Patents by Inventor Nobumi Toyoura

Nobumi Toyoura 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: 8028787
    Abstract: To provide a work machine in which traveling devices and an implement device can be operated by common operating levers, wherein switching operation is easy and a changeover is easily confirmed. Inside a cab of the work machine, there are provided travel pedals, with which the traveling devices can be operated, and operating levers, with which the traveling devices and the implement device can be operated. A changeover switch is provided on a console positioned in the vicinity of one side of an operating sheet. The changeover switch switches over between a traveling mode, in which traveling operation is possible by the operating levers, and a work mode, in which implement operation is possible by the operating levers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Caterpillar S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Eiji Akahane, Christopher Michael Burton, Nobumi Toyoura, Shigeru Kojima, Masayuki Takano
  • Patent number: 7854291
    Abstract: In a work machine equipped with a switchover means enabling selective operation of traveling devices and a work device by means of common operating levers, switchover can easily be performed and also easily recognized. In a work machine having traveling devices and a work device, operating levers that are capable of operating the traveling devices and the work device are respectively disposed at the sides of an operating seat. A foot switch connected to a controller is disposed in the proximity of and operable with a foot of an operator seated at the operating seat. While the foot switch is being operated with the foot, the traveling devices are operated by the operating levers through the controller. While the foot switch is not being operated, the work device is operated by means of the operating levers through the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Caterpillar S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Eiji Akahane, Nobumi Toyoura, Shigeru Kojima, Masayuki Takano
  • Publication number: 20100000367
    Abstract: In a work machine equipped with a switchover means enabling selective operation of traveling devices and a work device by means of common operating levers, switchover can easily be performed and also easily recognized. In a work machine having traveling devices and a work device, operating levers that are capable of operating the traveling devices and the work device are respectively disposed at the sides of an operating seat. A foot switch connected to a controller is disposed in the proximity of and operable with a foot of an operator seated at the operating seat. While the foot switch is being operated with the foot, the traveling devices are operated by the operating levers through the controller. While the foot switch is not being operated, the work device is operated by means of the operating levers through the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: SHIN CATERPILLAR MITSUBISHI LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Akahane, Nobumi Toyoura, Shigeru Kojima, Massayuki Takano
  • Publication number: 20090048743
    Abstract: To provide a work machine in which traveling devices and an implement device can be operated by common operating levers, wherein switching operation is easy and a changeover is easily confirmed. Inside a cab of the work machine, there are provided travel pedals, with which the traveling devices can be operated, and operating levers, with which the traveling devices and the implement device can be operated. A changeover switch is provided on a console positioned in the vicinity of one side of an operating sheet. The changeover switch switches over between a traveling mode, in which traveling operation is possible by the operating levers, and a work mode, in which implement operation is possible by the operating levers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Akahane, Christopher Michael Burton, Nobumi Toyoura, Shigeru Kojima, Masayuki Takano
  • Patent number: 7275368
    Abstract: The invention is a fan revolution control method for controlling a pump-motor system, by controlling the fan revolution speed of a cooling fan adapted to be rotated by a fan motor to cool cooling target fluids. The pump-motor system drives the fan motor by a hydraulic fluid fed from a fan pump driven by an engine. The pump-motor system is controlled so the fan revolution speed starts from the minimum fan revolution speed when the engine is started up; the minimum fan revolution speed is maintained for at least several seconds; after the elapse of several seconds, the fan revolution speed is gradually increased from the minimum fan revolution speed. The fan revolution speed reaches a target fan revolution speed over a period of at least several seconds. The method prevents generation of peak pressure or pressure hunting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideto Furuta, Nobumi Toyoura, Kazushige Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20050254959
    Abstract: The invention is a fan revolution control method for controlling a pump-motor system, by controlling the fan revolution speed of a cooling fan adapted to be rotated by a fan motor to cool cooling target fluids. The pump-motor system drives the fan motor by a hydraulic fluid fed from a fan pump driven by an engine. The pump-motor system is controlled so the fan revolution speed starts from the minimum fan revolution speed when the engine is started up; the minimum fan revolution speed is maintained for at least several seconds; after the elapse of several seconds, the fan revolution speed is gradually increased from the minimum fan revolution speed. The fan revolution speed reaches a target fan revolution speed over a period of at least several seconds. The method prevents generation of peak pressure or pressure hunting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicant: SHIN CATERPILLAR MITSUBISHI LTD.
    Inventors: Hideto Furuta, Nobumi Toyoura