Patents by Inventor Susumu Okubo

Susumu Okubo 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: 11805728
    Abstract: A work machine (10) such as a lawnmower provided with a height adjusting mechanism comprises a machine main body (12), a guide member (50) supported on the machine main body so as to be rotatable around a vertical axis, a support member (60) engaged by the guide member via a converting mechanism that converts a rotational motion of the guide member into a vertical motion of the support member, a work unit (18) supported by the support member, and a sheet spring (66) provided on the machine main body and resiliently and slidably abutting against the support member to urge the support member in a prescribed rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Watanabe, Takuma Namiki, Susumu Okubo
  • Publication number: 20230301232
    Abstract: A lawn mower includes a first blade having a first tip, and a second blade having a second tip, wherein the first blade and the second blade are disposed adjacent to each other, and a rotation direction of the first blade is different from a rotation direction of the second blade, wherein, in a lateral direction of the lawn mower, a guide plate is disposed between a rotation center of the first blade and a rotation center of the second blade, and the guide plate is disposed above the second blade, and the guide plate extends toward a rear of the lawn mower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki ARAKAWA, Norikazu SHIMIZU, Hiroshi HOJO, Sotaro FURUTA, Susumu OKUBO
  • Publication number: 20230144059
    Abstract: A work machine comprising: a blade; a blade housing; and a guard pole portion provided below the blade, wherein the guard pole portion is supported by the blade housing, and the guard pole portion includes an inclined portion extending in an oblique direction with respect to a machine body longitudinal direction of the work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Takayuki ARAKAWA, Hiroshi HOJO, Norikazu SHIMIZU, Sotaro FURUTA, Susumu OKUBO
  • Patent number: 11637952
    Abstract: A remote display system includes a screen display controller configured to perform a first screen switching process of switching a monitor screen to be displayed on a terminal display unit of a display terminal from a first monitor screen for displaying a first image range of a captured image by a robot camera to a second monitor screen for displaying a second image range different from the first image range of the captured image, in accordance with a predetermined screen switching condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Watanabe, Susumu Okubo
  • Publication number: 20220232765
    Abstract: Each side frame that supports a traveling machine body includes a front insertion support member and a rear insertion support member that can be inserted into a front support member and a rear support member, respectively. The grass mower includes bolts that are couplable selectively in a first state where the front insertion support member and the rear insertion support member are inserted between a front upper member and a rear upper member, and a front lower member and a rear lower member, respectively, and a second state where the front insertion support member and the rear insertion support member are mounted on lower surfaces of the front lower member and the rear lower member, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Susumu Okubo, Kohei Matsuzawa, Kei Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220159173
    Abstract: A remote display system includes a screen display controller configured to perform a first screen switching process of switching a monitor screen to be displayed on a terminal display unit of a display terminal from a first monitor screen for displaying a first image range of a captured image by a robot camera to a second monitor screen for displaying a second image range different from the first image range of the captured image, in accordance with a predetermined screen switching condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Kei Watanabe, Susumu Okubo
  • Publication number: 20220122115
    Abstract: An information management apparatus that manages information on a self-propelled work machine, the apparatus comprising a registration unit that registers one or more users, a receiving unit that receives a predetermined request from the work machine, a notification unit that notifies the registered one or more users of the request, and a providing unit that provides an incentive to a user who has responded to the request, the user being among the registered one or more users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Makoto YAMANAKA, Takayuki SATO, Susumu OKUBO, Minami KIGAMI, Yuki MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20210037705
    Abstract: A work machine (10) such as a lawnmower provided with a high adjusting mechanism comprises a machine main body (12), an guide member (50) supported on the machine main body so as to be rotatable around a vertical axis, a support member (60) engaged by the guide member via a converting mechanism that converts a rotational motion of the guide member into a vertical motion of the support member, a work unit (18) supported by the support member, and a sheet spring (66) provided on the machine main body and resiliently and slidably abutting against the support member to urge the support member in a prescribed rotational direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Kei WATANABE, Takuma NAMIKI, Susumu OKUBO
  • Patent number: 10874051
    Abstract: In a utility vehicle, equipped with a lawnmower work unit having a circular single blade disk rotatable around a rotating shaft connected to an output shaft of a work motor (prime mover) mounted on a chassis, and multiple (three) blades attached to a circumference of the blade disk at equally spaced apart positions, a single second disk is fixed to a middle of the surface of the blade disk of the lawnmower work unit at fixing positions that are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Kasai, Hideshi Sasaki, Susumu Okubo
  • Patent number: 10674660
    Abstract: An autonomous lawn mower includes a movable cover covering a traveling frame and holding devices holding the movable cover. Each holding device includes a holding shaft and a shaft holding unit. The holding shaft includes a lower half portion and an upper half portion. The shaft holding unit holds the lower half portion accommodated in an accommodating portion of the traveling frame such that the lower half portion can slide in only a horizontal direction. The upper half portion extends through a through hole of the movable cover by extending upward from the traveling frame, thereby holding the movable cover so that the movable cover is vertically displaceable. A coil spring intervenes between a receiving portion and an upper wall of the movable cover. One holding device includes a detector which detects the slide displacement amount of the lower half portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kohei Matsuzawa, Susumu Okubo, Takahide Konchi, Takahiro Yamamoto, Atsushi Moroi
  • Patent number: 10512214
