Patents by Inventor Daijirou Tanaka

Daijirou Tanaka 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: 11808018
    Abstract: A bucket tooth adapter for a bucket includes a mounting portion and a nose portion extending from the mounting portion. The mounting portion includes a first body portion and a wide portion. The wide portion is wider than the first body portion and is provided between the first body portion and the nose portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Nagata, Daijirou Tanaka, Yudai Furudate, Tatsuo Aira, Monta Kondou
  • Publication number: 20230332380
    Abstract: A ripper point attachment structure in a ripper device includes a ripper shank including a main body portion and a nose portion, and a ripper point including an internal space. The nose portion includes a distal end portion, a proximal end portion contiguous with the main body portion, and a linking portion. An outer periphery of a cross section cutting the linking portion along a plane perpendicular to an axis extending in a lengthwise direction of the nose portion is formed in an octagonal shape. An outer periphery of a cross section cutting the proximal end portion along the plane is formed in a rectangular shape. An outer periphery of a cross section cutting the distal end portion along the plane is formed in a rectangular shape. An inner periphery forming the internal space is formed along an outer periphery forming the distal end, linking and proximal end portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Yudai FURUDATE, Masakuni UEDA, Daijirou TANAKA, Jinnai HATSUSHI, Monta KONDOU
  • Publication number: 20230332381
    Abstract: With a ripper point attachment structure, a pin member is inserted into a first pin hole formed in a ripper shank and a second pin hole formed in a ripper point. A locking member is engaged with the pin member to prevent the pin member from coming loose. The ripper point includes an opening, an internal space and a guide groove. The opening is formed at a rear end. The internal space is formed from the opening toward a distal end surface. The guide groove is formed in a predetermined range from the rear end toward the distal end surface in a portion of an inner surface forming the internal space. A second pin hole of the ripper point is disposed on a bottom surface of the guide groove. The locking member is disposed in a space forming the guide groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Yudai FURUDATE, Daijirou TANAKA, Masakuni UEDA, Monta KONDOU, Jinnai HATSUSHI
  • Patent number: 11661726
    Abstract: A tooth attachment structure for a bucket includes a tooth, a pin member, and a lock member. The tooth includes a guide groove provided on an inner surface of the tooth and a pin hole provided in the guide groove. The pin member is disposed in the pin hole. The lock member is disposed in the guide groove. The lock member locks the pin member. The lock member engages the pin member by sliding toward the pin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Nagata, Daijirou Tanaka, Yudai Furudate, Tatsuo Aira, Monta Kondou
  • Patent number: 11598074
    Abstract: A tooth mounting structure for a bucket includes a tooth adapter and a tooth. The tooth adapter includes a mounting portion mounted to the bucket and a nose portion extending from the mounting portion. The tooth includes an internal space for inserting the nose portion. The nose portion includes a rectangular tip portion, a rectangular base end portion and an octagonal connecting portion. An inner surface of the tooth is formed along an outer surface of the nose portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Nagata, Daijirou Tanaka, Yudai Furudate, Tatsuo Aira, Monta Kondou
  • Publication number: 20220298758
    Abstract: A tooth attachment structure for a bucket includes a tooth, a pin member, and a lock member. The tooth includes a guide groove provided on an inner surface of the tooth and a pin hole provided in the guide groove. The pin member is disposed in the pin hole. The lock member is disposed in the guide groove. The lock member locks the pin member. The lock member engages the pin member by sliding toward the pin member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Takanori NAGATA, Daijirou TANAKA, Yudai FURUDATE, Tatsuo AIRA, Monta KONDOU
  • Publication number: 20220290412
    Abstract: A bucket tooth adapter for a bucket includes a mounting portion and a nose portion extending from the mounting portion. The mounting portion includes a first body portion and a wide portion. The wide portion is wider than the first body portion and is provided between the first body portion and the nose portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Takanori NAGATA, Daijirou TANAKA, Yudai FURUDATE, Tatsuo AIRA, Monta KONDOU
  • Publication number: 20220275608
    Abstract: A tooth mounting structure for a bucket includes a tooth adapter and a tooth. The tooth adapter includes a mounting portion mounted to the bucket and a nose portion extending from the mounting portion. The tooth includes an internal space for inserting the nose portion. The nose portion includes a rectangular tip portion, a rectangular base end portion and an octagonal connecting portion. An inner surface of the tooth is formed along an outer surface of the nose portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Takanori NAGATA, Daijirou TANAKA, Yudai FURUDATE, Tatsuo AIRA, Monta KONDOU
  • Patent number: 9803332
