Patents Assigned to Tadano Ltd.
  • Patent number: 10787345
    Abstract: A crane is disclosed, the crane includes detachable hydraulic cylinder including a head side oil chamber and a rod side oil chamber both to be connected to a control valve through a joint, in which a head side hydraulic detecting section and a rod side hydraulic detecting section are each provided to the hydraulic cylinder, and a connection state between the hydraulic cylinder and the control valve is determined based on a head side hydraulic pressure and a rod side hydraulic pressure in a period until a predetermined time elapses after supply of electric power to the head side hydraulic detecting section and the rod side hydraulic detecting section is started and an operation tool for hydraulic cylinder switches the control valve to a state of supplying hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Okamoto, Yasuhiro Maeda, Naoto Kawabuchi
  • Publication number: 20200291971
    Abstract: The failure detection device is a failure detection device of a pilot circuit, the pilot circuit including: a pilot pressure source; a pilot pressure supply unit that supplies pilot pressure to a control valve; a pilot oil path that connects the pilot pressure source and a pilot pressure supply unit; and a pressure control unit that controls a pressure of the pilot oil path, the failure detection device including: a pressure sensor that measures the pressure on a downstream side in a pilot pressure supply direction of the pressure control unit; and a controller that controls the pressure control unit to sequentially switch the pressure of the pilot oil path and performs a failure diagnosis based on a measurement result of the pressure sensor at this time, as an operation lever which receives an operation for operating the actuator returns to a neutral state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto KAWABUCHI, Naofumi YOSHIDA, Yasuhiro FUKUMORI
  • Publication number: 20200262685
    Abstract: The resonant frequency ?x(n) of horizontal shaking of a suspended load W suspended from the distal end of a telescopic boom 9 via wire ropes 14?16 is calculated on the basis of the suspension length Lm(n)?Ls(n) of the wire ropes 14?16; the characteristic frequency ?y(n) in the raising and lowering direction of the telescopic boom 9 is calculated; and, in accordance with an operation for raising and lowering the telescopic boom 9, the filtering control signal Cd(n) of an actuator is generated in which a frequency component in a discretionary frequency range is attenuated at a discretionary ratio with reference to the resonant frequency ?x(n) of the suspended load W, and in which a frequency component in a discretionary frequency range is attenuated at a discretionary ratio with reference to the characteristic frequency ?y(n) in the raising and lowering direction of the telescopic boom 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke KANDA, Kazuma MIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200247647
    Abstract: There is provided a method for controlling a crane, with which the position of a hook is automatically adjusted before lift-off, where a freely-derricking telescopic boom is provided to a swivel base, a main hook is suspended with a main wire rope from a distal end section of the telescopic boom, and a suspended load is suspended on a main hook with slinging wire ropes, wherein post-slinging lift-off is preceded by a hook position adjustment control involving repeating: a first process where the control device controls so as to reel in the main wire rope to a position where the main wire rope is tensed; and a second process where the control device controls so as to move the distal end section of the telescopic boom in the same direction of a horizontal direction component of the movement of the main hook in the first process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke KANDA, Shoji NISHIMOTO, Kazuma MIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200247368
    Abstract: An outrigger device that is mounted on a vehicle and can switch between a usage state and a storage state includes: a lateral outrigger that extends in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle; a vertical outrigger that is extendable and is rotatably coupled to a leading end portion of the lateral outrigger; a first coupling member that constantly couples a first part of the vertical outrigger to the lateral outrigger and serves as a rotational center of the vertical outrigger; a second coupling member that can switch between a first state where a second part of the vertical outrigger is coupled to the lateral outrigger and a second state where the second part is uncoupled from the lateral outrigger; a conversion mechanism that converts a retraction of the vertical outrigger into an upward rotation of the vertical outrigger; and a safety device that prohibits an operation of the conversion mechanism in the first state and permits the operation of the conversion mechanism in the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuyuki TSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200250831
    Abstract: A human detection system 18 includes: a camera 19 that acquires detection image data Dd of a detection region D, the detection region D being a prescribed region including a portion of a crane 1; a deviation determination unit 21c in which image data of the crane 1 included in the detection image data Dd acquired by the camera 19 in a state of being disposed at a reference position is set as reference image data Sd of the detection region D, and in which the detection image data Dd of the detection region D acquired at an arbitrary time by the camera 19 is compared to the reference image data Sd to determine whether the position of the camera 19 has deviated from the reference position; and a reporting unit 21d that reports that the position of the camera 19 has deviated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Iwao ISHIKAWA, Tomohiro TOYOSAKI, Masafumi TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10730725
