Patents by Inventor Hiroki Bessho
Hiroki Bessho 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).
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Publication number: 20240144700Abstract: A moving body control device includes an outside recognition unit configured to acquire recognition data of an outside of a moving body, a reception unit which receives designation of a predetermined parking position from a user of the moving body, and a control unit configured to perform automatic parking control for parking the moving body at the predetermined parking position based on the recognition data of the outside and the predetermined parking position, and register the predetermined parking position as a designated parking position. The control unit is configured to register feature points related to the designated parking position by using a plurality of patterns based on illuminance of the outside calculated from the recognition data of the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Hiroyuki Nakashima, Takeshi Sasajima, Hiroki Takaku, Hideki Nagatomo, Tatsuro Fujiwara, Makoto Bessho, Masaya Kato, Jun Adachi, Momoka Akaike, Kazutaka Hayakawa
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Patent number: 11738814Abstract: Disclosed is a work vehicle having a load carrier deck provided at a rear portion of a vehicle body to be vertically pivotable between an elevated discharging posture and a lowered load carrying posture. An engine section is provided under the load carrier deck. The engine section includes an engine, an exhaust muffler for the engine, and a muffler heat insulating cover for covering an outer circumference of the exhaust muffler. The muffler heat insulating cover is supported by a vehicle body frame via an anti-vibration member.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Toshiki Ono, Hiroki Bessho, Yuichiro Kimura, Rei Tokuda
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Publication number: 20220194288Abstract: A tailgate assembly is provided for a cargo bed having a bottom wall and a front, left and right side walls. An opening is defined between the left and right side walls, and the bottom wall. The tailgate assembly includes a first panel and a second panel. The first panel is pivotally connected to the bottom wall. The first panel is pivotable between a cargo-retaining position and an unfolded position with respect to the bottom wall. In the cargo-retaining position, the first panel closes the opening. The second panel is pivotally connected to the first panel. The second panel is pivotable between a folded position and a ramp position. In the folded position, the first panel and the second panel are substantially parallel to one another and in the ramp position the first and second panels extend from one another at an angle greater than ninety degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Nicholas ALLICOCK, Fahmid SHARKAR, Hiroki BESSHO, Travis WILSON
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Patent number: 11161417Abstract: A vehicle includes a body holding device configured to hold the body of a seated driver; a travel control unit configured to drive the vehicle body so that it travels; and a maximum vehicle speed setting unit configured to set a set maximum vehicle speed. The travel control unit controls an output from the driving unit based on the operation amount of an accelerator device if the vehicle speed is lower than the set maximum vehicle speed, and restricts the output from the driving unit irrespective of the operation amount of the accelerator device if the vehicle speed is equal to or higher than the set maximum vehicle speed. The maximum vehicle speed setting unit sets, if it is detected that the body holding device is worn, a first vehicle speed as the set maximum vehicle speed, and sets, if it is detected that the body holding device is not worn, a second vehicle speed lower than the first vehicle speed as the set maximum vehicle speed.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroki Bessho, Takeshi Satozono, Noriyasu Honjo
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Patent number: 10995843Abstract: A work vehicle includes a stepless speed changer device having a drive pulley receiving input of power of an engine, a driven pulley, and an endless rotary body wound around and entrained between the the drive pulley and the driven pulley and an accommodating body having an accommodation space for accommodating the drive pulley, the driven pulley and the endless rotary body. The accommodation space includes an air passage for causing air introduced from the outside to flow from the driven pulley side to the drive pulley side to be eventually discharged to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroki Bessho, Noriyasu Honjo, Jun Yoshida, Hiroshi Takagi
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Patent number: 10711745Abstract: A work vehicle includes an engine, an intake passage through which combustion air flows from an ambient air inlet to an engine, an air cleaner for removing dust contained in the combustion air, a throttle valve for adjusting an intake amount of the combustion air by the engine, a blowby gas returning passage for returning blowby gas discharged from the engine to a mid portion of the intake passage, and an inclined passage portion that assumes a progressively downwardly inclined posture to be located at a lower position on downstream side in a flow direction, the inclined passage portion having a water draining portion at its lowermost end.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroki Bessho, Kazuyuki Tashiro
