Patents by Inventor Yusuke Inoue
Yusuke Inoue 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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Publication number: 20130049343Abstract: A mudguard structure for a straddle-ride vehicle suppresses the enlargement of an attachment portion of a mud shield plate and makes satisfactory the external appearance of the circumference of a rear fender. A mudguard has left and right erecting walls erecting to the rear from respective left and right outer edges thereof and a front-lower concave portion integrally continuing into a lower portion of a rear wheel runout concave portion of a rear fender. A box-like attachment portion for attachment to the rear fender is located at each of both, left and right, sides of the upper end portion of the mudguard.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventors: Satoshi MATSUSHIMA, Yusuke Inoue
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Publication number: 20130015007Abstract: An exterior member such as a shroud, for a saddle-type vehicle including a head pipe and a main frame extending rearward from the head pipe, has a hook member formed on an inner side thereof. The hook member is configured for being engaged onto the main frame such that the exterior member is supported by the main frame. The exterior member is locked to the vehicle by engaging the hook member onto the main frame, thereby supporting the exterior member on the main frame. Such arrangement enables the exterior member to be affixed to the frame with a simple structure, without detrimentally affecting the external appearance of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke INOUE, Shiro YAMA
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Publication number: 20130015008Abstract: An exterior cover (shroud) for a saddle-type vehicle is formed by integrally uniting a plurality of resin members including a front cover section and a rear cover section. The shroud is insert molded to form an overlapping part where the front cover section and the rear cover section overlap with each other. The front cover section has an external-appearance-surface side at the overlapping part. The rear cover section has a non-external-appearance-surface side, which overlaps with the front cover section at the overlapping part. The rear cover section has a rib extending on the non-external-appearance-surface side. Such exterior cover prevents a sink mark from being generated in the external appearance surface of the front cover section, and improves the external appearance of vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shiro YAMA, Yusuke Inoue
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Patent number: 8314343Abstract: In a multi-layer substrate including a core formed with a plurality of holes capable of containing an electronic part, a bottom insulating resin layer formed on a bottom surface of the core, a top insulating resin layer formed on a top surface of the core, a wiring layer selectively formed on an outer layer of the bottom insulating resin layer or top insulating resin layer, and an electronic part contained in the holes, both of the bottom and top insulating resin layers have a structure that is a combination of a resin which is changed to cohesiveness when heated and which undergoes smaller plastic deformation when heated to a higher temperature and an insulating resin layer which has a thickness sufficient to maintain insulation between the electronic part or a conductor of the core and the wiring layer and which inherently undergoes small plastic deformation, so that the electronic part can be securely and sealed in the holes without using a particular adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Inoue, Eiji Mugiya, Masashi Miyazaki, Tatsuro Sawatari, Yuichi Sugiyama
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Patent number: 8292017Abstract: A silencer for a motorcycle has a front cup which has a tapered tubular shape, a center sleeve which is connected to the front cup, and a tail cup which is connected to the center sleeve. Since the front cup has a tapered tubular shape, the front cup is arranged such that a front end of the front cup is positioned in the vicinity of a main frame. A distal end of the silencer can be shifted frontward in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle compared to a silencer of a prior art. As a result, a length of the silencer can be increased while avoiding interference between the silencer and legs of a rider and hence, silencing performance of the silencer can be enhanced. Since the distal end of the silencer can be shifted frontward in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the concentration of a mass can be acquired.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2011Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventors: Yusuke Inoue, Satoshi Matsushima, Tatsuya Sasaki, Hiroshi Nakashima, Yuji Hayashi
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Patent number: 8281889Abstract: A seat structure for a vehicle, such as a motorcycle, includes a seat arranged rearwardly of a fuel tank mounted on a vehicle body frame. The seat includes a cushion member, and a bottom plate for holding the cushion member. The cushion member is made of an elastic material. The bottom plate is fixed to the vehicle body frame and to the fuel tank. The cushion member includes a bulging portion which bulges forwardly from a front end portion of the bottom plate and onto an upper surface of a stepped portion of the fuel tank. The bulging portion is supported on the upper surface of the fuel tank.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2010Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yusuke Inoue
