Patents by Inventor Tetsuro Ikeno

Tetsuro Ikeno 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: 11421633
    Abstract: This outboard machine has: a V-type engine (engine) in which a plurality of cylinders are arranged in a V-shape when viewed in a plan view; and a cover that covers the engine. The engine has a plurality of intake ports that form pairs in a V-shape inside the plurality of cylinders in a plan view and a concave space is formed between the plurality of intake ports. The cover has therein an intake path that guides air to the intake port, and is also provided with, at a position that is adjacent to the intake path and enters the concave space, a silencer that attenuates the sound during intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kuroda, Yoshihiro Harada, Tetsuro Ikeno, Koji Kasai
  • Publication number: 20220186693
    Abstract: This outboard machine has: a V-type engine (engine) in which a plurality of cylinders are arranged in a V-shape when viewed in a plan view; and a cover that covers the engine. The engine has a plurality of intake ports that form pairs in a V-shape inside the plurality of cylinders in a plan view and a concave space is formed between the plurality of intake ports. The cover has therein an intake path that guides air to the intake port, and is also provided with, at a position that is adjacent to the intake path and enters the concave space, a silencer that attenuates the sound during intake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Tatsuya Kuroda, Yoshihiro Harada, Tetsuro Ikeno, Koji Kasai
  • Patent number: 10231378
    Abstract: A blade mounting structure of a lawn mower includes a blade holder including a shaft-mounted section connected to an output shaft of an engine, and a blade mounting section having a grass cutting blade mounted thereto. The blade holder further includes a connecting leg section located between the shaft-mounted section and the blade mounting section and interconnecting the shaft-mounted section and the blade mounting section. The connecting leg section has a wall thickness dimension gradually decreasing in a direction from the shaft-mounted section toward the blade mounting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Ikeno, Shoji Hasei
  • Patent number: 9763383
    Abstract: A blade mounting structure of a lawn mower includes: a drive hub mounted on an output shaft of a power source and protruding radially outward beyond an outer periphery of the output shaft; a friction member for transmitting driving force from the drive hub to a blade holder, the drive hub and the friction member having respective curved surfaces slidable on each other when the drive hub and the friction member are in abutting engagement with each other; a grass cutting blade attached to the blade holder; and an energy absorbing member disposed in a space defined by the blade holder and members peripheral to the blade holder, the energy absorbing member being constructed to maintain its shape during normal grass cutting condition but deform when a load exceeding a predetermined value acts on the energy absorbing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Ikeno, Shoji Hasei
  • Patent number: 9541122
    Abstract: In an outboard motor adapted to be mounted on a hull and equipped with an engine having a crankshaft located parallel with a gravity axis and a vertical shaft connected to the crankshaft to be rotated around the gravity axis, an urger is disposed at a position between the crankshaft and the vertical shaft to urge the crankshaft upward in a direction parallel with the gravity axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ishizaka, Yoshihiko Fukuda, Haruo Tsusaka, Tetsuro Ikeno, Tomoharu Tajima
  • Publication number: 20150271996
    Abstract: A blade mounting structure of a lawn mower includes: a drive hub mounted on an output shaft of a power source and protruding radially outward beyond an outer periphery of the output shaft; a friction member for transmitting driving force from the drive hub to a blade holder, the drive hub and the friction member having respective curved surfaces slidable on each other when the drive hub and the friction member are in abutting engagement with each other; a grass cutting blade attached to the blade holder; and an energy absorbing member disposed in a space defined by the blade holder and members peripheral to the blade holder, the energy absorbing member being constructed to maintain its shape during normal grass cutting condition but deform when a load exceeding a predetermined value acts on the energy absorbing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuro Ikeno, Shoji Hasei
  • Publication number: 20150271995
    Abstract: A blade mounting structure of a lawn mower includes a blade holder including a shaft-mounted section connected to an output shaft of an engine, and a blade mounting section having a grass cutting blade mounted thereto. The blade holder further includes a connecting leg section located between the shaft-mounted section and the blade mounting section and interconnecting the shaft-mounted section and the blade mounting section. The connecting leg section has a wall thickness dimension gradually decreasing in a direction from the shaft-mounted section toward the blade mounting section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuro Ikeno, Shoji Hasei
  • Publication number: 20150252838
    Abstract: In an outboard motor adapted to be mounted on a hull and equipped with an engine having a crankshaft located parallel with a gravity axis and a vertical shaft connected to the crankshaft to be rotated around the gravity axis, an urger is disposed at a position between the crankshaft and the vertical shaft to urge the crankshaft upward in a direction parallel with the gravity axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Kazuhiro ISHIZAKA, Yoshihiko FUKUDA, Haruo TSUSAKA, Tetsuro IKENO, Tomoharu TAJIMA
  • Patent number: 8333628
    Abstract: An outboard engine includes a buoyant member (20). The buoyant member has concavities (20L, 20R; 120L, 120R) formed in at least one side thereof. A plurality of outboard engines is mounted in parallel on the stem, and the concavities prevent interference with the other adjacent outboard engines when any of the outboard engines are tilted up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shiomi, Tetsuro Ikeno, Takeshi Okada, Masayuki Osumi
  • Patent number: 8206192
    Abstract: A boat propulsion engine includes a buoyant member (20) disposed on a case body that houses a drive shaft (47) in order to lift the stern. The buoyant member has a lower surface (32) that slopes downward in the rearward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shiomi, Tetsuro Ikeno, Takeshi Okada
  • Patent number: 7987804
