Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Tada

Hiroyuki Tada 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: 11007963
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame extending in a vehicle body front/rear direction, a front wheel unit and a rear wheel unit attached to the vehicle body frame, a driver's seat disposed upwardly of the vehicle body frame, a ROPS and and an operational tool operable by a driver seated at the driver's seat. The ROPS includes a pair of left and right lower portions fixed to the vehicle body frame and an upper portion supported to the lower portions to be pivotable between a vertical posture and a horizontal posture about a pivot shaft extending in a vehicle body transverse direction, an actuator unit for generating power, and an operational mechanism configured to pivot the upper portion with using the power. The actuator is controlled by the operational tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tada
  • Patent number: 10753631
    Abstract: When a service technician or the like performs maintenance of a mechanism in an indoor unit, the service technician may accidentally detach a refrigerant gas sensor and the refrigerant gas sensor may be broken. To prevent this, communication pipes (regulating members) configured to regulate the detachment of a refrigerant gas sensor are provided on the side toward which the refrigerant gas sensor is detached (front side) when a casing provided on the side toward which the refrigerant gas sensor is detached (front side) is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke Ikawa, Akio Tasaka, Hiroyuki Tada, Seiko Kitamura, Shinji Nagaoka
  • Publication number: 20200207300
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame extending in a vehicle body front/rear direction, a front wheel unit and a rear wheel unit attached to the vehicle body frame, a driver's seat disposed upwardly of the vehicle body frame, a ROPS and and an operational tool operable by a driver seated at the driver's seat. The ROPS includes a pair of left and right lower portions fixed to the vehicle body frame and an upper portion supported to the lower portions to be pivotable between a vertical posture and a horizontal posture about a pivot shaft extending in a vehicle body transverse direction, an actuator unit for generating power, and an operational mechanism configured to pivot the upper portion with using the power. The actuator is controlled by the operational tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki TADA
  • Patent number: 10687467
    Abstract: A grass mower includes a mower unit (8) provided on the traveling machine body (10), a grass container (4) provided on a rear portion of the traveling machine body (10) for storing cut grass from the mower unit (8), a rod lever unit (6) capable of undergoing displacement between a first operation position and a second operation position, and a swing mechanism (5) for swinging the grass container (4) between a cut grass storage position and a cut grass discharge position by utilizing operational displacement of the rod lever unit (6). The rod lever unit (6) includes a base rod (61) coupled to the swing mechanism (5), a grip rod (62) extending in a direction offset from an extending direction of the base rod (61), and a coupling portion (63) through which the base rod (61) and the grip rod (62) are coupled so as not to be capable of being rotated relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Hironobu Nishihara, Taylor Clark, Fahmid Sharkar, Benjamin A. Morris
  • Patent number: 10501039
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a front wheel unit and a rear wheel unit attached to a vehicle body frame, a power source mounted at a rear portion of the vehicle body frame, a ROPS bracket fixed to the vehicle body frame at a region thereof forwardly of the power source and a ROPS. this ROPS includes a pair of left and right upright portions and a crossbar connecting the upright portions at upper portions thereof. Lower end portions of the pair of upright portions are supported to the ROPS bracket to be pivotable toward the power source about a horizontal axis extending in a vehicle-body transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Minoura, Hiroyuki Tada
  • Patent number: 10377009
    Abstract: A machine tool is configured so that a working area in which a workpiece is worked using a tool can be monitored, and includes a cover that is provided to cover the working area, and isolates the inside of the machine tool that includes the working area from the outside, at least one camera that is provided to the inner side of the cover, and captures the inside of the machine tool, and a touch panel that is provided to the cover, wherein the touch panel includes a display panel and an input operation panel, and the display panel displays an image of the inside of the machine tool that has been captured by the at least one camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: NAKAMURA-TOME PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koki Hori, Hiroyuki Tada, Naotsugu Nishimura, Masaru Osugi
  • Publication number: 20190193661
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a front wheel unit and a rear wheel unit attached to a vehicle body frame, a power source mounted at a rear portion of the vehicle body frame, a ROPS bracket fixed to the vehicle body frame at a region thereof forwardly of the power source and a ROPS. this ROPS includes a pair of left and right upright portions and a crossbar connecting the upright portions at upper portions thereof. Lower end portions of the pair of upright portions are supported to the ROPS bracket to be pivotable toward the power source about a horizontal axis extending in a vehicle-body transverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira MINOURA, Hiroyuki TADA
  • Patent number: 10327383
    Abstract: A mid-mount mower has a mower unit mounted under a vehicle body between front wheels and rear wheels. The mower includes a lift link mechanism having a front link and a rear link, an intermediate structure interconnecting one end of the front link and one end of the rear link via a pivot axis, a blade housing having an engaged portion engageable with an engaging potion of the intermediate structure and a guide face configured to guide the engaging portion ad the engaged portion to an engaging position so as to establish connection between the blade housing placed on a ground surface and the intermediate structure in association with a movement of the vehicle body in a front/rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Akira Minoura, Takeshi Komorida, Azusa Furihata, Hiroshi Kawabata, Ryo Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20190116732
