Patents by Inventor Minoru Wada

Minoru Wada 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: 9719229
    Abstract: A bucket with a blade-shaped lower front edge includes: a first straight portion horizontally extending from the lower front edge toward an innermost of the bucket; a curve continuous with a rear edge of the first straight portion at a lower edge of the curve, the curve having a predetermined bucket radius; a second straight portion continuous with an upper edge of the curve, the second straight portion being inclined upward toward a bucket opening; a third straight portion bent at a bent portion toward the bucket opening relative to a front edge of the second straight portion, the third straight portion further extending toward the bucket opening; a reinforcing member provided on an exterior surface of the third straight portion to reinforce of the exterior surface; and a connecting portion provided behind the curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihito Bandou, Takeshi Saoyama, Minoru Wada, Toshiyuki Ohta, Toshimitsu Honda, Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Takaya Kobayashi, Takayasu Wakamoto
  • Patent number: 9702117
    Abstract: In controlling a work vehicle including a boom supported by a vehicle body and configured to turn, and a bucket supported by a side, away from the vehicle body, of the boom and configured to turn according to an operation of an actuator, an operation amount for raising the boom or a rising speed of the boom, and an operable amount that the actuator is able to operate before the bucket reaches the stopper based on the posture of the boom and the posture of the bucket, are obtained, and an operating speed of the actuator is limited according to the operable amount of the actuator before the bucket reaches the stopper, and based on the operation amount for raising the boom or the rising speed of the boom obtained, a limit amount of the operating speed of the actuator is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Imaizumi, Minoru Wada, Yoshiaki Saito
  • Publication number: 20170146922
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a photoreceptor drum, a charging apparatus, an exposure apparatus, a developing device, a charging bias applying unit, a developing bias applying unit, an image condition adjusting unit, and a print density measurement unit. The image condition adjusting unit forms a second electric potential region by applying the charging bias where a first differential electric potential is subtracted from a first tentative charging bias on a circumference surface of a photoreceptor drum, and forms a second toner image by an electric potential difference between the second electric potential region and a developing roller by applying the target electric potential. The image condition adjusting unit decides value of the charging bias corresponding to the target electric potential from measurement results of print densities of a first toner image and the second toner image measured by the print density measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru WADA, Masaru HATANO, Masaki KADOTA, Masahito ISHINO, Keisuke ISODA, Atsushi ISHIZAKI
  • Patent number: 9644339
    Abstract: A damper operation control device of a working vehicle, includes: a boom pivotably supported on a vehicle body; a bucket pivotably supported on a tip end of the boom; a lift cylinder which drives the boom; an accumulator connected to the lift cylinder through a branched oil passage; a switching valve connected to the branched oil passage between the lift cylinder and the accumulator, the switching valve switching between a connected state and a disconnected state between the lift cylinder and the accumulator; and a controller which performs switch control of the switching valve, wherein the controller includes: a state detecting unit which detects whether the bucket is in a loaded state; and a switching valve control unit which switches the switching valve to the connected state when the state detecting unit detects that the bucket is in the loaded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Wada, Toshiyuki Ota
  • Publication number: 20170097584
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a photoreceptor drum, a charging apparatus, a developing device, a transfer apparatus, a charging bias applying unit, a developing bias applying unit, a bias adjusting unit, and a print density measurement unit. The bias adjusting unit controls the charging bias applying unit to form a plurality of electric potential areas of electric potentials with different magnitudes. The bias adjusting unit applies a predetermined developing bias corresponding to a target electric potential to the developing roller, so as to form a plurality of toner images by electric potential differences between the developing bias and the plurality of electric potential areas. The bias adjusting unit decides a value of a charging bias corresponding to the target electric potential from measurement results of print densities of the plurality of toner images measured by the print density measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru WADA, Masaru HATANO, Masaki KADOTA, Masahito ISHINO, Keisuke ISODA, Atsushi ISHIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170090334
    Abstract: An image forming includes an apparatus main body, a photoreceptor drum, a charging apparatus, a developing device, a transfer apparatus, a charging bias applying unit, a developing bias applying unit, a bias adjusting unit, and a print density measurement unit. The bias adjusting unit forms a non-charged area on a circumference surface of the photoreceptor drum and applies a developing bias constituted of a first electric potential to a developing roller to form a first toner image by an electric potential difference between the non-charged area and the developing roller. The charging bias applying unit forms a second toner image by an electric potential difference between the electric potential area and the developing roller. The charging bias applying unit decides a value of a charging bias corresponding to a target electric potential from measurement results of print densities of the first toner image and the second toner image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru WADA, Masaru HATANO, Masaki KADOTA, Masahito ISHINO, Keisuke ISODA, Atsushi ISHIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170037594
