Patents by Inventor Akira Hanahara

Akira Hanahara has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200031632
    Abstract: A hook device includes a central shaft which extends in a first direction, and a first locking portion and a second locking portion which are disposed such that the central shaft is interposed therebetween, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first locking portion and the second locking portion are connected to the central shaft in a state where the first locking portion and the second locking portion are not rotatable independently around an axis extending in the first direction and are rotatable around an axis extending in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Akira Hanahara
  • Patent number: 10099905
    Abstract: A crane includes: a boom; a jib; a front post that is swingably attached to a tip end side of the boom; a rear post that is swingably attached to the tip end side of the boom; a post-side pendant member, with one end of the post-side pendant member being attached to a tip end of the rear post; a boom-side pendant member, with one end of the boom-side pendant member being attached to another end of the post-side pendant member, and another end of the boom-side pendant member being attached to the boom; and a post driving device having a link mechanism that rotates the rear post in a range including a position at which the rear post is swung down to the front post side and a position at which the rear post is swung down to the boom side, while the boom is held down in a horizontal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Crane Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kuninaga, Akira Hanahara
  • Publication number: 20160347588
    Abstract: A crane includes: a boom; a jib; a front post that is swingably attached to a tip end side of the boom; a rear post that is swingably attached to the tip end side of the boom; a post-side pendant member, with one end of the post-side pendant member being attached to a tip end of the rear post; a boom-side pendant member, with one end of the boom-side pendant member being attached to another end of the post-side pendant member, and another end of the boom-side pendant member being attached to the boom; and a post driving device having a link mechanism that rotates the rear post in a range including a position at which the rear post is swung down to the front post side and a position at which the rear post is swung down to the boom side, while the boom is held down in a horizontal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi KUNINAGA, Akira HANAHARA
  • Patent number: 8887933
    Abstract: A counterweight suspension device includes a pair of suspension cylinders that suspends a counterweight and that are hung from first and second hanging points provided separately in a left and right direction at a top end of a rear mast. A coupling member couples cylinder rod ends of the pair with each other. A lifting member lifts the counterweight. First and second connection points of the counterweight are connected with each of the cylinder rod ends, with the first and the second connection points provided separately in the left and right direction on the counterweight for attaching the lifting member to the counterweight. A first communication circuit is provided through which rod chambers of the suspension cylinders communicate with each other. A second communication circuit is provided through which bottom chambers of the suspension cylinders communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Crane Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Hanahara
  • Patent number: 8302789
    Abstract: A rotating superstructure includes: a front block on which a power unit that includes a prime mover; and a rear block on which a unit for raising and lowering a boom that includes a winch, a, and an arm. And the rotating superstructure is configured to be split into the front block and the rear block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cane Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Hanahara, Takeshi Nakatsu
  • Publication number: 20110155681
    Abstract: A counterweight suspension device includes: a pair of suspension cylinders that suspends a counterweight, and that are hung from a first and a second hanging points provided separately in a left and right direction at a top end of a rear mast; a coupling member that couples cylinder rod ends of the pair of suspension cylinders with each other; a lifting member for lifting the counterweight, that connects a first and a second connection points of the counterweight with each of the cylinder rod ends of the pair of suspension cylinders, with the first and the second connection points provided separately in the left and right direction on the counterweight for attaching the lifting member to the counterweight; a first communication circuit through which rod chambers of the pair of suspension cylinders communicate with each other; and a second communication circuit through which bottom chambers of the pair of suspension cylinders communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: Hitachi Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Crane Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira HANAHARA
  • Publication number: 20100213155
    Abstract: A rotating superstructure includes: a front block on which a power unit that includes a prime mover; and a rear block on which a unit for raising and lowering a boom that includes a winch, a, and an arm. And the rotating superstructure is configured to be split into the front block and the rear block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: Hitachi Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Crane Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira HANAHARA, Takeshi NAKATSU
  • Patent number: 7008514
    Abstract: A durable door opening/closing mechanism that does not require a large space for opening and closing operation such that a door and a main body such as a cab, can be freely designed. To achieve this, the door is supported by links coupled to the cab by joints. One end of the door is guided along the side of the cab by a guide rail. When a rail support begins moving along the side of the cab while being guided by the guide rail, a couple of forces, causing the door to rotate, act on the joints at both ends of the links. The other end of the door is swung out of the cab towards the outside by the couple of forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Crane Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Matsumura, Akira Hanahara
  • Publication number: 20030204995
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a durable door opening/closing mechanism that does not require a large space for opening and closing operation and that a door and main body can be freely designed. To achieve this, a door is supported by links coupled to a cab by joints. One end of the door is guided along the side of the cab by a guide rail. When a rail support begins moving along the side of the cab while being guided by the guide rail, a couple of forces, causing the door to rotate, act on the joints at the both ends of the links. The other end of the door is swung out of the cab toward outside by the couple of forces, and the track is regulated into an arc form by the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Seiichi Matsumura, Akira Hanahara