    Abstract: An excavation bucket includes a bottom face part, a rear face part, a pair of opposing side wall parts, teeth, a bracket, and a target penetration depth display component. The target penetration depth display component is provided around the teeth and near an end of the side wall part that forms an edge of an opening, and displays the target penetration depth. A wrist radius is an imaginary line segment connecting a center of a first hole in the bracket and the distal end of the teeth in side view. The target penetration depth display component is provided to an inside of at least one of the pair of opposing side wall parts and at a position of the side wall part corresponding to a position that has moved along the imaginary line segment from the distal end of the teeth by a specific proportional length of the wrist radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Daijirou Tanaka, Tatsuo Aira
  • Publication number: 20160369475
    Abstract: An excavation bucket includes a bottom face part, a rear face part, a pair of opposing side wall parts, teeth, a bracket, and a target penetration depth display component. The target penetration depth display component is provided around the teeth and near an end of the side wall part that forms an edge of an opening, and displays the target penetration depth. A wrist radius is an imaginary line segment connecting a center of a first hole in the bracket and the distal end of the teeth in side view. The target penetration depth display component is provided to an inside of at least one of the pair of opposing side wall parts and at a position of the side wall part corresponding to a position that has moved along the imaginary line segment from the distal end of the teeth by a specific proportional length of the wrist radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Daijirou TANAKA, Tatsuo AIRA
  • Patent number: 9074353
    Abstract: An excavating bucket includes a pair of left and right corner adapters that are fixed with respect to inclined parts provided on protruding parts at the left and right ends on the distal end side of a cutting edge. Tooth members are attached to the distal ends of the corner adapters for excavation. Distal end positions of the corner adapters are disposed on the same line as the distal end positions of a plurality of center adapters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Daijirou Tanaka, Daijirou Itou
  • Publication number: 20140331528
    Abstract: An excavating bucket includes a pair of left and right corner adapters that are fixed with respect to inclined parts provided on protruding parts at the left and right ends on the distal end side of a cutting edge. Tooth members are attached to the distal ends of the corner adapters for excavation. Distal end positions of the corner adapters are disposed on the same line as the distal end positions of a plurality of center adapters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Daijirou Tanaka, Daijirou Itou
  • Patent number: 8875422
    Abstract: An excavating bucket includes a cutting edge having inclined parts at its left and right ends, a plurality of adapters fixed to the distal end side of the cutting edge, corner adapters that are fixed to the inclined parts provided to the left and right ends on the cutting edge on the distal end side, whose distal end positions are disposed on the same line as the distal end positions of the plurality of center adapters, and that have recesses into which side plates are inserted, and joint portions where the corner adapters are joined to only the cutting edge by continuous weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Daijirou Tanaka, Daijirou Itou
  • Publication number: 20140059900
    Abstract: An excavating bucket includes a cutting edge having inclined parts at its left and right ends, a plurality of adapters fixed to the distal end side of the cutting edge, corner adapters that are fixed to the inclined parts provided to the left and right ends on the cutting edge on the distal end side, whose distal end positions are disposed on the same line as the distal end positions of the plurality of center adapters, and that have recesses into which side plates are inserted, and joint portions where the corner adapters are joined to only the cutting edge by continuous weld.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Daijirou Tanaka, Daijirou Ito
  • Patent number: 6532933
    Abstract: The invention includes a combustion chamber and an injection strategy for a direct fuel injected internal combustion engine. The combustion chamber is formed with a substantially flat surface to provide a large surface area on which fuel can collect and evaporated. At high loads, fuel is injected into the combustion in two stages. The first stage starts before top-dead center and stops before a prohibited range where smoke is produced. The second stage starts after the prohibited range and stops approximately when the intake valve is at its maximum lift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daijirou Tanaka, Uichitake Uchiyama
  • Patent number: 6508226
    Abstract: An improved combustion chamber configuration for a direct injected internal combustion engine. The cylinder head recess and piston head are configured so as to provide a small clearance volume and accordingly high compression ratios while the shape of the piston head and the arrangement of the cylinder head recess permits a portion of the injected fuel to be directed toward the exhaust valves to cool them and reduce smoke and increase fuel efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daijirou Tanaka, Shinichi Kurosawa