Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Shigeta

Yasuhiro Shigeta 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: 9346506
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle has a seat on which an occupant sits, a pair of right and left footboards provided diagonally below and in front of the seat and allowing the occupant to place his or her feet thereon, and a projecting portion provided between the footboards and projecting upward, wherein an engagement portion for fixing a load mounted on the projecting portion is provided on an upper face side of each of the footboards. The engagement portion for fixing the load is readily visible, and hence workability in operation of mounting and dismounting the load on the vehicle body increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Shigeta
  • Publication number: 20130264368
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle has a seat on which an occupant sits, a pair of right and left footboards provided diagonally below and in front of the seat and allowing the occupant to place his or her feet thereon, and a projecting portion provided between the footboards and projecting upward, wherein an engagement portion for fixing a load mounted on the projecting portion is provided on an upper face side of each of the footboards. The engagement portion for fixing the load is readily visible, and hence workability in operation of mounting and dismounting the load on the vehicle body increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro SHIGETA
  • Patent number: 8366169
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes an article storage structure and has a storage space for storing articles. The storage space is defined by a rear fender covering a rear wheel, a frame cover covering a rear portion of a motorcycle body, and a rider's seat and a passenger seat which are arranged in tandem in a longitudinal direction of the motorcycle. The storage space is provided with an onboard auxiliary machinery storage compartment for storing the onboard auxiliary machinery and an article storage compartment for storing the articles, which are formed with openings formed below the rider's seat and the passenger seat, respectively, to be opened or closed. An article holding member having a tubular shape, in which the article is stored, and having an upper end opening disposed within the article storage compartment is also disposed so as to extend rearward and upward from an upper surface of the rear fender below the rider's seat to a region of the article storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Shigeta
  • Patent number: 8237543
    Abstract: An electronic authentication system includes a vehicle-side control unit that judges whether ID information of an electronic key is identical to vehicle-side ID information, an ignition switch unit that permits engine starting operation and handle unlocking operation on the basis of the identity of the ID information of the electronic key to the vehicle-side ID information, and an actuator that unlocks an opening and closing lid such as a accommodation box lid. These component members are attached and fixed to a leg shield (an inner leg shield) and modularized. These members are preassembled into the inner leg shield and modularized like this, whereby the assembling work into the vehicle becomes very easy and it is possible to make the assembling work efficient to a great extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Umeda, Yasuhiro Shigeta, Tsuyoshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100194131
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes an article storage structure and has a storage space for storing articles. The storage space is defined by a rear fender covering a rear wheel, a frame cover covering a rear portion of a motorcycle body, and a rider's seat and a passenger seat which are arranged in tandem in a longitudinal direction of the motorcycle. The storage space is provided with an onboard auxiliary machinery storage compartment for storing the onboard auxiliary machinery and an article storage compartment for storing the articles, which are formed with openings formed below the rider's seat and the passenger seat, respectively, to be opened or closed. An article holding member having a tubular shape, in which the article is stored, and having an upper end opening disposed within the article storage compartment is also disposed so as to extend rearward and upward from an upper surface of the rear fender below the rider's seat to a region of the article storage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Shigeta
  • Patent number: 7513328
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes an exhaust device connected to an engine unit, and the exhaust device includes: a plurality of first exhaust pipes forwardly extending from an exhaust port which opens in the front of the engine unit; a joint portion for joining the first exhaust pipes; a second exhaust pipe connected to a downstream side of the joint portion and passing below an oil pan disposed in a lower portion of the engine unit; and an exhaust expansion chamber connected to a downstream portion of the second exhaust pipe. A cowling of such a motorcycle includes: a front cowling covering the engine unit and the exhaust device from lower and side portions thereof; and a rear cowling partially covering a rider's seat. The front cowling is formed with an air-exhaust opening at a bottom surface of a rear end thereof positioned to a front lower surface of the exhaust expansion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shigeta, Koji Yoshiura
  • Publication number: 20070285272
    Abstract: An electronic authentication system includes a vehicle-side control unit that judges whether ID information of an electronic key is identical to vehicle-side ID information, an ignition switch unit that permits engine starting operation and handle unlocking operation on the basis of the identity of the ID information of the electronic key to the vehicle-side ID information, and an actuator that unlocks an opening and closing lid such as a accommodation box lid. These component members are attached and fixed to a leg shield (an inner leg shield) and modularized. These members are preassembled into the inner leg shield and modularized like this, whereby the assembling work into the vehicle becomes very easy and it is possible to make the assembling work efficient to a great extent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Umeda, Yasuhiro Shigeta, Tsuyoshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20070056790
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes an exhaust device connected to an engine unit, and the exhaust device includes: a plurality of first exhaust pipes forwardly extending from an exhaust port which opens in the front of the engine unit; a joint portion for joining the first exhaust pipes; a second exhaust pipe connected to a downstream side of the joint portion and passing below an oil pan disposed in a lower portion of the engine unit; and an exhaust expansion chamber connected to a downstream portion of the second exhaust pipe. A cowling of such a motorcycle includes: a front cowling covering the engine unit and the exhaust device from lower and side portions thereof; and a rear cowling partially covering a rider's seat. The front cowling is formed with an air-exhaust opening at a bottom surface of a rear end thereof positioned to a front lower surface of the exhaust expansion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shigeta, Koji Yoshiura