Patents by Inventor Takafumi Komatsu
Takafumi Komatsu 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: 20170001658Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle including a steering wheel arranged offset toward one side in a vehicle body right/left direction, and an electric power steering unit. The electric power steering unit includes a link mechanism operably connected to the steering wheel and extending from a right/left center side of the steering wheel toward a vehicle body right/left center side to be operably connected to a wheel side, an assist device for the link mechanism, a control lever arranged adjacent the vehicle body right/left center in the vicinity of the steering wheel, a rotation shaft operably connected to the control lever to be rotated about a right/left axis that extends in the vehicle body right/left direction, and a control cable operably connected to the rotation shaft. A base end portion of the control cable is more offset toward the one side than the assist device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Hiroshi Takagi, Hiroki Bessho, Takafumi Komatsu, Kensuke Okabe, Takeshi Satozono
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Publication number: 20170001549Abstract: Provided is a utility work vehicle including an engine section, a speed changer device and a belt type stepless speed changer device, a rear frame supporting the engine section, and a main frame supporting the rear frame. The rear frame includes right and left rear wheel supporting portions, each of which has a front supporting member and a rear supporting member extending upwards from the rear frame. The rear supporting member disposed on more rear side of the vehicle body than the belt type stepless speed changer device has its upper end connected to a rear frame portion of the main frame. The front supporting member is disposed on more laterally outer side of the vehicle body than the belt type stepless speed changer device. Between an upper end of the front supporting member and the rear frame portion, there is formed a space that allows attachment/detachment of a speed changer cover detachably attached to the belt type stepless speed changer device from a laterally outer side of the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Hiroki Bessho, Kensuke Okabe, Taro Nakamura, Junichi Fujiwara, Toshiki Ono, Takafumi Komatsu
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Patent number: 9366211Abstract: An orifice plate for liquid injection made of plate-shaped stainless steel, wherein an orifice is formed by shearing, is characterized in that the average crystal grain size of the stainless steel is 3 ?m or less. The thickness of the plate-shaped stainless steel is 1.2 mm or less, and preferably 0.1 mm or less. The aspect ratio of the orifices is 0.8 or lower. The orifices are formed orthogonal to the plate surface, or slanted by 50° or at smaller angles. The plate-shaped stainless steel has a composition containing C, Mn, and Si.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2010Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE, KOMATSU SEIKI KOSAKUSHO CO., LTD., TOKUSHU KINZOKU EXCEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shiro Torizuka, Eijiro Muramatsu, Takafumi Komatsu, Hitoshi Kobayashi, Shin-ichi Nagayama, Mitsuyuki Tanaka
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Patent number: 9202505Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium, including a polishing step of polishing a principal surface (12) of a glass substrate (10) having a chamfered surface (16) formed on an end surface of the glass substrate (10), with use of a polishing pad (24) having a concave groove (31) formed in a surface (24a) for supplying a polishing solution, the polishing step is performed in the following condition: 10°??p<?d?80° where ?d is an angle defined by the chamfered surface (16) and a plane in parallel to a thickness direction of the glass substrate (10) on an inner side portion of the glass substrate (10), and ?p is an angle defined by a concave groove side surface (31a) and a plane in parallel to a thickness direction of the polishing pad (24) on an inner side portion of the polishing pad (24).Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventors: Takeshi Endo, Takafumi Komatsu
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Patent number: 9125340Abstract: A ride-on lawn mower includes a traveling vehicle body including an operator's seat, and a wheel post for supporting a steering wheel mounted forward of the operator's seat. The lawn mower further includes a mower apparatus connected to a front part of the traveling vehicle body, a roll-over protective structure mounted in a rear part of the operator's seat, and a front guard extending upward from the wheel post and forward of the steering wheel.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hironori Tsuchihashi, Yoshikazu Togoshi, Takafumi Komatsu, Akira Minoura, Kazuaki Nogami, Kazutomo Miyaguchi, Eiji Satou, Yoshiyuki Esaki
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Publication number: 20150083506Abstract: Vehicle according to the present invention includes a traveling vehicle body and left and right drive wheels. Left and right propulsion motors drive the left and right drive wheels. A battery supplies electric power to the left and right propulsion motors. The left and right drive wheels are positioned on two width-direction ends of the traveling vehicle body. The left and right propulsion motors are positioned on the traveling vehicle body so as to align with the left and right drive wheels in the width direction of the vehicle body. The battery is positioned in a battery installation space of the traveling vehicle body. The battery installation space is located in at least a space located below the left and right propulsion motors.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuo KOIKE, Hirokazu ITO, Takafumi KOMATSU
