Patents by Inventor Yoshikazu Ichihara

Yoshikazu Ichihara 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: 6932011
    Abstract: A two-piece rear grip apparatus 22 for a personal watercraft includes a body member 23 having either a U-shaped or an H-shaped cross-sectional shape. The body member includes a recessed portion 28, which opens upwardly. The apparatus also includes a grip face member 24 for placement covering the sculpted recess. The two component parts of the apparatus may be formed from a plastic resin. The grip face member 24 may be injection molded, and has slip-resistant textured irregularities 36 formed thereon to provide purchase for the palm of a user's hand. The two component parts of the apparatus may be formed by compression molding or injection molding. Even if the surface of the grip face member includes fine detail work, injection molding can effectively transfer such detail from a metal mold into the finished part. Accordingly, the grip face member can be made to include fine detail work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadaaki Nagata, Akira Omae, Yoshikazu Ichihara
  • Patent number: 6915755
    Abstract: A small-sized surface boat is configured such that a seat extending in the fore-and-aft direction is mounted on the center of a deck that constitutes an upper surface of a hull. An approximately horizontal flat portion is formed behind the seat and on a rear end portion of the deck. An inclined surface portion having an upward gradient toward a front from a front end of the flat portion is formed, and a finger catching groove to be caught by fingers of an extended hand from a rear side of the hull is integrally formed in a front end of the inclined surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Ichihara, Akira Omae, Yoshiaki Noda
  • Publication number: 20040123791
    Abstract: A small-sized surface boat is configured such that a seat extending in the fore-and-aft direction is mounted on the center of a deck that constitutes an upper surface of a hull. An approximately horizontal flat portion is formed behind the seat and on a rear end portion of the deck. An inclined surface portion having an upward gradient toward a front from a front end of the flat portion is formed, and a finger catching groove to be caught by fingers of an extended hand from a rear side of the hull is integrally formed in a front end of the inclined surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Ichihara, Akira Omae, Yoshiaki Noda
  • Publication number: 20040074429
    Abstract: A two-piece rear grip apparatus 22 for a personal watercraft includes a body member 23 having either a U-shaped or an H-shaped cross-sectional shape. The body member includes a recessed portion 28, which opens upwardly. The apparatus also includes a grip face member 24 for placement covering the sculpted recess. The two component parts of the apparatus may be formed from a plastic resin. The grip face member 24 may be injection molded, and has slipresistant textured irregularities 36 formed thereon to provide purchase for the palm of a user's hand. The two component parts of the apparatus may be formed by compression molding or injection molding. Even if the surface of the grip face member includes fine detail work, injection molding can effectively transfer such detail from a metal mold into the finished part. Accordingly, the grip face member can be made to include fine detail work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadaaki Nagata, Akira Omae, Yoshikazu Ichihara
  • Patent number: D412464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Ichihara, Kazuhiko Yokoyama