Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
  • Patent number: 5320025
    Abstract: A moving speed regulator for a hydraulically driven work implement capable of automatically controlling the lifting speed of a boom, and regulating the maximum lifting speed thereof in particular during earth and sand scooping operation, and also having for its object to enable the lifting speed of the boom when the boom is lifted to a position near its highest position. This regulator comprises a pilot circuit (10) having a pilot pump (P); a hydraulic circuit for driving a work implement, which includes a work implement operating valve (g) adapted to be actuated by a pilot fluid pressure from a hydraulic pilot valve (i.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho, Komatsu MEC Corp.
    Inventor: Masanori Ikari
  • Patent number: 5320585
    Abstract: A rubber endless track belt assembly for use in a crawler type track mechanism, which has a rubber endless track belt and a plurality of metal cores embedded at an equal spaced distance to one another in the belt along the longitudinal direction thereof. Each of the metal cores is provided with a pair of intermediate guide lugs spaced apart from each other and projecting outwardly on the inner peripheral side of the belt, a pair of wing portions each projecting horizontally in the transverse direction of the belt and embedded therein, and a pair of flat surface zones to which bogie wheels are thrustedly and rotatingly contacted, each of which zones being formed between the guide lug and the wing portion so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the belt over the width of the wing portion and to be exposed on the inner peripheral side of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignees: Fukuyama Gomu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventor: Yuusaku Kato
  • Patent number: 5320191
    Abstract: A steering circuit system for a moving vehicle in which automatic steering operation as well as manual steering operation can be achieved. Pressurized oil discharged from a hydraulic pump (1) is fed to a steering line (3) and to an auxiliary steering line (10). The pressurized oil of the steering line (3) is fed to an expanding chamber (9a, 90a) and to a contracting chamber (9b, 90b) of a pair of steering cylinders (9, 90) by manual operation steering valve (5). The auxiliary steering line (10) is connected to a third line (12) through a switching valve (11). The third line (12) is connected to a fourth line and to a fifth line (14, 15) through an automatic operation steering valve (13). The fourth line (14) is connected to contracting chamber (9b) and to expanding chamber (90a) of the left and right steering cylinders (9, 90). The fifth line (15) is connected to contracting chamber (90b ) and expanding chamber (9a) of the left and right steering cylinders (9, 90).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventors: Tsugio Sudo, Takao Nagai
  • Patent number: 5319559
    Abstract: A method for automatically changing the speed of a dump truck for use as a construction vehicle which is capable of improving the fuel cost by utilizing the engine output effectively and efficiently, improving the durability of the power transmission system and giving the driver a comfortable ride. According to this automatic speed change method, a desired, optimum speed stage which meets the loading condition of the dump truck and/or the engine output condition can be selected by using controllers each having a built-in computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventors: Kohei Kusaka, Kiyoshi Kaneko, Yoshiaki Kato, Takeo Kato
  • Patent number: 5317871
    Abstract: A closed center-load sensing system, capable of varying a pump discharge volume easily and with a high degree of accuracy, includes a power source having an indicator for indicating a rotational speed, a variable volume hydraulic pump driven by the power source, actuators driven by pressure oil discharged from the variable volume hydraulic pump, change-over valves for controlling the flow of the pressure oil, an indicator for setting the rotational speed of the power source in a load sensing system in which the pressure difference between the pump pressure and the actuator load pressure is maintained at a predetermined pressure and the rate of flow of a discharge from the variable capacity hydraulic pump is varied when the pressure difference between a pump pressure and an actuator load pressure varies, a controller for computing and outputting a command signal for the rotational speed of the power source in response to a command signal from the indicator, and an electronic proportional control governor for c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventors: Daijiro Ito, Hiroshi Imai
  • Patent number: 5315827
    Abstract: The flow rate of oil under pressure for operating an attachment for a hydraulic excavator or the like according to the type of attachment is controlled by a simple hydraulic circuit, capable of easily switching the flow rate and also capable of finely adjusting the flow rate. The circuit has directional control valves (2-4, 6-8), pressure compensating valves (17, 18) disposed at outlet ports of each of the directional control valves, load sensing valves (23, 24) for controlling discharges from the variable capacity type main hydraulic pumps (1, 5), and circuits (21, 22) for feeding back the maximum valve of load pressure between each actuator and the associated direction control valve to the pressure compensating valves and the load sensing valves via a shuttle valve (20). A directional control valve (4), which controls the attachment, has a restricting element for restricting an opening area of a spool of the directional control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventors: Hiroshi Imai, Daigiro Ito
  • Patent number: 5314871
    Abstract: According to the present invention, when a superconductive thin film is formed on a substrate of a single crystal, a compound having a composition of SrNdGaO.sub.4 and a K.sub.2 NiF.sub.4 type crystal structure is used as a material employable for the substrate. Alternatively, a single crystal composed of an oxide in which Ca, La and Cr are added to the foregoing compound is used as a material employable for the substrate. Then, a superconductive thin film composed of an oxide is formed on the substrate by employing an epitaxial growing method. Thus, the present invention makes it possible to provide a superconductive material having an excellent property of lattice alignment, a stable and high critical superconductivity temperature and a stable critical superconductivity electric current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventor: Kozo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5313814