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Patent number: 8960359Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cooling fan, an engine, and a diesel particulate filter (DPF) purifying exhaust gas of the engine, placed under a hood in that order, beginning at the front. Exhaust gas from the engine is exhausted through an exhaust passage after passing through the DPF. The cooling fan supplies cooling air to the rear. The DPF is placed such that a length direction thereof follows a width direction of a vehicle body. The exhaust passage includes a first passage, a second passage, and a third passage. The first passage extends forward and upward from the DPF before extending along the length direction thereof on a front side of the DPF. The second passage extends downward from a downstream portion of the first passage. The third passage extends to the rear from a downstream portion of the second passage and also includes an exhaust outlet.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Kazuaki Nogami, Hironori Tsuchihashi, Takahiro Shiraga, Eiji Sato, Akira Minoura, Takafumi Komatsu
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Patent number: 8888133Abstract: A work vehicle has a ground-work unit that is mounted under a frame supported by front wheels and rear wheels and disposed forwardly of the front wheels. The work vehicle includes a steering wheel supported to a steering post and consisting of spokes and a ring. A man-machine interface face formed in the steering post downwardly of the steering wheel and around a rotational axis of the steering wheel includes a display face having a flat panel display and an operation face having an operation input device. The steering wheel is greater in size than the flat panel display as seen in the direction of rotational axis of the steering wheel, and the operation face is greater in length than the flat panel display in the direction of vehicle width.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hironori Tsuchihashi, Takahiro Shiraga, Takafumi Komatsu
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Publication number: 20140237973Abstract: A ride-on lawn mower includes a traveling vehicle body including an operator's seat, and a wheel post for supporting a steering wheel mounted forward of the operator's seat. The lawn mower further includes a mower apparatus connected to a front part of the traveling vehicle body, a roll-over protective structure mounted in a rear part of the operator's seat, and a front guard extending upward from the wheel post and forward of the steering wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hironori Tsuchihashi, Yoshikazu Togoshi, Takafumi Komatsu, Akira Minoura, Kazuaki Nogami, Kazutomo Miyaguchi, Eiji Satou, Yoshiyuki Esaki
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Publication number: 20130288575Abstract: A method for manufacturing a glass substrate for a magnetic recording medium, including a polishing step of polishing a principal surface (12) of a glass substrate (10) having a chamfered surface (16) formed on an end surface of the glass substrate (10), with use of a polishing pad (24) having a concave groove (31) formed in a surface (24a) for supplying a polishing solution, the polishing step is performed in the following condition: 10°??p<?d?80° where ?d is an angle defined by the chamfered surface (16) and a plane in parallel to a thickness direction of the glass substrate (10) on an inner side portion of the glass substrate (10), and ?p is an angle defined by a concave groove side surface (31a) and a plane in parallel to a thickness direction of the polishing pad (24) on an inner side portion of the polishing pad (24).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2011Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Takeshi Endo, Takafumi Komatsu
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Publication number: 20130278099Abstract: An alignment stage including: a base plate; one or more X direction thrust generation guide mechanisms for generating thrust and performing guidance in the direction of a straight line X; a pair of lower plates disposed above the X direction thrust generation guide mechanisms; a pair of upper plates provided corresponding to the lower plates, respectively; a pair of rotatable bearings disposed between the lower plates and the upper plates; one or more Y direction thrust generation guide mechanisms for generating thrust and performing guidance in the direction of a straight line Y perpendicular to the straight line X; and a table plate disposed above the Y direction thrust generation guide mechanisms. With this configuration, it is possible for the alignment stage to be compact and easy to assemble.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2011Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: THK CO., LTD.Inventors: Takafumi Komatsu, Katsuya Fukushima
