Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Orihashi
Yoshihiko Orihashi 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: 11492939Abstract: An exhaust device incorporated in a vehicle for travel on uneven terrains. The exhaust device includes an air blowing device and an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas generated in a prime mover is directed out of the vehicle. The exhaust pipe includes an upstream pipe, a downstream pipe, and a joint device joining the upstream pipe to the downstream pipe in a manner permitting the upstream pipe to move relative to the downstream pipe, the air blowing device being disposed to blow cooling air toward the joint device.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Tajima, Yoshihiko Orihashi
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Publication number: 20220042434Abstract: An exhaust device incorporated in a vehicle for travel on uneven terrains. The exhaust device includes an air blowing device and an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas generated in a prime mover is directed out of the vehicle. The exhaust pipe includes an upstream pipe, a downstream pipe, and a joint device joining the upstream pipe to the downstream pipe in a manner permitting the upstream pipe to move relative to the downstream pipe, the air blowing device being disposed to blow cooling air toward the joint device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2020Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Atsushi TAJIMA, Yoshihiko ORIHASHI
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Patent number: 10393004Abstract: A water pump is mounted to a combustion engine having a crank shaft extending in a vehicle widthwise direction, a crankcase supporting the crank shaft and a covering member fastened to an abutting surface at one side surface of the crankcase. The water pump includes: a water pump shaft that is disposed in parallel to the crankshaft and is drivingly coupled with the crankshaft; an impeller fixed to a distal end portion of the water pump shaft; and a pump casing rotatably supporting the water pump shaft. The water pump is disposed laterally inward of the abutting surface in the vehicle widthwise direction. The water pump shaft is inserted through an insertion hole provided in the crankcase. The pump casing is fitted in a mounting hole provided at an outer surface of the crankcase.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Jun Takagi, Masato Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20190203631Abstract: A water pump is mounted to a combustion engine having a crank shaft extending in a vehicle widthwise direction, a crankcase supporting the crank shaft and a covering member fastened to an abutting surface at one side surface of the crankcase. The water pump includes: a water pump shaft that is disposed in parallel to the crankshaft and is drivingly coupled with the crankshaft; an impeller fixed to a distal end portion of the water pump shaft; and a pump casing rotatably supporting the water pump shaft. The water pump is disposed laterally inward of the abutting surface in the vehicle widthwise direction. The water pump shaft is inserted through an insertion hole provided in the crankcase. The pump casing is fitted in a mounting hole provided at an outer surface of the crankcase.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Jun Takagi, Masato Kinoshita
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Patent number: 9308813Abstract: The present invention provides a utility vehicle including fuel system components located compactly. The utility vehicle includes a single or a plurality of seat rows, a cargo bed, a cabin, and an engine. The utility vehicle further includes a fuel tank accommodated in a lower space of one of the seat rows, a fuel system mounting bracket provided next to the fuel tank in the lower space and fixed to a seat frame, and a fuel feed pump and a single or a plurality of fuel system accessories mounted to the fuel system mounting bracket.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koichi Egami, Takuma Nozaki, Yuji Ohshita, Jun Takagi, Yoshihiko Orihashi, Masashi Fukuuchi
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Patent number: 8443927Abstract: An exhaust device of a vehicle having a V-engine including a front cylinder and a rear cylinder, includes at least one muffler disposed in a rear part of the vehicle, a front-cylinder exhaust pipe which is connected to a front surface of the front cylinder and which reaches the muffler, and a rear-cylinder exhaust pipe which is connected to a rear surface of the rear cylinder and which reaches the muffler. The front-cylinder exhaust pipe is curved rearward at a curved portion from a connecting portion between the front-cylinder exhaust pipe and the front cylinder inward of the side frame in the lateral direction. The front-cylinder exhaust pipe is located outward in the lateral direction with a fixed space from the engine, and extends toward a rear part of the vehicle substantially along the side frame as viewed from above.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Tamotsu Hatada, Ryosuke Masuike
