Patents by Inventor Tamotsu Hatada

Tamotsu Hatada 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: 8443927
    Abstract: An exhaust device of a vehicle having a V-engine including a front cylinder and a rear cylinder, includes at least one muffler disposed in a rear part of the vehicle, a front-cylinder exhaust pipe which is connected to a front surface of the front cylinder and which reaches the muffler, and a rear-cylinder exhaust pipe which is connected to a rear surface of the rear cylinder and which reaches the muffler. The front-cylinder exhaust pipe is curved rearward at a curved portion from a connecting portion between the front-cylinder exhaust pipe and the front cylinder inward of the side frame in the lateral direction. The front-cylinder exhaust pipe is located outward in the lateral direction with a fixed space from the engine, and extends toward a rear part of the vehicle substantially along the side frame as viewed from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Tamotsu Hatada, Ryosuke Masuike
  • Patent number: 8430198
    Abstract: A muffler mounting structure of a vehicle, particularly a straddle-type four-wheeled vehicle. The muffler mounting structure is provided with a muffler, at least one muffler mounting portion provided in a body frame and having a mounting hole, and at least one mounted bracket provided in an upper part of the muffler and disposed on an upper surface of the muffler mounting portion. The mounted bracket having a fixing member insertion hole passing in the up and down direction, and at least one fixing member inserted into the fixing member insertion hole from the upper side and fixed to the mounting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Ryosuke Masuike, Tamotsu Hatada
  • Patent number: 8215447
    Abstract: An exhaust device in which a portion of an exhaust pipe covered by an exhaust pipe cover is rationalized. An exhaust device of a vehicle includes a muffler disposed in a rear part of the vehicle, an exhaust pipe extending from a front surface of a cylinder of an engine to the muffler while passing along an outer side of the engine in a lateral direction, a first exhaust pipe cover covering an entire periphery of an exhaust pipe front portion located near the outer side of the engine in the lateral direction, and a second exhaust pipe cover covering an outer side of an exhaust pipe rear portion located behind the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Tamotsu Hatada, Ryosuke Masuike
  • Publication number: 20120160601
    Abstract: An exhaust device in which a portion of an exhaust pipe covered by an exhaust pipe cover is rationalized. An exhaust device of a vehicle includes a muffler disposed in a rear part of the vehicle, an exhaust pipe extending from a front surface of a cylinder of an engine to the muffler while passing along an outer side of the engine in a lateral direction, a first exhaust pipe cover covering an entire periphery of an exhaust pipe front portion located near the outer side of the engine in the lateral direction, and a second exhaust pipe cover covering an outer side of an exhaust pipe rear portion located behind the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshihiko ORIHASHI, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Tamotsu Hatada, Ryosuke Masuike
  • Publication number: 20120160591
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an exhaust device having a front-cylinder exhaust pipe capable of reducing a heat influence on a cowl located outward in a lateral direction of a side frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshihiko ORIHASHI, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Tamotsu Hatada, Ryosuke Masuike
  • Publication number: 20120152643
    Abstract: The present invention is suitable for a muffler mounting structure of a vehicle, particularly to a straddle-type four-wheeled vehicle. The muffler mounting structure is provided with a muffler, at least one muffler mounting portion provided in a body frame, the muffler mounting portion having a mounting hole, at least one mounted bracket provided in an upper part of the muffler and disposed on an upper surface of the muffler mounting portion, the mounted bracket having a fixing member insertion hole passing in the up and down direction, and at least one fixing member inserted into the fixing member insertion hole from the upper side and fixed to the mounting hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Ryosuke Masuike, Tamotsu Hatada