Patents by Inventor Yoichi Kinosita

Yoichi Kinosita 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).

  • Hydraulic drive system for steerable wheel of dump truck
    Patent number: 5472062
    Abstract: A hydraulic drive system of a steerable wheel of a dump truck facilitates the attaching and detaching of a hydraulic motor and allows for a large hydraulic motor to be used. In the drive system, a wheel axle is rotatably supported within a receptacle seat supported on a yoke. The steerable wheel is rotatably mounted on the outer periphery of the receptacle seat. The steerable wheel and one end of the wheel axle are connected via a speed reducer. A motor casing 33 of a hydraulic motor is connected by bolts to the receptacle seat at an end of the seat remote from the steerable wheel so that the hydraulic motor can be attached to and detached from the receptacle seat by tightening and loosening the bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventors: Takao Nagai, Yukio Sugano, Nobuki Hasegawa, Masaki Mori, Yoichi Kinosita