Patents by Inventor Takeshi Inaba

Takeshi Inaba 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: 20120107617
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vulcanized laminate in which a rubber layer and a fluororesin layer are firmly adhered to each other without using an adhesive or performing a surface treatment on the rubber layer and the fluororesin layer. The present invention relates to a laminate comprising a rubber layer (A) and a fluororesin layer (B) on the rubber layer (A), wherein the rubber layer (A) is a layer made of a rubber composition for vulcanization, the rubber composition for vulcanization contains an unvulcanized rubber (a1); at least one compound (a2) selected from the group consisting of a 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene salt, a 1,5-diazabicyclo(4.3.0)-non-5-ene salt, 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene, and 1,5-diazabicyclo(4.3.0)-non-5-ene; magnesium oxide (a3); and silica (a4), the amount of the compound (a2) is larger than 1.0 part by mass and not larger than 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Masui, Tomihiko Yanagiguchi, Mayuko Taeda, Takeshi Inaba
  • Publication number: 20120028586
    Abstract: A simulation apparatus according to the present invention performs propagation simulation regarding the radio wave quality of a base station radio wave in a specific area. The apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive, from a plurality of mobile terminals existing in the specific area, measured results of the radio wave quality of a base station radio wave from a base station around the mobile terminal, the field intensity of a GPS wave from a GPS satellite, and a position of the mobile terminal; and a simulating unit configured to identify a mobile terminal having the measured result of the field intensity at or above a predetermined value from the plurality of mobile terminals and correct a propagation equation used for the propagation simulation using the measured result of the radio wave quality at the position of the identified mobile terminal for performing the propagation simulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventor: TAKESHI INABA
  • Patent number: 8105122
    Abstract: In a propulsion device for a marine motor, a shift rod (19) extends vertically in a gear case (1a) provided in a lower part of the marine motor, and is provided with a lower end (19a) cooperating with a mechanism for mechanically actuating a clutch device (18) for shifting a power transmission mechanism of the propulsion device. The lower end of the shift rod is additionally provided with a valve (37, 38) that controls feeding of hydraulic oil to an actuator (36) for assisting an effort required to turn the shift rod and actuate the clutch device. Thereby, the manual torque applied to the shift rod to turn the same to a forward and reverse position is assisted by the hydraulic actuator with a minimum modification to a purely manual arrangement for shifting the power transmission mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Inaba
  • Patent number: 8083558
    Abstract: An outboard motor has a top cover extending over an engine cover covering an engine, and an upstream intake silencer spaced upward apart from the top wall of the engine cover. The upstream intake silencer has an entrance duct spaced apart from the top wall and forming an inlet air passage through which air for combustion flows from an air-intake space into the upstream intake silencer. The upstream end of the inlet air passage is on the rear side of the downstream end of an outlet air passage and at a level above that of an air-intake opening. The entrance duct does not extend downward from a bottom wall forming the upstream expansion chamber and protrudes upward from the bottom wall in the upstream expansion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Inaba
  • Patent number: 8071189
    Abstract: A hollow molded article including a polyolefin resin-based layer (A), a modified polyolefin resin-based layer (B) and a fluororesin-based layer (C), wherein the fluororesin-based layer (C) constitutes at least one of the innermost and outermost layers of the hollow molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Inaba, Shigehito Sagisaka
  • Patent number: 7976354
    Abstract: An operating handle of an outboard motor is provided with a rotatable grip and a low-speed mode switch unit. A controller performs control so that when the low-speed mode switch unit is “on,” the ratio at which the target speed varies with the manipulated variable of the grip is reduced in comparison with when the low-speed mode switch unit is “off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Kubota, Takeshi Inaba, Yoshio Ohtomo, Hikaru Ikeda, Hideaki Shimamura
  • Publication number: 20110036327