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Publication number: 20120248734Abstract: A motorcycle has a rear fender configured for strength and rigidity when the rear fender is lifted upwardly, while minimizing mass thereof. The motorcycle includes main frame sections extending rearwardly from a head pipe, left and right pivot plates attached to rear ends of the main frame sections and extending downwardly, and a swing arm, having a front end supported on the pivot plates to be swingably movable thereon, and a rear end configured to support a rear wheel. The motorcycle also includes left and right seat rails for supporting a seat thereon, left and right reinforcing rods extending between the seat rails and the pivot plates, and a rear fender mounted on the seat rails above the rear wheel. The rear fender includes projecting portions supported at front end portions thereof by front mounting flanges, the projecting portions projecting forwardly and contacting the seat rails from above.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi MATSUSHIMA, Yusuke INOUE
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Patent number: 8256788Abstract: Foot rests are provided for a saddle-ride type vehicle each including a step portion for placing a foot and an attachment portion which extends from the step portion toward a vehicle body frame and is turnably attached to a corresponding one of step brackets on the vehicle-body-frame side. The step portion includes: a first foot-placing portion, a second foot-placing portion, and a third foot-placing portion which extend in a vehicle width direction; a first reinforcement member and a second reinforcement member which connect the first foot-placing portion and the second foot placing portion; and a third reinforcement member and a fourth reinforcement member which connect the first foot-placing portion and the third foot-placing portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2011Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventors: Satoshi Matsushima, Yusuke Inoue
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Publication number: 20120205191Abstract: A muffler of a motorcycle having an outside diameter greater than the outside diameter d1 of a rectilinear portion of a branch pipe is disposed at a transverse portion of an exhaust pipe. Since the muffler is formed to be roughly elliptic in sectional shape, the outside diameter of the muffler is represented by a major diameter da as the length in the direction of a major axis and a major diameter db as the length in the direction of a minor axis. When the muffler is disposed between a swing arm and a seat to be along the transverse portion of the exhaust pipe, the muffler can be disposed on the more vehicle front side while securing the capacity thereof. Therefore, protrusion of the muffler toward the rear of the vehicle is suppressed, and the external appearance of a vehicle rear portion is enhanced.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Inventors: Satoshi Matsushima, Yusuke Inoue, Shiro Yama, Seiichiro Eguchi, Yosuke Inoue
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Patent number: 8244156Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cleaning device of the image forming apparatus, the method includes: applying a liquid material to an area outside of an edge located at an end portion of a toner accommodating portion in the longitudinal direction of a toner removing member, wherein the liquid material is applied so as to seal the toner accommodating portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazunori Iwamoto, Naoki Koike, Yusuke Inoue
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Publication number: 20120186905Abstract: In a motorcycle in which an internal combustion engine including a crankcase, a cylinder, and a cylinder head is attached to a vehicle body frame, an exhaust system includes an exhaust pipe connected to the cylinder head, and a resonator having a communication hole in communication with an inside of the exhaust pipe. The exhaust pipe is curved after being extended forward from the cylinder head and is then extended rearward in such a manner as to pass by a lateral side of the cylinder above the crankcase, while the resonator is arranged in a space between the exhaust pipe and the cylinder, and is joined to a side surface of the exhaust pipe facing inwardly of the motorcycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi MATSUSHIMA, Yusuke INOUE
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Patent number: 8226377Abstract: When a press jig is inserted into a jig insertion hole, an O-ring attached to the outer peripheral surface of the press jig is prevented from being caught on an air supply port opening to the inner peripheral surface of the jig insertion hole and damaged. In a sealing pump-up device 10, the opening diameter of an air supply port 58 opening to the inner peripheral surface of a jig insertion hole 44 provided at one end of an air supply path 60 is set smaller than the strand diameters of an O-ring 72 and an O-ring 96. Consequently, the width at the edge of the air supply ports 58 on which the O-rings 72, 96 may possibly be caught can be made sufficiently smaller than the strand diameter of the O-rings 72, 96.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2007Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventors: Masaki Yoshida, Yusuke Inoue, Yuji Takeda
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Patent number: 8151932Abstract: An exhaust outlet 34 is formed at the center of a rear end wall 46 of a tail cap 21 closing a rear end opening of a muffler body 20, and a tail pipe 30 is connected at its rear end to the exhaust outlet 34. The exhaust outlet 34 is formed through a tail pipe supporting member 35 mounted on the rear end wall 46. The tail pipe supporting member 35 is formed with an annular mud guiding groove 37 opening rearward around the exhaust outlet 34. The mud accumulated on the rear end wall 46 is guided into the mud guiding groove 37 and moved in the mud guiding groove 37 owing to its capillarity. Accordingly, the mud can be moved down along the mud guiding groove 37 and smoothly dropped to the ground, thus preventing the clogging of the exhaust outlet 34 with the mud on the rear end wall 46.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2010Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventor: Yusuke Inoue
