Patents by Inventor Tyler Furman

Tyler Furman 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: 8152215
    Abstract: A utility vehicle comprises a vehicle body frame; a seat frame including a seat bottom support member and a seat backrest support member, at least the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member being formed by square pipes with rectangular cross-sections; a seat bottom fastened to the seat bottom support member; and a seat backrest fastened to the seat backrest support member; wherein the seat bottom support member and the seat backrest support member of the seat frame are integral with each other to have a bent portion; and the seat bottom support member of the seat frame is fastened to the vehicle body frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tsumiyama, Hidetoshi Kaku, Tyler Furman, Kazuhiro Maeda
  • Publication number: 20110204669
    Abstract: A vehicle according to the present invention includes a front seat and a rear seat. The rear seat is changeable between an installed state in which the passenger can be seated and a retracted state in which the passenger is not seated and the rear seat is retracted. The vehicle includes an output control unit controlling the output of an engine, and detection means for detecting the installed state of the rear seat. When the detection means detects the installed state of the rear seat, the output control unit regulates the output of the engine as compared with the output when the detection means does not detect the installed state of the rear seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Yoji ONISHI, Yoshinori Tsumiyama, Hidetoshi Kaku, Tyler Furman, Kazuma Waida, Hiroyuki Iwai, Hirokazu Morita, Kazuhiro Maeda
  • Publication number: 20110208403
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an output control unit of a vehicle having a front riding space and a rear riding space, includes: riding detection means for detecting the riding of the passenger in the rear riding space; wherein when the riding detection means detects the riding of the passenger, the output control unit regulates the output of the engine of the vehicle as compared with the output when the riding detection means does not detect the riding of the passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Yoshinori TSUMIYAMA, Hidetoshi Kaku, Tyler Furman, Kazuma Waida
  • Publication number: 20110148135
    Abstract: The present invention is a pick-up style utility vehicle having a front seat and a rear seat, the pick-up style utility vehicle including a cargo bed movement mechanism for supporting a cargo bed movably within a predetermined movement range in the back and forth direction, and a seat movement mechanism for supporting the rear seat movably between a use position set to be within the movement range and a shunting position set to be out of the movement range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Tomohiro KANAZAWA, Hideyuki Takahashi, Yoichi Jinja, Takao Hamano, Masashi Sakata, Kazuhiro Morita, Yasushi Ishibashi, Kiyoaki Maeda, Tyler Furman, Yoshihiro Masuda, Trey Govier
  • Patent number: 7900743
    Abstract: An electric power assist device can be compactly disposed with ease in an electric power steering system for a vehicle. The electric power steering system for a vehicle includes: a steering wheel; a steering column incorporating therein a steering shaft connected to the steering wheel and extending downward to the front; and an electric power assist device for assisting a steering torque of the steering wheel. Here, an input shaft and an output shaft of the electric power assist device are connected to the lower end of the steering shaft and the input shaft of the steering gear device, respectively, via universal joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kaku, Kazumasa Hisada, Tyler Furman, Keaton Friesen
  • Publication number: 20080314678
    Abstract: An electric power assist device can be compactly disposed with ease in an electric power steering system for a vehicle. The electric power steering system for a vehicle comprises: a steering wheel; a steering column incorporating therein a steering shaft connected to the steering wheel and extending downward to the front; and an electric power assist device for assisting a steering torque of the steering wheel. Here, an input shaft and an output shaft of the electric power assist device are connected to the lower end of the steering shaft and the input shaft of the steering gear device, respectively, via universal joints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kaku, Kazumasa Hisada, Tyler Furman, Keaton Friesen