Patents Assigned to Kubota Corporation
  • Publication number: 20230158884
    Abstract: A tractor includes: a vehicle body; an engine bonnet forming an engine compartment; an engine; a first exhaust-gas cleaning device that purifies an exhaust gas and is above the engine such that its long side is substantially parallel to a vehicle-body lateral width direction; a second exhaust-gas cleaning device that purifies the exhaust gas and is behind the engine such that its long side is substantially parallel to the lateral width direction; a vehicle body frame; and a supporting tool that is supported by the vehicle body frame, supports the first and second exhaust-gas cleaning devices, and includes a support column that extends upward from the vehicle body frame along a front portion of the second exhaust-gas cleaning device, and a support arm that extends forward from an upper portion of the support column along a lower portion of the first exhaust-gas cleaning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Nagata, Ryuichi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230159109
    Abstract: A tractor includes: a vehicle body; an engine bonnet that forms an engine compartment; a first exhaust-gas cleaning device disposed above the engine in the engine compartment and purifies exhaust gas from the engine; and a second exhaust-gas cleaning device disposed behind the engine and purifies the exhaust gas from the engine, the engine compartment including: a back engine compartment portion in which the second exhaust-gas cleaning device is disposed, and a front engine compartment portion disposed further toward a vehicle-body front side than the back engine compartment portion, the engine bonnet including: a back bonnet that covers the back engine compartment portion, and a front bonnet that is configured as a separate body from the back bonnet and covers the front engine compartment portion, and the front bonnet being swingably supported to open and close.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Nagata, Ryuichi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20230160179
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a working machine includes hydraulic actuators actuated with hydraulic fluid delivered from a hydraulic pump, control valves each of which is shiftable among shift positions to control a flowrate of hydraulic fluid flowing to the corresponding hydraulic actuator, a detection fluid passage, an interlocking control valve, and a pressure detection unit. Each control valve includes an input port, an output port, and a flowrate reduction section. One of the control valves includes a flowrate increase section. The interlocking control valve is configured to be shifted in accordance with a shift of the one of the control valves among the shift positions and to be shifted to a blocking position to block a pilot fluid introduced into the interlocking control valve from the detection fluid passage when the one of the control valves is shifted to the increase position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuji FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 11655615
    Abstract: A work machine includes a first oil passage connecting a first hydraulic pump and a first chamber of a bucket cylinder, a fourth oil passage connecting an arm control valve and a fourth chamber of an arm cylinder, a bypass oil passage connecting the fourth oil passage and the first oil passage, and a switching mechanism configured to control connection/disconnection of the fourth oil passage to/from the first oil passage via the bypass oil passage. Circuitry is configured to determine whether an uptilt operation to raise the arm and to tilt the bucket downward has been performed based on outputs of an arm operation detection sensor and a bucket operation detection sensor, and to control the switching mechanism to connect the fourth oil passage and the first oil passage when it is determined that the uptilt operation has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Abe, Ryota Hamamoto, Jun Tomita
  • Patent number: 11650599
    Abstract: A positioning detection device includes a first obtaining circuit to obtain a satellite signal, a second obtaining circuit to obtain a detection signal of an inertial device, a third obtaining circuit to obtain a traveling state of the vehicle body including straight-traveling and turning of the vehicle body, a first calculator to calculate first positioning information in a satellite navigation system to which the satellite signal is applied, a second calculator to calculate second positioning information in an inertial navigation system to which the detection signal is applied, a third calculator to calculate third positioning information in a hybrid navigation system to which the first positioning information and the second positioning information are applied, and an output circuit to output the third positioning information upon obtaining the straight-traveling and to output the first positioning information and/or the second positioning information upon obtaining the turning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Iwami, Akisato Hori, Akira Chabata, Naohiro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11648798
    Abstract: A wheel center cap ASSY (assembly) for a work vehicle includes a center cap attached to a hub of a wheel coupled to an axle and having a center axis, an adaptor including a cap attachment portion to which the center cap is attached and a plurality of flange portions disposed on the outer side of and along a circumferential direction of the center cap, and a coupling member for coupling the flange portions to the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Sung Kim, Akira Minoura, Kendall Peterman
  • Publication number: 20230141092
    Abstract: A watertightness testing device (1) for performing a watertightness test of a joined section between joined pipes (2 and 3), the watertightness testing device (1) including a testing device body (21) and a moving operation rod (22) for moving the testing device body (21) in the pipes in a pipe axial direction (B) from outside an end section of the pipes, wherein the moving operation rod (22) is provided in the testing device body (21) and extends along the pipe axial direction (B), main supporting members (61 and 62) for supporting the moving operation rod (22) are provided on the moving operation rod (22) outside the pipe (2), and the main supporting members (61 and 62) have a rotatable main rolling member (75) in a lower end section, the main supporting members (61 and 62) are switchable between a supporting posture (K) in which the main supporting members (61 and 62) support the moving operation rod (22) outside of the pipes and a folded posture in which the main supporting members (61 and 62) are folded i
