Patents by Inventor Daiki Abe

Daiki Abe 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).

  • Publication number: 20240191014
    Abstract: An ethylene-(meth)acrylate-based elastomer having a structure in which 40 to 79.9 mol % of ethylene, 20.0 to 50.0 mol % of an alkyl (meth)acrylate containing an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms and/or an alkoxy (meth)acrylate containing an alkoxyalkyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, 0.05 to 20.0 mol % of an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monosaturated ester, and 0 to 20.0 mol % of an unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydride are copolymerized, and having a monosaturated esterification rate of the acid anhydride of 70% or more as measured by IR. The ethylene-(meth)acrylate-based elastomer gives a vulcanizate having excellent heat resistance, and molding processability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: UNIMATEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daichi TOGE, Daiki WATANABE, Kazunari ABE, Ikuo SOUTOME
  • Publication number: 20240158548
    Abstract: An ethylene-(meth)acrylate-based elastomer having a structure in which 40 to 79.9 mol % of ethylene, 20.0 to 50.0 mol % of an alkyl (meth)acrylate containing an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms and/or an alkoxy (meth)acrylate containing an alkoxyalkyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, 0.05 to 20.0 mol % of an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, and 0.001 to 20.0 mol % of an unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydride are copolymerized, and having a melt flow rate of 0.01 to 100 g/10 min measured under the conditions of a temperature of 190° C. and a load of 2.16 kg. The ethylene-(meth)acrylate-based elastomer gives a vulcanizate having excellent heat resistance, oil resistance, and molding processability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: UNIMATEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daichi TOGE, Daiki WATANABE, Kazunari ABE, Ikuo SOUTOME
  • Publication number: 20240123406
    Abstract: The present concentration device includes a membrane module having a first and a second flow paths that are separated by a semipermeable membrane, the module including a U-shaped tube in which the semipermeable membrane is disposed, a first flow-path-inlet and a first flow-path-outlet connection parts, and a second flow-path-inlet and a second flow-path-outlet connection parts, the device including an introducing unit for introducing a subject solution with a predetermined pressure into the first flow path from the first flow-path-inlet connection part, separating the subject solution into a concentrate and a permeate through the semipermeable membrane, passing the permeate through the second flow path, draining the concentrate from the first flow-path-outlet connection part, introducing the subject solution with a pressure lower than the predetermined pressure into the second flow path from the second flow-path-inlet connection part, and draining a diluent diluted with the permeate, from the second flow-path
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOBO MC Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki Kohno, Yoji Abe, Takahito Nakao, Shohei Goda
  • Publication number: 20240117879
    Abstract: A working machine includes: a first fluid passage fluidly connecting a traveling operation device to an actuation valve; a first traveling fluid passage; a second traveling fluid passage; a third traveling fluid passage; a fourth traveling fluid passage; a second fluid passage fluidly connecting the first fluid passage to the first traveling fluid passage; and a third fluid passage fluidly connecting the first fluid passage to the third traveling fluid passage. Each of the first, second, third, and fourth traveling fluid passages is configured so that operation fluid to be applied to a first, second, third, and fourth pressure-receiving portions flows through the first, second, third, and fourth traveling fluid passages, respectively, when a traveling operation member is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki ABE, Kohei KURACHI, Yudai KOGA, Yuya KONISHI, Yuya TANABE
  • Patent number: 11953035
    Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a hydraulic pump driven by power of the prime mover, a cooler including a cooling fan rotated by either the power of the prime mover or hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump, and a controller configured or programmed to perform a reduction control for reducing a target fan rotation speed that is a target rotation speed of the cooling fan in response to reduction of an actual prime mover rotation speed that is an actual rotation speed of the prime mover, and to perform, after the reduction control, a restoration control for restoring the target fan rotation speed. The controller is configured or programmed to make a difference between a reduction rate of the target fan rotation speed in the reduction control and an increase rate of the target fan rotation speed in the restoration control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Abe, Ryota Hamamoto, Hiroaki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11905681
    Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a rotation-speed operation actuator, a rotation detector, a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic unit, an operation valve capable of changing a pilot pressure of a pilot fluid supplied from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic unit in accordance with an operation of an operation member, an actuation valve operating in accordance with a control signal and capable of changing a primary pressure as the pilot pressure of the pilot fluid supplied from the hydraulic pump to the operation valve, and a controller that outputs the control signal based on a difference between target and actual rotation speeds to the actuation valve to control an opening thereof. The controller has a mode including calculating the control signal based on the difference, correcting the calculated control signal, and increasing or decreasing a target primary pressure value set in accordance with the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Abe, Ryota Hamamoto, Yuya Tanabe
  • Patent number: 11905684
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a working machine includes: a first hydraulic pump; a first hydraulic device; a hydraulic fluid tank; a first discharge fluid passage to allow hydraulic fluid discharged from the first hydraulic device to flow into the tank; a second hydraulic pump to suck fluid from the tank through a suction fluid passage; a second hydraulic device in which difference between flow rate of fluid from the second hydraulic pump device and that of discharged fluid changes according to actuation; a second discharge fluid passage connected to a suction port of the first hydraulic pump and allowing fluid discharged from the second hydraulic device to flow into the first hydraulic pump; a connecting fluid passage branching from the second discharge fluid passage and connected to the suction fluid passage between the tank and the second hydraulic pump; a supplier to supply fluid to the second discharge fluid passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Inaoka, Daiki Abe, Takumi Usui
