Patents Assigned to Komatsu Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20230117077
    Abstract: A crawler belt is wound around a sprocket and an idler and includes a plurality of track shoe plates. Each track shoe plate has an attachment surface and a ground engaging surface. The track shoe plate has projecting sections on the ground engaging surface. Side surfaces of the projecting sections are each inclined relative to a perpendicular line perpendicular to the attachment surface at an angle greater than a winding angle of the track shoe plate relative to either sprocket or idler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuya YOSHIBATA
  • Patent number: 11629481
    Abstract: A work machine includes an engine, a travel drive system, a work implement, an apparatus drive system with a hydraulic pump, an accelerator operating member, a work implement operating member, and a controller. The controller controls the apparatus drive system in accordance with an operating amount of the work implement operating member. The controller determines a target tractive force of the travel drive system based on an operating amount of the accelerator operating member. The controller determines an allowable acceleration of the work machine. The controller determines an upper limit of tractive force of the travel drive system based on the allowable acceleration. The controller corrects the target tractive force so as to be equal to or less than the upper limit when the target tractive force is greater than the upper limit. The controller controls the travel drive system based on the corrected target tractive force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Yuita Takenaka, Kenichi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20230114366
    Abstract: A work machine periphery monitoring system includes: a camera 30 as a detection unit that detects a person in a periphery of a work machine; an alarm portion that outputs an alarm; a state determination unit 54 that determines a state of a body of the person detected by the camera 30; and an alarm control unit 56 that controls the output of the alarm by the alarm portion on the basis of a determination result of the state determination unit 54.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Taro Eguchi, Koichi Nakazawa, Takeshi Kurihara, Yoshiyuki Shitaya
  • Publication number: 20230113111
    Abstract: A hydraulic system includes: an arm hydraulic cylinder; a first hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic pump; an arm first direction switching valve; an arm second direction switching valve; and a controller that controls an operation of the arm second direction switching valve when the arm hydraulic cylinder is extended and operated. Further, the arm first direction switching valve incorporates an arm regeneration passage capable of supplying oil when the arm hydraulic cylinder is extended and operated, and the controller monitors a pressure state of the arm hydraulic cylinder, and when determining that oil flow through the arm regeneration passage is possible, the controller blocks oil flow between the arm hydraulic cylinder and the arm second direction switching valve, and otherwise, the controller operates the arm second direction switching valve so that oil can be supplied from the second hydraulic pump to the bottom chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Hishinuma, Shinobu Nagura
  • Publication number: 20230106835
    Abstract: A target posture for a work implement at work is determined. There is provided a working system, comprising a body, a work implement attached to the body, and a computer. The computer has a trained target posture estimation model to determine a target posture for the work implement to assume at work. The computer obtains a target value for an amount of a work performed by the work implement, a period of time elapsing since the work implement started to work, and mechanical data for operation of the body and the work implement, uses the trained posture estimation model to estimate a target posture from the target value, the elapsed period of time and the mechanical data, and thus outputs the estimated target posture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru SHIMIZU, Hiroyuki ARATAME, Masaki DAIMON
  • Patent number: 11618514
    Abstract: A link assembly includes a first member, a second member opposing the first member and being rotatable around a rotating shaft, a seal housing formed between the first and second members, and a seal assembly disposed inside the seal housing. The seal assembly has a seal ring and a load ring. The seal ring has a support ring and a lip ring. The seal ring is disposed between the first member and the load ring. The load ring is disposed between the seal ring and the second member. The lip ring abuts the load ring. The lip ring has a first lip part that abuts the first member and protrudes in an axial direction of the rotating shaft, and a second lip part that abuts the second member and protrudes in a radial direction perpendicular to the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Katayama, Tomoyoshi Sho, Kenichi Hisamatsu
  • Patent number: 11619025
    Abstract: A control device outputs an operation signal of a work equipment and a swing body for moving a work equipment to a loading point when receiving a loading command signal. The control device does not output a dumping operation signal for causing the bucket to dump earth in a case where an azimuth direction in which the swing body faces is within a first region from a starting point azimuth direction to a predetermined reference azimuth direction, the starting point azimuth direction being an azimuth direction in which the swing body faces when the loading command signal is received. The control device outputs the dumping operation signal in a case where the azimuth direction is within a second region from the reference azimuth direction to an end point azimuth direction in which the swing body faces when the work equipment is positioned at the loading point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki Konda, Yusuke Saigo, Ryuta Okuwaki, Kazuhiro Hatake
  • Publication number: 20230099582
    Abstract: A management system for a transport vehicle includes a storage unit that stores a traveling path outline indicating an outline of a traveling path at a work site and an intersection outline indicating an outline of an intersection at the work site, a designation unit that designates a start point of traveling of the transport vehicle at the work site and an end point of traveling of the transport vehicle, and a connection unit that generates a traveling area outline by connecting the traveling path outline and the intersection outline on the basis of the start point and the end point designated by the designation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Kazuma Takeda, Kenta Osagawa
  • Publication number: 20230098551
    Abstract: A coupler cylinder is driven between a locked state and an unlocked state of a bucket by being supplied with hydraulic oil. A main pump supplies the hydraulic oil to the coupler cylinder. A pressure increasing valve controls the supply of the hydraulic oil to the coupler cylinder. A controller controls drive of the pressure increasing valve. The controller instructs the pressure increasing valve to stop the supply of the hydraulic oil to the coupler cylinder based on pressure in an oil passage between the main pump and the coupler cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka NINOMIYA, Koji SATO, Takuya HIGASHIURA, Yuji FUKUDA, Akihiro KOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11613191
    Abstract: A wheel loader representing a work vehicle includes an operator's seat, an armrest, and a seat operation portion. The armrest is provided lateral to the operator's seat. The seat operation portion controls a position or a posture of the operator's seat. The seat operation portion is attached to the armrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Koshi, Masahiko Hamaguchi, Hirofumi Wada, Naoki Kimura
