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
2016 nano tech Initiative Award
- Awarded
- The Development of the Ceramics Nano-Film Coating Having Both High Corrosion Resistance and Excellent Heat Resistance
- Recipient(s)
- Naohisa Takahashi
Materials Division, Component Section, Engine Unit
2016 Oyamada Medal
- Awarded
- Development of world-leading weight-reducing parts and technologies for motorcycles
- Recipient(s)
- Toru Kitsunai
Material Division, Manufacturing Technology Section, Technology Center
Tsuyoshi Kubota
Materials Division, Component Section, Engine Unit
Takaharu Suzuki
Material Division, Research & Development Operations
2013 SETC High Quality Paper Award
- Awarded
- Application of Vacuum Assisted Carbide Dispersion Carbonitriding to Connecting Rods
- Recipient(s)
- Tsuyoshi Kubota
Materials Division, Component Section, Engine Unit
2012 SETC High Quality Paper Award
- Awarded
- Development of Lightweight DLC Coated Valve Lifter Made from Beta Titanium Alloy for Motorcycles
- Recipient(s)
- Hirotaka Kurita, Hirotaka Kurita
Component Section, Engine Unit
2006 JIM Technical Development Award
- Awarded
- Development of New Advanced Stainless Steel “NSSC21M” for Catalysis Substrate of Motorcycle Muffler
- Recipient(s)
- Naohisa Takahashi, et al.
Materials Division, Component Section, Engine Unit
- Awarded
- Development of an All-Aluminum Cylinder Using a Hypereutectic Al-Si Alloy
- Recipient(s)
- Hirotaka Kurita, Hiroshi Yamagata
Advanced Technology Research, Research & Development Operations
- Awarded
- Creation of various functions for motorcycle aluminum frames
- Recipient(s)
- Toru Kitsunai, Hiroshi Yamagata, Toshikatsu Koike
Research & Development Operations
2005 SETC High Quality Paper Award
- Awarded
- Effect of Elastic Deformation of the Honing Stone on the Exposure of Si-Crystals in a Hyper-Eutectic-Si Aluminum Cylinder Block
- Recipient(s)
- Hirotaka Kurita, Hiroshi Yamagata
Advanced Technology Research, Research & Development Operations
2005 JSTP Tokai Branch Technology Award
- Awarded
- Development of Fracture Splitting Method for Case Hardened Connecting Rods
- Recipient(s)
- Tsuyoshi Kubota, Shinya Iwasaki, Tsuneo Isobe, Toshikatsu Koike
Materials Division, Component Section, Engine Unit
2004 SETC 10 Best Paper Award
- Awarded
- Development of Fracture Splitting Method for Case Hardened Connecting Rods
- Recipient(s)
- Tsuyoshi Kubota, Shinya Iwasaki, Tsuneo Isobe, Toshikatsu Koike
Research & Development Operations
2003 SFJ Technology Award
- Awarded
- Hard Anodic Oxide Coating on the Piston-Ring Groove of a Cu-Rich Aluminum Piston with Mixed Acid Electrolytes
- Recipient(s)
- Hirotaka Kurita, Hiroshi Yamagata, Toshikatsu Koike, et al.
Advanced Technology Research, Research & Development Operations
- Awarded
- Development of cylinder liner in the new rapidly solidified aluminum alloy extruded material
- Recipient(s)
- Shuhei Adachi, Atsushi Inoue, Shigeru Okaniwa, Jun Kusui
Research & Development Operations
- Awarded
- Mass-production of high performance engine piston by forging technology
- Recipient(s)
- Toshikatsu Koike, Hiroshi Yamagata
Research & Development Operations
1998 JSPM Award for Innovative Development
- Awarded
- Development of SiC-Composite-PM Aluminum Alloy Piston
- Recipient(s)
- Toshikatsu Koike, Hiroshi Yamagata
Fundamental Technology Research, Technology Center
1987 Japan Lead Zinc Development Association Chairman’s Prize
- Awarded
- Practicalization of ZA-12 alloy
- Recipient(s)
- Yamada
1st Research Division
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