Patents by Inventor Tetsunori Manabe

Tetsunori Manabe 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: 8469136
    Abstract: A hybrid construction machine includes an engine, a generator motor, and a hydraulic pump. They constitute a power unit, and are connected in series, with the generator motor being disposed between the engine and the hydraulic pump and with a center of gravity of the entire power unit being positioned closer to the generator motor than the center of gravity of the engine. A mount installation bracket is mounted at a side of each flange disposed at a corresponding side of the generator motor. A generator-motor-side mount device is mounted to the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsunori Manabe, Takao Sugano
  • Publication number: 20110073402
    Abstract: A hybrid construction machine includes an engine, a generator motor, and a hydraulic pump. They constitute a power unit, and are connected in series, with the generator motor being disposed between the engine and the hydraulic pump and with a center of gravity of the entire power unit being positioned closer to the generator motor than the center of gravity of the engine. A mount installation bracket is mounted at a side of each flange disposed at a corresponding side of the generator motor. A generator-motor-side mount device is mounted to the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsunori MANABE, Takao Sugano
  • Patent number: 7388301
    Abstract: An inverter/converter as a kind of hybrid unit is composed of a body and a casing covering the body and is disposed in an engine room. An air intake port and an air discharge port each provided with a fan are formed in the casing to configure an internal air cooling device for introducing air present outside the engine room into the casing, allowing the air to flow through the interior of the casing and then discharging it from the air discharge port. A power divider for distributing engine power to a hydraulic pump and a generator-motor is disposed on one of right and left sides of an engine in a rear portion of an upper rotating body. Further, an electric power storage device and the inverter/converter are disposed right and left in parallel behind a cabin and in front of the engine, and a partition wall which defines the engine room is configured by casings of the electric power storage device, the inverter/converter and the power divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Komiyama, Tetsunori Manabe, Akihito Mino
  • Publication number: 20070090650
    Abstract: An inverter/converter as a kind of hybrid unit is composed of a body and a casing covering the body and is disposed in an engine room. An air intake port and an air discharge port each provided with a fan are formed in the casing to configure an internal air cooling device for introducing air present outside the engine room into the casing, allowing the air to flow through the interior of the casing and then discharging it from the air discharge port. A power divider for distributing engine power to a hydraulic pump and a generator-motor is disposed on one of right and left sides of an engine in a rear portion of an upper rotating body. Further, an electric power storage device and the inverter/converter are disposed right and left in parallel behind a cabin and in front of the engine, and a partition wall which defines the engine room is configured by casings of the electric power storage device, the inverter/converter and the power divider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki KOMIYAMA, Tetsunori Manabe, Akihito Mino