Patents by Inventor Shuichi Takeshita
Shuichi Takeshita 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).
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Publication number: 20230202383Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a vehicle body that travels; a boom attached to the vehicle body to be vertically swingable; a work tool mounted to a front portion of the boom; a first illumination lamp that is disposed in the vehicle body and emits an illumination light forward; a second illumination lamp that is disposed in the boom and emits an illumination light toward the work tool; and an illumination controller that controls the first illumination lamp and the second illumination lamp, the illumination controller executing a lighting restriction of automatically turning off or dimming the first illumination lamp while the second illumination lamp is turned on.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroaki Iizuka, Daisuke Hashimoto, Shuichi Takeshita
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Patent number: 8246286Abstract: A work apparatus to be mounted to a work vehicle includes: a pair of cylindrical masts 35 disposed erect on right and left sides of a vehicle body having a control valve; a boom 91 pivotally supported to the masts; an implement pivotally supported to the boom; a boom cylinder 60 for pivoting the boom; an implement cylinder 61 for operating the implement; a boom piping system communicating the control valve with the boom cylinder; and an implement piping system communicating the control valve with the implement cylinder; wherein a channel constituting member 84 constituting the boom piping system extends vertically within each mast; one end of the channel constituting member 84 extends to the outside at a lower portion of the mast to be connected with the control valve; and the other end of the channel constituting member 84 extends to the outside at an upper portion of the mast 35 to be connected with boom cylinder 60.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2007Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroki Fukudome, Masataka Takagi, Koji Saito, Eiji Miyazaki, Shuichi Takeshita
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Patent number: 7682124Abstract: A tractor with a backhoe is disclosed. The backhoe is mounted to a rear portion of the tractor. The backhoe has a boom, an arm pivotally supported to a leading end of the boom, a bucket pivotally supported to a leading end of the arm, a boom cylinder for operating the boom, an arm cylinder for operating the arm and a bucket cylinder for operating the bucket. The tractor includes a frame attached to a rear portion of the tractor, a swing bracket supported to a rear portion of the frame to be pivotable about a vertical axis, a control valve unit having control valves for controlling the boom cylinder, the arm cylinder and the bucket cylinder and a hose unit for feeding pressure oil from the control valve unit to the boom cylinder, the arm cylinder and the bucket cylinder. The wing bracket includes a first opening open to the front side and a second opening open to the rear side. The control valve unit is disposed, in its plan view, on an extension line of the first opening and the second opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2006Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Eiji Miyazaki, Shuichi Takeshita, Tsuyoshi Aoki
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Patent number: 7617620Abstract: A work vehicle with a working implement, comprising: a control lever 49 for controlling the working implement 3, the control lever being rockably disposed laterally of a driver's seat 16 mounted on a vehicle body 7; a control valve 52 disposed laterally of the vehicle body for controlling actuators 32, 44 that drive the working implement; and interlocking links 56, 57 for interlocking the control lever and spools 54, 55 of the control valve 52, and transmitting rocking of the control lever to the spools; wherein the control lever 49 and the spools 54, 55 are staggered transversely and longitudinally of the vehicle body 7, and the interlocking links 56, 57 are bent, one end of each interlocking link being connected to a first link connector 72, 68c connected to the control lever, the other end of each interlocking link being connected to a second link connector connected to one of the spools.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2007Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroki Fukudome, Eiji Miyazaki, Masataka Takagi, Shuichi Takeshita
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Patent number: 7354238Abstract: A work vehicle includes a pair of, right and left booms detachably attached to a vehicle body, an implement attached to leading ends of the booms and a stand for supporting the booms with the implement being placed on a ground surface when the booms are detached from the vehicle body. The stand includes a pair of, right and left stand members provided in correspondence with the right and left booms and a stand connecting member for interconnecting the stand members. Each stand member is attached to the boom corresponding thereto in such a manner that the stand is movable between a use position in which each stand member projects downwardly from the boom for supporting the boom and a non-use position in which each stand member extends along the boom.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2005Date of Patent: April 8, 2008Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroki Fukudome, Tadashi Nakao, Shuichi Takeshita
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Publication number: 20080016976Abstract: A work vehicle with a working implement, comprising: a control lever 49 for controlling the working implement 3, the control lever being rockably disposed laterally of a driver's seat 16 mounted on a vehicle body 7; a control valve 52 disposed laterally of the vehicle body for controlling actuators 32, 44 that drive the working implement; and interlocking links 56, 57 for interlocking the control lever and spools 54, 55 of the control valve 52, and transmitting rocking of the control lever to the spools; wherein the control lever 49 and the spools 54, 55 are staggered transversely and longitudinally of the vehicle body 7, and the interlocking links 56, 57 are bent, one end of each interlocking link being connected to a first link connector 72, 68c connected to the control lever, the other end of each interlocking link being connected to a second link connector connected to one of the spools.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2007Publication date: January 24, 2008Applicant: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroki Fukudome, Eiji Miyazaki, Masataka Takagi, Shuichi Takeshita
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Publication number: 20070243052Abstract: A work apparatus to be mounted to a work vehicle includes: a pair of cylindrical masts 35 disposed erect on right and left sides of a vehicle body having a control valve; a boom 91 pivotally supported to the masts; an implement pivotally supported to the boom; a boom cylinder 60 for pivoting the boom; an implement cylinder 61 for operating the implement; a boom piping system communicating the control valve with the boom cylinder; and an implement piping system communicating the control valve with the implement cylinder; wherein a channel constituting member 84 constituting the boom piping system extends vertically within each mast; one end of the channel constituting member 84 extends to the outside at a lower portion of the mast to be connected with the control valve; and the other end of the channel constituting member 84 extends to the outside at an upper portion of the mast 35 to be connected with boom cylinder 60.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2007Publication date: October 18, 2007Applicant: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroki Fukudome, Masataka Takagi, Koji Saito, Eiji Miyazaki, Shuichi Takeshita
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Publication number: 20060254415Abstract: A tractor with a backhoe is disclosed. The backhoe is mounted to a rear portion of the tractor. The backhoe has a boom, an arm pivotally supported to a leading end of the boom, a bucket pivotally supported to a leading end of the arm, a boom cylinder for operating the boom, an arm cylinder for operating the arm and a bucket cylinder for operating the bucket. The tractor includes a frame attached to a rear portion of the tractor, a swing bracket supported to a rear portion of the frame to be pivotable about a vertical axis, a control valve unit having control valves for controlling the boom cylinder, the arm cylinder and the bucket cylinder and a hose unit for feeding pressure oil from the control valve unit to the boom cylinder, the arm cylinder and the bucket cylinder. The wing bracket includes a first opening open to the front side and a second opening open to the rear side. The control valve unit is disposed, in its plan view, on an extension line of the first opening and the second opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2006Publication date: November 16, 2006Applicant: Kubota CorporationInventors: Eiji Miyazaki, Shuichi Takeshita, Tsuyoshi Aoki
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Publication number: 20060182598Abstract: A work vehicle includes a pair of, right and left booms detachably attached to a vehicle body, an implement attached to leading ends of the booms and a stand for supporting the booms with the implement being placed on a ground surface when the booms are detached from the vehicle body. The stand includes a pair of, right and left stand members provided in correspondence with the right and left booms and a stand connecting member for interconnecting the stand members. Each stand member is attached to the boom corresponding thereto in such a manner that the stand is movable between a use position in which each stand member projects downwardly from the boom for supporting the boom and a non-use position in which each stand member extends along the boom.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2005Publication date: August 17, 2006Applicant: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroki Fukudome, Tadashi Nakao, Shuichi Takeshita