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: 9622406
    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: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Akira Minoura, Takeshi Komorida, Azusa Furihata, Hiroshi Kawabata, Ryo Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9476334
    Abstract: A working vehicle has a cooling fan provided on a first side of an engine to blow air to the engine; a muffler main body provided on a second side thereof in a position lower than an upper surface of a head cover of the engine; and an exhaust pipe exposed in a position facing an air blowing path of the cooling fan higher than the upper surface of the head cover of the engine to discharge exhaust from the muffler main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Masato Asahara, Yoshihiro Ueda, Eiji Sato, Akira Minoura
  • Patent number: 9404814
    Abstract: An exhaust gas temperature detection sensor is arranged at a predetermined position outside a muffler, or at a predetermined position outside an exhaust pipe constituting an exhaust gas flow passage on a more downstream side than the muffler in an exhaust direction. The sensor detects that an atmosphere temperature at the predetermined position outside the muffler has reached a predetermined temperature based on an increase in a temperature inside the muffler, or detects that an atmosphere temperature at the predetermined position outside the exhaust pipe has reached a predetermined temperature based on an increase in a temperature of an exhaust gas inside the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Masato Asahara, Yoshihiro Ueda, Hideki Aoki, Akira Minoura
  • Publication number: 20160069309
    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: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki TAKAOKA, Seiya YOSHIDA, Junki NAKAO, Hideki AOKI, Osami FUJIWARA, Hiroyuki TADA
  • Publication number: 20150181803
    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: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Akira Minoura, Takeshi Komorida, Azusa Furihata, Hiroshi Kawabata, Ryo Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9045171
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a fixed hood covering a rear area of an engine compartment housing an engine and an engine accessory, a swing axis extending through the rear area of the engine compartment in a transverse direction of the vehicle, and a swing hood swinging around the swing axis between a closed position and an open position. The swing hood tucks the fixed hood inside the swing hood and thus covers the fixed hood in the open position, and covers a front area and a middle area of the engine compartment and overlaps with a front end portion of the fixed hood in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Nogami, Hiroyuki Tada, Yoshiyuki Esaki, Kazutomo Miyaguchi, Eiji Sato, Akira Minoura, Hironori Tsuchihashi, Osami Fujiwara, Seiya Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8858073
    Abstract: An exhaust gas temperature detection sensor is arranged at a predetermined position outside a muffler, or at a predetermined position outside an exhaust pipe constituting an exhaust gas flow passage on a more downstream side than the muffler in an exhaust direction. The sensor detects that an atmosphere temperature at the predetermined position outside the muffler has reached a predetermined temperature based on an increase in a temperature inside the muffler, or detects that an atmosphere temperature at the predetermined position outside the exhaust pipe has reached a predetermined temperature based on an increase in a temperature of an exhaust gas inside the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Masato Asahara, Yoshihiro Ueda, Hideki Aoki, Akira Minoura
  • Publication number: 20140014429
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a fixed hood covering a rear area of an engine compartment housing an engine and an engine accessory, a swing axis extending through the rear area of the engine compartment in a transverse direction of the vehicle, and a swing hood swinging around the swing axis between a closed position and an open position. The swing hood tucks the fixed hood inside the swing hood and thus covers the fixed hood in the open position, and covers a front area and a middle area of the engine compartment and overlaps with a front end portion of the fixed hood in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki NOGAMI, Hiroyuki TADA, Yoshiyuki ESAKI, Kazutomo MIYAGUCHI, Eiji SATO, Akira MINOURA, Hironori TSUCHIHASHI, Osami FUJIWARA, Seiya YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: D697464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Masayuki Yamaji
  • Patent number: D698293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Masayuki Yamaji
  • Patent number: D699641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tada
  • Patent number: D701149
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Syouta Asano
  • Patent number: D701150
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Masayuki Yamaji
  • Patent number: D706689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Syouta Asano
  • Patent number: D707159
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tada
  • Patent number: D709453
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Tsuyoshi Kawashima, Atsushi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: D714224
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Tsuyoshi Kawashima, Atsushi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: D716186
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tada
  • Patent number: D723978
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tada, Alexander Wen Shen, Koji Inoue
  • Patent number: D739972
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tada