Patents Assigned to Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8876196
    Abstract: Object In a cab frame structure for a construction machine in which a front pillar and a roof pillar are configured by one tubular material, the cab frame structure for the construction machine in which an attachment position of a front header can be reversibly raised and an upward viewing angle of a driver is enlarged is provided. Solving Means A front pillar 1 and a roof pillar 2, which constitute a cab frame of the construction machine, are configured by one tubular material 9 having a curved portion 10 at a joint between them, and by making a curvature radius of a curve outer side 10a in the curved portion 10 smaller than a curvature radius of a curve inner side 10b, a space 12 to raise an accommodation position of a top end 7x of a front window unit 7 is formed in the curved portion 10. A front header 4 is arranged at the position of the top end 7x of the front window unit 7 accommodated in the space 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeki Kondo, Masanori Sato
  • Publication number: 20130119708
    Abstract: Summary Object In a cab frame structure for a construction machine in which a front pillar and a roof pillar are configured by one tubular material, the cab frame structure for the construction machine in which an attachment position of a front header can be reversibly raised and an upward viewing angle of a driver is enlarged is provided. Solving Means A front pillar 1 and a roof pillar 2, which constitute a cab frame of the construction machine, are configured by one tubular material 9 having a curved portion 10 at a joint between them, and by making a curvature radius of a curve outer side 10a in the curved portion 10 smaller than a curvature radius of a curve inner side 10b, a space 12 to raise an accommodation position of a top end 7x of a front window unit 7 is formed in the curved portion 10. A front header 4 is arranged at the position of the top end 7x of the front window unit 7 accommodated in the space 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: PRESS KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Kondo, Masanori Sato
  • Patent number: 8267467
    Abstract: A cab in a construction machine, the cab including frame members including a hollow first frame member connected to a second frame member in order to form a corner portion, the first frame member including a pass-through portion formed at a first side surface portion of the first frame member; a reinforcing member that is installed at the corner portion, wherein at least one of two sides of the reinforcing member passes through the pass-through portion and abuts against an inner surface of a second side surface portion of the first frame member that is at an opposite side of the first side surface portion; and a reinforcing plate that abuts against an outer surface of the second side surface portion, wherein the at least one of two sides of the reinforcing member is supported and reinforced by the reinforcing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignees: Caterpillar Japan Ltd., Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Takaoka, Eiji Akahane, Kazushige Tasaki, Masayoshi Nakajima, Teruyuki Yamada, Yusuke Harayama, Tomoya Hirano
  • Publication number: 20120038186
    Abstract: A cab in a construction machine, the cab including frame members including a hollow first frame member connected to a second frame member in order to form a corner portion, the first frame member including a pass-through portion formed at a first side surface portion of the first frame member; a reinforcing member that is installed at the corner portion, wherein at least one of two sides of the reinforcing member passes through the pass-through portion and abuts against an inner surface of a second side surface portion of the first frame member that is at an opposite side of the first side surface portion; and a reinforcing plate that abuts against an outer surface of the second side surface portion, wherein the at least one of two sides of the reinforcing member is supported and reinforced by the reinforcing plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicants: PRESS KOGYO CO., LTD., CATERPILLAR JAPAN LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuji Takaoka, Eiji Akahane, Kazushige Tasaki, Masayoshi Nakajima, Teruyuki Yamada, Yusuke Harayama, Tomoya Hirano
  • Patent number: 8029044
    Abstract: To facilitate the production of a cab in the form of a box by joining side, rear and roof panels to pillars, and to improve the productivity. Pillars forming the cab (2) include composite pillars (16, 18) obtained by juxtaposing and joining together the pairs of pillar members (20, 22), and panel assemblies (4, 6, 8) adjacent to the pillar members (20, 22) are joined to the pillar members (20, 22) of the composite pillars (16, 18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignees: Caterpillar Japan Ltd., Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Akahane, Takayuki Yuasa, Kazushige Tasaki, Masayoshi Nakajima, Robert D. Clausen, Teruyuki Yamada, Hideo Kosaka, Yusuke Harayama
  • Patent number: 7922237
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a cab; a front window that is capable of moving between a closed position where a window opening at a front surface of the cab is closed and an open position where the front window is housed in a ceiling portion of the cab and the window opening is open; and a guide structure for the front window that guides the front window between the closed position and the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignees: Catepillar Japan Ltd., Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Akahane, Kazushige Tasaki, Masayoshi Nakajima, Tetsuji Takaoka, Teruyuki Yamada, Tomoya Hirano, Yusuke Harayama
  • Publication number: 20100283290
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a cab; a front window that is capable of moving between a closed position where a window opening at a front surface of the cab is closed and an open position where the front window is housed in a ceiling portion of the cab and the window opening is open; and a guide structure for the front window that guides the front window between the closed position and the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicants: CATERPILLAR JAPAN LTD., PRESS KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Akahane, Kazushige Tasaki, Masayoshi Nakajima, Tetsuji Takaoka, Teruyuki Yamada, Tomoya Hirano, Yusuke Harayama
