Patents Assigned to Kubota Limited
  • Patent number: 5007383
    Abstract: In a water-cooling system for a water-cooled horizontal engine, a radiator and a radiator fan are arranged at the front of a cylinder head which is mounted forwardly of a cylinder block of the engine. A radiator fan generates a cooling air flow which passes through the space over the cylinder head and toward the radiator, the height of the radiator being sized to match the width of the cylinder block measured in the upward and downward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Kubota Limited
    Inventors: Ryoichi Ito, Koji Iwai, Tsuyoshi Nishida
  • Patent number: 4920930
    Abstract: A system for blow-by gas return to the combustion chamber of an engine according to the present invention including an oil separator with an inlet communicating with an outlet through a diffusion chamber and a filter element; said oil separator communicating with the crankcase of the engine through a breather and an inlet pipe, and also communicates with the intake manifold of the engine through an outlet pipe, so as to separate the oil from the blow-by gas almost completely. The oil separator and the inlet and outlet pipes are disposed in a space directly over the cylinder head of the engine and the intake manifold, so as to prevent ice accumulation therein by the radiation and convection of engine heat thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Kubota Limited
    Inventors: Kenji Sakano, Hideyuki Nakashima, Hiroo Sakanaka, Kazutoshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 4883024
    Abstract: In a water-cooling system for a water-cooled horizontal cylinder engine, a radiator and a radiator fan are arranged at the front of a cylinder head which is mounted forwardly of a cylinder block of the engine. A radiator fan generates a cooling air flow which passes through the space over the cylinder head and toward the radiator, the height of the radiator being sized to match the width of the cylinder block measured in the upward and downward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Assignee: Kubota Limited
    Inventors: Ryoichi Ito, Koji Iwai, Tsuyoshi Nishida, Junji Kimura
  • Patent number: 4845819
    Abstract: Two plastic tubelike members on which an annular protrusion or an annular groove are respectively provided to be used as two constructive block members for assembling valve or joint devices are directly coupled to assemble such devices. Critical dimensional relationships on the coupling end having the annular groove are established wherein a deformation process can be controlled to engage the annular groove with the annular protrusion by a radially widening motion and an axially spring motion in elastic dynamics, while the coupling end having the annular groove is softened by heating to become elastic. High coupling accuracy can be secured with high coupling strength and durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Kubota Limited
    Inventors: Junsuke Kyomen, Masayuki Sakaguchi, Hideki Kajiwara, Keiji Matsumoto, Kenzo Nishitani, Yoshinori Kawamura, Katsuro Ishihara, Masakazu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 4804060
    Abstract: A frame type tractor comprising an engine in a front portion, a transmission case in a rear portion thereof, a transmission shaft extending from the engine to the transmission shaft, and a front wheel drive shaft extending from the transmission case to a front wheel axle. The transmission shaft and front wheel drive shaft are connected to lower positions of the transmission case. An operator's step is mounted over the transmission shaft and front wheel drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Assignee: Kubota Limited
    Inventor: Hirofumi Iritani
  • Patent number: 4804056
    Abstract: A frame type tractor comprising an engine mounted on a forward region of a body frame, and a transmission mounted on a rear region of the body frame and operatively connected to the engine through a transmission shaft. The transmission consists of an input section, a change speed section and an output section. The input section includes an input shaft connected to the transmission shaft, a wet type multidisk clutch for establishing and breaking transmission of a engine drive received from the input shaft, and an oil pump driven by the input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Assignee: Kubota Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Toshikuni, Masao Takagi, Nobuyuki Nishiguchi
  • Patent number: 4735176
    Abstract: A closed evaporative cooling system for an engine includes a water jacket having an opening formed through an upper wall of said engine, a condenser having an upper tank, a bottom plate and condenser tubes, a seat formed around said upside opening for fixing said bottom plate of said condenser thereon, a pressure regulating valve for regulating internal pressure of said upper tank, each of said tube has an upper end penetrating through the bottom wall of said upper tank and brazed or soldered thereto, and a lower end penetrating through said bottom plate and brazed or soldered thereto respectively, and the system further includes a damper pipe for damping the variation of internal pressure of said upper tank, having one end communicated with said upper tank of said condenser fixed on the upper part of said water jacket of said engine and another end communicated with said pressure regulating valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1988
    Assignee: Kubota Limited
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nishida, Mitsumasa Isoda
  • Patent number: 4686946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a valve moving system of an over head valve engine, minimized the overall height of cylinder head and head cover by inclining valve stems and footing bolts of rocker arm supports, and by disposing the part of upper wall of the cylinder head, where said footing bolts are screwed in, lower than bosses for supporting valve stems, which are also formed on said upper wall of said cylinder head, so as to match said engine with any machines which have a side valve engine for general use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Kubota Limited
    Inventors: Tatsutoshi Umeda, Yoshio Tani, Takeshi Kaai, Keiichi Nakano, Yoshio Izui
  • Patent number: 4633824
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling means for the squish part of an air cooling over head valve engine, comprising a fan disposed in front of said engine for generating cooling wind. A fan case is provided which covers the front side of the fan and engine. A wind tunnel is formed through the cylinder head of said engine near the squish area and is aligned so as to pass a cooling wind, generated by the fan, above the squish area. The engine is provided with an intake and exhaust ports opening at the front and rear surfaces of said cylinder head, respectively. In the lateral side of the wind tunnel, an intake or exhaust pipe is disposed laterally over the front space of the tunnel, so as to guide cooling wind blown up from the fan to the tunnel along its lower peripheral surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: Kubota Limited
    Inventors: Tatsutoshi Umeda, Yoshio Tani, Takeshi Kaai, Keiichi Nakano, Yoshio Izui
  • Patent number: 4610227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic decompression system for starting an engine with a decompression pin penetrating the cam shaft to thrust a tappet of the valve moving system by biasing force of a spring for decompression and retreated from the tappet by centrifugal force of a fly weight and itself, wherein, said fly weight is inserted in the space between the inner periphery of the rim of the cam gear, which rim is extruded toward the cam, and the outer periphery of the flange faced against the outer periphery of the rim, which flange functions to decide the axial position of the cam gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1986
    Assignee: Kubota Limited
    Inventors: Keiichi Nakano, Tatsutoshi Umeda, Yoshio Tani
  • Patent number: 4459966
    Abstract: An apparatus for the return of crankcase vapors into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, and for separating lubricating oil mist in the crankcase vapors. Some of the lubricating oil mist being removed primarily with a breather device and the residual oil mist being separated secondarily with an oil-bath type air cleaner, by directing the vapors into the air cleaner through a vapor passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1984
    Assignee: Kubota Limited
    Inventors: Kenji Sakano, Hiroo Sakanaka, Kazutoshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: D297433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: Kubota, Limited
    Inventors: Shigeaki Okuyama, Norimi Nakamura, Osami Fujiwara, Kunisuke Nakamura, Genichi Funabashi