    Abstract: In an apparatus for controlling a speed of an internal combustion engine installed in an outboard motor and having an actuator connected to a throttle valve of the engine to open and close the throttle valve, and up/down command signal outputting devices that output an up/down command signal to increase/decrease the engine speed when manipulated by an operator, the engine speed is controlled to change in response to the up or down command signal with an engine speed change amount per unit time made different depending on whether the detected engine speed exceeds a reference speed or not, thereby enabling to finely and precisely control the engine speed in the low speed range, while facilitating speed regulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki SHIMAMURA, Yoshio OHTOMO, Mitsuaki KUBOTA, Takeshi INABA, Hikaru IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20110014478
    Abstract: The present invention provides a molded article for a biodiesel fuel having excellent durability against a biodiesel fuel. The invention is a molded article for a biodiesel fuel of which the surface to be contacted with a biodiesel fuel is made of a fluorine-containing ethylenic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Shigehito Sagisaka, Hirokazu Komori, Takeshi Inaba, Takayuki Hirao, Takeshi Shimono
  • Publication number: 20100255737
    Abstract: An outboard motor has a top cover extending over an engine cover covering an engine, and an upstream intake silencer spaced upward apart from the top wall of the engine cover. The upstream intake silencer has an entrance duct spaced apart from the top wall and forming an inlet air passage through which air for combustion flows from an air-intake space into the upstream intake silencer. The upstream end of the inlet air passage is on the rear side of the downstream end of an outlet air passage and at a level above that of an air-intake opening. The entrance duct does not extend downward from a bottom wall forming the upstream expansion chamber and protrudes upward from the bottom wall in the upstream expansion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Inaba
  • Publication number: 20100173543
    Abstract: In an outboard marine motor including an upper case (4) enclosing an engine (E) and a lower case (5) fitted with a propeller (12) and connected to a lower end of the upper case, the lower case is configured to be turned relative to the upper case around a vertical axial line which is coaxial with a vertical drive shaft (10) that transmit torque of the engine to the propeller. Thereby, the outboard marine motor can be steered simply by turning the lower case. Because the upper case having a relatively large lateral dimension as compared with the lower case is not required to be turned, a large steering angle can be achieved without the outboard marine motor interfering with watercraft having the outboard marine motor mounted thereon. In particular, the lower case is turned by an actuator including an electric motor and a worm gear mechanism (50) for transmitting an output torque of the electric motor to the lower case so that a high speed reduction ratio can be achieved by using a highly compact structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Inaba
  • Publication number: 20100167604
    Abstract: In an outboard marine motor including an upper case (4) enclosing an engine (E) and a lower case (5) fitted with a propeller (12) and connected to a lower end of the upper case, the lower case is configured to be turned relative to the upper case around a vertical axial line. The power of the engine is transmitted to the propeller via a vertical drive shaft (10) which is coaxial with the vertical axial line. Thereby, the outboard marine motor can be steered simply by turning the lower case. Because the upper case having a relatively large lateral dimension as compared with the lower case is not required to be turned, a large steering angle can be achieved without the outboard marine motor interfering with watercraft having the outboard marine motor mounted thereon. This is particularly beneficial when two or more outboard marine motors are used one next to the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Inaba
  • Publication number: 20100147246
    Abstract: An outboard motor S has an upstream intake silencer with an upstream expansion chamber, and a downstream intake silencer disposed under the upstream intake silencer. The upstream expansion chamber has a lower wall of a stepped shape including a raised part overlapping the downstream intake silencer in a plane and a lowered part without overlapping with the downstream intake silencer in a plane and at a level lower than that of the raised part. An upstream outlet passage of the upstream intake silencer is formed in the raised part. The downstream intake silencer has a stepped upper wall having a raised part, and a lowered part underlying the lower wall of the upstream expansion chamber in a plane and extending at a level lower than that of the raised part. A downstream inlet passage of the downstream intake silencer is formed in the lowered part of the upper wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Inaba, Makoto Yazaki, Makoto Yonezawa
  • Publication number: 20100144221
