Patents Assigned to YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 11554844
    Abstract: A planing boat including: a hull having a boarding area; a screw unit having a screw, and configured to be rotatable with respect to the hull so that the expulsion direction of a water current by the screw can vary by 360 degrees; and a direction change mechanism having a turning drive force source, and configured to change the expulsion direction by rotating the screw unit with respect to the hull with a drive force of the turning drive force source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Koyama
  • Patent number: 11543389
    Abstract: A sensing system contains a vibration device attached to a stem of an agricultural crop for applying vibration to the agricultural crop, at least one sensor attached to the stem of the agricultural crop for sensing vibration of the agricultural crop caused by the vibration applied to the agricultural product from the vibration device to transmit vibration information relate to the vibration of the agricultural crop and a computing device for identifying one local maximum value among a plurality of local maximum values in a frequency spectrum obtained from the vibration information received from the at least one sensor as a resonance frequency of the vibration of the agricultural crop to determine a growth degree of a fruit of the agricultural crop based on the identified resonance frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenori Inamoto, Takanori Hanayama, Akio Ishii, Toru Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20220408629
    Abstract: This automatic travel system for a work vehicle is provided with: a position information obtaining unit; and an automatic travel control unit that causes a work vehicle to automatically travel along a target path. The automatic travel control unit sets a control target position on the target path including a plurality of work paths arranged in parallel with each other and a plurality of turning paths that connect the work paths in an order of travel of the work vehicle, to enable automatic travel of the work vehicle along the target path. The automatic travel control unit, when the work vehicle is positioned on a work path in the vicinity of a boundary with a turning path, sets the control target position on an extension of the work path. The automatic travel control unit, when the work vehicle is positioned on a turning path in the vicinity of a boundary with a work path, sets the control target position on the work path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Suzuki, Akihiro Nakahata, Yoshiharu Mizukura, Keita Kitano
  • Publication number: 20220408628
    Abstract: This work vehicle has: a positioning unit for measuring the current position and the current direction of the vehicle body using a satellite positioning system; and an automatic travel control unit for executing automatic travel control based on positioning information from the positioning unit. The positioning unit comprises: a plurality of positioning antennas provided on the vehicle body; a plurality of positioning units for measuring the positions of the positioning antennas; a calculation unit for calculating the current position and the current direction of the vehicle body on the basis of positioning information from the positioning units; and a positioning state determination unit for determining whether or not the positioning state of the positioning units is a high-accuracy positioning state. When at least two positioning units are in the high accuracy positioning state, the positioning state determination unit permits the start of the automatic travel control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Suzuki, Akihiro Nakahata, Yoshiharu Mizukura, Keita Kitano
  • Publication number: 20220408630
    Abstract: This autonomous traveling control system is capable of generating, in a headland region which is in a farm field surrounded by peripheries formed from a plurality of edges and which is formed between the peripheries and a work region in which a work vehicle works while traveling autonomously, a headland traveling auxiliary route along which the work vehicle travels autonomously. The autonomous traveling control system selects, from among the plurality of edges, a selective edge for generating the headland traveling auxiliary route, on the basis of the distance between the edges and the vehicle position of the work vehicle and of the angles formed between the edges and the vehicle orientation of the work vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuto Nishii
  • Publication number: 20220414559
    Abstract: This work information management device includes: a tractor-side information acquisition unit for acquiring tractor-side information which includes position information of a tractor at each of specific times and operation information of the tractor at each of specific times, such tractor-side information being acquired from the tractor having mounted thereon any one of a plurality of types of work machines; and a work type estimation unit for estimating the work type of work that has been carried out by a work machine mounted on the tractor, on the basis of the tractor-side information acquired by the tractor-side information acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Mitani, Syunsuke Miyauchi, Takumi Yoshimine
  • Publication number: 20220413504
