Patents by Inventor Akira Kanazawa
Akira Kanazawa 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).
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Publication number: 20240125096Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a work management system that enables efficient extraction of approach events that are likely to result in contact between a work machine and a worker.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Akira KANAZAWA, Ryu NARIKAWA, Shinjirou YAMAMOTO, Takaaki CHIBA, Shinya IMURA
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Patent number: 11920325Abstract: A construction machine is provided that can cause each hydraulic actuator to accurately operate according to operation by an operator in combined operation in which a hydraulic fluid of a hydraulic pump is subjected to flow dividing and is supplied to plural hydraulic actuators. A controller 10, in a case of determining that combined operation is being carried out, controls a regulator 7a in such a manner that the delivery flow rate of a hydraulic pump 7 becomes larger than the total target flow rate of plural hydraulic actuators 4a, 5a, and 6a, and controls the respective opening amounts of plural directional control valves 8a1, 8a3, and 8a5 in such a manner that the difference between the respective target flow rates of the plural hydraulic actuators and the respective inflow flow rates of the plural hydraulic actuators sensed by velocity sensors 12 to 14 becomes small.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Kanazawa, Hidekazu Moriki, Takaaki Chiba, Shinya Imura
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Patent number: 11924985Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a first hole and a device housing that is configured such that the display panel is fastened and fixed to the device housing by a screw passed through the first hole and screwed into the screw hole. The display panel includes a display-side positioning part which is configured to fit to a portion of the device housing to perform positioning of the display panel with respect to the device housing and which includes the first hole, and the device housing includes a housing-side positioning part which is configured to fit to the display-side positioning part to perform the positioning and which includes a second hole formed so as to communicate with the first hole when the housing-side positioning part is fitted to the display-side positioning part.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Ikumi, Masaaki Sano, Naoki Ueno, Akira Masuda, Takahiro Shimada, Takeshi Iwamoto, Shota Kosuga, Ryuta Suzuki, Satoru Kanazawa, Junnosuke Nishimura
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Publication number: 20240030701Abstract: A relay device is provided with a first terminal electrically connected to a first target, a second terminal electrically connected to a second target, a relay configured to switch on/off of an electrical connection between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a control unit configured to perform ON/OFF control of the relay. The control unit executes, by hardware, first OFF control for comparing a first voltage of the first terminal with a first threshold voltage, and turning off the relay based on a result of the comparison. The control unit executes, by software, second OFF control for comparing the first voltage with a second threshold voltage higher than the first threshold voltage, and turning off the relay based on a result of the comparison.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventor: Akira KANAZAWA
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Publication number: 20230332377Abstract: An automated operation controller 45 of an automated work system 10 includes: a work status management section 452 that selects a work content according to a work DB 456 that records a work plan for a hydraulic excavator 1 and a work order in the work plan, creates an operation plan based on the selected work content and information on the surrounding environment measured by laser scanners 34, and outputs a control signal to a vehicle body controller 41 based on the operation plan; and an abnormal object detection section 454 that detects an abnormal object present on a work site based on the information on the surrounding environment measured by the laser scanners 34. When the execution of the operation plan is determined to be hindered by the presence of the abnormal object, the work status management section 452 selects another work content from the work plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Hiroaki SATO, Ryu NARIKAWA, Akira KANAZAWA, Shinjirou YAMAMOTO, Kouji SHIWAKU
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Publication number: 20230332374Abstract: Upon determining that the work apparatus will not enter a prohibited area set on the basis of output of a second position calculator of a carrier, the system computes, on the basis of the result of a prediction computation, first input of the dynamic characteristic with which a distal end of the work apparatus approaches a target position set on the basis of the output of the second position calculator. Upon determining that the work apparatus will enter the prohibited area, the system computes second input of the dynamic characteristic with which the distal end targets and approaches a position that is closer to the target position than the position of the distal end of the work apparatus at a position different from the target position outside the prohibited area, and the system computes control input for controlling the operation of the loader.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Shinji ISHIHARA, Ryu NARIKAWA, Akira KANAZAWA
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Publication number: 20230316917Abstract: The present invention intends to provide a risk management system that can accurately extract information necessary for analysis of a variety of accidents in which a machine is involved. For this purpose, a controller calculates a main risk that is the degree at which a main factor of an accident contributes to the occurrence of the accident on the basis of an evaluation value of the main factor, and calculates a subsidiary risk that is the degree at which a subsidiary factor of the accident contributes to the occurrence of the accident on the basis of an evaluation value of the subsidiary factor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Akira KANAZAWA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Shiho IZUMI, Shinya IMURA, Mariko MIZUOCHI
