Patents by Inventor Yuzo Hioki

Yuzo Hioki 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: 8074756
    Abstract: A straddle-type rough-road running vehicle includes a vehicle body frame supporting front and rear wheels, an engine unit mounted to the vehicle body frame and including an engine body and a power transmission case, a straddle type driver's seat, an intake control unit for controlling an air/fuel ratio, and an air-cleaner case for supplying a clean air to the intake control unit. The intake control unit and the air-cleaner case are connected to each other, and the air-cleaner case is disposed above the power transmission case. An engine mounting portion is formed in a frame shape opened such that the engine unit is surrounded from a vertical direction and a longitudinal direction. The engine body, the power transmission case, the intake control unit, and the air-cleaner case are disposed in an arrangement offset from the engine mounting portion in a side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuya Kusaka, Yuzo Hioki
  • Patent number: 7951031
    Abstract: A straddle type all terrain vehicle is provided with a chain guide for covering an outer peripheral edge of at least an engaged portion of a driven sprocket with a drive chain from outside in a radial direction inside a chain cover. A rear axle housing is formed with upper and lower flange portions extending upward and downward at opposite end portions in the vehicle width direction of the rear axle housing. The rear axle housing is coupled to a rear end portion of the rear swing arm for swinging forward and rearward about mounted portions of the upper flange portion. The chain cover is mounted on the swing arm side and the chain guide is mounted on the rear axle housing side, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Suzuki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuzo Hioki, Tetsuharu Nojiri
  • Publication number: 20080289892
    Abstract: A straddle-type rough-road running vehicle includes a vehicle body frame supporting front and rear wheels, an engine unit mounted to the vehicle body frame and including an engine body and a power transmission case, a straddle type driver's seat, an intake control unit for controlling an air/fuel ratio, and an air-cleaner case for supplying a clean air to the intake control unit. The intake control unit and the air-cleaner case are connected to each other, and the air-cleaner case is disposed above the power transmission case. An engine mounting portion is formed in a frame shape opened such that the engine unit is surrounded from a vertical direction and a longitudinal direction. The engine body, the power transmission case, the intake control unit, and the air-cleaner case are disposed in an arrangement offset from the engine mounting portion in a side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya KUSAKA, Yuzo Hioki
  • Publication number: 20080139355
    Abstract: A straddle type all terrain vehicle is provided with a chain guide for covering an outer peripheral edge of at least an engaged portion of a driven sprocket with a drive chain from outside in a radial direction inside a chain cover. A rear axle housing is formed with upper and lower flange portions extending upward and downward at opposite end portions in the vehicle width direction of the rear axle housing. The rear axle housing is coupled to a rear end portion of the rear swing arm for swinging forward and rearward about mounted portions of the upper flange portion. The chain cover is mounted on the swing arm side and the chain guide is mounted on the rear axle housing side, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuzo Hioki, Tetsuharu Nojiri
  • Publication number: 20040084239
    Abstract: A motor driven rough-road running four-wheeled vehicle is provided with a lateral pair of front and rear wheels, and the front and rear wheels are driven via a rotation of a rear wheel axle extending from a gear case connected to a driving motor. In such vehicle, a battery unit, including a plurality of batteries, for supplying power to the motor and a controller for controlling electric current passing from the battery unit to the motor are arranged, in a plan view, in a space surrounded by a line connecting inside portions of left-side front and rear wheels, a line connecting inside portions of right-side front and rear wheels, a front wheel axle and the rear wheel axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: SUZUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuzo Hioki