Patents by Inventor Yasuji Hashimoto
Yasuji Hashimoto 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: 9068308Abstract: A beach cleaner for recovering relatively heavy garbage or stones while minimizing the amount of sand entering a garbage recovery unit. The beach cleaner includes a frame formed by a longitudinal member and a lateral member. A towed portion is provided at the front portion of the frame for towing by a tow vehicle. A separator is provided at the lower front portion of the frame to separate and scrape garbage from sandy ground. A recovery unit is provided behind the separator to collect garbage scraped onto the mesh member. At least one separation rod unit is provided having a plurality of longitudinal members and a lateral member for joining the rear ends of the respective longitudinal members. The front end of at least one separation rod unit is secured to the separator so as to be turnable in the up-and-down direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Ito, Tatsuo Masuda, Yasuji Hashimoto
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Patent number: 9062426Abstract: There is provided a work vehicle having a wheel lock mechanism that is compactly disposed while avoiding an effect of surrounding sand. A wheel lock mechanism 201 has a disc portion 202 rotating integrally with a wheel 53 inside a rim portion 56A of the wheel 53, and a slide member 20X that is movable in the axial direction of the wheel 52 so as to be freely engageable with the disc portion 202 inside the rim portion 56A and rotates integrally with the axle 52.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Ito, Tatsuo Masuda, Yasuji Hashimoto
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Patent number: 8757391Abstract: A garbage separation and recovery machine for beach cleaning that has mobility and can perform a garbage separation and recovery work according to the situation is provided. The garbage separation and recovery machine has a drum type sieve body (54) that is freely rotatably secured to a vehicle body frame (51) towed by a vehicle, a driving gear (92) that is freely rotatably supported by the vehicle body frame (51) and secured to an axle (52) to which right and left wheels are secured, and a mechanism portion (91) for transmitting the driving force of the driving gear (92) to the drum type sieve body (54). The mechanism portion (91) has a gear switching mechanism (95) for performing a switching operation between an automatic rotation mode in which the drum type sieve body (54) is rotated by the rotational force of the wheels (53) and a manual rotation mode in which the drum type sieve body (54) is released from the rotational force of the wheel (53) and allowed to be manually freely rotatable.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2010Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Kiyono, Jun Nakajima, Tatsuo Masuda, Yasuji Hashimoto, Takanori Okuma, Tatsuhiko Asano, Tomohiro Nishida, Masato Nakata, Hiroyuki Uchida
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Patent number: 8720594Abstract: A beach cleaner has a frame formed by a longitudinal member and a lateral member, a ski member that is secured to a front portion of the frame and grounded to a sand surface GL, a trailing target portion that is trailed by a trailing vehicle, a separator that is provided at a front lower portion of the frame and scrapes up trash from a sand area while separating the trash from sand, a trash withdrawing member that is provided to the frame at a rear side of the separator to collect the trash scraped up by the separator onto a mesh member, and a wheel at a rear side of the frame. The trash withdrawing member has a fixed withdrawing body that is located at a front end portion and fixed to the frame, and a swing withdrawing body.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventors: Yoshiyuki Sato, Tatsuo Masuda, Yasuji Hashimoto, Kosuke Asao
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Patent number: 8646541Abstract: A beach cleaner having a frame constructed by longitudinal members and lateral members, a ski member that is attached to the front portion of the frame and comes into contact with the sand surface, a towed portion to be towed by a towing vehicle, a separating machine that is provided on a lower front portion of the frame to separate and scrape up trash from the sand, a trash withdrawing member for capturing on a mesh member trash which was scraped up upon the frame at the rear side of the separating machine and a wheel on the rear portion of the frame. Further, a driving force conversion/transmission mechanism is provide for supporting the trash withdrawing member so that he trash withdrawing member is swingable and converting rotational driving force of the wheel to vibrating force to vibrate the trash withdrawing member.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2010Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kosuke Asao, Jun Nakajima, Tatsuo Masuda, Yasuji Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20130233579Abstract: A beach cleaner for recovering relatively heavy garbage or stones while minimizing the amount of sand entering a garbage recovery unit. The beach cleaner includes a frame formed by a longitudinal member and a lateral member. A towed portion is provided at the front portion of the frame for towing by a tow vehicle. A separator is provided at the lower front portion of the frame to separate and scrape garbage from sandy ground. A recovery unit is provided behind the separator to collect garbage scraped onto the mesh member. At least one separation rod unit is provided having a plurality of longitudinal members and a lateral member for joining the rear ends of the respective longitudinal members. The front end of at least one separation rod unit is secured to the separator so as to be turnable in the up-and-down direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2010Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Ito, Tatsuo Masuda, Yasuji Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20130220896Abstract: There is provided a work vehicle having a wheel lock mechanism that is compactly disposed while avoiding an effect of surrounding sand. A wheel lock mechanism 201 has a disc portion 202 rotating integrally with a wheel 53 inside a rim portion 56A of the wheel 53, and a slide member 20X that is movable in the axial direction of the wheel 52 so as to be freely engageable with the disc portion 202 inside the rim portion 56A and rotates integrally with the axle 52.