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus fir traveling cranes which is capable of displaying information about another traveling crane. The display apparatus for traveling cranes is equipped with: an imaging unit 20 which is mounted to the vicinity of the tip of a boom; a display unit 30 which displays an image captured by the imaging unit 20; a crane controller 40 which controls the orientation of a traveling crane; a communication unit 53 for mutually transmitting/receiving information to/from the other traveling crane; and an image controller 50 for displaying the information about the other traveling crane, received from the other traveling crane, in such a manner as to superimpose the information upon the image of the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventor: Iwao Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20200231418
    Abstract: This overload preventing device is mounted on a mobile work machine, and is provided with: a storage unit which stores lifting performance data in which lifting performance is configured for each operation state, and performance region data in which switching angles are configured that define performance regions, including a front region, a back region, and a side region; and a work machine control unit which controls operation of the mobile work machine on the basis of the actual load and the lifting performance corresponding to the present operation state of the mobile work machine. The lifting performance includes a maximum deployment width performance configured for the front region and the back region, and the switching angles are configured for each operation state on the basis of stability calculations and strength factors such as jack strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro FURUICHI
  • Publication number: 20200223670
    Abstract: Provided is a crane that is capable of effectively suppressing oscillation related to the pendulum resonance frequency generated in a suspended load on the basis of the suspended length of a wire rope. The crane 1 calculates a suspended load oscillation resonance frequency ?x(n) determined on the basis of the suspended length L(n) of a wire rope (14·16), and generates a control signal C(n) for an actuator according to an arbitrarily defined operation signal, and, on the basis of the resonance frequency ?x(n), generates from the control signal C(n) a filtering control signal Cd(n) for the actuator in which a frequency component in an arbitrarily defined frequency range is attenuated by an arbitrarily defined percentage. The frequency range of the attenuated frequency component and/or the percentage of attenuation is altered on the basis of the suspended length L(n) of the wire rope (14·16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Shinsuke KANDA, Kazuma MIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200223672
    Abstract: This overload preventing device is mounted on a mobile work machine, and is provided with: a storage unit which stores lifting performance data; and a work machine control unit which controls operation of the mobile work machine on the basis of the actual load and the lifting performance corresponding to the present operation state of the mobile work machine. A third lifting performance configured for a transition region, a first switching angle defining the boundary between the front region and the side region and the boundary between the back region and the side region when the outriggers are in different states of deployment, and a second switching region defining a transition region in the side region are configured on the basis of stability calculations and strength factors such as jack strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro FURUICHI
  • Publication number: 20200207590
    Abstract: A crane vehicle includes: an operation unit; a winch device configured to operate at a speed corresponding to an operation amount of the operation unit; a weight detection unit; a storage unit configured to store a time-weight target characteristic indicating a target in temporal change of a detected value at the weight detection unit for a maximum operation amount input from the operation unit; and a control unit configured to perform feedback control of an operation speed of the winch device such that the detected value follows the time-weight target characteristic in a case where the maximum operation amount is input from the operation unit, the control unit being configured to set the operation speed of the winch device at the speed corresponding to the operation amount of the operation unit, in a case where fluctuation of the detected value has converged in a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuo MITANI
  • Publication number: 20200198939
    Abstract: To accurately present guide information which expresses the shape and height of a hoisting load and an object located near the hoisting load. A guide information display device is equipped with: a data acquisition unit provided with a camera for capturing an image of a hoisting load region which includes at least a hoisting load and the ground surface below the hoisting load from above the hoisting load, and a laser scanner for obtaining a data point group in the hoisting load region; a data processing unit for estimating the top surface of the hoisting weight, the ground surface, and the top surfaces of objects, on the basis of the obtained data point group, and generating guide frames which surround the top surfaces of the hoisting weight and objects; and a data display unit which displays guide information obtained by overlapping the generated guide frames and the captured image with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicants: TADANO LTD., THE SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takayuki KOSAKA, Iwao ISHIKAWA, Satoshi KUBOTA, Shigenori TANAKA, Kenji NAKAMURA, Yuhei YAMAMOTO, Masaya NAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20200165107
    Abstract: To accurately present information about the shape and location of a hoisting load and an object located near the hoisting load, regardless of the orientation and operational state of the crane. A guide information display device, wherein a camera images part of a work region of a crane, a laser scanner obtains a data point group of the work region captured by the camera, and a data processing unit: removes, from the obtained data point group, a data point group located between a hoisting load hanging from a crane and the tip end section of the telescopic boom of the crane; estimates, on the basis of the remaining data point group, the top surface of the hoisting load, the ground surface of the work region, and the top surfaces of objects located in the work region; generates guide frames which surround the top surfaces of the hoisting load and the objects; and overlaps the generated guide frames on the captured image, and displays the same on a data display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicants: TADANO LTD., THE SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takayuki KOSAKA, Iwao ISHIKAWA, Satoshi KUBOTA, Shigenori TANAKA, Kenji NAKAMURA, Yuhei YAMAMOTO, Masaya NAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20200167940