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Publication number: 20120074667Abstract: Foot rests are provided for a saddle-ride type vehicle each including a step portion for placing a foot and an attachment portion which extends from the step portion toward a vehicle body frame and is turnably attached to a corresponding one of step brackets on the vehicle-body-frame side. The step portion includes: a first foot-placing portion, a second foot-placing portion, and a third foot-placing portion which extend in a vehicle width direction; a first reinforcement member and a second reinforcement member which connect the first foot-placing portion and the second foot placing portion; and a third reinforcement member and a fourth reinforcement member which connect the first foot-placing portion and the third foot-placing portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTDInventors: Satoshi Matsushima, Yusuke Inoue
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Patent number: 8136629Abstract: In a muffler which includes an outer tube which configures an outer wall, an inner tube provided in the outer tube and having punching holes formed therein, and a sound absorbing material filled between the outer tube and the inner tube, and which is attached to an exhaust pipe for exhausting exhaust gas from an engine, the number of punching holes at portions of the inner tube which have a great length to the outer tube is set greater than the number of punching holes at portions of the inner tube which have a small length to the outer tube in comparison with the portions having the great length.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Inoue, Satoshi Matsushima
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Publication number: 20120031698Abstract: A silencer for a motorcycle has a front cup which has a tapered tubular shape, a center sleeve which is connected to the front cup, and a tail cup which is connected to the center sleeve. Since the front cup has a tapered tubular shape, the front cup is arranged such that a front end of the front cup is positioned in the vicinity of a main frame. A distal end of the silencer can be shifted frontward in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle compared to a silencer of a prior art. As a result, a length of the silencer can be increased while avoiding interference between the silencer and legs of a rider and hence, silencing performance of the silencer can be enhanced. Since the distal end of the silencer can be shifted frontward in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the concentration of a mass can be acquired.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTDInventors: Yusuke Inoue, Satoshi Matsushima, Tatsuya Sasaki, Hiroshi Nakashima, Yuji Hayashi
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Publication number: 20110307892Abstract: First, one or more tasks each representing process contents of transmission or reception of data are set. Next, an access point is searched for, and a connection to the access point is performed if the access point is found. Then, before the one or more tasks are executed via the access point, an execution control parameter, for at least one of the one or more tasks, which indicates at least one of an execution instruction, whether or not to execute the task, and an execution priority, is obtained in accordance with an access point identifier. Then, transmission or reception of data is performed via the access point by executing at least one of the one or more tasks on the basis of the execution control parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2010Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.Inventors: Masatoshi YAMAZAKI, Hiroaki ADACHI, Eiji TOKUNAGA, Teruhiko GODA, Kazuhiro WABE, Takahiro YAMAZAKI, Takashi KUBOTA, Kuniharu FUJIKAWA, Taisuke KAWAHARA, Yusuke INOUE
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Patent number: 8042649Abstract: A vehicular muffler is configured and arranged to smoothly introduce exhaust gas into a sound-absorbing material disposed inside of an outer case which has a plurality of relatively short inner sleeves therein. The muffler includes a porous plate which is disposed inside of the outer case, and which is connected to an exhaust pipe, and the porous plate is operatively connected to an outlet pipe which discharges an exhaust gas to the outside environment through an opening formed in an outlet side of the outer case. In one embodiment, the inner sleeves are arranged substantially parallel to each other, and are fluidly connected to a joint exhaust feed pipe disposed inside the outer case. The inner sleeves are connected to the outlet pipe on the outlet side of the outer case.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yusuke Inoue
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Patent number: 7971682Abstract: An exhaust device for an engine cam include a flow rectifying device for rectifying a flow of an exhaust gas. The flow rectifying device is disposed in an upstream end of an inner pipe, and comprises protrusions projecting inwardly. The exhaust gas engaging the flow rectifying device has passed through a curved portion of the inner pipe. The inner pipe also includes a muffler having a plurality of vent holes disposed in an inner portion thereof, and an outer pipe surrounding the inner pipe, defining an angular chamber therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2010Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yusuke Inoue, Shigesato Nakamura
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Publication number: 20110147118Abstract: In a muffler which includes an outer tube which configures an outer wall, an inner tube provided in the outer tube and having punching holes formed therein, and a sound absorbing material filled between the outer tube and the inner tube, and which is attached to an exhaust pipe for exhausting exhaust gas from an engine, the number of punching holes at portions of the inner tube which have a great length to the outer tube is set greater than the number of punching holes at portions of the inner tube which have a small length to the outer tube in comparison with the portions having the great length.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Yusuke INOUE, Satoshi MATSUSHIMA