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Ito, Tatsuo Masuda, Yasuji Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20130062260Abstract: A garbage separation and recovery machine for beach cleaning that has mobility and can perform a garbage separation and recovery work according to the situation is provided. The garbage separation and recovery machine has a drum type sieve body (54) that is freely rotatably secured to a vehicle body frame (51) towed by a vehicle, a driving gear (92) that is freely rotatably supported by the vehicle body frame (51) and secured to an axle (52) to which right and left wheels are secured, and a mechanism portion (91) for transmitting the driving force of the driving gear (92) to the drum type sieve body (54). The mechanism portion (91) has a gear switching mechanism (95) for performing a switching operation between an automatic rotation mode in which the drum type sieve body (54) is rotated by the rotational force of the wheels (53) and a manual rotation mode in which the drum type sieve body (54) is released from the rotational force of the wheel (53) and allowed to be manually freely rotatable.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2010Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Kiyono, Jun Nakajima, Tatsuo Masuda, Yasuji Hashimoto, Takanori Okuma, Tatsuhiko Asano, Tomohiro Nishida, Masato Nakata, Hiroyuki Uchida
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Publication number: 20120285711Abstract: A beach cleaner has a frame formed by a longitudinal member and a lateral member, a ski member that is secured to a front portion of the frame and grounded to a sand surface GL, a trailing target portion that is trailed by a trailing vehicle, a separator that is provided at a front lower portion of the frame and scrapes up trash from a sand area while separating the trash from sand, a trash withdrawing member that is provided to the frame at a rear side of the separator to collect the trash scraped up by the separator onto a mesh member, and a wheel at a rear side of the frame. The trash withdrawing member has a fixed withdrawing body that is located at a front end portion and fixed to the frame, and a swing withdrawing body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2010Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTDInventors: Yoshiyuki Sato, Tatsuo Masuda, Yasuji Hashimoto, Kosuke Asao
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Publication number: 20110266012Abstract: There is provided a beach cleaner which can excellently screen out sand scraped up on a trash withdrawing member with requiring neither a meandering motion nor a sand removing work.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kosuke Asao, Jun Nakajima, Tatsuo Masuda, Yasuji Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7396033Abstract: A motorcycle includes at least a first auxiliary member mounted on a body of the motorcycle for contacting a road and providing assistance to the motorcycle body to support itself, when necessary, and a second auxiliary member mounted on the motorcycle body, wherein the second auxiliary member is inflatable, in order to contact the road to support the motorcycle body, in addition to the first auxiliary member.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Murata, Yukiya Ueda, Yasuji Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20050167961Abstract: A motorcycle includes at least a first auxiliary member mounted on a body of the motorcycle for contacting a road and providing assistance to the motorcycle body to support itself, when necessary, and a second auxiliary member mounted on the motorcycle body, wherein the second auxiliary member is inflatable, in order to contact the road to support the motorcycle body, in addition to the first auxiliary member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2005Publication date: August 4, 2005Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Murata, Yukiya Ueda, Yasuji Hashimoto
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Patent number: 6899185Abstract: A beach cleaner that is simple in configuration and light in weight and can be manufactured at a low cost. The beach cleaner is easy with regard to maintenance and inspection and can efficiently reclaim various kinds of refuse scattered on a beach. A beach cleaner includes a traveling body with ski members disposed at four corner portions of a frame having a substantially quadrangular shape. The beach cleaner is towed along a surface F of sandy soil by a traction vehicle R. A bar-like scraper is provided at a lower portion of a front portion of the traveling body and extends in a widthwise direction of the traveling body through a scraper supporting member for scraping up refuse on the sandy soil while the traveling body is operating. A refuse reclamation section is provided on the traveling body rearwardly of the bar-like scraper for collecting pieces of refuse scraped up and thrown rearwardly by the bar-like scraper onto a net member.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2002Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Katsuichi Yagisawa, Takashi Ohzeki, Yoshinobu Itani, Yasuji Hashimoto, Hidekazu Sakai, Takashi Shinozaki
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Patent number: 6857479Abstract: A beach cleaner for recovering waste while moving in a towed state by a traction vehicle. A grating-like portion scoops up waste present in front of the beach cleaner as the beach cleaner is moved and a reticulate portion that is formed behind the grating-like portion to hold waste. As the beach cleaner is moved, waste present in front of the beach cleaner is scooped up onto the grating-like portion and is held with the reticulate portion formed behind the grating-like portion. Sand that is scooped up together with the waste is allowed to drop through the gaps in the grating-like portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2003Date of Patent: February 22, 2005Assignee: Honda Giken Koygo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Ohzeki, Yoshihiro Kimura, Yasuji Hashimoto, Yoshinobu Itani, Takashi Shinozaki
