Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Horitani

Yoshihiro Horitani 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).

  • Patent number: 10260408
    Abstract: An axis line of a cylinder and a cylinder head of a four-stroke engine is disposed inclining to one side in a lateral direction with respect to a center line extending in a front-rear direction of the outboard motor from a top view, and a fuel tank is disposed on a side portion of the cylinder and the cylinder head in another side in the lateral direction with respect to the center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Go Muramatsu, Tadaaki Morikami, Yasuomi Ishihara, Hideto Nakamura, Yoshihiro Horitani
  • Publication number: 20180252154
    Abstract: An axis line of a cylinder and a cylinder head of a four-stroke engine is disposed inclining to one side in a lateral direction with respect to a center line extending in a front-rear direction of the outboard motor from a top view, and a fuel tank is disposed on a side portion of the cylinder and the cylinder head in another side in the lateral direction with respect to the center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Go MURAMATSU, Tadaaki MORIKAMI, Yasuomi ISHIHARA, Hideto NAKAMURA, Yoshihiro HORITANI
  • Publication number: 20170122196
    Abstract: An axis line of a cylinder and a cylinder head of a four-stroke engine is disposed inclining to one side in a lateral direction with respect to a center line extending in a front-rear direction of the outboard motor from a top view, and a fuel tank is disposed on a side portion of the cylinder and the cylinder head in another side in the lateral direction with respect to the center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Go MURAMATSU, Tadaaki MORIKAMI, Yasuomi ISHIHARA, Hideto NAKAMURA, Yoshihiro HORITANI
  • Patent number: 7666038
    Abstract: An outboard motor is steerably mounted to a hull via a bracket and a steering arm is mounted to a steering bracket unit attached to the outboard motor. The steering arm includes a shift grip as a shift operating unit, a throttle grip as a throttle operating unit and a throttle adjusting knob as a throttle adjusting operating unit. These units are adjacently disposed in the described order in a forward direction of a hull.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki Yomo, Yoshihiro Horitani
  • Publication number: 20080268729
    Abstract: An outboard motor is steerably mounted to a hull via a bracket and a steering arm is mounted to a steering bracket unit attached to the outboard motor. The steering arm includes a shift grip as a shift operating unit, a throttle grip as a throttle operating unit and a throttle adjusting knob as a throttle adjusting operating unit. These units are adjacently disposed in the described order in a forward direction of a hull.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki Yomo, Yoshihiro Horitani
  • Patent number: 5183977
    Abstract: A muffler assembly of an internal combustion engine comprises an inner casing in which is defined a first expansion chamber into which is inserted one end of the exhaust pipe having another end connected to an exhaust gas port of the engine, an outer casing disposed outside the inner casing so as to define second and third expansion chambers between the inner and outer casings, a first baffle pipe disposed so as to mutually communicate the first and second expansion chambers, a second baffle pipe disposed so as to mutually communicate the second and third expansion chambers, and a tail pipe member disposed so as to communicate the third expansion chamber and the outside of the outer casing. The inner and outer casings are formed by two plate members, respectively, which are secured together when the muffler assembly is assembled. A sound absorption chamber is formed around the outer periphery of the tail pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Horitani