Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Banjo

Tetsuya Banjo 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: 8074764
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle is provided with a body frame of a vehicle, a bar handle provided in a front portion of the vehicle body frame, a steering shaft transmitting a turning operation of the bar handle to a pair of right and left front wheels, and an electric power steering apparatus mounted in an intermediate portion of the steering shaft for assisting a steering motion of the bar handle. The electric power steering apparatus includes, in a state of the vehicle capable of being traveled, an electric power steering main body including an electric motor, a gear unit, an input shaft and an output shaft, an upper steering shaft in which the bar handle is attached to an upper end portion and an upper end of the input shaft is connected to a lower end portion, and a support member supporting the upper steering shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinobu Tsutsumikoshi, Tetsuya Banjo
  • Patent number: 7837003
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle with an electric power steering apparatus includes a vehicle body frame, a bar handle disposed in a front portion of the vehicle body frame, a steering shaft transmitting a turning operation of the bar handle to a pair of right and left front wheels, an electric power steering apparatus mounted in an intermediate portion of the steering shaft for assisting a steering motion of the bar handle, and an engine unit mounted in a center lower portion of the vehicle body frame in rear of the steering shaft. The electric power steering apparatus includes an electric motor arranged in front of the steering shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinobu Tsutsumikoshi, Tetsuya Banjo
  • Publication number: 20090078492
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle is provided with a body frame of a vehicle, a bar handle provided in a front portion of the vehicle body frame, a steering shaft transmitting a turning operation of the bar handle to a pair of right and left front wheels, and an electric power steering apparatus mounted in an intermediate portion of the steering shaft for assisting a steering motion of the bar handle. The electric power steering apparatus includes, in a state of the vehicle capable of being traveled, an electric power steering main body including an electric motor, a gear unit, an input shaft and an output shaft, an upper steering shaft in which the bar handle is attached to an upper end portion and an upper end of the input shaft is connected to a lower end portion, and a support member supporting the upper steering shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinobu Tsutsumikoshi, Tetsuya Banjo
  • Publication number: 20090078491
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle with an electric power steering apparatus includes a vehicle body frame, a bar handle disposed in a front portion of the vehicle body frame, a steering shaft transmitting a turning operation of the bar handle to a pair of right and left front wheels, an electric power steering apparatus mounted in an intermediate portion of the steering shaft for assisting a steering motion of the bar handle, and an engine unit mounted in a center lower portion of the vehicle body frame in rear of the steering shaft. The electric power steering apparatus includes an electric motor arranged in front of the steering shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinobu TSUTSUMIKOSHI, Tetsuya Banjo
  • Patent number: 5086866
    Abstract: A motorcycle having a body height adjustor in which a body height adjusting unit transmits the hydraulic pressure of a pressurized fluid within the rear cushion unit simultaneously to hydraulic jacks of the rear cushion unit and the front suspension units so as to change the length of the front suspensions and the rear cushion unit and to thereby adjust the body height of the motorcycle, is disclosed. The body height adjusting unit is disposed upon the side of the body frame remote from the exhaust pipe. A hose connector for connecting the body height adjusting unit and the hydraulic jacks of the front suspensions is disposed at the rear of the front suspensions and in front of the body height adjusting unit. The hydraulic hoses are disposed along a line corresponding to the center of the front fork of the motorcycle as considered in the widthwise direction of the motorcycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1992
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya Banjo, Eiji Iida, Katsuhiko Tokunaga, Satoshi Kiyota