Patents by Inventor Wataru Kakuta
Wataru Kakuta 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).
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Patent number: 8336662Abstract: An exhaust system for a motorcycle has a bent portion that extends upward from a position below a seat toward the seat and is then bent downward. A heat insulating plate is disposed in a space between the bent portion and the seat so as to cover the bent portion. Influence of exhaust heat on the rider and upsizing of the heat insulating plate are thereby suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2008Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Wataru Kakuta
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Patent number: 8302727Abstract: A vehicle with an engine connection. The vehicle further includes an engine, a rear wheel and a rear suspension that absorbs an impact when the rear wheel moves vertically. The engine connection has a front end connected to a rear surface of the engine, and a coil-shaped portion provided between the rear suspension and the rear wheel. A front end of the coil-shaped portion is connected to a rear end of the engine connection. The exhaust pipe is configured to enable division into the engine connection and the coil-shaped portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Wataru Kakuta, Kiyohiko Oguri
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Patent number: 8177015Abstract: The motorcycle is provided in an embodiment with a vehicle body frame, an engine, and an exhaust pipe connected to the engine. The vehicle body frame has a front frame supporting at least a part of the engine, a left rear frame connected to the front frame and extending rearward of a vehicle body on the left with a center of a vehicle in a horizontal direction as a basis, and a right rear frame extending rearward of the vehicle body on the right. The exhaust pipe has at least a crossing part partially crossing the center of the vehicle in the horizontal direction with a first supporting member mounting a left part of the crossing part to the left rear frame on the left and a second supporting member mounting the right part of the crossing part to the right rear frame on the right.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Wataru Kakuta
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Publication number: 20090260910Abstract: The motorcycle is provided in an embodiment with a vehicle body frame, an engine, and an exhaust pipe connected to the engine. The vehicle body frame has a front frame supporting at least a part of the engine, a left rear frame connected to the front frame and extending rearward of a vehicle body on the left with a center of a vehicle in a horizontal direction as a basis, and a right rear frame extending rearward of the vehicle body on the right. The exhaust pipe has at least a crossing part partially crossing the center of the,vehicle in the horizontal direction with a first supporting member mounting a left part of the crossing part to the left rear frame on the left and a second supporting member mounting the right part of the crossing part to the right rear frame on the right.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Inventor: Wataru Kakuta
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Publication number: 20090065280Abstract: A vehicle with an engine connection. The vehicle further includes an engine, a rear wheel and a rear suspension that absorbs an impact when the rear wheel moves vertically. The engine connection has a front end connected to a rear surface of the engine, and a coil-shaped portion provided between the rear suspension and the rear wheel. A front end of the coil-shaped portion is connected to a rear end of the engine connection. The exhaust pipe is configured to enable division into the engine connection and the coil-shaped portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Wataru KAKUTA, Kiyohiko Oguri
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Publication number: 20090050392Abstract: An exhaust system for a motorcycle has a bent portion that extends upward from a position below a seat toward the seat and is then bent downward. A heat insulating plate is disposed in a space between the bent portion and the seat so as to cover the bent portion. Influence of exhaust heat on the rider and upsizing of the heat insulating plate are thereby suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Wataru KAKUTA
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Patent number: 6227769Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for spraying powder into the interior of welded hollow can bodies from a spray gun mounted to the welding arm of a can forming machine. The spray gun can either apply a stripe of highly charged powder on the welded seam areas of hollow can bodies, or can simultaneously apply a coating of powder having a first thickness on the longitudinally welded seam areas and a second thickness less than the first thickness on the remainder of the interior surface. Air is vented off from the powder flow being transported through the welding arm so that the powder to air ratio is increased. Air is introduced at the downstream end of the welding arm to provide a suction force to help draw the powder flow through the welding arm and to increase the velocity of the powder flow for better tribo charging of the powder in the gun and to improve spray pattern stability.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 1999Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Timothy Edward Wilson, Masafumi Matsunaga, Wataru Kakuta, Raymond J. Merk, Ronald E. Niemiec, Laurence B. Saidman, Gerald W. Crum, William L. Palmer
