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Awards

Introducing the stories behind Yamaha Motor's technologies.

2019 Japan Foundry Engineering Society Castings of the Year Award

Awarded
Lightweight, high-rigidity aluminum wheels
These cast aluminum wheels for a sport Leaning Multi-Wheel (LMW)* model feature both light weight and high rigidity achieved through finite element analysis (FEA), which enables more realistic modeling, mid-cast solidification analysis to increase strength and resistance to pressure, and other engineering processes.
*Yamaha Motor’s designation for vehicles with three or more wheels that can lean through turns like a motorcycle.
Recipient(s)
Kentaro Suenaga
Power Train Engineering Division, Production Engineering Section, Manufacturing and Production Engineering Center

2007 Ichimura Industrial Award: Contribution Prize

Awarded
Development of the Performance Damper automobile chassis anti-vibration device

2006 JSAE Technological Development Award

Awarded
Development of the Performance Damper automobile chassis anti-vibration device
Recipient(s)
Seiji Sawai, Kouji Sakai, Katsuhiro Kondou, Masahiro Satou
Automotive Business Unit

2005 JSPMI Chairman's Prize

Awarded
Development of the Performance Damper
Recipient(s)
Seiji Sawai, Kouji Sakai, Katsuhiro Kondou, Masahiro Satou
Automotive Business Unit

2005 IBEX Innovation Award

Awarded
Multi-function Tiller Handle for Outboard Motors

2001 JSAE Technological Development Award

Awarded
Proposal and deployment of the REAS (Relative Absorber System)
Recipient(s)
Kouji Sakai
Automotive Business Unit
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