Patents by Inventor Yoko Yasui
Yoko Yasui 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: 11318830Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: a vehicle body frame including a cabin frame portion; a loading bed tiltable between a normal position and a dumping position; and an intake unit including an intake port. The intake unit is disposed above a rear wheel and extends over a height range overlapping a height range over which the loading bed in the normal position extends, and a location of the intake unit in a vehicle width direction substantially coincides with a location of a side wall portion of the loading bed in the vehicle width direction. The intake unit is located rearward of the cabin frame portion and exposed to the outside in the vehicle width direction. The intake unit is fixed to the vehicle body frame at a distance from a trajectory along which the loading bed is tilted.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuya Iwata, Shinichi Tanaka, Yoko Yasui
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Publication number: 20210331580Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: a vehicle body frame including a cabin frame portion; a loading bed tiltable between a normal position and a dumping position; and an intake unit including an intake port. The intake unit is disposed above a rear wheel and extends over a height range overlapping a height range over which the loading bed in the normal position extends, and a location of the intake unit in a vehicle width direction substantially coincides with a location of a side wall portion of the loading bed in the vehicle width direction. The intake unit is located rearward of the cabin frame portion and exposed to the outside in the vehicle width direction. The intake unit is fixed to the vehicle body frame at a distance from a trajectory along which the loading bed is tilted.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Tetsuya IWATA, Shinichi TANAKA, Yoko YASUI
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Patent number: 10738670Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: an engine which is a drive source; a catch tank configured to perform a gas-liquid separation of a blow-by gas generated in the engine; a first breather passage configured to deliver the blow-by gas, which is discharged from the engine, to the catch tank; a second breather passage configured to supply a gas component, which has been separated in the catch tank, to an air intake system of the engine; and a return passage configured to return a liquid component, which has been separated in the catch tank, to the engine. The catch tank is disposed above a cylinder head covering. A breather outlet port, with which the first breather passage is fluid connected, and an oil return port, with which the return passage is fluid connected, are formed in an upper surface of the cylinder head covering.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shinichi Tanaka, Jun Takagi, Yoko Yasui
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Publication number: 20200116056Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: an engine which is a drive source; a catch tank configured to perform a gas-liquid separation of a blow-by gas generated in the engine; a first breather passage configured to deliver the blow-by gas, which is discharged from the engine, to the catch tank; a second breather passage configured to supply a gas component, which has been separated in the catch tank, to an air intake system of the engine; and a return passage configured to return a liquid component, which has been separated in the catch tank, to the engine. The catch tank is disposed above a cylinder head covering. A breather outlet port, with which the first breather passage is fluid connected, and an oil return port, with which the return passage is fluid connected, are formed in an upper surface of the cylinder head covering.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Shinichi Tanaka, Jun Takagi, Yoko Yasui
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Patent number: 9410512Abstract: An air intake apparatus is provided for a utility vehicle having a front seat, a rear seat, a cargo bed, an engine arranged below the rear seat and/or the cargo bed, and a V-belt type continuously variable transmission arranged sideward of the engine. The apparatus includes an air cleaner connected to an air intake portion of the engine via a intake manifold, a cooling duct connected to an air intake portion for cooling the V-belt type continuously variable transmission, and a space in which front, rear, right, left, and lower sides thereof are surrounded by surrounding members arranged below the front seat or the rear seat. The air cleaner, an air intake opening thereof, and an air intake opening at an end of the cooling duct are arranged in the space.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keiji Takahashi, Yoko Yasui, Yuji Kouma
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Patent number: 9393224Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a drug that contains a compound for inhibiting neutral lipid accumulation in cardiovascular tissue or cells and has an excellent prophylactic or therapeutic effect on cardiovascular complications of diabetes. The present invention relates to a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for cardiovascular complications of diabetes, the agent containing a compound (preferably a medium-chain fatty acid and/or a medium-chain triglyceride) for inhibiting neutral lipid accumulation.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2012Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, KOWA COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Ken-ichi Hirano, Yoko Yasui, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Mitsutoshi Setou, Nobuhiro Zaima
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Patent number: 9284912Abstract: A cover structure of a plug hole provided to a cylinder head cover of an engine includes: a plug cap detachably attached to the plug hole; an outer cover covering at least an upper side of the plug cap; and a seal member provided on an upper face of the cylinder head cover and surrounding a periphery of the plug hole. In the cover structure, the outer cover has a projection portion projected toward the cylinder head cover, and the seal member is pressed to the upper face of the cylinder head cover by the projection portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keiji Takahashi, Yoko Yasui, Yuji Kouma
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Publication number: 20150053166Abstract: A cover structure of a plug hole provided to a cylinder head cover of an engine includes: a plug cap detachably attached to the plug hole; an outer cover covering at least an upper side of the plug cap; and a seal member provided on an upper face of the cylinder head cover and surrounding a periphery of the plug hole. In the cover structure, the outer cover has a projection portion projected toward the cylinder head cover, and the seal member is pressed to the upper face of the cylinder head cover by the projection portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keiji TAKAHASHI, Yoko YASUI, Yuji KOUMA
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Publication number: 20140296338Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a drug that contains a compound for inhibiting neutral lipid accumulation in cardiovascular tissue or cells and has an excellent prophylactic or therapeutic effect on cardiovascular complications of diabetes. The present invention relates to a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for cardiovascular complications of diabetes, the agent containing a compound (preferably a medium-chain fatty acid and/or a medium-chain triglyceride) for inhibiting neutral lipid accumulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2012Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Ken-ichi Hirano, Yoko Yasui, Yoshihiko Ikeda, Mitsutoshi Setou, Nobuhiro Zaima
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Publication number: 20140261275Abstract: An air intake apparatus for a utility vehicle having a front seat, a rear seat, a cargo bed, an engine arranged below the rear seat and/or the cargo bed, and a V-belt type continuously variable transmission arranged sideward of the engine, the apparatus including an air cleaner connected to an air intake portion of the engine via a intake manifold, a cooling duct connected to an air intake portion for cooling the V-belt type continuously variable transmission, and a space in which front, rear, right, left, and lower sides thereof are surrounded by surrounding members arranged below the front seat or the rear seat, wherein the air cleaner, an air intake opening thereof, and an air intake opening at an end of the cooling duct are arranged in the space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keiji TAKAHASHI, Yoko Yasui, Yuji KOUMA