Patents by Inventor Katsuhide Kato

Katsuhide Kato 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: 20240146140
    Abstract: In this stator, lead wire extended portions and a power wire extended portion are extended from a resin portion by an extended portion separating portion such that the lead wire extended portions are separated from the power wire extended portion by distances that are greater than a maximum value of the width of clearance between an end-side portion of the lead wire extended portion and a facing portion located next to the end-side portion, the resin portion being provided so as to cover lead wire portions and a power wire portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: AISIN CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiya SUGIYAMA, Munehiro TAKAHASHI, Keisuke KIMURA, Ken TAKEDA, Takahito NOZAWA, Takashi MATSUMOTO, Yoshitada YAMAGISHI, Katsuhide KITAGAWA, Hajime KATO
  • Patent number: 10945367
    Abstract: A combine including a grain tank that retains grain conveyed from a threshing device; a discharge auger; a temporary retention unit within the grain tank that temporarily retains part of the grain and has a discharge port; a quality measurement unit that detects quality of the grain retained in the temporary retention unit; a shutter transitionable between a position where the discharge port is open and a position where the discharge port is closed; a control unit that opens the shutter when the measurement by the quality measurement unit is completed and closes the shutter when all of the grain in the temporary retention unit is discharged; a volume measurement unit that detects the retention volume of the grain retained in the grain tank; and a determination unit that determines whether the retention volume exceeds a predetermined value, and if so, the control unit stops the opening/closing control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Inoue, Kazuhiro Takahara, Hiroshi Ikeda, Kazunori Matsufuji, Katsuhide Kato
  • Patent number: 10512216
    Abstract: The combine harvester includes a harvest frame that receives grain culms cut by a reaping device and a rake-in auger disposed within the harvest frame so as to be rotatable about a rotary axis extending in a right/left direction of the harvester body. The rake-in auger conveys the grain culms inside the harvest frame in a right/left direction of the harvester body and rakes in the grain culms toward the rear of the harvester body. The combine harvester further includes a feeder that is communicatively connected to a rear wall of the harvest frame, and that conveys the grain culms raked in by the rake-in auger toward the rear of the harvester body. A grain culm sensor that detects the presence of the grain culms when coming in contact with the grain culms is disposed at a grain culm feed port in the feeder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Mao Ueda, Kazuhiro Takahara, Katsuhide Kato
  • Publication number: 20190069482
    Abstract: A combine that can accurately measure the weight of grain retained in a grain tank is provided. When a weight measurement signal is output from a measurement switch 66, a weight measurement decision unit 75 instructs a working state determination unit 71 to perform working state determination. If it is determined that the combine is in the working state, the weight measurement decision unit 75 does not instruct a load cell 39 to perform weight measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Inoue, Kazuhiro Takahara, Hiroshi Ikeda, Kazunori Matsufuji, Katsuhide Kato
  • Patent number: 10143132
    Abstract: A combine including: a measurement sensor that measures a retention volume amount of a grain retained in a grain tank; a determination unit that determines whether or not the retention volume amount measured by the measurement sensor exceeds a preset threshold; a notification unit that, if it is determined by the determination unit that the retention volume amount exceeds the threshold, notifies an operator of information indicating that the amount of the grain exceeds the threshold; a change unit that can change the threshold; and a communication unit that communicates with an external server. The change unit changes the threshold based on data received from the external server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Inoue, Kazuhiro Takahara, Hiroshi Ikeda, Kazunori Matsufuji, Katsuhide Kato
  • Patent number: 10143134
    Abstract: An agricultural crop harvester (1) includes a tank in which harvested crops are stored, a stored amount calculation section (51) that calculates a current stored amount of harvested crops stored in the tank, a communication section (61) which receives drier operation information indicative of a drier operational status transmitted from a drying facility 7, a work management section 62 that determines completion timing of a harvesting work based on the current stored amount and the drier operation information, and a notification section 63 which notifies the completion timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takahara, Katsuhide Kato
  • Publication number: 20180168100
    Abstract: There is a need for a combine harvester which may enhance the detection precision of a gain culm sensor by reliably bringing grain culms into contact with the grain culm sensor. The combine harvester includes: a harvest frame 11 that receives grain culms cut by a reaping device; a rake-in auger 12 that is disposed within the harvest frame 11 so as to be rotatable about a rotary axis X1 extending in a right/left direction of the harvester body, and that conveys the grain culms inside the harvest frame 11 in a right/left direction of the harvester body and rakes in the grain culms toward the rear of the harvester body; and a feeder 13 that is communicatively connected to a rear wall of the harvest frame 11, and that conveys the grain culms raked in by the rake-in auger 12 toward the rear of the harvester body. A grain culm sensor 25 that detects the presence of the grain culms when coming in contact with the grain culms is disposed at a grain culm feed port 24a in the feeder 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Mao Ueda, Kazuhiro Takahara, Katsuhide Kato
  • Publication number: 20180042175
    Abstract: A combine that can accurately measure the weight of grain retained in a grain tank is provided. When a weight measurement signal is output from a measurement switch 66, a weight measurement decision unit 75 instructs a working state determination unit 71 to perform working state determination. If it is determined that the combine is in the working state, the weight measurement decision unit 75 does not instruct a load cell 39 to perform weight measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Inoue, Kazuhiro Takahara, Hiroshi Ikeda, Kazunori Matsufuji, Katsuhide Kato
  • Patent number: 9820436
    Abstract: A combine that can accurately measure the weight of grain retained in a grain tank is provided. When a weight measurement signal is output from a measurement switch 66, a weight measurement decision unit 75 instructs a working state determination unit 71 to perform working state determination. If it is determined that the combine is in the working state, the weight measurement decision unit 75 does not instruct a load cell 39 to perform weight measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Inoue, Kazuhiro Takahara, Hiroshi Ikeda, Kazunori Matsufuji, Katsuhide Kato
  • Publication number: 20160057929
    Abstract: An agricultural crop harvester (1) includes a tank in which harvested crops are stored, a stored amount calculation section (51) that calculates a current stored amount of harvested crops stored in the tank, a communication section (61) which receives drier operation information indicative of a drier operational status transmitted from a drying facility 7, a work management section 62 that determines completion timing of a harvesting work based on the current stored amount and the drier operation information, and a notification section 63 which notifies the completion timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Takahara, Katsuhide Kato
  • Publication number: 20160029559
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combine that can accurately measure the weight of grain retained in a grain tank. When a weight measurement signal is output from a measurement switch 66, a weight measurement decision unit 75 instructs a working state determination unit 71 to perform working state determination. If it is determined that the combine is in the working state, the weight measurement decision unit 75 does not instruct a load cell 39 to perform weight measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotsugu Inoue, Kazuhiro Takahara, Hiroshi Ikeda, Kazunori Matsufuji, Katsuhide Kato