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Publication number: 20130256054Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cooling fan, an engine, and a diesel particulate filter (DPF) purifying exhaust gas of the engine, placed under a hood in that order, beginning at the front. Exhaust gas from the engine is exhausted through an exhaust passage after passing through the DPF. The cooling fan supplies cooling air to the rear. The DPF is placed such that a length direction thereof follows a width direction of a vehicle body. The exhaust passage includes a first passage, a second passage, and a third passage. The first passage extends forward and upward from the DPF before extending along the length direction thereof on a front side of the DPF. The second passage extends downward from a downstream portion of the first passage. The third passage extends to the rear from a downstream portion of the second passage and also includes an exhaust outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuaki NOGAMI, Hironori TSUCHIHASHI, Takahiro SHIRAGA, Eiji SATO, Akira MINOURA, Takafumi KOMATSU
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Publication number: 20130102230Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a glass substrate for an information recording medium, which suppresses an increase in the number of foreign matter adhering to the surface of the glass substrate or damages on the surface of the glass substrate in suckingly holding the glass substrate by a suctorial holding portion, and to provide a suction instrument which makes it easy to dismount a glass substrate from a polishing pad of a polishing device. A suction instrument 1 of the invention has a suction pad 32. The suction pad 32 is provided with a center hole 32a, and a groove 32b extending from the center hole 32a to an end of an outer periphery of the contacting pad 32.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventors: Takafumi Komatsu, Ryota Ushijima, Kazuya Aoki
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Publication number: 20120125067Abstract: An orifice plate for liquid injection made of plate-shaped stainless steel, wherein an orifice is formed by shearing, is characterized in that the average crystal grain size of the stainless steel is 3 ?m or less. The thickness of the plate-shaped stainless steel is 1.2 mm or less, and preferably 0.1 mm or less. The aspect ratio of the orifices is 0.8 or lower. The orifices are formed orthogonal to the plate surface, or slanted by 50° or at smaller angles. The plate-shaped stainless steel has a composition containing C, Mn, and Si.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE, TOKUSHU KINZOKU EXCEL CO., LTD., KOMATSU SEIKI KOSAKUSHO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shiro Torizuka, Eijiro Muramatsu, Takafumi Komatsu, Hitoshi Kobayashi, Shin-ichi Nagayama, Mitsuyuki Tanaka
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Patent number: 8181731Abstract: A drive train for a work vehicle comprises: an engine mounted to a vehicle body such that an output shaft of the engine extends in a lateral direction of the vehicle body; a hydrostatic transmission having a pump shaft, a motor shaft, and a housing, the hydrostatic transmission being mounted to the vehicle body such that the pump shaft and the motor shaft extend in the lateral direction; a mechanical transmission having a plurality of transmission shafts each of which extends in the lateral direction. A pump side portion of the housing of the hydrostatic transmission is connected to an end plate of the engine and a motor side portion of the housing is connected to a casing of the mechanical transmission so that the housing extends from the engine to the mechanical transmission.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroki Bessho, Yoshifumi Horiuchi, Hiroshi Shimada, Takafumi Komatsu
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Publication number: 20090065279Abstract: A drive train for a work vehicle comprises: an engine mounted to a vehicle body such that an output shaft of the engine extends in a lateral direction of the vehicle body; a hydrostatic transmission having a pump shaft, a motor shaft, and a housing, the hydrostatic transmission being mounted to the vehicle body such that the pump shaft and the motor shaft extend in the lateral direction; a mechanical transmission having a plurality of transmission shafts each of which extends in the lateral direction. A pump side portion of the housing of the hydrostatic transmission is connected to an end plate of the engine and a motor side portion of the housing is connected to a casing of the mechanical transmission so that the housing extends from the engine to the mechanical transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroki Bessho, Yoshifumi Horiuchi, Hiroshi Shimada, Takafumi Komatsu
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Publication number: 20060147296Abstract: A screw or a tapping screw, comprising an ultra fine structure steel having ferrite grains of 3 ?m or smaller in average grain size and a nitrided layer on a surface part, wherein a strength is increased, a surface hardness is increased, and the surface hardness and an inside hardness are kept in balance, whereby a novel tapping screw and novel general screws can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2003Publication date: July 6, 2006Inventors: Shiro Torizuka, Kotobu Nagal, Takafumi Komatsu, Naohisa Miyashita, Fumito Takagi, Masaaki Matsuzawa, Yoshimasa Miyasaka, Yoshiki Hatnato, Chiaki Fujimori, Masayoshi Osaka, Masaaki Uematsu, Hajime Hama
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Patent number: D553159Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2006Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Higashikawa, Hitoshi Aoyama, Kenkichi Hirakawa, Shigeo Shoen, Takafumi Komatsu