    Abstract: A bending machine, capable of accurately bending a workpiece to a desired angle while protecting the workpiece from damage, comprises an upper die fastened to a ram, which is movable vertically and acts in cooperation with a stationary table to fix a workpiece to be bent, a bending blade selection arm which can be vertically swung by a bending blade selection cylinder and to which a downward bending beam and an upward bending beam are fastened in such a manner that the downward bending beam and the upward bending beam are able to swing while being vertically separated from each other, a downward bending blade for bending the workpiece downwardly when the downward bending beam is swung by a downward blade swing cylinder, and an upward bending blade for bending the workpiece upwardly when the upward bending beam is swung by an upward bending blade swing cylinder. Therefore, the upward and the downward bending blades do not rub the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventors: Makoto Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 5312163
    Abstract: A system for supporting the drive of an excavating type underground advancing machine is provided to lighten the operator's burden so that an unskilled operator can perform operation comparable to that of the skilled operator. In this system for supporting the drive, output signals from a group of first sensors (12a) for measuring magnitude of operation of a rocking actuator (10) for orientation control and an output signal from a second sensor (12b) for measuring cutter torque pressure are input into an automatic measurement portion (14). These signals are adjusted in an automatic adjustment portion (15) and input to a fuzzy control portion. The rocking magnitude of an excavating cutter is calculated in a rocking magnitude control aiding system portion (16a) in response to the adjusted signal from the group of the first sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventors: Tadayuki Hanamoto, Norio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5311035
    Abstract: A thin film EL element capable of emitting light of different colors desired even at a low applied voltage owing to its high luminescent efficiency and freedom from crystal defects. The thin film EL element is of the dual dielectric structure having a transparent substrate (1), and a transparent conducting film (2), a first dielectric layer (3), a luminescent layer (4), and a second dielectric layer (5), which are formed on top of the other on the substrate, the transparent conducting film and the second dielectric layer being provided with respective electrodes (6a, 6b). It is characterized in that the luminescent layer has a superlattice structure represented by (luminscent host material)/(luminescent host material):(luminescent center impurity). The luminescent layer permits the doping of various luminscent center impurities while keeping its electrical neutrality without a need for the addition of charge compensating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventor: Takashi Nire
  • Patent number: 5309273
    Abstract: A YAG laser mask marker includes a YAG laser oscillator (1), a first deflector (3X, 3Y) for deflecting a laser beam from the YAG laser oscillator in X and Y directions, a liquid crystal mask (6) for displaying a predetermined pattern to be raster scanned by the laser beam from the first deflector, a second deflector (7X, 7Y) for deflecting in X and Y directions the raster scanned light which has passed through the liquid crystal mask, a work (10) on which the raster scanned light from the second deflector is illuminated to print the pattern on an surface thereof, and a controller (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventors: Akira Mori, Yukihiro Tsuda
  • Patent number: 5306135
    Abstract: An improvement in an injection press composite molding machine, provides a nozzle touch mechanism in which even when the horizontal injection unit expands or contracts due to heat, the positional relation between the injection nozzle and the mold remains unchanged, and in which initial alignment of injection nozzle with the mold is easy, and further in which the thermal expansion or contraction thereof is small. An adjusting mechanism (40) for adjusting the position of an injection nozzle (10b) is provided on an upper portion of the stand (9) which presses the injection nozzle (10b) onto a lower mold (3). A positioning stopper (21) is provided for one end of a base (14) to which a table (4) of a horizontal injection unit (10) is journaled. The adjusting mechanism has a plurality of bolts for adjusting the vertical and horizontal positions of the injection nozzle. A heat insulating member may be interposed between the tips of these bolts and the injection nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventor: Hideaki Okubo
  • Patent number: 5306339
    Abstract: In a die for molding a glass member, a ceramic die for glass molding characterized by having the press surfaces thereof formed of a boron type composite ceramics comprising (A) at least one M.sup.I B ceramic phase having a B.sup.I /B (wherein M.sup.I stands for at least one member selected from the group consisting of Ni, Cr, V, Nb, Ta, Mo, W and Mn) atomic ratio of 1/1 and (B) at least one IV-group diboride ceramic phase selected from the group consisting of TiB.sub.2, ZrB.sub.2, and HfB.sub.2 and/or (Cr, Ni).sub.3 B.sub.4 ceramic phase. This glass molding die excels in durability, ability of mold release, molding accuracy, and productivity and, at the same time, fits the molding of any of a rich variety of species of glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventors: Shuichi Takeda, Hideki Shishiba, Takeji Kajiura
  • Patent number: 5306525