    Abstract: In a propulsion device for a marine motor, a shift rod (19) extends vertically in a gear case (1a) provided in a lower part of the marine motor, and is provided with a lower end (19a) cooperating with a mechanism for mechanically actuating a clutch device (18) for shifting a power transmission mechanism of the propulsion device. The lower end of the shift rod is additionally provided with a valve (37, 38) that controls feeding of hydraulic oil to an actuator (36) for assisting an effort required to turn the shift rod and actuate the clutch device. Thereby, the manual torque applied to the shift rod to turn the same to a forward and reverse position is assisted by the hydraulic actuator with a minimum modification to a purely manual arrangement for shifting the power transmission mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTORS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi INABA
  • Patent number: 7685982
    Abstract: An outboard engine unit includes a single lubricating oil supply tube for supplying lubricating oil to a valve-operating chain. The valve-operating chain is suspended across a drive sprocket provided to a crankshaft and a driven sprocket provided to a camshaft. A supply tube is connected to a main gallery that is linked to a main oil channel positioned in an area adjacent to the crankshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Inaba, Masanori Tsubouchi, Nobuo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20100075089
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hollow molded article which is excellent in chemical resistance, fuel resistance, weathering resistance and low fuel permeability and can be produced at low cost. The hollow molded article comprising a polyolefin resin-based layer (A), a modified polyolefin resin-based layer (B) and a fluororesin-based layer (C), wherein the fluororesin-based layer (C) constitutes at least one of the innermost and outermost layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Inaba, Shigehito Sagisaka
  • Publication number: 20100072207
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel tank excellent in moldability, chemical resistance and low fuel permeability and excellent also in recyclability. The present invention is related to a fuel tank comprising a main body and a bag-like fuel reservoir placed within the main body and capable of changing a internal volume according to a volume of the fuel, wherein the fuel reservoir has a single-layer structure comprising a fluororesin, a multilayer structure comprising fluororesin layers, or a multilayer structure comprising a fluororesin layer and a thermoplastic resin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Inaba, Shigehito Sagisaka
  • Publication number: 20100035004
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel tank excellent in strength, low fuel permeability and durability in spite of its being light in weight as well as a method of producing such fuel tank by which the tank can be molded in a complicated shape with ease and at low production cost. The present invention is a fuel tank, produced by joining of at least two discrete parts of a tank and each having a laminate structure comprising a fluororesin layer and a thermoplastic resin layer in such a manner that at least the fluororesin layers of the parts are joined together to form the inner surface layer of the fluororesin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Takeshi Inaba, Shigehito Sagisaka
  • Publication number: 20090291243
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate which is highly impermeable to fuels and has high fuel crack resistance. The present invention is a laminate having: a layer (A) comprising a fluorinated ethylenic polymer; a layer (B) comprising a chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer; and a layer (C) comprising a fluorine-free organic material (P); the fluorinated ethylenic polymer being different from the chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer forming the layer (B) in one and the same laminate and the layer (A), the layer (B), and the layer (C) being bonded together in that order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Takahiro Kitahara, Shingo Sakakibara, Takeshi Shimono, Takeshi Inaba
  • Publication number: 20090264032
    Abstract: An operating handle of an outboard motor is provided with a rotatable grip and a low-speed mode switch unit. A controller performs control so that when the low-speed mode switch unit is “on,” the ratio at which the target speed varies with the manipulated variable of the grip is reduced in comparison with when the low-speed mode switch unit is “off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mitsuaki KUBOTA, Takeshi INABA, Yoshio OHTOMO, Hikaru IKEDA, Hideaki SHIMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20090246435
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate having an environmental cracking resistance for a fuel and a fuel impermeability and, in addition, higher in productivity. The present invention is a laminate including a chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer layer (C) and a fluorine-free organic material layer (K), wherein the chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer has a melt flow rate of 15.0 to 40.0 (g/10 minutes) and contains 15.0 to 25.0 mole percent of chlorotrifluoroethylene units relative to all monomer units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi SHIMONO, Kenji Ichikawa, Takeshi Inaba, Yukinori Kamiya, Shingo Sakakibara, Shigehito Sagisaka, Takahiro Kitahara