  • Publication number: 20240052598
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a primary pressure control valve configured to control a pilot primary pressure of pilot oil. A secondary pressure control valve is configured to control a pilot secondary pressure of the pilot oil. Control circuitry is configured to control a rotation speed of an engine according to a target rotation speed. The control circuitry is configured to control the primary pressure control valve and the secondary pressure control valve based on a first target value of the pilot primary pressure and a second target value of the pilot secondary pressure. The control circuitry is configured to reduce the first target value and the second target value such that the second target value is higher than the first target value when the rotation speed of the engine detected by a rotation speed sensor becomes lower than the target rotation speed by a predetermined speed difference or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei NAGAO, Daiki ABE, Ryota HAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11873894
    Abstract: A working machine includes a first traveling fluid passage connected to a first pressure-receiving portion, a second traveling fluid passage connected to a second pressure-receiving portion, a third traveling fluid passage connected to a third pressure-receiving portion, a fourth traveling fluid passage fluidly connected to a fourth pressure-receiving portion, and a connection fluid passage connecting at least two of the first, second, third and fourth pressure-receiving portions to each other. When a traveling operation member is operated, operation fluid flows to the first pressure receiving portion through the first traveling fluid passage, to the second pressure receiving portion through the second traveling fluid passage, to the third pressure receiving portion through the third traveling fluid passage, and to the fourth pressure receiving portion through the fourth traveling fluid passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Jun Tomita, Yuya Konishi, Fumitaka Fujisawa, Daiki Abe, Kohei Kurachi, Yudai Koga, Yuya Tanabe
  • Patent number: 11866911
    Abstract: A control method for a fan of a work vehicle includes supplying, when an engine is started, a first current to a solenoid of a variable relief valve such that the hydraulic fluid flows by a first flow rate, supplying, when a rotational speed of the engine becomes larger than a first rotational speed threshold value, a second current larger than the first current to the solenoid such that the hydraulic fluid flows by a second flow rate smaller than the first flow rate to reduce the rotational speed of the fan, and supplying, when the rotational speed of the engine becomes larger than a second rotational speed threshold value that is larger than the first rotational speed threshold value, a current to the solenoid to change the rotational speed of the fan, the current corresponding to a temperature of liquid flowing in the work vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Hiroaki Nakagawa, Ryota Hamamoto, Yasuhiro Nishida, Daiki Abe
  • Publication number: 20240003119
    Abstract: A control method for a work vehicle includes acquiring an upper limit speed in a creep mode in which the work vehicle travels at the upper limit speed or less regardless of an operation amount of at least one operation device, detecting a hydraulic pressure in an oil passage between a hydraulic motor to move the work vehicle and a hydraulic pump to actuate the hydraulic motor, determining a traveling primary pressure of pilot oil supplied to an operation valve operated by a first operation device out of the at least one operation device based on a first relationship among the upper limit speed, the hydraulic pressure, and the traveling primary pressure, and controlling a control valve via which the pilot oil is supplied to the operation valve such that a pressure of the pilot oil supplied to the operation valve approaches the traveling primary pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki ABE, Ryota HAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230349402
    Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a hydraulic pump driven by power of the prime mover, a cooler including a cooling fan rotated by either the power of the prime mover or hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump, and a controller configured or programmed to perform a reduction control for reducing a target fan rotation speed that is a target rotation speed of the cooling fan in response to reduction of an actual prime mover rotation speed that is an actual rotation speed of the prime mover, and to perform, after the reduction control, a restoration control for restoring the target fan rotation speed. The controller is configured or programmed to make a difference between a reduction rate of the target fan rotation speed in the reduction control and an increase rate of the target fan rotation speed in the restoration control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki ABE, Ryota HAMAMOTO, Hiroaki NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11796056
    Abstract: A working machine includes: a machine body provided thereon with a traveling pump and a traveling motor; a traveling change-over valve shiftable between a first state where a rotation speed of the traveling motor is set to a first speed and a second state where the rotation speed is set to a second speed; an actuation valve operable to control a flow of operation fluid to an operation valve that changes a pressure of operation fluid to be applied to the traveling pump according to operation of an operation member; and a controller to perform a shock-mitigation control for reducing an opening degree of the actuation valve when the traveling change-over valve is shifted from the first state to the second state. The controller determines a reduction amount of the opening degree of the actuation valve reduced by the shock-mitigation control, based on a straight-traveling degree of the machine body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Hamamoto, Kazuki Ueda, Daiki Abe, Kohei Nagao
  • Patent number: 11788255
    Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a traveling pump driven by a power of the prime mover to deliver operation fluid, a traveling motor rotated by the operation fluid delivered from the traveling pump to have a rotation speed stage shiftable between a first speed stage and a second speed stage higher than the first speed stage, a traveling switching valve shiftable between a first state where the rotation speed stage of the traveling motor is set to the first speed stage and a second state where the rotation speed stage of the traveling motor is set to the second speed stage, an actuation valve configured to change a pilot pressure of a pilot fluid to control a flow of operation fluid delivered from the traveling pump, and a controller configured to control the pilot pressure of the pilot fluid output from the actuation valve so that a value of the pilot pressure differs depending on whether the set rotation speed stage of the traveling motor is the first speed stage or the second speed stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Ryota Hamamoto, Jun Tomita, Daiki Abe
  • Publication number: 20230323636
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a working machine includes: a first hydraulic pump; a first hydraulic device; a hydraulic fluid tank; a first discharge fluid passage to allow hydraulic fluid discharged from the first hydraulic device to flow into the tank; a second hydraulic pump to suck fluid from the tank through a suction fluid passage; a second hydraulic device in which difference between flow rate of fluid from the second hydraulic pump device and that of discharged fluid changes according to actuation; a second discharge fluid passage connected to a suction port of the first hydraulic pump and allowing fluid discharged from the second hydraulic device to flow into the first hydraulic pump; a connecting fluid passage branching from the second discharge fluid passage and connected to the suction fluid passage between the tank and the second hydraulic pump; a supplier to supply fluid to the second discharge fluid passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki INAOKA, Daiki ABE, Takumi USUI
  • Patent number: 11781572
    Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a hydraulic pump driven by power of the prime mover, a cooler including a cooling fan rotated by either the power of the prime mover or hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump, and a controller configured or programmed to perform a reduction control for reducing a target fan rotation speed that is a target rotation speed of the cooling fan in response to reduction of an actual prime mover rotation speed that is an actual rotation speed of the prime mover, and to perform, after the reduction control, a restoration control for restoring the target fan rotation speed. The controller is configured or programmed to make a difference between a reduction rate of the target fan rotation speed in the reduction control and an increase rate of the target fan rotation speed in the restoration control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Abe, Yuji Fukuda, Hiroaki Nakagawa, Ryota Hamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230287654
    Abstract: A working machine includes a traveling pump to be operated by power of a prime mover and deliver a hydraulic fluid; a traveling motor that rotates using the delivered hydraulic fluid; an operation valve that changes pilot pressure of a pilot fluid outputted to the traveling pump in response to operation of an operation member; an actuation valve that operates based on a control signal and changes primary pressure that is the pilot pressure of the pilot fluid supplied to the operation valve; a controller that controls opening of the actuation valve by outputting the control signal to the actuation valve; and a first detector that detects an actual number of revolutions of the traveling motor. The controller includes a changer that changes setting of the control signal such that the opening of the actuation valve increases as the actual number of revolutions of the traveling motor decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki ABE, Ryota HAMAMOTO, Jun TOMITA, Fumiya KOZONO
  • Publication number: 20230228062
    Abstract: A working machine includes a controller that performs shift shock reduction control when shift-down switching from a second state to a first state, in which a motor speed can be increased up to a first maximum speed lower than a second maximum speed available in the second state, is performed. The controller includes a first processor configured to, based on a drop amount that is a difference between target and actual numbers of revolutions of a prime mover, compute a first reduction amount for reducing an amount of hydraulic fluid supply from a traveling pump to a traveling motor, a second processor configured to compute a second reduction amount based on a degree of straight traveling of a machine body, and a reduction controller configured to, based on the first or second reduction amount, whichever is larger in absolute value, perform the shift shock reduction control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota HAMAMOTO, Kazuki UEDA, Daiki ABE
  • Publication number: 20230220913
    Abstract: A working machine includes: a machine body provided thereon with a traveling pump and a traveling motor; a traveling change-over valve shiftable between a first state where a rotation speed of the traveling motor is set to a first speed and a second state where the rotation speed is set to a second speed; an actuation valve operable to control a flow of operation fluid to an operation valve that changes a pressure of operation fluid to be applied to the traveling pump according to operation of an operation member; and a controller to perform a shock-mitigation control for reducing an opening degree of the actuation valve when the traveling change-over valve is shifted from the first state to the second state. The controller determines a reduction amount of the opening degree of the actuation valve reduced by the shock-mitigation control, based on a straight-traveling degree of the machine body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota HAMAMOTO, Kazuki UEDA, Daiki ABE, Kohei NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20230203789
    Abstract: A control method for a fan of a work vehicle includes supplying, when an engine is started, a first current to a solenoid of a variable relief valve such that the hydraulic fluid flows by a first flow rate, supplying, when a rotational speed of the engine becomes larger than a first rotational speed threshold value, a second current larger than the first current to the solenoid such that the hydraulic fluid flows by a second flow rate smaller than the first flow rate to reduce the rotational speed of the fan, and supplying, when the rotational speed of the engine becomes larger than a second rotational speed threshold value that is larger than the first rotational speed threshold value, a current to the solenoid to change the rotational speed of the fan, the current corresponding to a temperature of liquid flowing in the work vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Hiroaki NAKAGAWA, Ryota HAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro NISHIDA, Daiki ABE