    Abstract: A method of processing the surface of a metallic rod, wherein coating films (2, 22 and 32) are applied onto portions other than the shape where grooves are to be formed on the surface of the rod, the surfaces of the rods (1, 21 and 31) which are not coated are dissolved and processed by chemical polishing or etching, whereby patterns of very shallow grooves (6, 24 and 34) are formed on the surface of the rod, so that making of grooves on the surface of a very heavy rod, a long rod and a curved rod, which have been considered difficult by the conventional machining, can be easily and accurately carried out. Furthermore, after the making of the grooves, the surface of a rod (41) is plated in a state (42) of being coated by photoresist films and screens, whereby the grooves and the recessed portions (43) are plated (44), and thereafter, the coating films (42) are removed by buffing (45) and the like and the plated surface is finished, thus effectively plating the grooves and the recessed portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho, Komatsu Zenoah Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuki Semura, Hiroshi Ando, Nobuyuki Nagahashi
  • Patent number: 5303792
    Abstract: An engine cover and floor structure for a construction machine, having an upper swing body (3) is provided on a lower self-propelled crawler (1) so that the upper swing body (3) can be turned, a working machine (4) at the front portion of the upper swing body (3), and an engine room (6) which is enclosed with an engine room cover (5) at the rear portion thereof. The cover (5) is formed integrally so that the cover (5) as a whole can be opened and closed, whereby the construction of the engine cover is simplified. A floor plate (10a) with which the front upper surface of the upper swing body (3) is covered, a lever stand (10c) and an outer circumferential frame (10b) are molded integrally out of a fiber-reinforced plastic to form an armoring body (10), which is fixed detachably to the upper swing body (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho, Komatsu Zenoa Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yutaka Shimizu
  • Patent number: 5304770
    Abstract: A plasma torch is provided with a sharply converging nozzle which can prevent the lower end of the torch from making contact with a workpiece which has concavities and convexities during the cutting of the workpiece with the plasma torch. An upper portion (1a) of the nozzle (1) is provided with an outwardly directed flange (1h) so as to make close contact with a seat surface (2d) formed in the inner periphery of the lower portion of the cap (2), so as to ensure electrical conduction between the nozzle (1) and the cap (2) and to secure to a torch body (8) the nozzle (1) and components (3, 4, 5) contained in the nozzle (1). O-rings (6, 6a, 9) provide seals for the cooling water passage (7). The lower end of cylindrical portion (1a) of the nozzle (1) below the flange (1f), as well as the conical portion (1b), constitutes part of the exterior surface of the plasma torch, while the apex angle (.theta..sub.1) of the nozzle structure is made smaller so that the nozzle structure is more sharply tapered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventor: Yuichi Takabayashi
  • Patent number: 5302340
    Abstract: A method of forming a ceramic layer, which is compact and rich in adhesion to a metallic body, on the metallic body without adding binders even though said ceramics is hard to be sintered ceramics such as various kinds of non oxide ceramics. Said method comprises a step of placing ceramic powders and/or a mixture of ceramic powders and metallic powders or a mixture of metallic powders and non metallic powders on the metallic body and a step of forming the ceramic layer on the metallic body in a moment by a reaction heat of the Thermit.RTM. reaction under the pressurized condition. In addition, a metallic insert member can be disposed between said metallic body and various kinds of powder placed on said metallic body. Furthermore, the resulting ceramic/metal composite member is subjected to a hot hydrostatic pressing or a hot pressing under high temperatures and high pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventor: Shuichi Takeda
  • Patent number: 5300316
    Abstract: In order to provide a thin oxysulfide film excellent in crystallinity and suitable for use as a luminescent layer of a thin film EL device and a thin fluorescent film for a CRT, a metal element is evaporated from an evaporation source provided in a chamber in which a sulfur gas and an oxygen gas have been introduced to combine those substances chemically on a substrate provided in the chamber to form a thin oxysulfide film on a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
    Inventors: Koutoku Ohmi, Takashi Nire
  • Patent number: 5299421
    Abstract: A device for controlling the variable capacity motor incorporated in a hydraulic drive vehicle, wherein a control valve for reducing the oil pressure for controlling the motor is provided to pilot hydraulic piping extending from a control pump or controlling the capacity of the motor, and changeover valves are provided for performing changeover between operation and non-operation of the pressure reduction valve. The above structure serves to control the minimum capacity of the variable capacity hydraulic motor while reducing the pressure of pilot oil introduced from the control pump and, when a pressure in the main circuit exceeds a preset value, the changeover valves operate even when the pressure reduction valve is in operation so as to cancel such operation for continuously controlling the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho, Komatsu Mec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masanori Ikari
  • Patent number: 5295353
    Abstract: A device for controlling a vehicle for loading work and equipped with a plurality of hydraulic pumps of fixed capacity for loading work and a torque converter driven from an engine, an electronic control governor for optionally selecting output characteristic in steps for controlling output of the engine, changeover valves disposed in the circuit on the downstream side of one pump for changing over the flow of pressure oil to a drain circuit in response to working oil pressure or an electric signal, a selection switch for selecting the output characteristics, a governor controller for controlling engine the output characteristic as selected by the switch, and control circuits for actuating the changeover valves in response to the position of the selection switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho, Komatsu MEC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masanori Ikari