Patents by Inventor Tatsuhiro Muramatsu

Tatsuhiro Muramatsu 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: 7818964
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a motorcycle having an engine mounted on a front half of a body frame of the motorcycle includes a plurality of first exhaust pipes extending from exhaust ports of the engine, a collecting section at which the first exhaust pipes are collected, a second exhaust pipe including a substantially straight portion connected to a downstream side of the collecting section and disposed under a crankcase of the engine, an expansion chamber connected to a downstream side of the second exhaust pipe and located under a rear wheel suspension arranged behind the engine, an exhaust outlet disposed on a most downstream portion of the expansion chamber, and an exhaust throttle valve and an exhaust gas sensor disposed on the straight portion of the second exhaust pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Muramatsu, Yoshisato Inayama, Kazutatsu Suzuki, Tomoaki Onagi
  • Publication number: 20060242952
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a motorcycle having an engine mounted on a front half of a body frame of the motorcycle includes a plurality of first exhaust pipes extending from exhaust ports of the engine, a collecting section at which the first exhaust pipes are collected, a second exhaust pipe including a substantially straight portion connected to a downstream side of the collecting section and disposed under a crankcase of the engine, an expansion chamber connected to a downstream side of the second exhaust pipe and located under a rear wheel suspension arranged behind the engine, an exhaust outlet disposed on a most downstream portion of the expansion chamber, and an exhaust throttle valve and an exhaust gas sensor disposed on the straight portion of the second exhaust pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Muramatsu, Yoshisato Inayama, Kazutatsu Suzuki, Tomoaki Onagi
  • Patent number: 5860405
    Abstract: An intake apparatus of an internal combustion engine for a vehicle comprises a duct for taking into a wind during a running of a vehicle, an air cleaner operatively connected to the duct, a fuel supply device for injecting a fuel into an intake air coming from the air cleaner, a movable valve arranged between an outlet port of the duct and an inlet port of the air cleaner, a negative-pressure motor for driving the movable valve, and an electronic control unit for controlling the movable valve. The electronic control unit is connected to an ignition means, and the electronic control unit controls the opening and closing of the movable valve in accordance with a rotational speed of an internal combustion engine, an opening degree of a throttle of the engine and a gear position of the engine as control parameters and carries out a delay angular control of an ignition timing in response to the opening and closing control of the movable valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Muramatsu, Tetsuo Nojima, Yuji Sonoda