    Abstract: A boat propulsion engine (1) comprises a main body (4) that extends substantially vertically in relation to a hull (Si), a lift generator (20) disposed in a rear portion of the main body (4), and supporting bodies (24) that support the lift generator (20) on the main body (4). The lift generator (20) has a surface (21g, 21h) that extends transversely relative to the main body (4) and that is located behind at least the main body (4). The supporting bodies (24) extend backward from the main body (4) to the lift generator (20) in a single vertical direction relative to a surface (21g, 21h) of the lift generator (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shiomi, Tetsuro Ikeno, Takeshi Okada, Toshiro Kiura
  • Patent number: 7845997
    Abstract: In a boat-propelling machine for attachment to a boat hull (200), an outer wall unit (4) is fixedly provided on a body of the machine for covering part of a cylindrical structural body (60) that is formed of metal alloy and positioned so as to be at least above a draft line during planning of the boat, and a lift force generation device (20) is provided on the outer vertical wall unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shiomi, Tetsuro Ikeno, Takeshi Okada
  • Patent number: 7594834
    Abstract: A marine propulsion apparatus includes an anti-cavitation plate on a casing that supports a propeller. A lift generation plate, which generates lift during propulsion, is disposed at a position rearward of the casing and above the anti-cavitation plate and extends in a width direction of a hull. The lift generation plate is mounted on the casing via a stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shiomi, Takeshi Okada, Tetsuro Ikeno, Masayuki Osumi, Katsuyuki Morichika
  • Patent number: 7572159
    Abstract: An outboard motor has an internal combustion engine installed in an engine compartment defined by an engine cover. The engine's intake air inlet is formed by an air intake duct, which communicates with an air intake space outside the engine compartment. The engine cover includes an upper cover with a receiving ring fitted on the air intake duct. The receiving ring and the intake duct form an overlapping part in which the ring and the duct overlap each other in the direction of flow of combustion air. The overlapping part has a sealing member therein which forms a seal between the air intake space and the interior space of the engine compartment. The sealing structure does not require high dimensional precision to form a required sealing property between the engine cover and the air inlet of the engine intake system. The sealing structure minimizes any influence of engine vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Ide, Koji Kasai, Tetsu Wada, Tetsuro Ikeno, Shoji Hasei, Hiroshi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20090163091
    Abstract: In a boat-propelling machine for attachment to a boat hull (200), an outer wall unit (4) is fixedly provided on a body of the machine for covering part of a cylindrical structural body (60) that is formed of metal alloy and positioned so as to be at least above a draft line during planning of the boat, and a lift force generation device (20) is provided on the outer vertical wall unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shiomi, Tetsuro Ikeno, Takeshi Okada
  • Publication number: 20090149090
    Abstract: A boat propulsion engine includes a buoyant member (20) disposed on a case body that houses a drive shaft (47) in order to lift the stern. The buoyant member has a lower surface (32) that slopes downward in the rearward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shiomi, Tetsuro Ikeno, Takeshi Okada
  • Patent number: 7524224
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine installed in an engine compartment 15 covered with an engine cover C is provided with an intake air passage P. The intake air passage P extends continuously from an intake air inlet Pi to intake air outlets Pe in the engine compartment 15 and has a first down passage 62, a reversing passage 63, an up passage 64 and a second down passage 67c arranged in the order in the flowing direction of combustion air. The combustion air taken through the intake air inlet Pi into the intake air passage P flows down through the first down passage 62, the reversing passage 63 reverses the flowing direction of the combustion air that has flowed down through the first down passage 62 such that the combustion air flows up, flows up through the up passage 64 to a position at a level higher than that of an uppermost intake air outlet Pe. Then, the combustion air flows down through the second down passage 67c and flows through the intake air outlets Pe into combustion chambers 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Ide, Koji Kasai, Tetsu Wada, Tetsuro Ikeno, Shoji Hasei, Hiroshi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20090104825
    Abstract: A boat propulsion engine (1) comprises a main body (4) that extends substantially vertically in relation to a hull (Si), a lift generator (20) disposed in a rear portion of the main body (4), and supporting bodies (24) that support the lift generator (20) on the main body (4). The lift generator (20) has a surface (21g, 21h) that extends transversely relative to the main body (4) and that is located behind at least the main body (4). The supporting bodies (24) extend backward from the main body (4) to the lift generator (20) in a single vertical direction relative to a surface (21g, 21h) of the lift generator (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shiomi, Tetsuro Ikeno, Takeshi Okada, Toshiro Kiura
  • Publication number: 20090104826
    Abstract: An outboard engine includes a buoyant member (20). The buoyant member has concavities (20L, 20R; 120L, 120R) formed in at least one side thereof. A plurality of outboard engines is mounted in parallel on the stem, and the concavities prevent interference with the other adjacent outboard engines when any of the outboard engines are tilted up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shiomi, Tetsuro Ikeno, Takeshi Okada, Masayuki Osumi
  • Patent number: 7452256
    Abstract: An outboard motor S includes an internal combustion engine E having a crankshaft 7, and an alternator G having a shaft 81 and a housing 82. The engine E and the generator G are disposed in an engine compartment 15 with the crankshaft 7 of the engine E and the shaft 81 of the alternator G spaced a center distance d apart from each other. The housing 82 is provided with air inlets 83 through which cooling air for cooling the interior of the alternator G flows into the housing 82 and air outlets 84 through which cooling air that has cooled the alternator G is discharged as exhaust air. An exhaust air duct 91 surrounds the outlets 84 of the housing 82 and carries the exhaust air to a predetermined position from which the exhaust air cannot easily flow again through the inlets 83 into the housing 82. The alternator G spaced the center distance apart from the internal combustion engine E can be cooled at improved cooling efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Kasai, Shinichi Ide, Tetsu Wada, Tetsuro Ikeno, Shoji Hasei, Hiroshi Takahashi