Patents by Inventor Osami Fujiwara

Osami Fujiwara 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: 5511631
    Abstract: A running control structure for a lawn tractor switchable between a two-wheel drive mode and a four-wheel drive mode. The control structure includes a first driving device for driving a first pair of wheels, a second driving device for driving a second pair of wheels, and a clutch mechanism for switching the second driving device between a driving state and a non-driving state. The clutch mechanism has a controller for operating a clutch, and a spring for biasing the controller to a position corresponding to the non-driving state of the second driving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Tsuchihashi, Osami Fujiwara, Tuyoshi Satou, Yoshikazu Togoshi, Toshihiko Hamada, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Niro Bando
  • Patent number: 5230403
    Abstract: A steering platform includes a main floor supported by a body framework extending longitudinally of a vehicle, and footrests extending from the main floor laterally outwardly of the framework. A brake pedal and a shift pedal are arranged on the footrests. The framework in a steering platform region supports cross shafts extending transversely through the framework. These shafts include a brake control shaft for pivotally supporting a brake lever, and a shaft for driving a raising and lowering link mechanism of a grass cutting unit. The cross shafts include outward extensions for supporting the footrests through brackets, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Matsuda, Osami Fujiwara, Hironori Tsuchihashi, Jinnosuke Takakura
  • Patent number: 4671376
    Abstract: An automatic differential locking system for a working vehicle having steerable front and rear wheels, which includes a selector for selecting a steering mode of the vehicle, an actuator for operating a differential locking mechanism, and a gate for sending a control signal to the actuator in response to a signal received from the selector. The gate is adapted to send a differential locking signal to the actuator upon receipt of a parallel steering mode signal from the selector. In response to the differential locking signal the actuator actuates the differential locking mechanism. Since differential revolutions of the wheels are limited at times of parallel steering, the vehicle is capable of accurate course revisions and alterations without slipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: Kubota, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Ito, Shigeaki Okuyama, Norimi Nakamura, Yoshizo Kuroiwa, Kouji Fujiwara, Kunisuke Nakamura, Osami Fujiwara, Jituo Yoshida, Mitsugu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D297433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: Kubota, Limited
    Inventors: Shigeaki Okuyama, Norimi Nakamura, Osami Fujiwara, Kunisuke Nakamura, Genichi Funabashi
  • Patent number: D389490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Teruo Shimamura, Akio Matsui, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Osami Fujiwara, Yoshikazu Togoshi, Hironori Tsuchihashi, Kenichi Chujo, Hideya Umemoto, Niro Bando