Patents by Inventor Akihito Mino

Akihito Mino 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: 7388301
    Abstract: An inverter/converter as a kind of hybrid unit is composed of a body and a casing covering the body and is disposed in an engine room. An air intake port and an air discharge port each provided with a fan are formed in the casing to configure an internal air cooling device for introducing air present outside the engine room into the casing, allowing the air to flow through the interior of the casing and then discharging it from the air discharge port. A power divider for distributing engine power to a hydraulic pump and a generator-motor is disposed on one of right and left sides of an engine in a rear portion of an upper rotating body. Further, an electric power storage device and the inverter/converter are disposed right and left in parallel behind a cabin and in front of the engine, and a partition wall which defines the engine room is configured by casings of the electric power storage device, the inverter/converter and the power divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Komiyama, Tetsunori Manabe, Akihito Mino
  • Publication number: 20070090650
    Abstract: An inverter/converter as a kind of hybrid unit is composed of a body and a casing covering the body and is disposed in an engine room. An air intake port and an air discharge port each provided with a fan are formed in the casing to configure an internal air cooling device for introducing air present outside the engine room into the casing, allowing the air to flow through the interior of the casing and then discharging it from the air discharge port. A power divider for distributing engine power to a hydraulic pump and a generator-motor is disposed on one of right and left sides of an engine in a rear portion of an upper rotating body. Further, an electric power storage device and the inverter/converter are disposed right and left in parallel behind a cabin and in front of the engine, and a partition wall which defines the engine room is configured by casings of the electric power storage device, the inverter/converter and the power divider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki KOMIYAMA, Tetsunori Manabe, Akihito Mino