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Publication number: 20230295899Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a constriction assistance system that can optimize the safety and the productivity in a work at a construction site. Accordingly, the construction assistance system that has a safety construction assistance function that contributes to risk reduction in regard to a worker and a work machine at a construction site includes a server that collects operation information on the work machine deployed at the construction site, and a communication network that connects the work machine with the server. The server measures an actuation count of the safety construction assistance function, calculates a safety awareness level of the worker who works at the construction site on the basis of the actuation count, and delivers the safety awareness level to a receiving device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Hiroyuki YAMADA, Akira KANAZAWA, Shinya IMURA
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Publication number: 20220307232Abstract: A construction management device computes a risk indicative of a degree of danger with which an accident occurs on the basis of information relating at least to a position of a worker measured by a worker position measuring device and a worker biometrical information measuring device, information relating at least to a position of a hydraulic excavator measured by a machine body position measuring device, a machine body posture measuring device, a machine front implement posture measuring device, and a machine operator biometrical information measuring device, personal information on a worker and an operator registered in a worker information registration device, and information on a construction environment from an environment information registration device, and outputs the computed risk as a coordinate risk associated with coordinates of the construction environment to a risk display device such that the computed risk is displayed in a map format on the risk display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Akira KANAZAWA, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Shiho IZUMI, Shinya IMURA
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Publication number: 20220049474Abstract: To provide a work machine that enables enhancement of shaping accuracy near a boundary line between two adjacent target surfaces. A controller 10 extracts, from among a plurality of target surfaces, a second target surface S2 that is a target surface adjacent to a first target surface S1, calculates a boundary line L2 between the first target surface S1 and the second target surface S2, and, prior to a work tool 6 passing the first boundary line L2, corrects a control signal for a posture control actuator 6c such that the angular difference EL between a reference line L1 set on the work tool 6 and the boundary line L2 becomes small.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Akira KANAZAWA, Hidekazu MORIKI, Shinya IMURA, Shiho IZUMI, Takaaki CHIBA
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Patent number: 11230821Abstract: A construction machine that precisely enables derivation of the operation characteristics of hydraulic actuators in a high-velocity area with less calibration operation is provided. A controller (10) has a calibration mode in which the controller (10) derives operation characteristics (?(xs)) representing a relation among a spool position (xs) of a meter-in valve (8a1), an operation velocity (Va) of a hydraulic actuator (4a), and a differential pressure (?P) across the meter-in valve (8a1), and is configured to, in a case where the spool position (xs) of the meter-in valve (8a1) has changed in a direction to increase the opening area of the meter-in valve (8a1) in the calibration mode, output a command signal to increase the opening area of a bleed-off valve (8b1) to a bleed-off solenoid proportional pressure-reducing valve (8b2) as a command signal to reduce the differential pressure (?P).Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Kanazawa, Hidekazu Moriki, Shinya Imura, Yasutaka Tsuruga, Takaaki Chiba
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Patent number: 11193254Abstract: To provide a construction machine that can highly precisely control branch flows from a hydraulic pump to a plurality of hydraulic actuators without being affected by load conditions. A controller (100) has a meter-out valve control section (140) configured to calculate a target opening area of a second meter-out valve (65a) (65b) according to a pressure difference between a supply pressure and a second meter-in pressure, or calculate a target opening area of a first meter-out valve (55a) (55b) according to a pressure difference between the supply pressure and the first meter-in pressure.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidekazu Moriki, Akira Kanazawa, Takaaki Chiba, Shinya Imura, Yasutaka Tsuruga
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Publication number: 20210332563Abstract: A construction machine is provided that can cause each hydraulic actuator to accurately operate according to operation by an operator in combined operation in which a hydraulic fluid of a hydraulic pump is subjected to flow dividing and is supplied to plural hydraulic actuators. A controller 10, in a case of determining that combined operation is being carried out, controls a regulator 7a in such a manner that the delivery flow rate of a hydraulic pump 7 becomes larger than the total target flow rate of plural hydraulic actuators 4a, 5a, and 6a, and controls the respective opening amounts of plural directional control valves 8a1, 8a3, and 8a5 in such a manner that the difference between the respective target flow rates of the plural hydraulic actuators and the respective inflow flow rates of the plural hydraulic actuators sensed by velocity sensors 12 to 14 becomes small.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Akira KANAZAWA, Hidekazu MORIKI, Takaaki CHIBA, Shinya IMURA