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Patent number: 8430198Abstract: A muffler mounting structure of a vehicle, particularly a straddle-type four-wheeled vehicle. The muffler mounting structure is provided with a muffler, at least one muffler mounting portion provided in a body frame and having a mounting hole, and at least one mounted bracket provided in an upper part of the muffler and disposed on an upper surface of the muffler mounting portion. The mounted bracket having a fixing member insertion hole passing in the up and down direction, and at least one fixing member inserted into the fixing member insertion hole from the upper side and fixed to the mounting hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Ryosuke Masuike, Tamotsu Hatada
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Patent number: 8303014Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle having a front seat, a rear seat, a cargo bed, a cabin frame surrounding a riding space, and a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction into the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. A backrest for the rear seat is attached to the screen shield. The screen shield can be shifted between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state when a seat bottom and the backrest of the rear seat are changed between a retracted state in which the seat bottom and the backrest are erected on the same straight line and a seatable used state.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Yohei Sasaki, Naohisa Masuda, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Hirokazu Morita, Koji Nozaki, Masahiro Kawahara, Masashi Sakata, Takafumi Hisamori
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Patent number: 8215447Abstract: An exhaust device in which a portion of an exhaust pipe covered by an exhaust pipe cover is rationalized. An exhaust device of a vehicle includes a muffler disposed in a rear part of the vehicle, an exhaust pipe extending from a front surface of a cylinder of an engine to the muffler while passing along an outer side of the engine in a lateral direction, a first exhaust pipe cover covering an entire periphery of an exhaust pipe front portion located near the outer side of the engine in the lateral direction, and a second exhaust pipe cover covering an outer side of an exhaust pipe rear portion located behind the engine.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Tamotsu Hatada, Ryosuke Masuike
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Publication number: 20120160591Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an exhaust device having a front-cylinder exhaust pipe capable of reducing a heat influence on a cowl located outward in a lateral direction of a side frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Yoshihiko ORIHASHI, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Tamotsu Hatada, Ryosuke Masuike
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Publication number: 20120160601Abstract: An exhaust device in which a portion of an exhaust pipe covered by an exhaust pipe cover is rationalized. An exhaust device of a vehicle includes a muffler disposed in a rear part of the vehicle, an exhaust pipe extending from a front surface of a cylinder of an engine to the muffler while passing along an outer side of the engine in a lateral direction, a first exhaust pipe cover covering an entire periphery of an exhaust pipe front portion located near the outer side of the engine in the lateral direction, and a second exhaust pipe cover covering an outer side of an exhaust pipe rear portion located behind the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Yoshihiko ORIHASHI, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Tamotsu Hatada, Ryosuke Masuike
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Publication number: 20120152643Abstract: The present invention is suitable for a muffler mounting structure of a vehicle, particularly to a straddle-type four-wheeled vehicle. The muffler mounting structure is provided with a muffler, at least one muffler mounting portion provided in a body frame, the muffler mounting portion having a mounting hole, at least one mounted bracket provided in an upper part of the muffler and disposed on an upper surface of the muffler mounting portion, the mounted bracket having a fixing member insertion hole passing in the up and down direction, and at least one fixing member inserted into the fixing member insertion hole from the upper side and fixed to the mounting hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Masashi Fukuuchi, Atsushi Eto, Ryosuke Masuike, Tamotsu Hatada
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Publication number: 20110156424Abstract: A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, a cargo bed, a cabin frame surrounding a riding space, and a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction to the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. A backrest for the rear seat is attached to the screen shield. The screen shield can be shifted between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state when a seat bottom and the backrest of the rear seat are changed between a retracted state in which the seat bottom and the backrest are erected on the same straight line and a seatable used state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2009Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Yoshihiko Orihashi, Yohei Sasaki, Naohisa Masuda, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Hirokazu Morita, Koji Nozaki, Masahiro Kawahara, Masashi Sakata, Takafumi Hisamori