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuito KOMARU, Masataka SHIMOMURA, Daichi HIGASA, Kohei IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11644098
    Abstract: A hydraulic system of a work machine includes a first hydraulic device to operate in a first operation mode while pressure of hydraulic oil supplied from a hydraulic pump via a first oil passage is equal to or higher than a first pressure threshold. The hydraulic oil in the first oil passage is to be discharged via a second oil passage. A pilot check valve is provided in the second oil passage and has a pilot port to receive a pilot pressure of the hydraulic oil. The pilot check valve is closed to stop discharging the hydraulic oil in the first oil passage through the second oil passage while the pilot pressure is lower than the fourth pressure threshold. The pilot check valve is opened while the pilot pressure is higher than or equal to the fourth pressure threshold. The first hydraulic device is a ride control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Kazuyoshi Arii, Ryohei Sumiyoshi
  • Patent number: 11643345
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment device includes a biological treatment tank having a plurality of biological treatment units connected in series, where each biological treatment unit includes a pair of an anoxic tank disposed on an upstream side and an aerobic tank disposed on a downstream side along a flow of the organic wastewater, where a membrane separation device is immersed in activated sludge in the aerobic tank, a sludge return path from the aerobic tank on the most downstream side to the anoxic tank on the most upstream side, and an anaerobic tank for anaerobically treating the organic wastewater, which is then divided and supplied to the anoxic tank of each biological treatment unit. By repeating the denitrification in the anoxic tank and the nitrification in the aerobic tank. The membrane-permeated liquid from the membrane separation device in each biological treatment unit is discharged as treated water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Yatsugi, Shinya Nagae, Hitoshi Yanase, Yuko Tsuzuki
  • Patent number: 11643791
    Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body an operator seat mounted on the machine body, a front working device swingable upward and downward, the front working device being provided forward of the operator seat and on one side in a machine-width direction eccentric with respect to a central portion of the operator seat, and a front guard provided forward of the operator seat. The front guard includes a first frame member provided forward of the operator seat and on the one side, and a second frame member provided forward of the operator seat and on another side opposite to the one side, the first frame member includes a main rod portion defining upper and lower portions of the first frame member, extending between the upper and lower portions of the first frame member, and provided rearward of the front working device, and the main rod portion is formed to be positioned in a machine fore-and-aft direction closer to the operator seat than the second frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hatta, Taiki Fujimoto, Akira Komukai, Yoshinori Torii
  • Publication number: 20230139386
    Abstract: A watertightness testing method for testing watertightness of a joined section (4) where one end section of a second pipe (3) is joined to a first pipe (2), the watertightness testing method including: inserting a testing device body (21) into the first pipe (2); attaching an assembling device (80) to another end section of the second pipe (3); attaching a pulling device (82a) to the assembling device (80) and connecting the pulling device (82a) to a strap-shaped member (112a) having been wound in advance around an outer circumference of the first pipe (2); operating the pulling device (82a) and pulling the strap-shaped member (112a) in a separating direction of the second pipe (3) to have a reaction force generated in the second pipe (3) cause the second pipe (3) to be pulled in a joining direction (G), the one end section of the second pipe (3) to be inserted into the first pipe (2), and the second pipe (3) to be joined to the first pipe (2); and operating a moving operation rod (22) provided in the testing
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuito KOMARU, Shozo KISHI, Masataka SHIMOMURA, Daichi HIGASA, Kohei IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230132291
    Abstract: A working tool mounting mechanism for a tractor, includes: an extensible cylinder that is disposed on a tip of a boom of a front loader of the tractor, and comprises a cylinder body and a rod slidable with respect to the cylinder body; engaging parts that are respectively disposed on the cylinder body and the rod, and are each movable between an engagement position and a release position with extension and contraction of the extensible cylinder, the engaging parts each engaging with a working tool detachably attached to the boom at the engagement position, and not engaging with the working tool at the release position; a cover that covers the extensible cylinder from one direction; and a frame that is fixed to the cover and restricts at least one of: movement of the cylinder body and the rod in an extensible direction exceeding a predetermined position with the extension and contraction of the extensible cylinder, and rotation of the extensible cylinder around an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Shin Torii, Koshiro Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20230129702