  • Patent number: 7753436
    Abstract: An operator cab for heavy equipment is described to prevent a sliding door mounted on the cab from rocking or rattling in X, Y, and Z-axis directions due to a shock or vibration applied to the cab in a state that the sliding door is fully opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignees: Volvo Construction Equipment Holding Sweden AB, Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang Tae Kim, Hideo Kosaka, Yasushi Uchida
  • Patent number: 7514175
    Abstract: A cylindrical anode can has a sidewall extending along a central axis. The sidewall has an upper end portion having a relatively large thickness and a sidewall small portion having a thickness smaller than the upper end portion. The upper end portion is located at an end of the sidewall, and the sidewall small portion is a portion other than the upper end portion. In the sidewall, a distance (L3) between an outer circumferential surface of the upper end portion and the central axis is equal to a distance (L3) between an outer circumferential surface of the sidewall small portion and the central axis. A distance (L1) between an inner circumferential surface of the upper end portion and the central axis is smaller than the distance (L2) between an inner circumferential surface of the sidewall small portion and the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Ishizaki Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Morio Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 7374823
    Abstract: The present invention is a welded portion constitution between a first member (38) and a second member (33), comprising an inclined portion (3) provided on an end portion of at least one of the first member (38) and second member (33), and a weld bead (5) provided so as to cover at least a part of the inclined portion (3). According to the present invention, the strength of the welded joint portion can be improved without increasing the sheet thickness of the first member (38) or second member (33), and without increasing the number of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisanao Maruyama, Rikuo Osaki, Youichi Koyama
  • Patent number: 6991283
    Abstract: A shutter type guard apparatus composed of a movable guard member which can be opened and closed for covering the window portion of the cab of a piece of machinery. The guard member is structured so that it can be closed to an intermediately opened position where it is easily operated. An auxiliary closing device includes a cable winding device for winding the first cable, a travelling unit coupled between the first cable and a second cable, an auxiliary guide rail in which the travelling unit and the first and second cables are guided for movement, and a pull handle coupled to the second cable. The auxiliary guide member is at one of a pair of left and right guide rails, for guiding the movable guard member. The pull handle is disposed at an intermediate position, in the vertical direction of the guide rail, and by pulling the pull handle downward, the guard member is forcibly closed to an intermediately opened/closed position where it can be easily reached and further closed by hand by an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignees: Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ltd., Press Kogyo Co., Ltd., Nippon Cable Systems, Inc., Tomoe System Inc.
    Inventors: Eiji Akahane, Yusuke Harayama, Mikiya Yagi, Seiji Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 6846337
    Abstract: An anode can capable of preventing leakage of liquid, method of fabricating the same, and battery using the anode can and method of fabricating the same is provided. An anode can is formed of a material formed of a stack of layers including an aluminum alloy and stainless steel layers formed on the aluminum alloy layer and it includes a flat, center portion and a peripheral side wall contiguous to and surrounding the flat center portion. The aluminum alloy layer located at the peripheral side wall is thinner than the aluminum alloy layer located at the flat center portion. At an edge of the peripheral side wall, the aluminum alloy and stainless steel layers have their respective end surfaces aligned substantially in a single straight line in a plane substantially perpendicular to an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Ishizaki Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Morio Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20040185337
    Abstract: An anode can having a sufficient strength in a fixing portion of the anode can and a cathode cover of a battery as well as a manufacturing method thereof are obtained. A cylindrical anode can has a sidewall and extends along a central axis. The sidewall has an upper end portion serving as a large thickness portion having a relatively large thickness and a sidewall small thickness portion having a thickness relatively smaller than that of the upper end portion. The upper end portion is located at an end of the sidewall, and the sidewall small thickness portion refers to a portion other than the upper end portion in the sidewall. In the sidewall, a distance (L3) between an outer circumferential surface of the upper end portion and the central axis is equal to a distance (L3) between an outer circumferential surface of the sidewall small thickness portion and the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: ISHIZAKI PRESS KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Morio Ishizaki
  • Publication number: 20040169062
    Abstract: The present invention is a welded portion constitution between a first member (38) and a second member (33), comprising an inclined portion (3) provided on an end portion of at least one of the first member (38) and second member (33), and a weld bead (5) provided so as to cover at least a part of the inclined portion (3). According to the present invention, the strength of the welded joint portion can be improved without increasing the sheet thickness of the first member (38) or second member (33), and without increasing the number of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: Press Kogyo Co. , Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisanao Maruyama, Rikuo Osaki, Youichi Koyama