    Abstract: A grass mower includes a mower unit (8) provided on the traveling machine body (10), a grass container (4) provided on a rear portion of the traveling machine body (10) for storing cut grass from the mower unit (8), a rod lever unit (6) capable of undergoing displacement between a first operation position and a second operation position, and a swing mechanism (5) for swinging the grass container (4) between a cut grass storage position and a cut grass discharge position by utilizing operational displacement of the rod lever unit (6). The rod lever unit (6) includes a base rod (61) coupled to the swing mechanism (5), a grip rod (62) extending in a direction offset from an extending direction of the base rod (61), and a coupling portion (63) through which the base rod (61) and the grip rod (62) are coupled so as not to be capable of being rotated relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Hironobu Nishihara, Taylor Clark, Fahmid Sharkar, Benjamin A. Morris
  • Patent number: 10023083
    Abstract: A seat mounting structure for mounting a seat to a work vehicle includes a seat base fixed to a vehicle body, a seat swing element fixed to the seat and attached to the seat base to be vertically swingable, a suspension unit arranged between the seat base and the seat swing element, and a lock lever attached to the seat swing element to be movable between a seat locking position to prevent the seat swing element from flipping over and a seat unlocking position to allow the seat swinging element to swing upward. The lock lever engages the suspension unit in the seat locking position and disengages from the suspension unit in the seat unlocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tada
  • Publication number: 20180169816
    Abstract: A machine tool is configured so that a working area in which a workpiece is worked using a tool can be monitored, and includes a cover that is provided to cover the working area, and isolates the inside of the machine tool that includes the working area from the outside, at least one camera that is provided to the inner side of the cover, and captures the inside of the machine tool, and a touch panel that is provided to the cover, wherein the touch panel includes a display panel and an input operation panel, and the display panel displays an image of the inside of the machine tool that has been captured by the at least one camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: NAKAMURA-TOME PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koki HORI, Hiroyuki TADA, Naotsugu NISHIMURA, Masaru OSUGI
  • Patent number: 9976524
    Abstract: A work vehicle is provided with fuel supply lines that include a first fuel supply line that connects a first fuel tank and a junction. A second fuel supply line connects a second fuel tank and the junction. A common supply line connects the junction and a diesel engine. A fuel pump is provided on the common supply line. A first check valve is installed on the first fuel supply line and opens in accordance with a pressure differential between a pressure in the first fuel tank and a pressure in the junction. A second check valve is installed on the second fuel supply line and opens in accordance with a pressure differential between a pressure in the second fuel tank and a pressure in the junction. A fuel return line returns excess fuel from the diesel engine to the first fuel tank and the second fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Takaoka, Seiya Yoshida, Junki Nakao, Hideki Aoki, Osami Fujiwara, Hiroyuki Tada
  • Publication number: 20170336092
    Abstract: A refrigerant gas sensor is typically attached so that an opening for introducing leaked refrigerant gas into the inside faces upward. With this arrangement, however, a small amount of a different gas such as propane and pesticide, which is sucked from the outside of an air conditioner, may be erroneously recognized as refrigerant gas. On this account, a refrigerant gas sensor 9 includes a detecting element 61 for detecting leakage of refrigerant gas and a casing member 62 provided to surround the detecting element 61. The casing member 62 has a casing opening (first opening) 62a through which the refrigerant gas is introduced into the inside of the casing member 62. The casing opening (first opening) 62a is below the detecting element 61.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke IKAWA, Akio TASAKA, Hiroyuki TADA, Seiko KITAMURA, Shinji NAGAOKA, Katsunori MURATA
  • Publication number: 20170314805
    Abstract: When a service technician or the like performs maintenance of a mechanism in an indoor unit, the service technician may accidentally detach a refrigerant gas sensor and the refrigerant gas sensor may be broken. To prevent this, communication pipes (regulating members) configured to regulate the detachment of a refrigerant gas sensor are provided on the side toward which the refrigerant gas sensor is detached (front side) when a casing provided on the side toward which the refrigerant gas sensor is detached (front side) is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke IKAWA, Akio TASAKA, Hiroyuki TADA, Seiko KITAMURA, Shinji NAGAOKA
  • Publication number: 20170181374
    Abstract: A mid-mount mower has a mower unit mounted under a vehicle body between front wheels and rear wheels. The mower includes a lift link mechanism having a front link and a rear link, an intermediate structure interconnecting one end of the front link and one end of the rear link via a pivot axis, a blade housing having an engaged portion engageable with an engaging potion of the intermediate structure and a guide face configured to guide the engaging portion ad the engaged portion to an engaging position so as to establish connection between the blade housing placed on a ground surface and the intermediate structure in association with a movement of the vehicle body in a front/rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Akira Minoura, Takeshi Komorida, Azusa Furihata, Hiroshi Kawabata, Ryo Matsumoto
  • Patent number: D820731
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi Suga, Tsuneo Kanasugi, Hiroyuki Tada
  • Patent number: D993081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Subaru Corporation
    Inventors: Yung Joo Presciutti, Ken Billes, Shinya Minagawa, Yuki Takamatsu, Hiroyuki Tada
  • Patent number: D1016031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kato, Yorimasa Yasuda, Satoru Kozuka, Hideaki Yamamoto, Nichika Moriguchi, Keisuke Tada, Kenichi Oi, Masaaki Kadoyanagi, Toshio Nakayama, Shinichiro Ando, Akihiro Gonda
  • Patent number: D1016032
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kato, Yorimasa Yasuda, Satoru Kozuka, Hideaki Yamamoto, Nichika Moriguchi, Keisuke Tada, Kenichi Oi, Masaaki Kadoyanagi, Toshio Nakayama, Shinichiro Ando, Akihiro Gonda
  • Patent number: D1016033
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kato, Yorimasa Yasuda, Satoru Kozuka, Hideaki Yamamoto, Nichika Moriguchi, Keisuke Tada, Kenichi Oi, Masaaki Kadoyanagi, Toshio Nakayama, Shinichiro Ando, Akihiro Gonda