to an external power source can be inserted and connected is fixed and disposed between an outer surface of the side cover (48) and the housing box to face the opening (118). Accordingly, it is possible to eliminate the requirement for a rider seat to be opened in charging of a battery and thereby facilitate the charging work.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Honda Motors Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Nakamura, Ryo Sato, Takasumi Yamanaka, Hideaki Nakagawa, Tatsuya Minagawa, Tetsuro Hosoda
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Publication number: 20130247881Abstract: A canister arrangement structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle in which a canister for adsorbing evaporated fuel in a fuel tank is disposed below a step floor on which an occupant's foot is placed, the step floors are configured as a left and right pair and are supported from below by left and right step frames that extend back and forth at a position on the side of the main frame of the vehicle. The canister is supported by the one step frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuyuki Okubo, Masanori Nakamura, Masashi Nagayama, Tetsunori Iwamoto, Takasumi Yamanaka, Matake Sugeno
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Publication number: 20130249233Abstract: An accommodation structure for a saddle type vehicle wherein the accommodation space can be expanded by a simple and easy configuration. An opening is provided in a rear wall of an accommodation box that is opened and closed by an occupant's seat. Further, a sub-accommodation box is provided that is in the form of a box open in a forward direction and is mounted so as to close up the opening and be swollen rearwardly farther than the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kohei YOKOUCHI, Tomoyuki MARUYAMA, Michio ATSUCHI, Yoji KOMATSU, Takasumi YAMANAKA
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Patent number: 8453782Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a vehicle body frame; an electric motor; a swing arm pivotally supporting a rear wheel at a rear end thereof; a drive shaft for transmitting the driving force of the electric motor to the wheel; and a suspension connecting the vehicle body frame and the swing arm together. The electric motor is set in a longitudinal layout in which a rotating drive shaft is disposed in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and is offset from a center to either of left and right sides in a vehicle width direction. The suspension is disposed under the electric motor and the drive shaft, and on the inner sides of the electric motor and the drive shaft in the vehicle width direction, and overlapping the positions of the electric motor and the drive shaft in the front-rear direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventors: Nobuyuki Kondo, Junichi Matsuda, Takasumi Yamanaka, Naoyoshi Honda, Izumi Kanazawa, Yuichiro Shimura
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Publication number: 20120199409Abstract: In an electric two-wheeled motor vehicle including: an electric motor for generating power to drive a rear wheel; a battery for supplying electric power to the electric motor; a rider seat on which a rider seats; a housing box disposed below the rider seat; and a side cover covering the housing box below the rider seat, the electric two-wheeled motor vehicle configured to allow charging of the battery, an opening (118) covered with an openable and closeable lid member (120) is provided in the side cover (48), and a power-receiving-side connector (67) to which a power-supplying-side connector leading to an external power source can be inserted and connected is fixed and disposed between an outer surface of the side cover (48) and the housing box to face the opening (118). Accordingly, it is possible to eliminate the requirement for a rider seat to be opened in charging of a battery and thereby facilitate the charging work.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2010Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masanori Nakamura, Ryo Sato, Takasumi Yamanaka, Hideaki Nakagawa, Tatsuya Minagawa, Tetsuro Hosoda
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Publication number: 20120103706Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a vehicle body frame; an electric motor; a swing arm pivotally supporting a rear wheel at a rear end thereof; a drive shaft for transmitting the driving force of the electric motor to the wheel; and a suspension connecting the vehicle body frame and the swing arm together. The electric motor is set in a longitudinal layout in which a rotating drive shaft is disposed in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and is offset from a center to either of left and right sides in a vehicle width direction. The suspension is disposed under the electric motor and the drive shaft, and on the inner sides of the electric motor and the drive shaft in the vehicle width direction, and overlapping the positions of the electric motor and the drive shaft in the front-rear direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki Kondo, Junichi Matsuda, Takasumi Yamanaka, Naoyoshi Honda, Izumi Kanazawa, Yuichiro Shimura