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Patent number: 10538272Abstract: A multi-purpose vehicle includes a rollover protection structure frame (ROPS frame) associated with a seat. The ROPS frame includes right and left front struts, and right and left rear struts. A handrail frame is attached to a lateral outer side of the seat. A cover member is attached to the handrail frame and extends upwards from the handrail frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Koji Nada, Hiroki Bessho, Sechan Park, Masaru Nakaji
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Patent number: 10457317Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle including a steering wheel arranged offset toward one side in a vehicle body right/left direction, and an electric power steering unit. The electric power steering unit includes a link mechanism operably connected to the steering wheel and extending from a right/left center side of the steering wheel toward a vehicle body right/left center side to be operably connected to a wheel side, an assist device for the link mechanism, a control lever arranged adjacent the vehicle body right/left center in the vicinity of the steering wheel, a rotation shaft operably connected to the control lever to be rotated about a right/left axis that extends in the vehicle body right/left direction, and a control cable operably connected to the rotation shaft. A base end portion of the control cable is more offset toward the one side than the assist device.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Takagi, Hiroki Bessho, Takafumi Komatsu, Kensuke Okabe, Takeshi Satozono
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Patent number: 10442288Abstract: A fuel tank for a work vehicle is disclosed. The fuel tank includes a tank body, an oil filling cylindrical portion protruding from the tank body, and an oil filler cap detachably attached to the oil filling cylindrical portion for opening/closing an oil filling opening of the oil filling cylindrical portion, A cap body of the oil filler cap has a tubular portion to be detachably fitted on the oil filling cylindrical portion and a lid portion formed at an upper end portion of the tubular portion for opening/closing the oil filling opening. A skirt portion extends from the cap body to opposite side to the lid portion relative to the tubular portion, a diameter of an extending end portion of the skirt portion being larger than a diameter of the tubular portion of the cap body.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Koji Nada, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Kazuyuki Tashiro, Hiroki Bessho
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Publication number: 20190276103Abstract: Disclosed is a work vehicle having a load carrier deck provided at a rear portion of a vehicle body to be vertically pivotable between an elevated discharging posture and a lowered load carrying posture. An engine section is provided under the load carrier deck. The engine section includes an engine, an exhaust muffler for the engine, and a muffler heat insulating cover for covering an outer circumference of the exhaust muffler. The muffler heat insulating cover is supported by a vehicle body frame via an anti-vibration member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2018Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Toshiki Ono, Hiroki Bessho, Yuichiro Kimura, Rei Tokuda
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Publication number: 20190263254Abstract: A fuel tank for a work vehicle is disclosed. The fuel tank includes a tank body, an oil filling cylindrical portion protruding from the tank body, and an oil filler cap detachably attached to the oil filling cylindrical portion for opening/closing an oil filling opening of the oil filling cylindrical portion, A cap body of the oil filler cap has a tubular portion to be detachably fitted on the oil filling cylindrical portion and a lid portion formed at an upper end portion of the tubular portion for opening/closing the oil filling opening. A skirt portion extends from the cap body to opposite side to the lid portion relative to the tubular portion, a diameter of an extending end portion of the skirt portion being larger than a diameter of the tubular portion of the cap body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2018Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Koji Nada, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Kazuyuki Tashiro, Hiroki Bessho
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Patent number: 10391859Abstract: A work vehicle includes a blower pipe extending between an inner space of a front hood and a rear portion of a vehicle body for sucking cooling air from the inner space toward an engine section. The blower pipe has an air inlet that is opened toward an inner side in a vehicle body transverse direction in the inner space.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Takashi Kuramoto, Hiroki Bessho, Kantaro Morimoto, Sechan Park, Rei Tokuda
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Patent number: 10323694Abstract: A work vehicle including: a transmission unit that is provided with, on a shaft that is provided in a power transmission path leading from an input shaft to a power transmission shaft but is not a speed change shaft, a gear member that has an engagement recess, and a claw member having an engaging claw that engages with the engagement recess and to which rotational power is transmitted. There are gaps in a rotational direction between the engaging claw and both ends, in the rotational direction, of the engagement recess.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroki Bessho, Jun Yoshida, Hiroshi Takagi
