Patents by Inventor Taro Iwamoto
Taro Iwamoto 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: 10293741Abstract: A straddle vehicle comprises a cover member covering a vehicle body; a head lamp unit which is disposed at a front portion of the straddle vehicle and emits a light beam with which a forward region of the vehicle body is irradiated; and a sub-light-unit which is provided separately from the head lamp unit and emits the light beam with which the forward region is irradiated, wherein the sub-light-unit includes: a housing disposed along an edge of the cover member; a light source member which emits the light beam inside the housing; a reflector which is accommodated in the housing and reflects the light beam emitted from the light source member; and an optical axis adjustment mechanism which supports the reflector on the housing in such a manner that the reflector is tiltable with respect to the housing, and changes a posture of the reflector with respect to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Taro Iwamoto
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Patent number: 10239492Abstract: A wireless authentication device for a saddle-type vehicle performs authentication through wireless communication with a mobile terminal carried by a user. The wireless authentication device for a saddle-type vehicle includes a first operating input device, a light-emitting and notification part, and a controller. The first operating input device receives an operation of switching to a state in which a power engine is capable of being started. The light-emitting and notification part is provided in the first operating input device or in a portion surrounding the first operating input device, and performs a light-emitting and notification operation in which light is emitted to notify a user that authentication has succeeded. The controller determines whether authentication has succeeded through wireless communication with a mobile terminal, and if the authentication has been determined to have succeeded, causes the light-emitting and notification part to perform the light-emitting and notification operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomo Yamamoto, Taro Iwamoto
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Patent number: 10196004Abstract: A display device for a saddle-type vehicle includes a display-form change operation input device, a preset switching operation input device, and a vehicle-information display device. The display-form change operation input device receives an operation for changing a display form. The preset switching operation input device receives an operation for switching a display form to a preset screen set in advance. The vehicle-information display device displays information about a saddle-type vehicle to enable a driver to recognize the information. This display device sets a display form of the vehicle-information display device in accordance with an operation for changing a display form received via the display-form change operation input device, and switches the display form of the vehicle-information display device to the preset screen if an operation for switching a display form to the preset screen is received via the preset switching operation input device.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomo Yamamoto, Taro Iwamoto
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Patent number: 10183648Abstract: A wireless authentication device includes a first operating input device, a locking mechanism, and a controller. The first operating input device receives an operation of a power engine to a startable state by being shifted from a first position to a second position. The locking mechanism switches between locked and unlocked states, the locked state being a state that restricts the shift of the first operating input device from the first position to the second position, and the unlocked state being a state that allows the first operating input device to shift from the first position to the second position. The controller determines whether the mobile terminal is lost through wireless communication with the mobile terminal, and if the power engine has stopped while the mobile terminal has been determined to have been lost, performs processing for keeping the locking mechanism in the unlocked state during a restartable period.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomo Yamamoto, Taro Iwamoto
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Patent number: 10124853Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle comprises a vehicle body frame; a heavy weight vehicle member mounted on a vehicle body; a support member fastened to the vehicle body frame to support the heavy weight vehicle member; and a vehicle body behavior sensor which detects a behavior of the vehicle body, and the vehicle body behavior sensor is mounted on the support member.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Taro Iwamoto
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Publication number: 20180215435Abstract: A motorcycle includes an analog display unit, a liquid crystal display unit, a meter circuit board, a communication unit, a housing, and a meter harness. The analog display unit has a dial plate and a pointer. The liquid crystal display unit is a display for displaying vehicle information. The meter circuit board electronically controls contents displayed on the liquid crystal display unit. The communication unit performs the wireless communication with an external communication terminal. The meter circuit board and the communication unit are disposed within the housing. The meter harness supplies the power with at least the analog display unit, the liquid crystal display unit, the meter circuit board, and the communication unit, and they have a common power conduction path at the outside of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Taro IWAMOTO, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Jun Tominaga, Masanori Kinuhata, Dirk Braas
