Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Kumasaka

Tsuyoshi Kumasaka 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).

  • Publication number: 20140217767
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a seat that comprises a seat bottom, a seat back, a first biasing member, and a second biasing member. The seat back is pivotable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The first biasing member is coupled to each of the seat back and the bed frame. The second biasing member is coupled to each of the seat back and the bed frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicants: TS Tech Americas, Inc., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Casey Heit, Hiroshi Okazaki, Darin D. King, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Takayuki Inoue, Jacob Zachary Sorrell
  • Patent number: 8752879
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame, a side wall, a door, a seat, and a stopper member. The side wall is coupled with the frame. The door is pivotally coupled with the side wall and is pivotable between a closed position and an opened position. The seat includes a seat back that is pivotable about a pivot axis between a stowed position and a deployed position. The stopper member is coupled with the door and extends outwardly from the door. The stopper member is configured to overlie at least a portion of the seat back when the seat back is in the stowed position with the door in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Casey Heit, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Yoshiyuki Sato, Eric B. Stevens
  • Patent number: 8714591
    Abstract: A clamper includes a living hinge, a first end portion, and a second end portion. The first end portion includes a first buckle portion. The second end portion includes a second buckle portion. The first end portion and the second end portion are configured for engagement with one another in confronting relationship. Net assemblies and vehicles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kobayashi, Hiromitsu Shiina, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka
  • Patent number: 8567847
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame, a utility bed, and a flexible seal. The utility bed includes a left side, a right side, a bed frame, and a forward wall supported by the bed frame. The utility bed is pivotally coupled with the frame and pivotable between a hauling position and a dumping position. The flexible seal is attached to at least one of the bed frame and the forward wall of the utility bed. The flexible seal extends downwardly below the forward wall of the utility bed and laterally at least partially between the left side and the right side of the utility bed. When the utility bed is in the hauling position, the flexible seal contacts the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Darin D. King, Noriyuki Muto, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Jacob O. Borth
  • Patent number: 8302632
    Abstract: A mount structure for a two-way valve for a fuel tank of a small boat for improving mountability of the two-way valve while ensuring strength of the deck. The interior space of the boat, which is formed of a hull and a deck, is provided with an engine, a fuel tank, and a duct. One end of the duct is attached to the wall surface of the deck with a mount member. The two-way valve is connected to the breather hose of the fuel tank, and attached to the mount member at one end of the duct from the interior space of the boat. The mount member is integrally provided with a mount pipe for the tube which opens the two-way valve outside the deck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Miura, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Tadaaki Nagata
  • Patent number: 7656423
    Abstract: An imaging device stores and photoelectric-converts incoming light from an object of which an image is to be captured with a CCD, and controls an output level of a picture signal obtained by signal processing an image signal output from the CCD. An output adjustment value of the picture signal in the output control is set to become 50 to 70 IRE according to a peak value of the picture signal when a test pattern is captured under standard conditions. Accordingly, it is possible to have a typical imaging device display a captured image darker, and thus enable imaging suitable for nighttime imaging and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Hagisato, Shinya Kawamata, Ryuji Yamaguchi, Hidetoshi Mimura, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka
  • Publication number: 20090229691
    Abstract: A mount structure for a two-way valve for a fuel tank of a small boat for improving mountability of the two-way valve while ensuring strength of the deck. The interior space of the boat, which is formed of a hull and a deck, is provided with an engine, a fuel tank, and a duct. One end of the duct is attached to the wall surface of the deck with a mount member. The two-way valve is connected to the breather hose of the fuel tank, and attached to the mount member at one end of the duct from the interior space of the boat. The mount member is integrally provided with a mount pipe for the tube which opens the two-way valve outside the deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi MIURA, Tsuyoshi KUMASAKA, Tadaaki NAGATA
  • Patent number: 7575489
    Abstract: To provide a small watercraft capable of suppressing vibration and noise of a vessel body, a jet pump is mounted to a hull via a thrust plate. A dynamic damper is disposed as an adjunct at a plate mounting portion that attaches the thrust plate to the hull. More specifically, the thrust plate is first mounted to the hull. Then, with a flange portion of the jet pump pressed up against a rear surface of the thrust plate, a second bolt is screwed in toward the thrust plate from an outward side of the hull. The jet pump is thereby attached to the rear surface of the thrust plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shintaro Abe, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Toshinori Hanai, Hiroshi Iwakami
  • Patent number: 7367857
    Abstract: To provide an exhaust structure for a small watercraft that can cool exhaust gas, reduce the size and weight, and thereby cost of a backflow prevention chamber. An exhaust structure for a small watercraft is configured to be able to cool exhaust gas in the course of leading it to the outside when the exhaust gas of an engine is led to the outside for discharge. This exhaust structure includes a water muffler containing water therein. A backflow prevention chamber is disposed above the water muffler and adapted to prevent water from entering the side of the engine from the side of the water muffler. The backflow prevention chamber is provided with a cooling water injecting portion adapted to spray cooling water to the exhaust gas in an internal space. An outlet is formed in the bottom portion of the backflow prevention chamber to communicate with the water muffler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Atsushi Kusuda, Masatsugu Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20080050992
    Abstract: To provide a small watercraft capable of suppressing vibration and noise of a vessel body, a jet pump is mounted to a hull via a thrust plate. A dynamic damper is disposed as an adjunct at a plate mounting portion that attaches the thrust plate to the hull. More specifically, the thrust plate is first mounted to the hull. Then, with a flange portion of the jet pump pressed up against a rear surface of the thrust plate, a second bolt is screwed in toward the thrust plate from an outward side of the hull. The jet pump is thereby attached to the rear surface of the thrust plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Abe, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Toshinori Hanai, Hiroshi Iwakami
  • Publication number: 20070199313
    Abstract: To provide an exhaust structure for a small watercraft that can cool exhaust gas, reduce the size and weight, and thereby cost of a backflow prevention chamber. An exhaust structure for a small watercraft is configured to be able to cool exhaust gas in the course of leading it to the outside when the exhaust gas of an engine is led to the outside for discharge. This exhaust structure includes a water muffler containing water therein. A backflow prevention chamber is disposed above the water muffler and adapted to prevent water from entering the side of the engine from the side of the water muffler. The backflow prevention chamber is provided with a cooling water injecting portion adapted to spray cooling water to the exhaust gas in an internal space. An outlet is formed in the bottom portion of the backflow prevention chamber to communicate with the water muffler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kumasaka, Atsushi Kusuda, Masatsugu Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20040042683
    Abstract: An imaging device stores and photoelectric-converts incoming light from an object of which an image is to be captured with a CCD, and controls an output level of a picture signal obtained by signal processing an image signal output from the CCD. An output adjustment value of the picture signal in the output control is set to become 50 to 70 IRE according to a peak value of the picture signal when a test pattern is captured under standard conditions. Accordingly, it is possible to have a typical imaging device display a captured image darker, and thus enable imaging suitable for nighttime imaging and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL
    Inventors: Yasuo Hagisato, Shinya Kawamata, Ryuji Yamaguchi, Hidetoshi Mimura, Tsuyoshi Kumasaka