Patents by Inventor Tetsuharu Nojiri

Tetsuharu Nojiri 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: 7951031
    Abstract: A straddle type all terrain vehicle is provided with a chain guide for covering an outer peripheral edge of at least an engaged portion of a driven sprocket with a drive chain from outside in a radial direction inside a chain cover. A rear axle housing is formed with upper and lower flange portions extending upward and downward at opposite end portions in the vehicle width direction of the rear axle housing. The rear axle housing is coupled to a rear end portion of the rear swing arm for swinging forward and rearward about mounted portions of the upper flange portion. The chain cover is mounted on the swing arm side and the chain guide is mounted on the rear axle housing side, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuzo Hioki, Tetsuharu Nojiri
  • Patent number: 7798930
    Abstract: A fixed pulley face of a drive V-pulley of a V-belt type continuously variable transmission includes a belt sliding contact disc having a conical belt sliding contact surface and fixed to a crankshaft so as to be integrally rotated, and a cooling fan fixed to the crankshaft so as to be integrally rotated in adjacent to a side surface opposite to the belt sliding contact surface of the belt sliding contact disc, and a starter driven gear is formed in an outer peripheral portion of the cooling fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuharu Nojiri
  • Patent number: 7475748
    Abstract: An all terrain vehicle has a rear structure in which a exhaust duct extends rearward from a rear portion of a belt transmission and is detachably supported by a vehicle body frame, the exhaust duct is composed of a plurality of constituent members coupled to one another along an exhaust direction of the exhaust air flowing in the exhaust duct, the constituent members having a distance from one another are formed from a high rigidity material maintaining its own shape thereof, and the constituent members are detachably coupled to one another through a coupling member formed of an elastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eiichi Nakamura, Takuya Kusaka, Tetsuharu Nojiri
  • Publication number: 20080139355
    Abstract: A straddle type all terrain vehicle is provided with a chain guide for covering an outer peripheral edge of at least an engaged portion of a driven sprocket with a drive chain from outside in a radial direction inside a chain cover. A rear axle housing is formed with upper and lower flange portions extending upward and downward at opposite end portions in the vehicle width direction of the rear axle housing. The rear axle housing is coupled to a rear end portion of the rear swing arm for swinging forward and rearward about mounted portions of the upper flange portion. The chain cover is mounted on the swing arm side and the chain guide is mounted on the rear axle housing side, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuzo Hioki, Tetsuharu Nojiri
  • Publication number: 20080085800
    Abstract: A fixed pulley face of a drive V-pulley of a V-belt type continuously variable transmission includes a belt sliding contact disc having a conical belt sliding contact surface and fixed to a crankshaft so as to be integrally rotated, and a cooling fan fixed to the crankshaft so as to be integrally rotated in adjacent to a side surface opposite to the belt sliding contact surface of the belt sliding contact disc, and a starter driven gear is formed in an outer peripheral portion of the cooling fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsuharu Nojiri
  • Publication number: 20060011401
    Abstract: An all terrain vehicle has a rear structure in which a exhaust duct extends rearward from a rear portion of a belt transmission and is detachably supported by a vehicle body frame, the exhaust duct is composed of a plurality of constituent members coupled to one another along an exhaust direction of the exhaust air flowing in the exhaust duct, the constituent members having a distance from one another are formed from a high rigidity material maintaining its own shape thereof, and the constituent members are detachably coupled to one another through a coupling member formed of an elastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiichi Nakamura, Takuya Kusaka, Tetsuharu Nojiri