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Patent number: 10035453Abstract: A vehicle which turns in a state in which a vehicle body is banked from an upright state to a first side in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle body, comprises a lamp which is attached to the vehicle body, and irradiates a lamp irradiation region set in front of the vehicle body; a detecting section which detects a change over time of a posture of the vehicle body while the vehicle is traveling; and a control section which controls the lamp in such a manner that the lamp irradiation region is changed based on the change over time of the posture of the vehicle body which is detected by the detecting section.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takuya Sakamoto, Taro Iwamoto, Osamu Tani
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Publication number: 20180178754Abstract: A wireless authentication device includes a first operating input device, a locking mechanism, and a controller. The first operating input device receives an operation of a power engine to a startable state by being shifted from a first position to a second position. The locking mechanism switches between locked and unlocked states, the locked state being a state that restricts the shift of the first operating input device from the first position to the second position, and the unlocked state being a state that allows the first operating input device to shift from the first position to the second position. The controller determines whether the mobile terminal is lost through wireless communication with the mobile terminal, and if the power engine has stopped while the mobile terminal has been determined to have been lost, performs processing for keeping the locking mechanism in the unlocked state during a restartable period.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomo YAMAMOTO, Taro IWAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180178586Abstract: A tire provides improved traction performance on farm fields while retaining traveling stability and vibration-damped ride quality on a pavement. The tire has a center region extending in the tire circumferential direction within a range of 15% of the tread width on the left and right sides of the tire axial center of the tread and shoulder regions extending in the tire circumferential direction within a range of 15% of the tread width from the respective edges of the tread toward the tire axial center.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke ONISHI, Taro IWAMOTO, Masataka UCHIYAMA
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Publication number: 20180181122Abstract: When the automobile is changed to the manual driving mode, the control device starts acceptance as the operation of the touch pad as an operation on the application system that displays the screen on the heads-up display, and when the automobile is in the autonomous driving mode, the control device starts acceptance of the operation of the touch pad as an operation on the application system that displays the screen on the center display.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: ALPINE ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Hidetoshi Kadoya, Taro Iwamoto, Shu Takahara
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Publication number: 20180170277Abstract: A display device for a saddle-type vehicle includes a display-form change operation input device, a preset switching operation input device, and a vehicle-information display device. The display-form change operation input device receives an operation for changing a display form. The preset switching operation input device receives an operation for switching a display form to a preset screen set in advance. The vehicle-information display device displays information about a saddle-type vehicle to enable a driver to recognize the information. This display device sets a display form of the vehicle-information display device in accordance with an operation for changing a display form received via the display-form change operation input device, and switches the display form of the vehicle-information display device to the preset screen if an operation for switching a display form to the preset screen is received via the preset switching operation input device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomo YAMAMOTO, Taro IWAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180170312Abstract: A wireless authentication device for a saddle-type vehicle performs authentication through wireless communication with a mobile terminal carried by a user. The wireless authentication device for a saddle-type vehicle includes a first operating input device, a light-emitting and notification part, and a controller. The first operating input device receives an operation of switching to a state in which a power engine is capable of being started. The light-emitting and notification part is provided in the first operating input device or in a portion surrounding the first operating input device, and performs a light-emitting and notification operation in which light is emitted to notify a user that authentication has succeeded. The controller determines whether authentication has succeeded through wireless communication with a mobile terminal, and if the authentication has been determined to have succeeded, causes the light-emitting and notification part to perform the light-emitting and notification operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomo YAMAMOTO, Taro IWAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180162473Abstract: A straddle vehicle which turns in a bank state in which a vehicle body is rotated around an axis extending in a vehicle length direction, includes a head lamp unit which is disposed at a front portion of the straddle vehicle and emits a light beam with which a forward region of the vehicle body