  • Publication number: 20230089245
    Abstract: A motor grader includes an operation apparatus, a front frame, a draw bar swingably attached to the front frame, a first actuator attached to the draw bar, the first actuator moving the draw bar in a lateral direction with respect to the front frame, a second actuator attached to the draw bar, the second actuator moving the draw bar in a direction toward the front frame and a direction away from the front frame, and a controller that causes the first actuator and the second actuator to operate. The controller causes the first actuator and the second actuator to operate based on an operation signal received from the operation apparatus such that a position of the draw bar with respect to the front frame comes closer to a neutral position of the draw bar with respect to the front frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi KAMIMAE
  • Patent number: 11608611
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a work implement. A control system for the work vehicle includes a controller that controls the work implement. The controller obtains a first design topography. The controller determines a second design topography. At least a portion of the second design topography is positioned above the first design topography. The controller generates a command signal to operate the work implement in accordance with the second target design topography. The controller changes a tilt angle of the work implement when at least a portion of the second design topography is positioned below the first design topography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Junji Harada
  • Publication number: 20230082152
    Abstract: A software update system according to the present disclosure updates software of a first component of a work machine. The software update system includes a reception unit that receives differential data for updating the first component, which is connected via an internal network of the work machine, via an external network; a software acquisition unit that acquires first software stored and executed by the first component from the first component; a software generation unit that generates second software by applying the differential data to the first software; and a software output unit that outputs the generated second software to the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Yamane, Youhei Chimura
  • Publication number: 20230080719
    Abstract: A manipulation system is provided that is used to guide an operator to manipulate a manipulation member. The manipulation system comprises a plurality of types of manipulation members manipulated by an operator of a work machine to operate the work machine, and a memory that stores model data for each type of manipulation member as a model in manipulating the manipulation members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru SHIMIZU, Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Masaki DAIMON, Hiroyuki ARATAME
  • Patent number: 11603127
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a hydraulic actuator that changes an actual steering angle, an actual steering angle detecting part, an operating unit that performs a steering operation, a relative angle detecting part, a steering control part, and a position adjustment control part. The operating unit includes an operating part, a support part, a rotating part, a biasing part biasing the operating part to a predetermined position with respect to the rotating part, and a position adjusting part that adjusts the rotating part. The relative angle detecting part detects a relative rotation angle of the operating part with respect to the rotating part. The steering control part controls the hydraulic actuator based on a rotation operation of the operating part. The position adjustment control part sets a torque based on the relative rotation angle and uses the torque to control the position adjusting part based on the actual steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichi Teranishi
  • Patent number: 11598074
    Abstract: A tooth mounting structure for a bucket includes a tooth adapter and a tooth. The tooth adapter includes a mounting portion mounted to the bucket and a nose portion extending from the mounting portion. The tooth includes an internal space for inserting the nose portion. The nose portion includes a rectangular tip portion, a rectangular base end portion and an octagonal connecting portion. An inner surface of the tooth is formed along an outer surface of the nose portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Nagata, Daijirou Tanaka, Yudai Furudate, Tatsuo Aira, Monta Kondou
  • Patent number: 11599957
    Abstract: The work state identifying unit identifies a work state of a work machine disposed in a construction site at each time point and a work state of a transport vehicle traveling at the construction site at each time point. The time chart generation unit that generates a time chart representing the work state of the work machine at each time point and a time chart representing the work state of the transport vehicle at each time point on the basis of the identified work states. The output control unit that outputs the time charts on an identical screen with a time axis as a common axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Onishi, Shinya Kanou, Kyohei Kuroda, Shota Furukawa, Naoyuki Omuro
  • Patent number: 11598073
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a work implement. A control system for the work vehicle includes a controller. The controller acquires work range data indicative of a work range. The controller determines a division distance by dividing an entire length of the work range by a predetermined number of divisions. The controller determines a plurality of starting positions so that the distance between each starting position matches the division distance in the work range. The controller generates an instruction signal to actuate the work implement from the plurality of starting positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihisa Takaoka, Kazuki Kure
  • Publication number: 20230060128
    Abstract: A motor grader includes an operation apparatus, a swing circle, a blade supported on the swing circle, a first actuator arranged along a longitudinal direction of the blade, the first actuator moving the blade in a lateral direction with respect to the swing circle, and a controller that causes the first actuator to operate. The controller receives an operation signal from the operation apparatus and causes the first actuator to operate based on the received operation signal such that a position of the blade with respect to the swing circle comes closer to a neutral position of the blade with respect to the swing circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi KAMIMAE
  • Publication number: 20230068838
    Abstract: An operator is allowed to easily recognize a difference between a manipulation actually performed when performing a work and a manipulation serving a model for the work. A manipulation guide device for a work machine includes a manipulation device, a storage unit, and a display unit. The manipulation device is manipulated by an operator of the work machine to operate the work machine. The storage unit stores model data serving as a model when the manipulation device is manipulated. The display unit displays a change over time in a result of comparison between actual manipulation data about an actual manipulation of the manipulation device by the operator and model data in a time period during an operation of the work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru SHIMIZU, Nobuyoshi YAMANAKA, Masaki DAIMON, Hiroyuki ARATAME