Patents by Inventor Shigeo Takasu

Shigeo Takasu 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: 4683987
    Abstract: A lift truck having a hydraulic power piping unit for interconnecting between a control valve unit and a hydraulic actuator, mounted and encased in a full free lift upright assembly arranged in front of the truck body. The piping unit has a first pulley unit held by a middle tie beam of the vertically liftable inner masts, for guiding one assembly of flexible hydraulic hoses hanging down in a loose U-shape and connected to the control valve unit. The piping unit also has a second pulley unit held coaxially with a chain wheel on a top of a piston rod of a free lift cylinder mounted on the middle tie beam of the inner masts, for supporting the other assembly of flexible hydraulic hoses connected to the hydraulic actuator. The one and the other assemblies of flexible hydraulic hoses are fluidly connected to one another by a hydraulic joint unit held by the middle tie beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1987
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Masataka Sakata, Shigeo Takasu, Yoshihiro Ikimi