Kuninari Kurabayashi

Title: Kuninari Kurabayashi and Motorcycle Engineering Innovations.

Introduction

Kuninari Kurabayashi is an inventor associated with Shizuoka, Japan, and Suzuki Motor Corporation. His patent work focuses on motorcycle engineering, including frame rigidity and rear-wheel braking systems. The supplied information lists 3 patents.

Latest Patents

Kurabayashi’s listed patents address motorcycle structure and brake-system design.

- **Body frame structure of motorcycle.** This invention describes a frame arrangement intended to improve rigidity and help suppress changes in vehicle behavior. It includes a head pipe, main frames, a down tube, and reinforcing frames. The reinforcing frames use joint flanges welded to the down tube, with another flange portion separated from it.

- **Master cylinder device for rear wheel brake of motorcycle and arrangement method of master cylinder device for rear wheel brake of motorcycle.** This design integrates the reserve tank with the master-cylinder body. Its contour extends upward and rearward from the bottom of the cylinder body to the top of the reserve tank, as viewed from the side of the vehicle.

Career Highlights

Kurabayashi’s listed inventions reflect a focus on practical motorcycle components. The frame patent addresses structural rigidity, while the master-cylinder patent concerns the integration and placement of rear-wheel brake components.

Collaborations

The supplied information identifies Tatsuya Yuse and Togo Oe as Kurabayashi’s coworkers. It does not specify their roles in the listed patents.

Conclusion

Kuninari Kurabayashi’s documented patent work at Suzuki Motor Corporation centers on motorcycle frame construction and rear-wheel braking, contributing engineering solutions to vehicle structure and component arrangement.