  • Patent number: 6582010
    Abstract: Front mount bases (14, 15) which are located at four corner portions under a cab (11) are constituted by base plates (14A, 15A) and fitting joint projections (14B, 15B), and rear mount bases (16, 17) are constituted by base plates (16A, 17A) and fitting joint projections (16B, 17B). On the other hand, front pillars (22, 23) to be erected on the front mount bases (14, 15) are provided with notched portions (22B, 23B) for fitting engagement with the fitting joint projections (14B, 15B), respectively. Rear pillars (24, 25) to be erected on the rear mount bases (16, 17) are provided with notched portions (24A, 25A) for fitting engagement with the fitting joint projections (16B, 17B). Accordingly, a weld can be formed along and between marginal edge portions around the fitting joint projections (14B, 15B, 16B, 17B) and notched portion (22B, 23B, 24A, 25A) in such a way as to increase the welding distance and to increase the strength of the welded joint portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sakyo, Kazunori Komatsu, Katsuhiro Satou
  • Patent number: 6568746
    Abstract: A cab for construction machines includes left and right rear pillars constituted by steel pipes of a diversified shape, with inclined intermediate pillar portions between upright lower pillar portions and upper pillar portions whereby positions of the lower and upper pillar portions are shifted in the forward and rearward directions, respectively. Lower portions of the rear pillars are receded in the forward direction to provide a recessed space, while upper portions of the rear pillars are projected out in the rearward direction to provide a rear expansion space. Accordingly, for the purpose of downsizing the upper structure (2), front portions of equipment, including an engine, can be accommodated in the recessed space and the rear expansion space contributes to broaden a space within the cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignees: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sakyo, Kazunori Komatsu, Katsuhiro Satou
  • Publication number: 20020187392
    Abstract: There is provided an anode can capable of preventing leakage of liquid, a method of fabricating the same, and a battery using the anode can and a method of fabricating the same. An anode can is formed of a material formed of a stack of layers including an aluminum alloy layer and a stainless steel layer formed on the aluminum alloy layer and it includes a flat, center portion and a peripheral side wall contiguous to and surrounding the flat center portion. The aluminum alloy layer located at the peripheral side wall is smaller in thickness than the aluminum alloy layer located at the flat center portion. At an edge of the peripheral side wall, the aluminum alloy layer and the stainless steel layer have their respective end surfaces aligned substantially in a single straight line in a plane substantially perpendicular to an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: Ishizaki Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Morio Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 5826313
    Abstract: Inserting member 10 used for the retaining device for clothes is formed of a plastic material, and includes a base plate 11 attached to the clothes, an inserting plate 12 having, at one end of base plate 11, a vertical portion 11a extending vertically from the base plate 11, a bent portion 12b bent to a direction parallel to the base plate from the vertical portion 11a, and a parallel portion 12c extending parallel to the base plate 11 from the bent portion 12a, a convex portion 15 provided on the inserting plate 12 at a position opposing to the base plate 11, and a rib 14 provided on an outer surface of the inserting plate 12 for suppressing deflection of the inserting plate 12. Accordingly, a retaining device for clothes formed of plastic, which does not cause any chemical reaction with the chemicals used for clothes and not cause any reaction of a metal detector, which has sufficient characteristics for use and suitable for mass production can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Ishizaki Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Morio Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 4901555
    Abstract: A hemming apparatus for hemming the peripheral part of a work usable for a motorcar in the form of a door, a bonnet or the like includes a lower anvil on which the work is placed, an upper anvil adapted to support the peripheral part of the work from the above, a presser for supporting the peripheral part of the work from the lower side, a link arm of which one end is operatively connected to the lower end of a second hydraulic cylinder, a shaft of the link arm being turnably supported at a middle part thereof by a frame, a preliminary bending punch for primarily preliminarily bending the peripheral part of the work and a main bending punch for secondarily bending the peripheral part of the work. The lower end of the preliminary bending punch is operatively jointed to the link arm via a joint member at one end of the ink arm, while the lower end of the main bending punch is operatively jointed to the link arm via a joint member at an opposite end of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Assignee: Hiroshima Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Koji Shimoichi
  • Patent number: 4637249
    Abstract: A battery can hole detecting apparatus detects whether or not battery cans formed by a drawing operation are defective and leak because a can has a hole. Battery cans which are continuously fed in are placed on the outer surface of a rotor and thereby carried to a first or second discharge port. During this movement, air is introduced into the inner space of such battery can to detect whether or not the battery can is leaking according to whether or not the pressure of the introduced air reaches a predetermined value. Battery cans which are not defective are discharged at a first discharge port, while battery cans which are defective are discharged at a second discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Assignee: Ishizaki Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Morio Ishizaki, Akiyoshi Nishikawa