    Abstract: An area registration system that causes a tractor to travel along the outer perimeter of an area (a field) and registers the outline of the area. The area registration system includes a position information acquisition unit, an avoidance maneuver setting unit, and an area registration unit. The position information acquisition unit obtains the position of the tractor. While the tractor is traveling along the outer perimeter of the area, the start and end of an avoidance maneuver for avoiding an obstacle is set by the avoidance maneuver setting unit during tractor travel. The area registration unit registers the outline of the area on the basis of the tractor positions obtained by the position information acquisition unit during travel by the tractor along the outer perimeter of the area, said tractor positions having removed therefrom the tractor positions obtained from the start to the end of avoidance maneuvers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mamoru Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20220411031
    Abstract: A ship propulsion device includes three or more propulsion units, a malfunction detection unit, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control the three or more propulsion units. The three or more propulsion units are disposed with left-right symmetry. Based on a malfunction detected in any one of the three or more propulsion units by the malfunction detection unit while the three or more propulsion units are operating, the control unit is configured to stop the propulsion unit in which the malfunction is detected, and, on a left side and a right side of a hull, stop at least one propulsion unit of the three or more propulsion units disposed on the side opposite from the side on which the propulsion unit in which the malfunction is detected is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoma KANDA, Gakuji TAMURA, Yasuhiro YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11536175
    Abstract: An engine device including an exhaust gas purification device above cylinder head through a support pedestal. The support pedestal has a flat portion on which the exhaust gas purification device is mounted, and a plurality of legs which protrude downward from the flat portion and are fixed to the cylinder head. The flat portion and the leg portions are formed integrally. Portions between the legs are each formed in an arch-shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Matsui, Naotoshi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11532777
    Abstract: A thermoelectric power generation device including: a heating unit having a heat medium passage in which a heat medium flows; a cooling unit having a cooling liquid passage in which a cooling liquid flows; a thermoelectric element having the heating unit and the cooling unit so as to generate power by utilizing a temperature difference between a condensation temperature of the heat medium and a temperature of the cooling liquid; a power generation output detection unit configured to detect a power generation output of the thermoelectric element; a heat medium pressure detection unit configured to detect a pressure of the heat medium; a storage unit for storing, in advance, a relationship between a power generation output of the thermoelectric element and the pressure of the heat medium; and an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality taking place in the thermoelectric power generation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshika Hatasako, Jiro Fukudome, Yuichiro Tanaka, Shuichi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11525411
    Abstract: An engine including a main fuel injection valve, a pilot fuel injection valve, a liquid fuel supply rail pipe, and a pilot fuel supply rail pipe. The main fuel injection valve supplies liquid fuel from the liquid fuel supply rail pipe to a combustion chamber during combustion in a diffusion combustion system. The pilot fuel injection valve supplies pilot fuel from the pilot fuel supply rail pipe to the combustion chamber in order to ignite gaseous fuel during combustion in a premixed combustion system. The liquid fuel supply rail pipe is disposed at one side of an imaginary vertical plane including an axis of a crank shaft. The pilot fuel supply rail pipe is disposed at the side of the imaginary vertical plane at which the liquid fuel supply rail pipe is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Nishimura, Koichi Hirose
  • Publication number: 20220386571
    Abstract: A fish counting system has: an image acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of images wherein a fluid containing fish is imaged over time; a counting unit for counting the fish on the basis of the plurality of images; a fish count change display provision unit for providing a fish count change display, wherein a display corresponding to the number of fish counted per unit time is arranged in a time-series manner; a result provision unit for providing a counting result display wherein an image to which count completion marks indicating a counted fish have been added; and a correction unit for receiving a correction operation and correcting the number of fish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro UEDA, Yuichiro DAKE, Toshiaki SAKAI, Makoto TANI
  • Publication number: 20220381920
    Abstract: In this obstacle detection system, if an obstacle has been detected by a front obstacle sensor or a rear obstacle sensor which has an obstacle detection range corresponding to the travel direction of the work vehicle, then a control unit displays the detected position of the obstacle on a display unit and performs collision avoidance control corresponding to the detection position of the obstacle; further, if an obstacle has been detected by a front obstacle sensor or a rear obstacle sensor which has an obstacle detection range not corresponding to the travel direction of the work vehicle, then the control unit displays the detected position of the obstacle on the display unit without performing collision avoidance control corresponding to the detection position of the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohisa Kano
