Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Inagaki

Yoshihiko Inagaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20240092163
    Abstract: A utility vehicle including a body, a frame, an on-board device supplied with outside air, a chamber body having an intake space and divided into a first member disposed on a first side and opened to a second side and a second member detachably attached to the first member from the second side and opened to the first side, one of the first and second members having an engaging claw, and another one having an engaging portion, and a connecting pipe connecting the chamber body and the on-board device. The first member includes a first frame-shaped outer wall, a first tip surface, and a tip protrusion protruding from the first tip surface to the second side, and the second member includes a second frame-shaped outer wall, a second tip surface, and a tip recess recessed from the second tip surface toward the second side and fittable to the tip protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Atsushi TAJIMA, Yoshihiko INAGAKI
  • Patent number: 11698048
    Abstract: The utility vehicle includes a body; a frame that supports the body; an on-board device that is mounted on the frame and requires outside air; and an air intake conduit that is connected to the on-board device. An air intake port of the air intake conduit that sucks in outside air faces a center side of the utility vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Inagaki, Hiroshi Nakatani
  • Publication number: 20220333564
    Abstract: The utility vehicle includes a body; a frame that supports the body; an on-board device that is mounted on the frame and requires outside air; and an air intake conduit that is connected to the on-board device. An air intake port of the air intake conduit that sucks in outside air faces a center side of the utility vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshihiko INAGAKI, Hiroshi NAKATANI
  • Patent number: 10975949
    Abstract: A straddle vehicle comprises a shift drum formed with an engaged part; a transmission case formed with an insertion hole, a gear position sensor including an engagement part engageable with the engaged part; and a seal ring fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the gear position sensor, and the insertion hole includes a first inner peripheral surface with which the seal ring is in tight contact in a state in which the engagement part is engaged with the engaged part, and a second inner peripheral surface located closer to an entrance of the insertion hole than the first inner peripheral surface and having a diameter larger than a diameter of the first inner peripheral surface, and in a state in which the seal ring has reached an entrance of the first inner peripheral surface, at least a portion of the engagement part is fitted to the engaged part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuji Yamamoto, Yoshihiko Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20190078678
    Abstract: A straddle vehicle comprises a shift drum formed with an engaged part; a transmission case formed with an insertion hole, a gear position sensor including an engagement part engageable with the engaged part; and a seal ring fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the gear position sensor, and the insertion hole includes a first inner peripheral surface with which the seal ring is in tight contact in a state in which the engagement part is engaged with the engaged part, and a second inner peripheral surface located closer to an entrance of the insertion hole than the first inner peripheral surface and having a diameter larger than a diameter of the first inner peripheral surface, and in a state in which the seal ring has reached an entrance of the first inner peripheral surface, at least a portion of the engagement part is fitted to the engaged part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Tetsuji Yamamoto, Yoshihiko Inagaki
  • Patent number: 10047804
    Abstract: A damper is in the form of a disk and used for the clutch including: a clutch housing in which a clutch plate is held; and a clutch gear that transmits rotary drive power to the clutch housing via the damper. A non-circular engagement hole is formed at a center portion of a disk of the damper such that an engagement projection of the clutch housing engages with the engagement hole. First cutout portions are formed in the damper on an outer side and an inner side in a clutch radial direction on a rear side on which rotary drive power from the clutch gear is applied. A minimal distance between each first cutout portion and the engagement hole is smaller than a distance between the engagement hole and an outer circumference of the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Inagaki, Hidekazu Yasui
  • Patent number: 9776500
    Abstract: A side covering body for a motorcycle includes an under-the-seat covering for covering a vertical gap between a seat and a vehicle body frame from an outer side and a rear covering disposed rearwardly of the under-the-seat covering. The under-the-seat covering has a front portion formed with a shroud portion that covers an outer side of a radiator and guides the incoming wind towards the radiator. The under-the-seat covering and the rear covering are connected together via a joint portion, while having respective outer side surfaces held substantially in flush with each other. The joint portion has an upper end positioned rearwardly of an intermediate portion of the seat with respect to a forward and rearward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Inagaki, Minoru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9587682
