Patents by Inventor Atsushi Sasada

Atsushi Sasada 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).

  • Patent number: 10059372
    Abstract: A bulldozer is provided with left and right steering brakes that brake the rotations of left and right drive wheels, and a control unit for hydraulically controlling the braking state of the respective left and right steering brakes. The control unit executes protection processing on the left steering brake or the right steering brake when a state of the degree of engagement of the left steering brake or the right steering brake being within a predetermined range and the vehicle speed being equal to or greater than a predetermined vehicle speed continues for a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sasada, Hiroaki Takeshima, Osamu Takatori
  • Publication number: 20180118261
    Abstract: A bulldozer is provided with left and right steering brakes that brake the rotations of left and right drive wheels, and a control unit for hydraulically controlling the braking state of the respective left and right steering brakes. The control unit executes protection processing on the left steering brake or the right steering brake when a state of the degree of engagement of the left steering brake or the right steering brake being within a predetermined range and the vehicle speed being equal to or greater than a predetermined vehicle speed continues for a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi SASADA, Hiroaki TAKESHIMA, Osamu TAKATORI
  • Patent number: 8997595
    Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft, an output shaft and an intermediate shaft, a power transmission mechanism and a control unit. The power transmission mechanism includes a forward travelling lower speed clutch, a forward travelling higher speed clutch, a rearward travelling clutch and a plurality of speed stage switching clutches. The control unit is configured to switch a gear state into a shiftable rearward travelling gear stage by turning off either the forward travelling lower speed clutch or the forward travelling higher speed clutch and by turning on the rearward travelling clutch in executing an operation of switching from forward travelling to rearward travelling, and to switch a gear stage into a shiftable forward travelling gear stage by turning off the rearward travelling clutch and turning on the forward travelling lower speed clutch in executing an operation of switching from rearward travelling to forward travelling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sasada, Hiroaki Takeshima, Yoshito Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20130239719
    Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft, an output shaft and an intermediate shaft, a power transmission mechanism and a control unit. The power transmission mechanism includes a forward travelling lower speed clutch, a forward travelling higher speed clutch, a rearward travelling clutch and a plurality of speed stage switching clutches. The control unit is configured to switch a gear state into a shiftable rearward travelling gear stage by turning off either the forward travelling lower speed clutch or the forward travelling higher speed clutch and by turning on the rearward travelling clutch in executing an operation of switching from forward travelling to rearward travelling, and to switch a gear stage into a shiftable forward travelling gear stage by turning off the rearward travelling clutch and turning on the forward travelling lower speed clutch in executing an operation of switching from rearward travelling to forward travelling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Atsushi Sasada, Hiroaki Takeshima, Yoshito Komatsu
  • Patent number: 8499657
    Abstract: A multi-shaft transmission is mounted on a work vehicle for performing loader work, and includes a power transmission mechanism for transmitting power from an input shaft through a countershaft to an output shaft. A shifting part shifts a drivetrain from the input shaft to the output shaft. The power transmission mechanism includes a forward clutch and a reverse clutch for forward-reverse shifting, and a plurality of speed stage shifting clutches for changing speed stages, wherein at least one of the forward clutch and the reverse clutch has a plurality of speed region shifting clutches. The shifting part shifts only one clutch among the plurality of speed stage shifting clutches and the plurality of speed region shifting clutches to change speeds when a plurality of speed stages are used in be loader work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sasada, Hiroaki Takeshima, Yoshito Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20130174682
    Abstract: A multi-shaft transmission is mounted on a work vehicle for performing loader work, and includes a power transmission mechanism for transmitting power from an input shaft through a countershaft to an output shaft. A shifting part shifts a drivetrain from the input shaft to the output shaft. The power transmission includes a forward clutch and a reverse clutch for forward-reverse shifting, and a plurality of speed stage shifting clutches for changing speed stages, wherein at least one of the forward clutch and the reverse clutch has a plurality of speed region shifting clutches. The shifting part shifts only one clutch among the plurality of speed stage shifting clutches and the plurality of speed region shifting clutches to change speeds when a plurality of speed stages are used in the loader work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Atsushi Sasada, Hiroaki Takeshima, Yoshito Komatsu
  • Patent number: 8430216
    Abstract: A brake device lubrication device includes a lubricant supply unit and a control unit. The control unit includes a braking timer, a release timer and a storage unit. The control unit is configured to control the lubricant supply unit so as to supply a predetermined first supply amount of lubricant to a brake device when the brake device is in a braking state, to acquire a delay time corresponding to a braking time counted by the braking timer from a relationship of correspondence between the braking time and the delay time stored by the storage unit when the brake device is switched from the braking state to a released state, and to switch a supply amount of lubricant from the first supply amount to a second supply amount which is smaller than the first supply amount when the release time counted by the release timer reaches the acquired delay time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Taneaki Fujino, Atsushi Sasada, Kenjiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 8147959
    Abstract: A color-change laminate in which a color tone derived from a porous layer is visually perceived in a dry state and a metallic lustrous property is visually perceived in a liquid-absorbed state of the porous layer caused by water application is excellent in luminance and which satisfies both of changing properties and decorative properties in the dry state and in the liquid-absorbed state. A color-change laminate includes a support having a metallic lustrous property and a porous layer provided on the surface of the support. The porous layer includes a low-refractive-index pigment and a transparent metallic lustrous pigment formed by coating a transparent core material with a metal oxide and/or a transparent metallic lustrous pigment having a color-flopping property all fixed onto a binder resin in a dispersed state and is different in transparency in a liquid-absorbed state and in a liquid-unabsorbed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: The Pilot Ink Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Nakashima, Atsushi Sasada
  • Publication number: 20110214952
    Abstract: A brake device lubrication device includes a lubricant supply unit and a control unit. The control unit includes a braking timer, a release timer and a storage unit. The control unit is configured to control the lubricant supply unit so as to supply a predetermined first supply amount of lubricant to a brake device when the brake device is in a braking state, to acquire a delay time corresponding to a braking time counted by the braking timer from a relationship of correspondence between the braking time and the delay time stored by the storage unit when the brake device is switched from the braking state to a released state, and to switch a supply amount of lubricant from the first supply amount to a second supply amount which is smaller than the first supply amount when the release time counted by the release timer reaches the acquired delay time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Taneaki Fujino, Atsushi Sasada, Kenjiro Shimada
  • Publication number: 20090155498
    Abstract: A color-change laminate in which a color tone derived from a porous layer is visually perceived in a dry state and a metallic lustrous property is visually perceived in a liquid-absorbed state of the porous layer caused by water application is excellent in luminance and which satisfies both of changing properties and decorative properties in the dry state and in the liquid-absorbed state. A color-change laminate includes a support having a metallic lustrous property and a porous layer provided on the surface of the support. The porous layer includes a low-refractive-index pigment and a transparent metallic lustrous pigment formed by coating a transparent core material with a metal oxide and/or a transparent metallic lustrous pigment having a color-flopping property all fixed onto a binder resin in a dispersed state and is different in transparency in a liquid-absorbed state and in a liquid-unabsorbed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: THE PILOT INK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akio NAKASHIMA, Atsushi SASADA