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Patent number: 5997643Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for spraying powder into the interior of welded hollow can bodies from a spray gun mounted to the welding arm of a can forming machine. The spray gun can either apply a stripe of highly charged powder on the welded seam areas of hollow can bodies, or can simultaneously apply a coating of powder having a first thickness on the longitudinally welded seam areas and a second thickness less than the first thickness on the remainder of the interior surface. Air is vented off from the powder flow being transported through the welding arm so that the powder to air ratio is increased. Air is introduced at the downstream end of the welding arm to provide a suction force to help draw the powder flow through the welding arm and to increase the velocity of the powder flow for better tribo charging of the powder in the gun and to improve spray pattern stability.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 1997Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Timothy Edward Wilson, Masafumi Matsunaga, Wataru Kakuta, Raymond J. Merk, Ronald E. Niemiec, Laurence B. Saidman, Gerald W. Crum, William L. Palmer
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Patent number: 5725670Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for spraying powder into the interior of welded hollow can bodies from a spray gun mounted to the welding arm of a can forming machine. The spray gun can either apply a stripe of highly charged powder on the welded seam areas of hollow can bodies, or can simultaneously apply a coating of powder having a first thickness on the longitudinally welded seam areas and a second thickness less than the first thickness on the remainder of the interior surface. Air is vented off from the powder flow being transported through the welding arm so that the powder to air ratio is increased. Air is introduced at the downstream end of the welding arm to provide a suction force to help draw the powder flow through the welding arm and to increase the velocity of the powder flow for better tribo charging of the powder in the gun and to improve spray pattern stability.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1996Date of Patent: March 10, 1998Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Timothy Edward Wilson, Masafumi Matsunaga, Wataru Kakuta, Raymond J. Merk, Ronald E. Niemiec, Laurence B. Saidman, Gerald W. Crum, William L. Palmer
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Patent number: 5615830Abstract: An improved powder particle supply and transport apparatus and method include a hopper filled with powder particles, an ejection chamber spaced from the hopper and a movable conveying member with a plurality of cavities formed therein. During operation, the conveying member moves the cavities between the hopper and the chamber, and the cavities are filled with powder particles at the hopper and emptied of powder particles at the chamber. An ejector nozzle sprays pressurized air into the chamber toward an aligned outlet, thereby to: 1) create negative pressure in the chamber to draw powder particles from the cavities as the cavities are moved therethrough; and 2) transport powder particles through the outlet to a spray gun. Additional structure may be used to assure complete powder filling of the cavities at the hopper and/or complete powder emptying of the cavities in the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 1994Date of Patent: April 1, 1997Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Masafumi Matsunaga, Wataru Kakuta, Hikaru Saito
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Patent number: 5455067Abstract: An apparatus for applying coating material to inner surfaces of cans includes a coating material spray gun and a cleaning material spray gun which are mounted in a side-by-side relationship on a manifold block. The coating material spray gun is connected in fluid communication with a coating material supply conduit through the manifold block. The cleaning material spray gun is connected in fluid communication with a cleaning material supply conduit through the manifold block. The cleaning material spray gun is operable to direct a flow of cleaning material toward a nozzle on the coating material spray gun to clean the nozzle. Three point mounting systems are utilized to accurately mount the spray guns on the manifold block. A heater is provided to maintain body of coating material in the coating material spray gun at a desired temperature.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 1994Date of Patent: October 3, 1995Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Donald A. Chicatelli, Wataru Kakuta
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Patent number: 5296035Abstract: An apparatus for applying coating material to inner surfaces of cans includes a coating material spray gun and a cleaning material spray gun which are mounted in a side-by-side relationship on a manifold block. The coating material spray gun is connected in fluid communication with a coating material supply conduit through the manifold block. The cleaning material spray gun is connected in fluid communication with a cleaning material supply conduit through the manifold block. The cleaning material spray gun is operable to direct a flow of cleaning material toward a nozzle on the coating material spray gun to clean the nozzle. Three point mounting systems are utilized to accurately mount the spray guns on the manifold block. A heater is provided to maintain body of coating material in the coating material spray gun at a desired temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 1992Date of Patent: March 22, 1994Assignee: Nordson CorporationInventors: Donald A. Chicatelli, Wataru Kakuta