Patents by Inventor Masatsugu Numazaki

Masatsugu Numazaki 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: 8571763
    Abstract: The construction machine includes a propulsion device, the working equipment, and a controller that controls the propulsion device. The controller performs attitude determination of determining whether or not the present attitude of the working equipment corresponds to a predetermined attitude, performs propulsion determination of determining whether or not the present propulsive operation of the propulsion device corresponds to a predetermined propulsive operation performed while performing a predetermined construction task that applies an over load to the working equipment, performs driving force determination of determining whether or not the magnitude of the present propelling force corresponds to a predetermined magnitude at which an over load is applied to the working equipment, and reduces the propelling force outputted from the propulsion device when the results of attitude determination, propulsion determination, and driving force determination are affirmative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Saito, Masatsugu Numazaki
  • Patent number: 8548693
    Abstract: A control device for a work machine on a construction vehicle is provided so that a bucket cylinder is stopped at a target position, with high accuracy achieved in a bucket cylinder length, and with chock held down to a low level. A bucket cylinder length detection section refereces a cylinder length detection table on the basis of a boom angle and a bell crank angle, thereby detecting a bucket cylinder length. A bucket attitude control section controls the bucket cylinder length so that a target position will be reached. Feedback control is performed until a set value which is set short of a target value is reached. After the bucket cylinder length reaches the set value, open loop control is performed until the target value is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatsugu Numazaki, Isamu Satoh, Satoshi Kohsuge, Kyouhei Sawada, Yoshiaki Saito, Jun Kawayanagi, Minoru Wada
  • Publication number: 20120330515
    Abstract: A control device for a work machine on a construction vehicle is provided so that a bucket cylinder is stopped at a target position, with high accuracy achieved in a bucket cylinder length, and with chock held down to a low level. A bucket cylinder length detection section references a cylinder length detection table on the basis of a boom angle and a bell crank angle, thereby detecting a bucket cylinder length. A bucket attitude control section controls the bucket cylinder length so that a target position will be reached. Feedback control is performed until a set value which is set short of a target value is reached. After the bucket cylinder length reaches the set value, open loop control is performed until the target value is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masatsugu Numazaki, Isamu Satoh, Satoshi Kohsuge, Kyouhei Sawada, Yoshiaki Saito, Jun Kawayanagi, Minoru Wada
  • Publication number: 20110318156
    Abstract: The construction machine includes a propulsion device the working equipment, and a controller that controls the propulsion device. The controller performs attitude determination of determining whether or not the present attitude of the working equipment corresponds to a predetermined attitude, performs propulsion determination of determining whether or not the present propulsive operation of the propulsion device corresponds to a predetermined propulsive operation performed while performing a predetermined construction task that applies an over load to the working equipment, performs driving force determination of determining whether or not the magnitude of the present propelling force corresponds to a predetermined magnitude at which an over load is applied to the working equipment, and reduces the propelling force outputted from the propulsion device when the results of attitude determination, propulsion determination, and driving force determination are affirmative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Saito, Masatsugu Numazaki