Patents by Inventor Kensuke Futahashi

Kensuke Futahashi 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: 20110056755
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a hybrid industrial vehicle which can perform steering operation and the like during idling stop, without using a complicated mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Kensuke Futahashi, Masataka Kawaguchi, Kiyomitsu Ogawa
  • Patent number: 7770696
    Abstract: An energy recovering system of a hydraulic lift device for a battery operated industrial truck. With the system, working oil can be supplied to other hydraulic actuators while energy recovering operation is performed by the hydraulic lift device, and energy recovering efficiency is increased. A hydraulic motor (6) is disposed in a fluid path for recovering pressurized working fluid from a lift cylinder (1) via a control valve (10) to a working fluid reservoir tank (8) so that the hydraulic motor (6) is driven by the pressurized working fluid returning from the lift cylinder (1). The hydraulic motor (6) is connected to an electric motor (4) for driving a hydraulic pump (3), which supplies pressurized fluid to the lift cylinder (1), by means of a one-way clutch (7) which performs torque transmission only from the hydraulic motor (6) to the electric motor (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Nippon Yusoki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Futahashi, Hiroshi Satou, Masataka Kawaguchi, Fujio Eguchi, Toshiyuki Honda, Keizo Ogino, Shingo Yuguchi, Kazuhito Kawashima, Michio Akao
  • Patent number: 7770697
    Abstract: An energy recovering system in a hydraulic lift device of a battery operated industrial truck. With the system, working oil can be supplied to other hydraulic actuators while energy recovering operation is performed by the hydraulic lift device, occurrence of pressure pulsation in the working oil can be prevented, and energy recovering efficiency is increased. The hydraulic lift device comprises a lift cylinder (1) for lifting a fork F, an electric motor (4) rotated by power supply from a battery (5), a hydraulic pump (3) for supplying pressurized oil to the lift cylinder (1), a control valve (14) disposed in a pressurized oil supply path (23), and a controller (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Futahashi, Hiroshi Satou, Masataka Kawaguchi, Tomohiro Akaki, Fujio Eguchi, Keizo Ogino, Shingo Yuguchi, Kazuhito Kawashima, Michio Akao
  • Publication number: 20100006380
    Abstract: A commercial vehicle in which the amount of energy collected by regenerative braking is increased and a decrease in reliability is prevented is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Kensuke Futahashi, Masataka Kawaguchi, Munenobu Uchida
  • Publication number: 20090222158
    Abstract: A control method for an industrial vehicle can appropriately set a charge amount for a battery, and an industrial vehicle are provided. The control method includes an estimation step that estimates the charge rate of a battery by calculating the current that is charged to the battery and the current that is discharged from the battery; a charge amount determining step that determines the charge amount of the battery based on the estimated charge rate; a correction amount determining step that determines the charge power that is necessary for motors to generate the determined charge amount as a correction amount for the power that is supplied by the engine; and an addition step that adds the charge power to the supplied power of the engine that has been determined based on the state of the traveling and load-handling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Kubota, Tomohiro Akaki, Kensuke Futahashi
  • Publication number: 20090057065
    Abstract: A forklift which is capable of controlling overturning and a method of controlling safety against overturning for a forklift are provided. In a forklift having a controller (20) for controlling the traveling state of a vehicle, the controller (20) is characterized by estimating the traveling state at a predetermined time ahead and, when the vehicle velocity at that time exceeds a maximum allowable vehicle velocity before generating a likelihood of overturning, applying the brakes and, when a no-overturning state is achieved thereafter, releasing the brakes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Tomohiro Akaki, Masataka Kawaguchi, Kensuke Futahashi, Fujio Eguchi, Shinjiro Murata
  • Publication number: 20090025990
    Abstract: An object is to provide a work vehicle whose drive portion can be downsized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Kensuke Futahashi, Yasutaka Fuke, Hideki Hashimoto, Masataka Kawaguchi, Kiyomitsu Ogawa, Hiroyuki Sugiura, Hiroyuki Kanazawa, Koichi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20080133077
    Abstract: The present invention provides an industrial vehicle having a hybrid system capable of readily controlling a distribution of power generated by an engine and power generated by an electric motor, and a method of controlling; the power of the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Akaki, Kensuke Futahashi, Takaharu Hiroe, Kiyomitsu Ogawa, Yoshimi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20070278048
    Abstract: An energy recovering system of a hydraulic lift device for a battery operated industrial truck. With the system, working oil can be supplied to other hydraulic actuators while energy recovering operation is performed by the hydraulic lift device, and energy recovering efficiency is increased. A hydraulic motor (6) is disposed in a fluid path for recovering pressurized working fluid from a lift cylinder (1) via a control valve (10) to a working fluid reservoir tank (8) so that the hydraulic motor (6) is driven by the pressurized working fluid returning from the lift cylinder (1). The hydraulic motor (6) is connected to an electric motor (4) for driving a hydraulic pump (3), which supplies pressurized fluid to the lift cylinder (1), by means of a one-way clutch (7) which performs torque transmission only from the hydraulic motor (6) to the electric motor (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., NIPPON YUSOKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke Futahashi, Hiroshi Satou, Masataka Kawaguchi, Fujio Eguchi, Toshiyuki Honda, Keizo Ogino, Shingo Yuguchi, Kazuhito Kawashima, Michiro Akao