Patents by Inventor Yasunori HIGASHI

Yasunori HIGASHI 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).

  • Clutch device, motorcycle, and method for producing pressure plate
    Patent number: 11933369
    Abstract: A clutch device includes a pressure plate movable toward or away from a clutch center and rotatable with respect to the clutch center. The pressure plate includes a flange extending radially outward from an outer circumferential edge of a body, pressure-side fitting teeth projecting in a first direction from a front surface of the flange, holding input-side rotating plates and output-side rotating plates, and circumferentially arranged, and a flange-side recessed portion recessed in the first direction from a back surface of the flange. As seen in an axial direction of an output shaft, the flange-side recessed portion at least partially overlaps one of the pressure-side fitting teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA F.C.C.
    Inventors: Jun Komukai, Satoshi Ota, Yasunori Higashi, Makoto Kambara
  • CLUTCH DEVICE, MOTORCYCLE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRESSURE PLATE
    Publication number: 20240084859
    Abstract: A clutch device includes a pressure plate movable toward or away from a clutch center and rotatable with respect to the clutch center. The pressure plate includes a flange extending radially outward from an outer circumferential edge of a body, pressure-side fitting teeth projecting in a first direction from a front surface of the flange, holding input-side rotating plates and output-side rotating plates, and circumferentially arranged, and a flange-side recessed portion recessed in the first direction from a back surface of the flange. As seen in an axial direction of an output shaft, the flange-side recessed portion at least partially overlaps one of the pressure-side fitting teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jun KOMUKAI, Satoshi OTA, Yasunori HIGASHI, Makoto KAMBARA
  • CLUTCH DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240026935
    Abstract: A clutch device includes a pressure plate movable toward or away from a clutch center and rotatable relative to the clutch center to press input-side rotating plates and output-side rotating plates. The clutch center includes center-side cam portions each including a center-side assist cam surface. At least one of the center-side cam portions includes at least one of a first center-side recess recessed in a first direction from a surface of center-side cam portion at a side of a second direction or a second center-side recess recessed in the second direction from a surface of the center-side cam portion at a side of the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki KOBAYASHI, Takayuki SUZUKI, Takayoshi MIMURO, Jun KOMUKAI, Yasunori HIGASHI, Makoto KAMBARA, Satoshi OTA, Yukinori KURITA
  • CLUTCH DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240026934
    Abstract: A clutch device includes a pressure plate movable toward or away from a clutch center and rotatable relative to the clutch center to press input-side rotating plates and output-side rotating plates. The clutch center includes center-side cam portions each including a center-side assist cam surface. At least one of the center-side cam portions includes at least one of a first center-side recess recessed in a first direction from a surface of center-side cam portion at a side of a second direction or a second center-side recess recessed in the second direction from a surface of the center-side cam portion at a side of the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C.
    Inventors: Yuki KOBAYASHI, Takayuki SUZUKI, Takayoshi MIMURO, Jun KOMUKAI, Yasunori HIGASHI, Makoto KAMBARA, Satoshi OTA, Yukinori KURITA