    Abstract: A tractor includes: a vehicle body; an engine bonnet that forms an engine compartment; an engine disposed in the engine compartment; a first exhaust-gas cleaning device that is disposed in the engine compartment and purifies exhaust gas discharged by the engine; and a second exhaust-gas cleaning device that is disposed in the engine compartment and purifies the exhaust gas, the first exhaust-gas cleaning device being disposed above the engine such that a long side of the first exhaust-gas cleaning device is substantially parallel to a vehicle-body lateral width direction, the second exhaust-gas cleaning device being disposed behind the engine such that a long side of the second exhaust-gas cleaning device is substantially parallel to the vehicle-body lateral width orientation, and a maximum vertical length of the first exhaust-gas cleaning device is shorter than a maximum longitudinal length of the first exhaust-gas cleaning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Tamaki, Kyota Inoue, Ryuichi Inoue, Masaru Shinya, Satoshi Nagata
  • Patent number: 11635141
    Abstract: In a working machine, a traveling pump is driven by a prime mover to rotate a traveling motor by fluid therefrom. The traveling motor has a rotation speed shiftable between a lower first speed and a higher second speed. A traveling change-over valve is shiftable between a first state where the rotation speed of the traveling motor is set to the first speed and a second state where the rotation speed of the traveling motor is set to the second speed. A controller performs a shock-mitigation for reducing a rotation speed of the prime mover when the traveling change-over valve is shifted from the second state to the first state. The controller determines a reduction amount of rotation speed of the prime mover reduced by the shock mitigation based on a difference between a target rotation speed of the prime mover and an actual rotation speed of the prime mover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota Hamamoto, Kazuki Ueda, Daiki Abe, Kohei Nagao
  • Patent number: 11635006
    Abstract: A blow-by gas recirculation device that, while having a structure in which a passage for blow-by gas is in a head cover and an oil separator, an increase in size of an engine is suppressed and the risk of the freezing is mostly avoided by shortening the length of an external pipe for the blow-by gas. Therefore, the blow-by gas recirculation device guides blow-by gas from a crankcase to an intake passage through an in-cover gas passage formed inside a head cover. An oil separator that traps and removes oil from the blow-by gas is attached to the inside of the head cover. A pressure regulating valve is provided on the outlet side of the in-cover gas passage in the head cover. A separator outlet, which is an outlet for the blow-by gas in the oil separator, is overlapped on a blow-by gas inlet portion of the pressure regulating valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Akita, Kazuyuki Chuma, Kohei Sawada, Yukimasa Kabe, Satoshi Inayama, Junya Ikai
  • Patent number: 11634024
    Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body having a front-rear direction and a right-left direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction and having a rear part in the front-rear direction, a right side, and a left side opposite to the right side in the right-left direction. A boom has a front end part and a rear end part opposite to the front end part of the boom in the front-rear direction. The rear end part of the boom is rotatably supported at the rear part of the machine body. The front end part of the boom is to be connected to a working tool. An engine is mounted in the rear part of the machine body. A urea aqueous solution tank is provided on one side of the engine in the right-left direction and a rear side of the engine in the front-rear direction to store a urea aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keigo Honda, Hiroaki Nakagawa, Daisuke Sakurai, Hiroshi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 11632906
    Abstract: In an electric grass cutting machine relating to the present invention, an electric motor for driving a traveling device having a pair of left and right front wheels and a pair of left and right rear wheels and a gear transmission for speed-changing output from the electric motor and transmitting the resultant power to the traveling device are disposed between the left and right rear wheels and arranged one after the other in the front/rear direction at positions laterally of a conveying duct for guiding cut grass pieces from a rear discharge type mower device to a grass collecting container supported to a rear portion of a machine body frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Ito, Katsuhiko Uemura, Kazuaki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11636988
    Abstract: An electronic control device includes an input terminal connected to a second terminal of a switch via an electrically conductive lead, an input circuit connected to the input terminal via a signal line, and a microcontroller to detect whether the switch is in an electrically conducting state or an electrically non-conducting state based on an output signal from the input circuit, and to perform at least one process in accordance with a detected result. The input circuit includes a first resistor connected to a supply voltage or ground and to the signal line, and a transient current circuit connected to the supply voltage or ground and to the signal line, the transient current circuit including a second resistor that allows a transient current to flow through the switch when the switch transitions from the electrically non-conducting state to the electrically conducting state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11632896
    Abstract: A working vehicle includes a vehicle body to be coupled to a working device, a communication controller to obtain first operation information relating to operation of the working device, the communication controller being electrically connected to the working device to communicate bi-directionally with the working device, an applicability judging device to judge applicability of the working device to the operation based on the first operation information obtained by the communication controller, and a display device to display the applicability judged by the applicability judging part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fulvio Zerbino
  • Patent number: D985741
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryunosuke Tanaka, Keita Oda