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Patent number: 10179506Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor, and a belt stepless speed changer device having a driving rotary body, a driven rotary body, a first shaft member supporting the driving rotary body with allowing rotation thereof in unison, a second shaft member supporting the driven rotary body with allowing rotation thereof in unison, and an endless belt wound around the driving rotary body and the driven rotary body. The vehicle further includes a transmission case configured to receive the powers from the engine and the motor via the belt stepless speed changer device and a centrifugal clutch incorporated in a power transmission line extending form the engine to the first shaft member. The motor is disposed on the side opposite the engine across the driving rotary body, and the driving power of the motor is inputted to the first shaft member.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Sumio Yagyu, Go Takaki, Shinichi Kawabata, Shigeki Hayashi, Shohei Nakai, Hiroki Bessho
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Publication number: 20190009668Abstract: A work vehicle includes a blower pipe extending between an inner space of a front hood and a rear portion of a vehicle body for sucking cooling air from the inner space toward an engine section. The blower pipe has an air inlet that is opened toward an inner side in a vehicle body transverse direction in the inner space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Takashi Kuramoto, Hiroki Bessho, Kantaro Morimoto, Sechan Park, Rei Tokuda
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Publication number: 20180347521Abstract: A work vehicle includes an engine, an intake passage through which combustion air flows from an ambient air inlet to an engine, an air cleaner for removing dust contained in the combustion air, a throttle valve for adjusting an intake amount of the combustion air by the engine, a blowby gas returning passage for returning blowby gas discharged from the engine to a mid portion of the intake passage, and an inclined passage portion that assumes a progressively downwardly inclined posture to be located at a lower position on downstream side in a flow direction, the inclined passage portion having a water draining portion at its lowermost end.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Hiroki Bessho, Kazuyuki Tashiro
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Patent number: 10124659Abstract: Provided is a utility work vehicle including an engine section, a speed changer device and a belt type stepless speed changer device, a rear frame supporting the engine section, and a main frame supporting the rear frame. The rear frame includes right and left rear wheel supporting portions, each of which has a front supporting member and a rear supporting member extending upwards from the rear frame. The rear supporting member disposed on more rear side of the vehicle body than the belt type stepless speed changer device has its upper end connected to a rear frame portion of the main frame. The front supporting member is disposed on more laterally outer side of the vehicle body than the belt type stepless speed changer device. Between an upper end of the front supporting member and the rear frame portion, there is formed a space that allows attachment/detachment of a speed changer cover detachably attached to the belt type stepless speed changer device from a laterally outer side of the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroki Bessho, Kensuke Okabe, Taro Nakamura, Junichi Fujiwara, Toshiki Ono, Takafumi Komatsu
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Patent number: 10112475Abstract: A utility vehicle includes: a travel unit having a left-right pair of front travel apparatuses and a left-right pair of rear travel apparatuses; an engine capable of driving first travel apparatuses being one of the pair of front travel apparatuses and the pair of rear travel apparatuses; a motor capable of driving second travel apparatuses being the other of the pair of front travel apparatuses and the pair of rear travel apparatuses; and a control apparatus capable of switching between an engine two-wheel drive mode in which only the engine is driven, a motor two-wheel drive mode in which only the motor is driven, and a hybrid four-wheel drive mode in which the engine and the motor are both driven.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Masatoshi Sakai, Hiroki Bessho, Kazuyuki Tashiro
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Publication number: 20180297641Abstract: A multi-purpose vehicle includes a rollover protection structure frame (ROPS frame) associated with a seat. The ROPS frame includes right and left front struts, and right and left rear struts. A handrail frame is attached to a lateral outer side of the seat. A cover member is attached to the handrail frame and extends upwards from the handrail frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Koji Nada, Hiroki Bessho, Sechan Park, Masaru Nakaji
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Patent number: 10099547Abstract: A utility vehicle provided with an engine in a rear portion of a vehicle body is disclosed. The engine is provided with a cylinder head, and has an exhaust gas outlet port formed to be open in a front surface of the engine. An exhaust pipe extends forward from the exhaust gas outlet port, then curves, and extends rearward. A cover that covers a front portion of the exhaust pipe includes: a front-side portion that covers a front side of the front portion of the exhaust pipe; an upper-side portion that extends rearward from an upper end portion of the front-side portion and covers an upper side of the front portion of the exhaust pipe; and an extension portion that extends rearward from a rear end portion of the upper-side portion and covers an upper side of a front portion of the cylinder head.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroki Bessho, Toshiki Ono, Noriyasu Honjo, Hiroaki Kitaguchi