Patents by Inventor Suguru Okamoto

Suguru Okamoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20080053054
    Abstract: In a mid-mower type riding lawn mower provided with a mower 12 arranged between front and rear wheels 2 and 3, a frame member 32 arranged across a right and left width under a floor 7 along the transverse right and left directions is provided in a front part of the floor 7 of a vehicle body 1. An accommodation bracket member 33 for accommodating an extensible type jack device 31 in longitudinal directions is provided in the frame member 32. An opening and closing cover 24 for covering the accommodated jack device 31 is provided. When the front part of the vehicle body 1 is to be lifted up using the jack device 31, the jack device 31 is linked to a supporting bracket member 34 of the vehicle body 1 such that an upper part of the jack device 31 should be in a forward inclined position, so that an end of the jack device 31 is supported in a freely rotatable manner via a ground plate 31d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: ISEKI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suguru OKAMOTO, Haruyoshi HONDA, Nozomu KATAGAMI
  • Patent number: 7270200
    Abstract: A working vehicle having a pair of left and right HSTs having hydraulic pumps, hydraulic motors and trunnion shafts for regulating the drive speed of the hydraulic motors by varying compressed oil from the hydraulic pumps into the hydraulic motors, in which one hydraulic pump is disposed parallel to the other hydraulic pump in the forward or rearward direction, including drive wheels driven by the HSTs, respectively, a pair of relay shafts between a pair of steering levers for independently operating the trunnion shafts and a pair of trunnion shafts, first connection members for connecting the steering lever and the relay shaft to each other, and second connection members for connecting the relay shaft and the trunnion shaft to each other, and first connection members for connecting the steering lever to the relay shaft to each other, and second connection members for connecting the relay shaft and the trunnion shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Iseki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Renshi Goto, Suguru Okamoto, Shinya Yoshiki
  • Patent number: 7051499
    Abstract: As an embodiment of the present invention, a brake pedal 69 for braking right and left rear wheels 3 and a parking operation member 78 for maintaining a step-on condition of the brake pedal 69 are provided on a step 67. As a result, the step-on condition of the brake pedal 69 can be maintained by, for example, stepping on the parking operation member 78 with the left foot after applying the step-on brake of the brake pedal 69 with the right foot. Thus the body can be stopped without using hands and the stopped condition can be maintained over an extended period of time. Braking and parking operations of the body are simple, and moreover, an improved right-and-left weight balance of the body improves the traveling body in operation, and operations at the mower deck side. In particular, operation related to mowing height adjustment can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Iseki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Renshi Goto, Suguru Okamoto, Katsutoshi Akamatsu
  • Publication number: 20060042840
    Abstract: A working vehicle having a pair of left and right HSTs having hydraulic pumps, hydraulic motors and trunnion shafts for regulating the drive speed of the hydraulic motors by varying compressed oil from the hydraulic pumps into the hydraulic motors, in which one hydraulic pump is disposed parallel to the other hydraulic pump in the forward or rearward direction, including drive wheels driven by the HSTs, respectively, a pair of relay shafts between a pair of steering levers for independently operating the trunnion shafts and a pair of trunnion shafts, first connection members for connecting the steering lever and the relay shaft to each other, and second connection members for connecting the relay shaft and the trunnion shaft to each other, and first connection members for connecting the steering lever to the relay shaft to each other, and second connection members for connecting the relay shaft and the trunnion shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: Iseki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Renshi Goto, Suguru Okamoto, Shinya Yoshiki
  • Publication number: 20050044836
    Abstract: As an embodiment of the present invention, a brake pedal 69 for braking right and left rear wheels 3 and a parking operation member 78 for maintaining a step-on condition of the brake pedal 69 are provided on a step 67. As a result, the step-on condition of the brake pedal 69 can be maintained by, for example, stepping on the parking operation member 78 with the left foot after applying the step-on brake of the brake pedal 69 with the right foot. Thus the body can be stopped without using hands and the stopped condition can be maintained over an extended period of time. Braking and parking operations of the body are simple, and moreover, an improved right-and-left weight balance of the body improves the traveling body in operation, and operations at the mower deck side. In particular, operation related to mowing height adjustment can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Renshi Goto, Suguru Okamoto, Katsutoshi Akamatsu