Patents by Inventor Junsei Tanaka

Junsei Tanaka 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: 7992384
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device of construction machinery is disclosed. The device includes a main merging/diverging valve, operating levers operated to actuate plural actuators, an operating condition judging section, and a pattern collating section. When a load pressure of each actuator is high, a discharge pressure of each discharge oil path is also high, and when a total of the discharge pressures exceeds a predetermined set pressure, the main merging/diverging valve is switched to a diverging position, and when the total of the discharge pressures drops to below the set pressure, the main merging/diverging valve is switched to the merging position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Itakura, Masahiko Hoshiya, Yuki Yokoyama, Junsei Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7520130
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure control device of a construction machine enabling an increase in operability and working efficiency by suppressing a fluctuation in flow rates occurring before and after the switching of a merging-separating valve, in energy efficiency by accurately determining the switching timing of the merging-separating valve to suppress the pressure energy loss of a pressure compensating valve, and working efficiency in the compound motion of plural hydraulic actuators. When a controller determines that necessary flow rates of first and second hydraulic actuators are less than maximum discharge flow rate of each of first and second variable displacement hydraulic pumps when the first merging-separating valve is in a merging position, the switching of the first merging-separating valve is controlled so that firstly the first merging-separating valve is switched to a separating position and, after the switching is completed, the second merging-separating valve is switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Junsei Tanaka, Kazuhiro Hatake
  • Publication number: 20090056324
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device of construction machinery having a main merging/diverging valve interposed in a connecting oil path connecting discharge oil paths of first and second hydraulic pumps in a merging position, operating levers for corresponding works operated to actuate plural actuators, an operating condition judging section judging a lever operating condition of each operation lever, a pattern collating section selecting an operating pattern matching an actual operation pattern from set and stored various operation patterns corresponding the operating conditions in a controller. When a load pressure of each actuator is high, a discharge pressure of each discharge oil path is also high, and when a total of the discharge pressures exceeds a predetermined set pressure, the main merging/diverging valve is switched to a diverging position, and when the total of the discharge pressures drops to below the set pressure, the main merging/diverging valve is switched to the merging position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Itakura, Masahiko Hoshiya, Yuki Yokoyama, Junsei Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20070125078
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure control device of a construction machine enabling an increase in operability and working efficiency by suppressing a fluctuation in flow rates occurring before and after the switching of a merging-separating valve, in energy efficiency by accurately determining the switching timing of the merging-separating valve to suppress the pressure energy loss of a pressure compensating valve, and working efficiency in the compound motion of plural hydraulic actuators. When a controller determines that necessary flow rates of first and second hydraulic actuators are less than maximum discharge flow rate of each of first and second variable displacement hydraulic pumps when the first merging-separating valve is in a merging position, the switching of the first merging-separating valve is controlled so that firstly the first merging-separating valve is switched to a separating position and, after the switching is completed, the second merging-separating valve is switched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Junsei Tanaka, Kazuhiro Hatake
  • Patent number: 6725581
    Abstract: Compact, low-cost construction equipment capable of effectively recovering energy from a plurality of hydraulic actuators is provided. To this end, the construction equipment comprises: a hydraulic recovery circuit for recovering return oil from the hydraulic actuators, the circuit being equipped with a pump motor rotatably driven by the recovered return oil; oil guide passages each of which is for guiding return oil from the meter-out side of its corresponding hydraulic actuator to the hydraulic recovery circuit; switches for switching the respective oil guide passages between their opened and closed states; pressure sensors for detecting the back pressure of each hydraulic pressure actuator; and a dynamo-electric generator for generating electric power from the rotary force of the pump motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Naruse, Naritoshi Ohtsukasa, Junsei Tanaka, Seiya Haga
  • Publication number: 20030221339
    Abstract: Compact, low-cost construction equipment capable of effectively recovering energy from a plurality of hydraulic actuators is provided. To this end, the construction equipment comprises: a hydraulic recovery circuit for recovering return oil from the hydraulic actuators, the circuit being equipped with a pump motor rotatably driven by the recovered return oil; oil guide passages each of which is for guiding return oil from the meter-out side of its corresponding hydraulic actuator to the hydraulic recovery circuit; switches for switching the respective oil guide passages between their opened and closed states; pressure sensors for detecting the back pressure of each hydraulic pressure actuator; and a dynamo-electric generator for generating electric power from the rotary force of the pump motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Naruse, Naritoshi Ohtsukasa, Junsei Tanaka, Seiya Haga
  • Patent number: D663324
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Fuchita, Yuuji Shiomoto, Junsei Tanaka, Tomoya Kumagai