    Abstract: A clutch includes a clutch housing configured to hold a clutch plate, and a clutch gear configured to transmit rotary drive power to the clutch housing via a damper. The clutch housing has a rib that regulates a position, of the damper, in an axial direction. The dampers are accommodated in accommodation holes that are spaced from each other in a circumferential direction of the clutch gear. The rib is formed in an annular shape so as to be aligned with the accommodation holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Inagaki, Yasushi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170057338
    Abstract: A side covering body for a motorcycle includes an under-the-seat covering for covering a vertical gap between a seat and a vehicle body frame from an outer side and a rear covering disposed rearwardly of the under-the-seat covering. The under-the-seat covering has a front portion formed with a shroud portion that covers an outer side of a radiator and guides the incoming wind towards the radiator. The under-the-seat covering and the rear covering are connected together via a joint portion, while having respective outer side surfaces held substantially in flush with each other. The joint portion has an upper end positioned rearwardly of an intermediate portion of the seat with respect to a forward and rearward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Inagaki, Minoru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9399936
    Abstract: An exhaust apparatus includes: an inner tube including therein an exhaust passage and also including a peripheral wall portion on which a plurality of opening portions communicating with the exhaust passage are formed; an outer tube accommodating the inner tube, an internal space being formed between the outer tube and an outer periphery of the inner tube; and a flow rectifying member arranged at a region inside the inner tube, having a spiral shape in an axial direction of the inner tube, and configured to rectify an exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Takasugi, Tetsuya Masuda, Yoshihiko Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20150345568
    Abstract: A damper is in the form of a disk and used for the clutch including: a clutch housing in which a clutch plate is held; and a clutch gear that transmits rotary drive power to the clutch housing via the damper. A non-circular engagement hole is formed at a center portion of a disk of the damper such that an engagement projection of the clutch housing engages with the engagement hole. First cutout portions are formed in the damper on an outer side and an inner side in a clutch radial direction on a rear side on which rotary drive power from the clutch gear is applied. A minimal distance between each first cutout portion and the engagement hole is smaller than a distance between the engagement hole and an outer circumference of the disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Inagaki, Hidekazu Yasui
  • Publication number: 20150345567
    Abstract: A clutch includes a clutch housing configured to hold a clutch plate, and a clutch gear configured to transmit rotary drive power to the clutch housing via a damper. The clutch housing has a rib that regulates a position, of the damper, in an axial direction. The dampers are accommodated in accommodation holes that are spaced from each other in a circumferential direction of the clutch gear. The rib is formed in an annular shape so as to be aligned with the accommodation holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Inagaki, Yasushi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20150275740
    Abstract: An exhaust apparatus includes: an inner tube including therein an exhaust passage and also including a peripheral wall portion on which a plurality of opening portions communicating with the exhaust passage are formed; an outer tube accommodating the inner tube, an internal space being formed between the outer tube and an outer periphery of the inner tube; and a flow rectifying member arranged at a region inside the inner tube, having a spiral shape in an axial direction of the inner tube, and configured to rectify an exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Yuji Takasugi, Tetsuya Masuda, Yoshihiko Inagaki
  • Publication number: 20140003901
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator comprises a main valve that sits on an upper structure to the right of a work implement, and an attachment component that gathers a plurality of hydraulic hoses that are connected at a first end to the main valve and fixes them on the upper face of a boom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hidemichi Takagi, Kouji Hoshi, Yoshihiko Inagaki, Ryou Kondou
  • Publication number: 20020024978
    Abstract: When it is determined that a pulse width of high harmonic light Lb to jitter of discharge light Ld is not appropriate as a result of comparison between a waveform of the discharge light Ld and that of the high harmonic light Lb, a main controller judges that the jitter of the discharge light Ld in a gas laser device is large, and controls to move a translating stage to extend a cavity length so to increase a pulse width of fundamental harmonic light La which is laser-oscillated by an oscillator. When the main controller determines that a light intensity of the high harmonic light Lb has a value smaller than a predetermined value and is not normal, it controls to move the translating stage to shorten the cavity length so to enhance the light intensity of seed light La to be laser-oscillated by the oscillator. Thus, the light intensity and pulse width of the seed light at injection locking are optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Inagaki, Kazuaki Sajiki, Takashi Nire