    Abstract: A working vehicle (1) includes: a vehicle body (2); and a boom (31); a bucket (32); a boom driving unit including a boom cylinder (36); a bucket driving unit configured to swing the bucket (32); a boom-bottom pressure sensor (460) configured to detect a boom-bottom pressure of the boom cylinder (36); and a working equipment controller (10) configured to control at least one of a lift motion of the boom (31) and a tilt motion of the bucket (32). The bucket (32) includes an inclined portion (44). The working equipment controller (10) controls the lift motion or the tilt motion by comparing a threshold set in accordance with an inclination angle of the inclined portion (44) with the boom-bottom pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Minoru Wada, Toshiyuki Ohta, Toshimitsu Honda, Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Takaya Kobayashi, Yosuke Yamagoe
  • Publication number: 20170016204
    Abstract: A bucket with a blade-shaped lower front edge includes: a first straight portion horizontally extending from the lower front edge toward an innermost of the bucket; a curve continuous with a rear edge of the first straight portion at a lower edge of the curve, the curve having a predetermined bucket radius; a second straight portion continuous with an upper edge of the curve, the second straight portion being inclined upward toward a bucket opening; a third straight portion bent at a bent portion toward the bucket opening relative to a front edge of the second straight portion, the third straight portion further extending toward the bucket opening; a reinforcing member provided on an exterior surface of the third straight portion to reinforce of the exterior surface; and a connecting portion provided behind the curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Norihito Bandou, Takeshi Saoyama, Minoru Wada, Toshiyuki Ohta, Toshimitsu Honda, Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Takaya Kobayashi, Takayasu Wakamoto
  • Publication number: 20170016203
    Abstract: A bucket with a linear lower front edge includes: a first straight portion horizontally extending from the lower front edge toward an innermost of the bucket; an inclined portion continuous with a rear edge of the first straight portion, the inclined portion further extending toward the innermost of the bucket while being inclined upward; a curve continuous with a rear edge of the inclined portion at a lower edge of the curve, the curve having a predetermined bucket radius; a second straight portion continuous with an upper edge of the curve, the second straight portion being inclined upward toward a bucket opening; and a third straight portion bent at a bent portion toward the bucket opening relative to a front edge of the second straight portion, the third straight portion further extending toward the bucket opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Honda, Toshiyuki Ohta, Minoru Wada, Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Takaya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9519239
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developing roller, and a control unit. The image carrier has a surface on which an electrostatic latent image is formed. The developing roller is arranged to face the image carrier to form a development nip between the image carrier and the developing roller. The developing roller supplies toner in a two-component developer carried on a surface of the developing roller to the image carrier in the development nip so as to develop the electrostatic latent image. The control unit drivingly controls the image carrier and the developing roller. The control unit discharges the toner in the development nip to the image carrier in a state where the developing roller is stopped, so as to calculate a toner concentration in the two-component developer based on an amount of discharged toner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru Wada, Ryo Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 9469973
    Abstract: A wheel loader includes detectors and a controller. The detectors include at least an accelerator pedal angle detector that detects an accelerator displacement. The controller includes: a state judging unit that judges from a detection result provided by the detectors whether or not the wheel loader is in an excavation operation; and a torque-curve selector. The torque-curve selector selects one excavation torque curve when the wheel loader is judged to be in the excavation operation by the state judging unit, and selects one of two or more non-excavation torque curves depending on the accelerator displacement when the wheel loader is judged not to be in the excavation operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Imaizumi, Minoru Wada
  • Publication number: 20160265185
    Abstract: In controlling a work vehicle including a boom supported by a vehicle body and configured to turn, and a bucket supported by a side, away from the vehicle body, of the boom and configured to turn according to an operation of an actuator, an operation amount for raising the boom or a rising speed of the boom, and an operable amount that the actuator is able to operate before the bucket reaches a stop position on the dump side based on the posture of the boom and the posture of the bucket, are obtained, and an operation amount of the actuator for causing the bucket to tilt is changed based on the operation amount for raising the boom or the rising speed of the boom to thereby cause the bucket to tilt according to the operable amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Masaaki Imaizumi, Minoru Wada, Yoshiaki Saito
  • Patent number: 9441346
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a body; a boom which is supported by the body and is turned; a bucket which is supported by a side of the boom opposite to a side of the body and is turned; a boom driving part which turns the boom; a bucket driving part which turns the bucket; a lifting force detector which detects lifting force as force that the boom driving part receives from the boom; and a control device which starts a tilt operation of the bucket when a predetermined condition is established, and ends the tilt operation on the basis of an amount of increase of the lifting force from a time when the tilt operation is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Imaizumi, Minoru Wada
  • Publication number: 20160251829