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Publication number: 20210317636Abstract: A construction machine that precisely enables derivation of the operation characteristics of hydraulic actuators in a high-velocity area with less calibration operation is provided. A controller (10) has a calibration mode in which the controller (10) derives operation characteristics (?(xs)) representing a relation among a spool position (xs) of a meter-in valve (8a1), an operation velocity (Va) of a hydraulic actuator (4a), and a differential pressure (?P) across the meter-in valve (8a1), and is configured to, in a case where the spool position (xs) of the meter-in valve (8a1) has changed in a direction to increase the opening area of the meter-in valve (8a1) in the calibration mode, output a command signal to increase the opening area of a bleed-off valve (8b1) to a bleed-off solenoid proportional pressure-reducing valve (8b2) as a command signal to reduce the differential pressure (?P).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Akira KANAZAWA, Hidekazu MORIKI, Shinya IMURA, Yasutaka TSURUGA, Takaaki CHIBA
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Publication number: 20210262200Abstract: To provide a construction machine that can highly precisely control branch flows from a hydraulic pump to a plurality of hydraulic actuators without being affected by load conditions. A controller (100) has a meter-out valve control section (140) configured to calculate a target opening area of a second meter-out valve (65a) (65b) according to a pressure difference between a supply pressure and a second meter-in pressure, or calculate a target opening area of a first meter-out valve (55a) (55b) according to a pressure difference between the supply pressure and the first meter-in pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Hidekazu MORIKI, Akira KANAZAWA, Takaaki CHIBA, Shinya IMURA, Yasutaka TSURUGA
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Patent number: 10886620Abstract: An antenna includes a dielectric substrate, a ground element, a feed element, a microstrip line, and a feed point. The ground element is disposed on a first surface of the dielectric substrate. The ground element includes a slit. The feed element is disposed on a second surface of the dielectric substrate. The microstrip line extends from the feed element toward the slit. The feed point is disposed on the second surface of the dielectric substrate, and connected to the feed element via the microstrip line. The feed point is positioned between the feed element and the slit, and disposed at an end of the microstrip line.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Obata, Yu Ono, Hironori Kikuchi, Shingo Sumi, Hiroaki Ohmori, Akira Kanazawa, Katsuhiko Morioka
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Patent number: 10507487Abstract: A cartridge usable in a viscous-material dispenser includes a cylinder, a plunger in the cylinder, and a plurality of ribs extending radially from an outer surface of the plunger to an inner surface of the cylinder. The ribs are circumferentially separated by a plurality of clearances, and the ribs and the clearances extend in an axial direction. Each of the plurality of clearances is defined by two adjacent ribs. The ribs and clearances are configured to allow the venting of gas through the clearances during a beginning of a cartridge filling operation and to impede the movement of the viscous material through the clearances during a remainder of the cartridge filling operation such that, at an end of the cartridge filling operation, the ribs and bodies of the viscous material in the clearances form an airtight seal between the plunger and the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: KAGA WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Osamu Mizoguchi, Hitoshi Tsujikawa, Kyota Imai, Akira Kanazawa
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Patent number: 10479587Abstract: A cartridge (12) for a viscous-material dispenser includes a plunger (10) that is slidable within a cylinder (18). A seal body (104) forms between an outer circumferential surface (82) of the plunger and an inner circumferential surface (84) of the cylinder when a viscous material flows into a radial tubular clearance (106) that continuously extends both axially and circumferentially between the outer circumferential surface and the inner circumferential surface. Ridges (100) may be formed on the outer circumferential surface of the plunger to guide the inflowing viscous material and facilitate the formation of the seal body.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: KAGA WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Osamu Mizoguchi, Hitoshi Tsujikawa, Kyota Imai, Akira Kanazawa
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Publication number: 20190334246Abstract: An antenna includes a dielectric substrate, a ground element, a feed element, a microstrip line, and a feed point. The ground element is disposed on a first surface of the dielectric substrate. The ground element includes a slit. The feed element is disposed on a second surface of the dielectric substrate. The microstrip line extends from the feed element toward the slit. The feed point is disposed on the second surface of the dielectric substrate, and connected to the feed element via the microstrip line. The feed point is positioned between the feed element and the slit, and disposed at an end of the microstrip line.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: MASAYUKI OBATA, YU ONO, HIRONORI KIKUCHI, SHINGO SUMI, HIROAKI OHMORI, AKIRA KANAZAWA, KATSUHIKO MORIOKA
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Publication number: 20190232331Abstract: A cartridge usable in a viscous-material dispenser includes a cylinder, a plunger in the cylinder, and a plurality of ribs extending radially from an outer surface of the plunger to an inner surface of the cylinder. The ribs are circumferentially separated by a plurality of clearances, and the ribs and the clearances extend in an axial direction. Each of the plurality of clearances is defined by two adjacent ribs. The ribs and clearances are configured to allow the venting of gas through the clearances during a beginning of a cartridge filling operation and to impede the movement of the viscous material through the clearances during a remainder of the cartridge filling operation such that, at an end of the cartridge filling operation, the ribs and bodies of the viscous material in the clearances form an airtight seal between the plunger and the cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Osamu MIZOGUCHI, Hitoshi Tsujikawa, Kyota IMAI, Akira KANAZAWA