Patents by Inventor Yuuji Watanuki

Yuuji Watanuki 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: 7806216
    Abstract: A vehicle number plate that allows a steering damper to be disposed without impairing the functions of the number plate, and is less susceptible to an effect of cross wind. The vehicle includes a front fork, which suspends a front wheel, disposed steerably on a head pipe on a vehicle body and a steering mechanism including a handlebar mounted on the front fork. The number plate is marked with a competition identification number and is disposed at a front portion of a fork bridge including a top bridge and a bottom bridge to connect left- and right-hand portions of the front fork. In the vehicle, the steering damper is disposed between the head pipe and the bottom bridge. The number plate includes a protruded portion that protrudes forwardly at a center thereof and narrows toward a lower portion, the lower portion covering an area forward of the steering damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tokumura, Toshihiko Kamio, Yuuji Watanuki, Shoji Yamamoto, Mikio Uchiyama, Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20080028656
    Abstract: A vehicle number plate that allows a steering damper to be disposed without impairing the functions of the number plate, and is less susceptible to an effect of cross wind. The vehicle includes a front fork, which suspends a front wheel, disposed steerably on a head pipe on a vehicle body and a steering mechanism including a handlebar mounted on the front fork. The number plate is marked with a competition identification number and is disposed at a front portion of a fork bridge including a top bridge and a bottom bridge to connect left- and right-hand portions of the front fork. In the vehicle, the steering damper is disposed between the head pipe and the bottom bridge. The number plate includes a protruded portion that protrudes forwardly at a center thereof and narrows toward a lower portion, the lower portion covering an area forward of the steering damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Daisuke Tokumura, Toshihiko Kamio, Yuuji Watanuki, Shoji Yamamoto, Mikio Uchiyama, Hiroshi Yamada, Hiroyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: D350918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1994
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Kohama, Yoshiaki Muta, Yuuji Watanuki