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Patent number: 6763949Abstract: A waste recovery station for a beach cleaner for recovering waste raked up by a beach cleaner. A waste recovery station for a beach cleaner includes a pair of station members arranged in parallel with each other through a required spacing. Each station member is provided with a pair of support posts with a foot such as, for example, a circular or square flat plate fixed to a lower end of each support post and is also provided with a guide member fixed to upper ends of the support posts. In the guide member, a longitudinally intermediate portion is formed as a horizontal portion and front and rear end sides are formed as slant portions and are bent downwardly at an obtuse angle. The beach cleaner A is lifted by the guide members while passing between the station members, whereby waste caught on rakes is allowed to drop onto the sand.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2001Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Ohzeki, Yoshihiro Kimura, Yasuji Hashimoto, Yoshinobu Itani, Takashi Shinozaki
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Publication number: 20040050559Abstract: A beach cleaner for recovering waste while moving in a towed state by a traction vehicle. A grating-like portion scoops up waste present in front of the beach cleaner as the beach cleaner is moved and a reticulate portion that is formed behind the grating-like portion to hold waste. As the beach cleaner is moved, waste present in front of the beach cleaner is scooped up onto the grating-like portion and is held with the reticulate portion formed behind the grating-like portion. Sand that is scooped up together with the waste is allowed to drop through the gaps in the grating-like portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Ohzeki, Yoshihiro Kimura, Yasuji Hashimoto, Yoshinobu Itani, Takashi Shinozaki
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Patent number: 6675903Abstract: A beach cleaner for recovering waste while moving in a towed state by a traction vehicle. A grating-like portion scoops up waste present in front of the beach cleaner as the beach cleaner is moved and a reticulate portion that is formed behind the grating-like portion to hold waste. As the beach cleaner is moved, waste present in front of the beach cleaner is scooped up onto the grating-like portion and is held with the reticulate portion formed behind the grating-like portion. Sand that is scooped up together with the waste is allowed to drop through the gaps in the grating-like portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Ohzeki, Yoshihiro Kimura, Yasuji Hashimoto, Yoshinobu Itani, Takashi Shinozaki
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Patent number: 6640906Abstract: A beach cleaner for recovering waste while traveling in a towed state by a traction vehicle. A grating-like portion scoops up waste present in front of the beach cleaner as the beach cleaner is moved. A rotor is disposed on an upper side of the grating-like portion and is adapted to rotate so that a lower portion thereof moves rearwardly. The rotor is mounted on a rotary shaft extending in the transverse direction of the beach cleaner. Waste is delivered rearwardly between the rotor and the grating-like portion. With travel of the beach cleaner, waste present in front of the beach cleaner is scooped up onto the grating-like portion and sand which is scooped up together with the waste is allowed to drop through gaps in the grating-like portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2001Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Ohzeki, Yoshihiro Kimura, Yasuji Hashimoto, Yoshinobu Itani, Shinji Furuta, Takashi Shinozaki
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Patent number: 6634434Abstract: A beach cleaner for traveling on sandy soil while being towed by a traction vehicle for recovering waste such as empty cans scattered on the sandy soil. The beach cleaner is provided with a travel body. The travel body includes a plurality of longitudinal members arranged in a hurdle shape spacedly and extending in a travel direction and also having in a front portion thereof a portion to be pulled by the traction vehicle. A flat plate-like scraper for scraping up waste together with sand during travel of the beach cleaner is provided in the front portion of the travel body. A net for separating waste from a mixture of sand and waste scraped up by the scraper and for storing the thus-separated waste thereon is stretched on an upper surface of the travel body.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2001Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Ohzeki, Yoshihiro Kimura, Yasuji Hashimoto, Yoshinobu Itani, Takashi Shinozaki
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Patent number: 6612374Abstract: A beach cleaner for recovering waste while being towed by a traction vehicle. The beach cleaner includes a grating-like portion for scooping up waste present in front of the beach cleaner as the beach cleaner is moved. The grating-like portion is inclined so that the front side thereof assumes a lower position. A rotor is disposed on an upper side of the grating-like portion and for rotation so that a lower portion thereof moves rearwardly. The rotor is centered on a rotary shaft extending in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The rotor delivers the waste rearwardly between the rotor and the grating-like portion. A reticulate portion is formed behind the grating-like portion. The reticulate portion is inclined so that the rear side thereof is located at a lower position to hold waste.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2001Date of Patent: September 2, 2003Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Ohzeki, Yoshihiro Kimura, Yasuji Hashimoto, Yoshinobu Itani, Shinji Furuta, Takashi Shinozaki