    Abstract: In controlling a work vehicle including a boom supported by a vehicle body and configured to turn, and a bucket supported by a side, away from the vehicle body, of the boom and configured to turn according to an operation of an actuator, an operation amount for raising the boom or a rising speed of the boom, and an operable amount that the actuator is able to operate before the bucket reaches the stopper based on the posture of the boom and the posture of the bucket, are obtained, and an operating speed of the actuator is limited according to the operable amount of the actuator before the bucket reaches the stopper, and based on the operation amount for raising the boom or the rising speed of the boom obtained, a limit amount of the operating speed of the actuator is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Masaaki Imaizumi, Minoru Wada, Yoshiaki Saito
  • Patent number: 9360794
    Abstract: Provided is a developing device that can restrain stress on a developer and improve image quality. This developing device (3a-3d) is provided with: a developing vessel (20) that accommodates the developer, which includes a magnetic carrier and toner; a supply transport screw (23b); a developing roller (31) that carries the developer supplied by the supply transport screw (23b); an ear cutting blade (32) that regulates layer thickness of the developer on the surface of the developing roller (31); and a magnet (50) magnetized on one surface and disposed on the upstream side of the ear cutting blade (32). The magnet (50) is disposed such that a magnetized surface (50a) faces the side of the developing roller (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru Wada, Masaru Hatano, Yoshinori Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20160109829
    Abstract: Provided is a developing device that can restrain stress on a developer and improve image quality. This developing device (3a-3d) is provided with: a developing vessel (20) that accommodates the developer, which includes a magnetic carrier and toner; a supply transport screw (23b); a developing roller (31) that carries the developer supplied by the supply transport screw (23b); an ear cutting blade (32) that regulates layer thickness of the developer on the surface of the developing roller (31); and a magnet (50) magnetized on one surface and disposed on the upstream side of the ear cutting blade (32). The magnet (50) is disposed such that a magnetized surface (50a) faces the side of the developing roller (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Minoru WADA, Masaru HATANO, Yoshinori HORIUCHI
  • Patent number: 9280092
    Abstract: A developing device includes a storing portion, a stirring member, a developing roller, a shield plate, and a guide portion. The storing portion stores developer. The stirring member is rotatably provided in the storing portion and stirs the developer in the storing portion by being rotationally driven in a predetermined first rotation direction. The developing roller is rotatably provided above the stirring member, has a magnet that attracts the developer in the storing portion by a magnetic force, and is rotationally driven in a predetermined second rotation direction. The shield plate is made of a nonmagnetic material and provided at a facing position where the developing roller and the stirring member face each other. The guide portion is provided more on an upstream side in the first rotation direction than the facing position, and guides the developer from the storing portion to the developing roller side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru Wada, Masaru Hatano, Yoshinori Horiuchi, Akira Matayoshi, Ayaka Kondo, Motoki Moriguchi, Masahito Ishino
  • Publication number: 20160040391
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a body; a boom which is supported by the body and is turned; a bucket which is supported by a side of the boom opposite to a side of the body and is turned; a boom driving part which turns the boom; a bucket driving part which turns the bucket; a lifting force detector which detects lifting force as force that the boom driving part receives from the boom; and a control device which starts a tilt operation of the bucket when a predetermined condition is established, and ends the tilt operation on the basis of an amount of increase of the lifting force from a time when the tilt operation is started.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Imaizumi, Minoru Wada
  • Patent number: 9235163
    Abstract: A development device includes a development case, a first agitating/conveying member and a second agitating/conveying member. The first agitating/conveying member is arranged below the second agitating/conveying member to convey the developer in a first direction. The second agitating/conveying member conveys the developer in a second direction as an opposite direction to the first direction to supply the developer to the developer carrier. The development case includes a first conveyance chamber, a second conveyance chamber, a first communicating portion communicating end parts of the first conveyance chamber and second conveyance chamber in the first direction, and a second communicating portion communicating end parts of the first conveyance chamber and second conveyance chamber in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru Wada, Takefumi Yotsutsuji
  • Patent number: 9235162
    Abstract: A developer storage container includes a container main body, a tubular portion projecting from the container main body, and a rotary member extending from the container main body to the tubular portion. The rotary member includes a first section located in the container main body and a second section located in the tubular portion. A first conveying member for conveying developer in a first conveying direction is arranged on the second section of a rotary shaft, and a second conveying member for conveying the developer in a second conveying direction is arranged radially outwardly of the first conveying member around the first section. A first flexible member radially extending to a side outward of the second conveying member and a second flexible member radially extending to a side outward of the second conveying member and having a shorter length than the first flexible member are mounted on the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Ikuo Makie, Kenichi Tamaki, Minoru Wada, Shizuka Okada, Tamotsu Shimizu