Patents by Inventor Yoshisato Inayama

Yoshisato Inayama 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: 9815521
    Abstract: An exhaust system of a saddle-ride type vehicle includes an exhaust pipe portion, a chamber portion, and a silencer. The exhaust pipe portion is coupled to an engine supported by a frame. The exhaust pipe portion is configured to guide exhaust air. The chamber portion is coupled to the exhaust pipe portion. A cross section of the chamber portion is formed larger than the exhaust pipe portion. The silencer is coupled to the chamber portion. The chamber portion includes: a main body portion disposed below the frame, and a fixing bracket projecting upward from the main body portion. The fixing bracket is secured to the frame. The frame and the fixing bracket have a fixed position. The fixed position is positioned above a lower end of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshisato Inayama
  • Patent number: 9617901
    Abstract: An exhaust control device for an engine performs exhaust control of an exhaust system composed of exhaust pipes connected to a plurality of cylinders respectively and gathering to a collecting pipe. The exhaust control device includes at least two kinds of exhaust valves that perform the exhaust control at different parts in the exhaust system; and a single actuator that drives the exhaust valves to open and close.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Sasaki, Tomoaki Onagi, Yoshisato Inayama, Takanori Chino, Toshihiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9482143
    Abstract: A water pump is disposed so as to be mounted on a cylinder head cover of an engine. An electric motor is disposed continuously from the water pump. The water pump sends cooling water to a water jacket of a cylinder block via a cooling water pipe disposed so as pass in front of the cylinder head cover and a cylinder head. In an upper end portion of a radiator, an inlet through which the cooling water is led from the engine is disposed on the left and an outlet through which the cooling water is supplied to the water pump is disposed on the right. The inlet is connected to the cylinder block via a cooling water pipe, and the outlet is connected to the water pump via a cooling water pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshisato Inayama
  • Patent number: 9399974
    Abstract: One or more throttle bodies and a surge tank are disposed behind a cylinder head, and an intercooler is disposed by being adjacent to the surge tank at a position behind the cylinder head and the one or more throttle bodies. A supercharger is provided in front of the intercooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Ito, Ken Shibano, Yoshisato Inayama, Kei Hasegawa, Yuta Endo
  • Patent number: 9322317
    Abstract: A motorcycle is equipped with a V-type engine in which front and rear cylinders are arranged in a V-shape along a vehicle front and rear direction. An exhaust device includes: a catalyst device disposed on an exhaust downstream side of a collection part of an exhaust pipe of the front cylinder and an exhaust pipe of the rear cylinder; and a connecting pipe via which the exhaust pipe of the front cylinder and the exhaust pipe of the rear cylinder communicate with each other, and the connecting pipe passes through a space between the exhaust pipe of the rear cylinder and the catalyst device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Sasaki, Yoshisato Inayama, Kazuhiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20160090891
    Abstract: An exhaust system of a saddle-ride type vehicle includes an exhaust pipe portion, a chamber portion, and a silencer. The exhaust pipe portion is coupled to an engine supported by a frame. The exhaust pipe portion is configured to guide exhaust air. The chamber portion is coupled to the exhaust pipe portion. A cross section of the chamber portion is formed larger than the exhaust pipe portion. The silencer is coupled to the chamber portion. The chamber portion includes: a main body portion disposed below the frame, and a fixing bracket projecting upward from the main body portion. The fixing bracket is secured to the frame. The frame and the fixing bracket have a fixed position. The fixed position is positioned above a lower end of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshisato INAYAMA
  • Patent number: 9284927
    Abstract: An engine; an air cleaner which filtrates fuel air; a turbocharger which compresses intake fuel air; an intake pipe which connects the air cleaner and the turbocharger; and an intake passage which induces the fuel air taken from an intake port at an end part to the air cleaner, are included. The turbocharger is located at a front side lower part of the engine, and the air cleaner is located under a crankcase. The intake passage extends rearward from a rear part of the air cleaner, and thereafter, bends upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshisato Inayama, Shinya Otani
  • Publication number: 20150135687
    Abstract: A motorcycle is equipped with a V-type engine in which front and rear cylinders are arranged in a V-shape along a vehicle front and rear direction. An exhaust device includes: a catalyst device disposed on an exhaust downstream side of a collection part of an exhaust pipe of the front cylinder and an exhaust pipe of the rear cylinder; and a connecting pipe via which the exhaust pipe of the front cylinder and the exhaust pipe of the rear cylinder communicate with each other, and the connecting pipe passes through a space between the exhaust pipe of the rear cylinder and the catalyst device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji SASAKI, Yoshisato INAYAMA, Kazuhiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150107923
