Patents by Inventor Takuya NOAMI

Takuya NOAMI 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: 12202567
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a power unit including a transmission that changes the speed of rotation produced by output power of a drive source for travel and a case accommodating the transmission, the transmission including a pivotally supported change shaft, the change shaft being angularly movable about an axis to change a gear ratio of the transmission; and an operation unit that operates to angularly move the change shaft, the operation unit including an electric motor and a power transmission structure that transmits power of the electric motor to the change shaft in the form of rotational power by which the change shaft is angularly moved. The operation unit is mounted on an exterior of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Nishiyabu, Takuya Noami, Tetsuji Yamamoto, Yuji Hida
  • Patent number: 12173677
    Abstract: There is provided an internal combustion engine including: a crankshaft; a first cylinder and a second cylinder; and a decompression device configured to depressurize the first cylinder and the second cylinder at a time when the internal combustion engine starts to rotationally derive relative to the first cylinder and the second cylinder at a time after the internal combustion engine starts to rotationally drive. The decompression device is configured such that, at the time when the internal combustion engine starts to rotationally derive, a decompression amount in the second cylinder is greater than a decompression amount in the first cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Noami, Tetsuji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240209824
    Abstract: There is provided an internal combustion engine including: a crankshaft; a first cylinder and a second cylinder; and a decompression device configured to depressurize the first cylinder and the second cylinder at a time when the internal combustion engine starts to rotationally derive relative to the first cylinder and the second cylinder at a time after the internal combustion engine starts to rotationally drive. The decompression device is configured such that, at the time when the internal combustion engine starts to rotationally derive, a decompression amount in the second cylinder is greater than a decompression amount in the first cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Takuya NOAMI, Tetsuji YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11926391
    Abstract: A motor is to be mounted on a vehicle as a drive source. The motor includes a motor shaft extending in an axial direction, a drive gear provided on the motor shaft, a gear shaft extending in the axial direction, a driven gear provided on the gear shaft and coupled to the drive gear, a rotating member, an inner bearing that supports the gear shaft, and an outer bearing that supports the gear shaft. The rotating member is provided on the gear shaft and is configured to be coupled to a power transmission member that transmits power to a wheel of the vehicle. The rotating member is located between the inner bearing and the outer bearing in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Nishiyabu, Takuya Noami
  • Publication number: 20230369942
    Abstract: There are provided a vehicle and a cooling structure for an electrical component including: a cover including a cover inlet that introduces air into an accommodation space for the electrical component, and a cover outlet that discharges air from the accommodation space; and a duct including a duct inlet facing forward in a traveling direction, a duct outlet communicating with the cover inlet, a duct flow path that guides air flowing from the duct inlet to the duct outlet, and a deflection wall that deflects a flow of air inside the duct flow path. The duct flow path includes an outlet flow path positioned on a downstream side of the deflection wall in a flow direction of air and extending toward the duct outlet, and the electrical component is disposed to face the cover inlet in an extending direction of the outlet flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya NOAMI, Masaki NISHIYABU, Yasuhiko SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230103828
    Abstract: A saddle riding vehicle includes: an engine disposed between a front wheel and a rear wheel; a fuel tank disposed above the engine; a generator mounted to a crankshaft of the engine; and an inverter that supplies output of the generator to a battery. The inverter is disposed behind a head pipe, above a crankcase and below the fuel tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke OHORI, Tetsuji YAMAMOTO, Masaki NISHIYABU, Takuya NOAMI, Shusei UENO, Shinji IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230060450
    Abstract: A hybrid straddle vehicle includes: an internal combustion engine; an electric motor that generates power to be transmitted to a driving wheel; an inverter that controls electric power to be supplied to the electric motor; a first radiator that cools the internal combustion engine; and a second radiator that cools at least one cooling target selected from the group consisting of the electric motor and the inverter, at least a part of the second radiator overlapping the first radiator when viewed from a vehicle front side, the second radiator being located in front of the first radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki NISHIYABU, Ryosuke OHORI, Takuya NOAMI, Tetsuji YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230009154
    Abstract: A motor is to be mounted on a vehicle as a drive source. The motor includes a motor shaft extending in an axial direction, a drive gear provided on the motor shaft, a gear shaft extending in the axial direction, a driven gear provided on the gear shaft and coupled to the drive gear, a rotating member, an inner bearing that supports the gear shaft, and an outer bearing that supports the gear shaft. The rotating member is provided on the gear shaft and is configured to be coupled to a power transmission member that transmits power to a wheel of the vehicle. The rotating member is located between the inner bearing and the outer bearing in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Masaki NISHIYABU, Takuya NOAMI
  • Publication number: 20220250708
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a power unit including a transmission that changes the speed of rotation produced by output power of a drive source for travel and a case accommodating the transmission, the transmission including a pivotally supported change shaft, the change shaft being angularly movable about an axis to change a gear ratio of the transmission; and an operation unit that operates to angularly move the change shaft, the operation unit including an electric motor and a power transmission structure that transmits power of the electric motor to the change shaft in the form of rotational power by which the change shaft is angularly moved. The operation unit is mounted on an exterior of the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Masaki NISHIYABU, Takuya NOAMI, Tetsuji YAMAMOTO, Yuji HIDA