Patents by Inventor Katsuyuki Morimoto

Katsuyuki Morimoto 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: 8548692
    Abstract: A travel vibration suppressing device is connected to a hydraulic cylinder for operating a work machine, and utilizes an accumulator to suppress vibration during travel of the vehicle. Upon determining that the state of the work machine is the excavating state, the control unit switches from a state of communication between a hydraulic cylinder and the accumulator to a blocked state when the vehicle speed changes from a speed exceeding a first speed to a speed equal to or less than the first speed. Upon determining that the operating state is the normal state, the state of communication between a boom cylinder and the accumulator is switched to the blocked state when the vehicle speed changes from a second speed lower than the first speed to a speed equal to or less than the second speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Morimoto, Motoki Ohba, Atsushi Shirao
  • Publication number: 20120155999
    Abstract: A travel vibration suppressing device is connected to a hydraulic cylinder for operating a work machine, and utilizes an accumulator to suppress vibration during travel of the vehicle. Upon determining that the state of the work machine is the excavating state, the control unit switches from a state of communication between a hydraulic cylinder and the accumulator to a blocked state when the vehicle speed changes from a speed exceeding a first speed to a speed equal to or less than the first speed. Upon determining that the operating state is the normal state, the state of communication between a boom cylinder and the accumulator is switched to the blocked state when the vehicle speed changes from a second speed lower than the first speed to a speed equal to or less than the second speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Morimoto, Motoki Ohba, Atsushi Shirao
  • Patent number: 6582340
    Abstract: A loading operation vehicle can reduce a specific fuel consumption during a traveling time and can improve operability of a driving characteristic. The vehicle is provided with output characteristic changing means (38, 48) for changing an output characteristic of an engine (1) in a plurality of stages, shift timing changing means (39) for changing a shift timing of an automatic transmission (9) in a plurality of stages, working machine flow amount changing means (32, 50) for changing a working machine flow amount of a pressurized oil flowing through a working machine actuator (42) in a plurality of stages, mode setting means (40) for combining the output characteristic of the engine, the shift timing of the automatic transmission and the set value of the working machine flow amount with each other so as to set a plurality of modes, and mode selecting means (45) for freely selecting from the modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Arie, Yasuhiko Nozawa, Katsuyuki Morimoto
  • Patent number: 6332316
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device for a working vehicle capable of enhancing excavating ability even when earth to be excavated is hard is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Morimoto, Yasuhiko Nozawa, Hiroya Saito