Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Hi-lex Corporation

Nobuyoshi Murata

Hideto Yoshitake

Kozo Watanabe

Koichi Egami

Toru Ogino

A windscreen up-down device comprises a pair of right and left side rails disposed to extend in a forward direction and a rearward direction so as to be tilted downward in the forward direction, a center rail that is disposed between the side rails such that the center rail extends in the forward and rearward directions so as to be tilted downward in the forward direction, and a movable unit that is configured to be guided up and down along the side rails and the center rail, and is attached with a windscreen. The movable unit includes a pair of side slide members respectively guided along the side rails, a coupling member disposed to extend in a rightward direction and a leftward direction to couple the side slide members to each other, and a center slide member that is provided on the coupling member and is configured to be guided along the center rail. The side rails and the center rail have circular-arc shapes of substantially concentric circles as viewed from the side.

Windscreen up-down device and motorcycle equipped therewith

A pinion shaft starter for internal combustion engines having its pinion coupled to the shaft of the starter motor through an overruning clutch is disclosed in which a dividing wall member is mounted to define in the starter housing a first chamber located on the side of the pinion and a second chamber on the side of the starter motor, with a dust discharging vent formed in the first chamber, at a circumferential point externally of the wall member. The wall member is provided to encircle the external circumference of the overrunning clutch regardless of the position of the clutch which is axially moved by the solenoid switch to bring the pinion into or out of engagement with the ring gear on the flywheel through an opening formed in the starter housing. To insure sealing between the outside clutch circumference and wall member, an annular ring is provided along the inside periphery of the wall member. Thus, the foreign matter contained within the air flow from the cooling fan mounted adjacent to the flywheel entering the starter housing through the opening is allowed to cause the motion of the vortexes only in the first chamber and eventually let out through the vent, without every approaching the dividing wall member, so that the starter motor below the wall member is protected against dust and debris deposit.

Pinion shift starter for engines

This disclosure relates to a balancing mechanism for preventing vibration of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine. The balancing comprises a pair of eccentric journals on the crankshaft, each having an axis spaced to the side of the crankshaft axis which is opposite the crankpin. A pair of arms are journaled on the journals and carry a counterbalance. Guide means is mounted in the crankcase for confining the counterweight to reciprocate on the cylinder axis in directions reverse to the piston motion as the crankshaft rotates.

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Miki, Japan

Nobuyoshi Murata