  • Publication number: 20220383211
    Abstract: A field shape identification unit in a server control unit identifies, on the basis of position information about a work vehicle, the shape of a work field through which the work vehicle has traveled while working. A degree-of-overlap determination unit in the server control unit compares the shape of the work field identified by the field shape identification unit to the shape of a reference field and determines whether the degree of overlap between the work field and the reference field is greater than or equal to a prescribed degree. When the degree-of-overlap determination unit determines that the degree of overlap between the work field and the reference field is equal to or greater than a prescribed degree, an information management unit associates work-related information pertaining to the work in the work field with the reference field and manages the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yusuke Kojima
  • Patent number: 11505060
    Abstract: A tractor including: a traveling body having an engine; a post-processing device configured to purify exhaust gas of the engine; and a reductant tank configured to store a reductant to be supplied to the post-processing device. A pair of left and right fuel tanks are arranged respectively on left and right sides of a longitudinally midway portion of the traveling body. A tank-accommodation recess for accommodating a reductant tank is formed at a lower-front portion of one of the left and right fuel tanks. While the reductant tank is accommodated in the tank-accommodation recess, an upper front portion of the fuel tank and the reductant tank are aligned up and down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20220365537
    Abstract: To provide an automatic driving method, a work vehicle, and an automatic driving system, by which it is possible to perform automatic travel with improved operability. A combine is a work vehicle executing an automatic travel, based on a preset travel route, and includes a steering wheel being a turn operation tool that accepts a turn operation to instruct turning of the combine, a control device that functions as an automatic travel control unit that controls the automatic travel of the combine, based on a travel route, and an override button being a turn operation permission unit that permits a turn operation on the steering wheel during execution of the automatic travel. The travel unit does not accept the turn operation under a normal circumstance during execution of the automatic travel but once the override button is operated, accepts the turn operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuto Nishii, Yuji Yamaguchi, Masaaki Murayama
  • Publication number: 20220364532
    Abstract: An EGR cooler 5 is attached to an engine 1 via a bracket 6. The bracket 6 has an exhaust introduction path 65 for introducing some exhaust discharged from a cylinder head 11 to the EGR cooler 5, an exhaust recirculation path 66 for recirculating exhaust that has passed through the EGR cooler 5 toward the engine 1, a cooling water introduction path 67 for introducing cooling water from cooling water supply parts (3, 13-15) to the EGR cooler 5, and a cooling water recirculation path 68 for recirculating cooling water that has passed through the EGR cooler 5 to the cooling water supply parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryohei Toda
  • Publication number: 20220364332
    Abstract: To make it easier for an operator to notice an object in the surroundings of a construction machine. A safety monitoring system includes a detection device, a display unit, and a control unit. The detection device detects an object in the surroundings of the work vehicle. The display unit displays a captured image of the surroundings of the work vehicle. The control unit controls the detection device and the display unit. If the detection device detects an object, the control unit controls the display unit to display an image with a defined edge obtained by applying an edge-defining process to the image of the surroundings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Ishikawa, Hiroyuki Muraoka, Hiromu Nagata, Kotaro Matsuishi
  • Publication number: 20220354096
    Abstract: This fish counting system comprises: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of images obtained by capturing, over time, images of a photographing area in which a fluid including a fish flows; an extraction unit configured to extract a fish in each image; and a counting unit configured to count the number of fish. The photographing area has a first area and a second area. The counting unit is configured to count the fish when the fish in the first area moves to the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro DAKE, Yasuhiro UEDA, Isao WAKABAYASHI, Toshiaki SAKAI, Makoto TANI
  • Patent number: 11492960
    Abstract: An engine including an exhaust bypass valve and an intake bypass valve. The exhaust bypass valve is disposed in an exhaust bypass channel connecting an outlet of an exhaust manifold and an exhaust outlet of a turbocharger to each other. The intake bypass valve is disposed in an intake bypass channel connecting an inlet of an intake manifold and an inlet of the turbocharger. An intake pressure sensor detects a pressure of the intake manifold. If an instruction value indicating an upper limit or a lower limit of the valve opening degree of the intake bypass valve is continuously output for a predetermined time or more, an engine control device determines that an abnormality occurs in at least one of the exhaust bypass valve and the intake bypass valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taishi Murakami, Masayoshi Doui