Patents by Inventor Hiroki Fukudome

Hiroki Fukudome 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: 20080016976
    Abstract: A work vehicle with a working implement, comprising: a control lever 49 for controlling the working implement 3, the control lever being rockably disposed laterally of a driver's seat 16 mounted on a vehicle body 7; a control valve 52 disposed laterally of the vehicle body for controlling actuators 32, 44 that drive the working implement; and interlocking links 56, 57 for interlocking the control lever and spools 54, 55 of the control valve 52, and transmitting rocking of the control lever to the spools; wherein the control lever 49 and the spools 54, 55 are staggered transversely and longitudinally of the vehicle body 7, and the interlocking links 56, 57 are bent, one end of each interlocking link being connected to a first link connector 72, 68c connected to the control lever, the other end of each interlocking link being connected to a second link connector connected to one of the spools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukudome, Eiji Miyazaki, Masataka Takagi, Shuichi Takeshita
  • Patent number: 7300241
    Abstract: An attachment construction for attaching a front loader having booms to a front of a tractor vehicle body is disclosed. The construction includes a pair of support tables projecting from the front portion of the tractor body to the right and left outer sides thereof, an engine constituting the vehicle body being disposed forwardly of the support tables, a front axle frame being secured to right and left sides of the engine, a pair of main frames disposed erect on the respective support tables for supporting the booms, and a pair of attaching brackets secured to right/left inner ends of the respective support tables for attaching the support tables to the vehicle body. Each attaching bracket includes a front attaching portion secured to the front axle frame and a rear attaching portion projecting rearwardly of the support table associated therewith and secured to a fore-and-aft intermediate portion of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukudome, Koichi Kawaguchi, Kiyokazu Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20070259854
    Abstract: [Problem] There is provided a compound which can be used for therapy of diseases in which 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?-HSD1) participates, in particular diabetes, insulin resistance. [Means for Solution] It has been found that a triazole derivative wherein the triazole ring is substituted with a trisubstituted methyl group in the 2-position or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has a strong 11?-HSD1 inhibitory activity. Moreover, the triazole derivative of the invention exhibits an excellent blood-glucose level-lowering action and hence can be used for therapy of diabetes, insulin resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: ASTELLAS PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Takeshi Murakami, Tomoaki Kawano, Ryota Shiraki, Hirofumi Ishii, Seiji Yoshimura, Takehiko Ohkawa, Mitsuru Hosaka, Hiroki Fukudome, Yutaka Inoki
  • Publication number: 20070243052
    Abstract: A work apparatus to be mounted to a work vehicle includes: a pair of cylindrical masts 35 disposed erect on right and left sides of a vehicle body having a control valve; a boom 91 pivotally supported to the masts; an implement pivotally supported to the boom; a boom cylinder 60 for pivoting the boom; an implement cylinder 61 for operating the implement; a boom piping system communicating the control valve with the boom cylinder; and an implement piping system communicating the control valve with the implement cylinder; wherein a channel constituting member 84 constituting the boom piping system extends vertically within each mast; one end of the channel constituting member 84 extends to the outside at a lower portion of the mast to be connected with the control valve; and the other end of the channel constituting member 84 extends to the outside at an upper portion of the mast 35 to be connected with boom cylinder 60.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukudome, Masataka Takagi, Koji Saito, Eiji Miyazaki, Shuichi Takeshita
  • Publication number: 20060182597
    Abstract: A boom assembly is bent at a longitudinal center portion thereof to present an upwardly convex shape. The assembly includes a front boom body and a rear boom body. The front boom body and the rear main body each includes a main body consisting essentially of a pair of right and left lateral plates and a top plate interconnecting upper edges of the respective lateral plates. The main body is formed with an upper face and a lower edge thereof being bent in a longitudinal direction thereof into an arc face having a predetermined radius of curvature. The front or rear main body further includes a bottom plate disposed downwardly of the top plate and between the right and left lateral plates. Each main body is formed by bending a plate member into a reverse U-shaped cross section and each bottom plate is comprised of a plate member provided separately from the plate member forming the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Higashikawa, Naoki Onishi, Ryoichi Nishi, Hiroki Fukudome
  • Publication number: 20060182598
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a pair of, right and left booms detachably attached to a vehicle body, an implement attached to leading ends of the booms and a stand for supporting the booms with the implement being placed on a ground surface when the booms are detached from the vehicle body. The stand includes a pair of, right and left stand members provided in correspondence with the right and left booms and a stand connecting member for interconnecting the stand members. Each stand member is attached to the boom corresponding thereto in such a manner that the stand is movable between a use position in which each stand member projects downwardly from the boom for supporting the boom and a non-use position in which each stand member extends along the boom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukudome, Tadashi Nakao, Shuichi Takeshita
  • Publication number: 20060073003
    Abstract: An attachment construction for attaching a front loader having booms to a front of a tractor vehicle body is disclosed. The construction includes a pair of support tables projecting from the front portion of the tractor body to the right and left outer sides thereof, an engine constituting the vehicle body being disposed forwardly of the support tables, a front axle frame being secured to right and left sides of the engine, a pair of main frames disposed erect on the respective support tables for supporting the booms, and a pair of attaching brackets secured to right/left inner ends of the respective support tables for attaching the support tables to the vehicle body. Each attaching bracket includes a front attaching portion secured to the front axle frame and a rear attaching portion projecting rearwardly of the support table associated therewith and secured to a fore-and-aft intermediate portion of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Fukudome, Koichi Kawaguchi, Kiyokazu Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 6879261
    Abstract: An operator presence sensing apparatus for a seat of a vehicle includes a base member (7, 8) for supporting the seat (6), and a relay member (9) extending vertically between the base member and the seat. The seat is oscillatable about a pivot axis (X) extending in a transverse direction in the base member. The relay member is pivotably supported at one end thereof by the pivot axis and at the other end by the base member through a cushion spring (10). A seat lift-up spring (12) is disposed between an underside of the seat and the base member for receiving part of the weight of the seat. The seat unoccupied by the operator is oscillated to a floating position lifted from the relay member by the lift-up spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Akifumi Nishino, Ryuji Kitagawa, Kenzo Ushiro, Hiroki Fukudome
  • Publication number: 20040090338
    Abstract: An operator presence sensing apparatus for a seat of a vehicle includes a base member (7, 8) for supporting the seat (6), and a relay member (9) extending vertically between the base member and the seat. The seat is oscillatable about a pivot axis (X) extending in a transverse direction in the base member. The relay member is pivotably supported at one end thereof by the pivot axis and at the other end by the base member through a cushion spring (10). A seat lift-up spring (12) is disposed between an underside of the seat and the base member for receiving part of the weight of the seat. The seat unoccupied by the operator is oscillated to a floating position lifted from the relay member by the lift-up spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akifumi Nishino, Ryuji Kitagawa, Kenzo Ushiro, Hiroki Fukudome
  • Patent number: D533883
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Higashikawa, Hiroki Fukudome
  • Patent number: D535667
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Higashikawa, Hiroki Fukudome