Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu UOZUMI

Yoshinobu UOZUMI 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: 11845518
    Abstract: A small planing watercraft includes: a body including a storage box and a lid, the storage box including an opening, the lid releasably closing the opening; an opening and closing sensor detecting opening and closing of the lid; and processing circuitry determining whether the lid is open based on a result of detection of the opening and closing sensor, and, when determining that the lid is open, outputting a signal indicating that the lid is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Uozumi, Hideaki Ebisui, Kazuki Ueda
  • Publication number: 20230150611
    Abstract: A small planing watercraft includes: a body including a storage box and a lid, the storage box including an opening, the lid releasably closing the opening; an opening and closing sensor detecting opening and closing of the lid; and processing circuitry determining whether the lid is open based on a result of detection of the opening and closing sensor, and, when determining that the lid is open, outputting a signal indicating that the lid is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu UOZUMI, Hideaki EBISUI, Kazuki UEDA
  • Patent number: 11643174
    Abstract: A small planing watercraft with an imaging device includes: the imaging device incorporated in the small planing watercraft, and capturing an image of surroundings of the small planing watercraft; and a display device incorporated in the small planing watercraft at a location where the display device is recognizable by an operator of the small planing watercraft, and displaying the image of surroundings captured by the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Kato, Toshio Araki, Hiroaki Maeda, Yoshinobu Uozumi
  • Publication number: 20230097457
    Abstract: A small planing watercraft includes: a travel electrical component driven for travel of the small planing watercraft; an accessory electrical component provided separately from the travel electrical component; a battery supplying power to the travel electrical component and the accessory electrical component; a sensor detecting a physical quantity corresponding to a level of the battery; and processing circuitry determining, based on a result of detection of the sensor, whether the level of the battery is a predetermined power saving level, and controlling, when it is determined that the level of the battery is the power saving level, operation of the accessory electrical component so that power consumed by the accessory electrical component is less than that before determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinobu UOZUMI, Masaaki MIYOSHI, Kazuki UEDA
  • Patent number: 11459071
    Abstract: A personal watercraft includes: a watercraft body including a hull and a deck covering an upper portion of the hull; a handle located above the deck; a straddle seat located rearward of the handle; and at least one speaker assembly located forward of the straddle seat and above the lowest point of an upper surface of the straddle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Ebisui, Masaaki Miyoshi, Yoshinobu Uozumi
  • Publication number: 20220177708
    Abstract: A black aluminum pigment comprises a flaky aluminum particle; and a coating film that covers the aluminum particle, the coating film comprises a titanium oxide layer and an amorphous silicon compound layer, the titanium oxide layer has a composition that satisfies TiOx (0.50?x?1.90), and the amorphous silicon compound layer is composed of at least one of silicon oxide, silicon hydroxide, and silicon hydrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicants: TOYO ALUMINIUM KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AKO KASEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsura KAWASHIMA, Keita NAGANO, Shunichi SETOGUCHI, Yoshinobu UOZUMI, Tomomi NAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220144389
    Abstract: A small planing watercraft with an imaging device includes: the imaging device incorporated in the small planing watercraft, and capturing an image of surroundings of the small planing watercraft; and a display device incorporated in the small planing watercraft at a location where the display device is recognizable by an operator of the small planing watercraft, and displaying the image of surroundings captured by the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hironori KATO, Toshio ARAKI, Hiroaki MAEDA, Yoshinobu UOZUMI
  • Publication number: 20220135191
    Abstract: A personal watercraft includes: a watercraft body including a hull and a deck covering an upper portion of the hull; a handle located above the deck; a straddle seat located rearward of the handle; and at least one speaker assembly located forward of the straddle seat and above the lowest point of an upper surface of the straddle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Hideaki EBISUI, Masaaki MIYOSHI, Yoshinobu UOZUMI
  • Publication number: 20220135189
    Abstract: A personal watercraft includes: a watercraft body including a hull and a deck covering an upper portion of the hull; a light emitter supported by the watercraft body; and a protection cover covering the light emitter and permeable to light emitted by the light emitter, wherein the watercraft body includes a flow-regulating structure, and the flow-regulating structure includes: a fluid inlet through which an external fluid enters the watercraft body; and an upper flow-regulating wall and a lower flow-regulating wall that are opposed to each other in an up-down direction, the upper and lower flow-regulating walls being located between the fluid inlet and the protection cover to regulate flow of the fluid entering the watercraft body through the fluid inlet and moving toward the protection cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Toshio ARAKI, Hiroaki MAEDA, Yoshinobu UOZUMI