is irradiated; a cornering lamp unit which is disposed at the front portion of the straddle vehicle, provided separately from the head lamp unit, and turned on in the bank state; and a duct member included in an engine air-intake system, wherein the cornering lamp unit is disposed below the head lamp unit and below an air-intake inlet of the duct member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Taro Iwamoto, Tomo Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20180162265Abstract: A straddle vehicle comprises a cover member covering a vehicle body; a head lamp unit which is disposed at a front portion of the straddle vehicle and emits a light beam with which a forward region of the vehicle body is irradiated; and a sub-light-unit which is provided separately from the head lamp unit and emits the light beam with which the forward region is irradiated, wherein the sub-light-unit includes: a housing disposed along an edge of the cover member; a light source member which emits the light beam inside the housing; a reflector which is accommodated in the housing and reflects the light beam emitted from the light source member; and an optical axis adjustment mechanism which supports the reflector on the housing in such a manner that the reflector is tiltable with respect to the housing, and changes a posture of the reflector with respect to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventor: Taro Iwamoto
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Publication number: 20180055840Abstract: Provided are an oral formulation capable of improving easy administrability and showing good preservation stability, and a substrate for oral formulation. An oral formulation containing a medicament; sugar alcohol; one or more kinds of hydrophilic polysaccharides selected from the group consisting of acacia, pullulan and maltodextrin; a gelling agent; and water, and a substrate for oral formulation, which contains sugar alcohol; the above-mentioned hydrophilic polysaccharides; a gelling agent; and water.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Taro IWAMOTO, Nobuyuki KURAHASHI, Yoshikazu OKA, Chikako TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20170258788Abstract: The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention comprises (1) a carbostyril derivative and (2) a serotonin reuptake inhibitor in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The carbostyril derivative may be aripiprazole or a metabolite thereof, which is a dopamine-serotonin system stabilizer. The serotonin reuptake inhibitor may be fluoxetine, duloxetine, venlafaxine, milnacipran, citalopram, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline or escitalopram. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is useful for treating patients with mood disorders, particularly depression or major depressive disorder.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Tetsuro Kikuchi, Taro Iwamoto, Tsuyoshi Hirose
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Publication number: 20170259872Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle comprises a vehicle body frame; a heavy weight vehicle member mounted on a vehicle body; a support member fastened to the vehicle body frame to support the heavy weight vehicle member; and a vehicle body behavior sensor which detects a behavior of the vehicle body, and the vehicle body behavior sensor is mounted on the support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventor: Taro Iwamoto
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Patent number: 9725125Abstract: A straddle-type vehicle which turns while a vehicle body is banked to a first side in a vehicle width direction around a predetermined angular displacement center, comprises a head lamp which irradiates a head lamp irradiation region set to be forward relative to the vehicle body; a first auxiliary lamp which irradiates a first auxiliary lamp irradiation region set to be forward relative to the head lamp irradiation region, in a region which is inward with respect to a turning direction; and a second auxiliary lamp which irradiates a second auxiliary lamp irradiation region set to be forward relative to the first auxiliary lamp irradiation region, in the region which is inward with respect to the turning direction, wherein a distance between the second auxiliary lamp and the angular displacement center is less than a distance between the first auxiliary lamp and the angular displacement center.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Taro Iwamoto, Mikio Domoto
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Publication number: 20170202833Abstract: Provided are an oral formulation capable of improving easy administrability and showing good preservation stability, and a substrate for oral formulation. An oral formulation containing a medicament; sugar alcohol; one or more kinds of hydrophilic polysaccharides selected from the group consisting of acacia, pullulan and maltodextrin; a gelling agent; and water, and a substrate for oral formulation, which contains sugar alcohol; the above-mentioned hydrophilic polysaccharides; a gelling agent; and water.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Taro IWAMOTO, Nobuyuki KURAHASHI, Yoshikazu OKA, Chikako TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20170190219Abstract: An agricultural tire according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is provided with plural lug blocks that are provided at a tread portion, and with protruding portions that protrude towards an outer side in a tire width direction from an end portion on the outer side in the tire width direction of the lug blocks, and that have a surface that, if an angle of a virtual straight line extending towards the outer side in the tire width direction is taken as 0°, faces a tire rotation direction at an angle of not less than 35° and not more than 55°.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Taro IWAMOTO