    Abstract: A water pump is disposed so as to be mounted on a cylinder head cover of an engine. An electric motor is disposed continuously from the water pump. The water pump sends cooling water to a water jacket of a cylinder block via a cooling water pipe disposed so as pass in front of the cylinder head cover and a cylinder head. In an upper end portion of a radiator, an inlet through which the cooling water is led from the engine is disposed on the left and an outlet through which the cooling water is supplied to the water pump is disposed on the right. The inlet is connected to the cylinder block via a cooling water pipe, and the outlet is connected to the water pump via a cooling water pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshisato INAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150101875
    Abstract: An engine; an air cleaner which filtrates fuel air; a turbocharger which compresses intake fuel air; an intake pipe which connects the air cleaner and the turbocharger; and an intake passage which induces the fuel air taken from an intake port at an end part to the air cleaner, are included. The turbocharger is located at a front side lower part of the engine, and the air cleaner is located under a crankcase. The intake passage extends rearward from a rear part of the air cleaner, and thereafter, bends upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshisato INAYAMA, Shinya OTANI
  • Publication number: 20150083513
    Abstract: One or more throttle bodies and a surge tank are disposed behind a cylinder head, and an intercooler is disposed by being adjacent to the surge tank at a position behind the cylinder head and the one or more throttle bodies. A supercharger is provided in front of the intercooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke ITO, Ken SHIBANO, Yoshisato INAYAMA, Kei HASEGAWA, Yuta ENDO
  • Patent number: 8752866
    Abstract: When an exhaust gas sensor is mounted to an exhaust pipe into which exhaust gas from an engine is introduced, an intermediate member is made to intervene between the exhaust gas sensor and a boss provided in an exhaust manifold, the intermediate member being fastened to the boss by bolts and the exhaust gas sensor being screwed into a screw hole formed in the intermediate member, so that a sensor portion at a front end of the exhaust gas sensor is inserted into the inside of the exhaust pipe. Though the screw hole formed in the intermediate member is to be exposed to high-temperature gas of the exhaust manifold, stainless steel, whose high-temperature strength is high, being used for the intermediate member, a female screw of the screw hole is hard to be softened and an occurrence of torque down can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshisato Inayama
  • Publication number: 20120128409
    Abstract: When an exhaust gas sensor is mounted to an exhaust pipe into which exhaust gas from an engine is introduced, an intermediate member is made to intervene between the exhaust gas sensor and a boss provided in an exhaust manifold, the intermediate member being fastened to the boss by bolts and the exhaust gas sensor being screwed into a screw hole formed in the intermediate member, so that a sensor portion at a front end of the exhaust gas sensor is inserted into the inside of the exhaust pipe. Though the screw hole formed in the intermediate member is to be exposed to high-temperature gas of the exhaust manifold, stainless steel, whose high-temperature strength is high, being used for the intermediate member, a female screw of the screw hole is hard to be softened and an occurrence of torque down can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshisato Inayama
  • Patent number: 7818964
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a motorcycle having an engine mounted on a front half of a body frame of the motorcycle includes a plurality of first exhaust pipes extending from exhaust ports of the engine, a collecting section at which the first exhaust pipes are collected, a second exhaust pipe including a substantially straight portion connected to a downstream side of the collecting section and disposed under a crankcase of the engine, an expansion chamber connected to a downstream side of the second exhaust pipe and located under a rear wheel suspension arranged behind the engine, an exhaust outlet disposed on a most downstream portion of the expansion chamber, and an exhaust throttle valve and an exhaust gas sensor disposed on the straight portion of the second exhaust pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Muramatsu, Yoshisato Inayama, Kazutatsu Suzuki, Tomoaki Onagi
  • Publication number: 20060242952
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a motorcycle having an engine mounted on a front half of a body frame of the motorcycle includes a plurality of first exhaust pipes extending from exhaust ports of the engine, a collecting section at which the first exhaust pipes are collected, a second exhaust pipe including a substantially straight portion connected to a downstream side of the collecting section and disposed under a crankcase of the engine, an expansion chamber connected to a downstream side of the second exhaust pipe and located under a rear wheel suspension arranged behind the engine, an exhaust outlet disposed on a most downstream portion of the expansion chamber, and an exhaust throttle valve and an exhaust gas sensor disposed on the straight portion of the second exhaust pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Muramatsu, Yoshisato Inayama, Kazutatsu Suzuki, Tomoaki Onagi