  • Patent number: 11319034
    Abstract: A personal watercraft includes: a watercraft body including a hull and a deck covering an upper portion of the hull; a light emitter supported by the watercraft body; and a protection cover covering the light emitter and permeable to light emitted by the light emitter, wherein the watercraft body includes a flow-regulating structure, and the flow-regulating structure includes: a fluid inlet through which an external fluid enters the watercraft body; and an upper flow-regulating wall and a lower flow-regulating wall that are opposed to each other in an up-down direction, the upper and lower flow-regulating walls being located between the fluid inlet and the protection cover to regulate flow of the fluid entering the watercraft body through the fluid inlet and moving toward the protection cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshio Araki, Hiroaki Maeda, Yoshinobu Uozumi
  • Patent number: 11260752
    Abstract: An instrument panel for a leisure vehicle includes a display including a first region including a central part of the display, the first region being configured to display a predetermined image set by a user or a video from a camera installed in the vehicle. The display also includes a second region including at least a part of a peripheral part of the display, the second region being configured to display travelling information indicating a travelling condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kazumasa Hisada, Toshio Araki, Kazuki Ishibashi, Yoshinobu Uozumi
  • Patent number: 11214138
    Abstract: Provided is a utility vehicle that can efficiently take the traveling wind into a vehicle and discharge muddy water and earth and sand that enter a passage for taking in the traveling wind to the outside of the vehicle. The utility vehicle includes an opening formed on the vehicle body, the opening through which a traveling wind can be taken into the vehicle body when the vehicle body travels, a radiator capable of cooling a coolant for cooling a driving source by exchanging heat with the traveling wind taken in from the opening, a passage that is provided between the opening and the radiator and guides the traveling wind taken in from the opening to the radiator, and a discharge mechanism that performs discharge operation to discharge foreign matter to outside when the foreign matter enters inside of the passage together with the traveling wind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Uozumi
  • Publication number: 20210197931
    Abstract: A personal watercraft includes: a watercraft body made of a resin; a handle projecting upward from the watercraft body; a meter display device disposed above the watercraft body and forward of the handle; a meter cover made of a resin and covering a space from above, the space being adjacent to and forward of the meter display device and being in contact with an upper surface of the watercraft body and a forward surface of the meter display device; and an antenna disposed in the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshinobu UOZUMI, Hideaki EBISUI
  • Publication number: 20210197664
    Abstract: An instrument panel for a leisure vehicle includes a display including a first region including a central part of the display, the first region being configured to display a predetermined image set by a user or a video from a camera installed in the vehicle. The display also includes a second region including at least a part of a peripheral part of the display, the second region being configured to display travelling information indicating a travelling condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Kazumasa Hisada, Toshio Araki, Kazuki Ishibashi, Yoshinobu Uozumi
  • Patent number: 11027797
    Abstract: A personal watercraft includes: a watercraft body made of a resin; a handle projecting upward from the watercraft body; a meter display device disposed above the watercraft body and forward of the handle; a meter cover made of a resin and covering a space from above, the space being adjacent to and forward of the meter display device and being in contact with an upper surface of the watercraft body and a forward surface of the meter display device; and an antenna disposed in the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Uozumi, Hideaki Ebisui
  • Publication number: 20210129661
    Abstract: Provided is a utility vehicle that can efficiently take the traveling wind into a vehicle and discharge muddy water and earth and sand that enter a passage for taking in the traveling wind to the outside of the vehicle. The utility vehicle includes an opening formed on the vehicle body, the opening through which a traveling wind can be taken into the vehicle body when the vehicle body travels, a radiator capable of cooling a coolant for cooling a driving source by exchanging heat with the traveling wind taken in from the opening, a passage that is provided between the opening and the radiator and guides the traveling wind taken in from the opening to the radiator, and a discharge mechanism that performs discharge operation to discharge foreign matter to outside when the foreign matter enters inside of the passage together with the traveling wind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventor: Yoshinobu UOZUMI