    Abstract: A lawn mower includes a driving source mounting portion formed in a traveling frame, a driving source mounted in the driving source mounting portion, and a lawn mowing unit attached to the driving source. A bottom surface of the traveling frame includes a frame-side seal surface surrounding the lower end of the driving source mounting portion, and a lawn mowing unit peripheral surface surrounding the frame-side seal surface. A waterproof member is in tight contact with the frame-side seal surface. The lawn mowing unit peripheral surface is formed over a range from an outer circumferential edge of the frame-side seal surface to an outer circumferential edge of the lawn mowing unit. A boundary between the frame-side seal surface and lawn mowing unit peripheral surface is formed into the shape of a step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto, Hiroaki Uchitani, Takahiro Yamamoto, Susumu Okubo
  • Publication number: 20190289785
    Abstract: In a utility vehicle, equipped with a lawnmower work unit having a circular single blade disk rotatable around a rotating shaft connected to an output shaft of a work motor (prime mover) mounted on a chassis, and multiple (three) blades attached to a circumference of the blade disk at equally spaced apart positions, a single second disk is fixed to a middle of the surface of the blade disk of the lawnmower work unit at fixing positions that are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji KASAI, Hideshi SASAKI, Susumu OKUBO
  • Patent number: 10104837
    Abstract: An autonomous lawn mower, comprising a traveling frame provided with traveling wheels, a motor holding member for vertically moving while holding a cutter blade driving motor, a vertical driving member vertically moving the motor holding member, and one of a vertical driving motor or a manual driving mechanism, the vertical driving motor electrically driving the vertical driving member, the manual driving mechanism manually driving the vertical driving member, the frame including a support portion for supporting the vertical driving member, a motor mounting portion for mounting the vertical driving motor, and a manual driving mechanism mounting portion for mounting the manual driving mechanism, and, when the frame is viewed from above, the motor mounting portion and the manual driving mechanism mounting portion are positioned in different phases around the support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto, Susumu Okubo, Kenta Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20180271014
    Abstract: An autonomous lawn mower includes a movable cover covering a traveling frame and holding devices holding the movable cover. Each holding device includes a holding shaft and a shaft holding unit. The holding shaft includes a lower half portion and an upper half portion. The shaft holding unit holds the lower half portion accommodated in an accommodating portion of the traveling frame such that the lower half portion can slide in only a horizontal direction. The upper half portion extends through a through hole of the movable cover by extending upward from the traveling frame, thereby holding the movable cover so that the movable cover is vertically displaceable. A coil spring intervenes between a receiving portion and an upper wall of the movable cover. One holding device includes a detector which detects the slide displacement amount of the lower half portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Kohei Matsuzawa, Susumu Okubo, Takahide Konchi, Takahiro Yamamoto, Atsushi Moroi
  • Publication number: 20180235146
    Abstract: A lawn mower includes a driving source mounting portion formed in a traveling frame, a driving source mounted in the driving source mounting portion, and a lawn mowing unit attached to the driving source. A bottom surface of the traveling frame includes a frame-side seal surface surrounding the lower end of the driving source mounting portion, and a lawn mowing unit peripheral surface surrounding the frame-side seal surface. A waterproof member is in tight contact with the frame-side seal surface. The lawn mowing unit peripheral surface is formed over a range from an outer circumferential edge of the frame-side seal surface to an outer circumferential edge of the lawn mowing unit. A boundary between the frame-side seal surface and lawn mowing unit peripheral surface is formed into the shape of a step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto, Hiroaki Uchitani, Takahiro Yamamoto, Susumu Okubo
  • Patent number: 9902448
    Abstract: In a utility vehicle having a body and driven wheels rotatably fastened to the body, auxiliary driven wheels, having an outer diameter smaller than that of the driven wheels and a width equal to or smaller than that of the driven wheels, are coaxially fixed to the driven wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Tomoki Ito, Susumu Okubo
  • Publication number: 20170181375
    Abstract: An autonomous lawn mower, comprising a traveling frame provided with traveling wheels, a motor holding member for vertically moving while holding a cutter blade driving motor, a vertical driving member vertically moving the motor holding member, and one of a vertical driving motor or a manual driving mechanism, the vertical driving motor electrically driving the vertical driving member, the manual driving mechanism manually driving the vertical driving member, the frame including a support portion for supporting the vertical driving member, a motor mounting portion for mounting the vertical driving motor, and a manual driving mechanism mounting portion for mounting the manual driving mechanism, and, when the frame is viewed from above, the motor mounting portion and the manual driving mechanism mounting portion are positioned in different phases around the support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Takeshi Hashimoto, Susumu Okubo, Kenta Kawanishi
  • Publication number: 20160052575
    Abstract: In a utility vehicle having a body and driven wheels rotatably fastened to the body, auxiliary driven wheels, having an outer diameter smaller than that of the driven wheels and a width equal to or smaller than that of the driven wheels, are coaxially fixed to the driven wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Takaaki Kato, Tomoki Ito, Susumu Okubo
  • Patent number: 5007870
    Abstract: A jet propulsion craft propelled upon a water surface generally comprises a hull structure comprising a bottom plate and an upper plate, an engine mounted upon the bottom plate at substantially a middle portion of the hull structure as considered in the longitudinal direction thereof, the engine being provided with an exhaust port, an exhaust system extending rearwardly from the engine and provided with an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end being operatively connected to the engine exhaust gas discharging port, and a jet pump mounted upon the bottom plate at a rear portion of the hull structure and driven by means of the engine. An exhaust gas noise eliminating device operatively connected to the outlet end of the exhaust system is further provided for the craft for eliminating the exhaust gas noise in a stepwise manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Suzuki Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Susumu Okubo, Yutaka Sasaki