    Abstract: Provided is a method for clustering the data point groups of one or more measurement targets located in the same region from among the acquired data point groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicants: TADANO LTD., THE SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takayuki KOSAKA, Iwao ISHIKAWA, Satoshi KUBOTA, Shigenori TANAKA, Kenji NAKAMURA, Yuhei YAMAMOTO, Masaya NAKAHARA
  • Patent number: 10661712
    Abstract: The bird's-eye view image system is provided with a plurality of cameras for acquiring a surrounding image of the work vehicle, a display unit for displaying a bird's-eye view image based on the image acquired by the plurality of cameras, and a control unit for causing a bird's-eye view image to be generated and displayed by the display unit. The plurality of cameras have a first front camera provided in the traveling body for acquiring an image ahead of the travelling body, a first rear camera provided in the traveling body for acquiring an image backward of the traveling body, a right camera provided on the swivel base for acquiring an image rightward of the swivel base, and a left camera provided on the swivel base for acquiring an image leftward of the swivel base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Ishihara, Keiji Sato, Hideyuki Higashi
  • Publication number: 20200140240
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing a remote operation terminal from being mislaid, the remote operation terminal remotely operating a work machine driven via a PTO device in a vehicle, the apparatus being configured so as to have: a reception device for receiving a wireless signal transmitted by a transmission device provided to the remote operation terminal, the reception device being provided to the vehicle; a determination section that, when the PTO device is in an OFF state, determines whether or not the reception strength of the wireless signal received from the transmission device by the reception device is equal to or less than a prescribed threshold value; and a notification section for issuing a notification when the reception strength is equal to or less than the prescribed threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji ARAKI
  • Patent number: 10640334
    Abstract: An actuator control device performs a reception process in which designations of a minimum operation amount and maximum operation amount of an operation unit for driving an actuator, and a maximum driving speed which is the actuator driving speed corresponding to the maximum operation amount are received. It also performs a determination process in which a function representing a characteristic line that links a first point, which corresponds to the minimum operation amount and the driving speed of 0, and a second point, which corresponds to the maximum operation amount and the maximum driving speed, is stored in a storage unit as a drive control characteristic and a drive control process in which, in response to operation of the operation unit, the actuator is driven at a driving speed corresponding to the operation amount specified by the drive control characteristic stored in the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Kawabuchi, Naofumi Yoshida, Naotaka Masuda, Yasuhiro Fukumori
  • Patent number: 10634272
    Abstract: A swivel joint for supplying and discharging various types of fluid between the top and bottom of a rotating platform includes an outer cylinder, an intermediate cylinder, and an inner cylinder that are arranged concentrically around a central axis. The intermediate cylinder can freely rotate with respect to the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, and a hydraulic fluid flow channel is provided between the outer cylinder and the intermediate cylinder. A hot water flow channel between the lower portion of the inner cylinder and the intermediate cylinder includes an inner annular groove formed on the inner circumferential face of the intermediate cylinder. An air flow channel between the upper portion of the inner cylinder and the intermediate cylinder includes outer annular grooves formed on the outer surface of the inner cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventor: Seiji Takeda
  • Patent number: 10618780
    Abstract: Provided is a crane that can detect obstacles within a sufficient range while traveling and while doing work. A crane that is provided with an obstacle sensor that, during travel, detects the approach of obstacles toward a front side part of a travel body and, during work, detects the approach of obstacles toward a rear side part of a turning body. According to a first embodiment, the obstacle sensor has a detection range that is directed from front to rear. According to a second embodiment, the obstacle sensor has a detection range that is directed from rear to front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Iwao Ishikawa, Yuji Tadano
  • Patent number: 10604385
    Abstract: The present invention is configured so that it is possible to select any one of a first mode in which a first adjustment valve 13 and a second adjustment valve 20 operate solely on the basis of manipulation of a main manipulation tool (turning lever 8i), a second mode in which the first adjustment valve 13 operates solely on the basis of manipulation of the main manipulation tool (8i) and the second adjustment valve 20 operates solely on the basis of manipulation of a secondary manipulation tool (brake pedal 8j), and a third mode in which the first adjustment valve 13 operates solely on the basis of manipulation of the main manipulation tool (8i) and the second adjustment valve 20 operates on the basis of manipulation of the secondary manipulation tool (8j) while operating on the basis of manipulation of the main manipulation tool (8i).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventor: Naotaka Masuda