Patents by Inventor Hajime ARAGAKI

Hajime ARAGAKI 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: 11879589
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably attached to the lower traveling body, an automatic greasing device mounted on the upper turning body, and a control device configured to control the automatic greasing device. The control device is configured to control timing to start greasing by the automatic greasing device based on the past operating condition of the shovel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuji Shiratani, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Hajime Aragaki
  • Patent number: 11761168
    Abstract: A shovel includes an upper swing structure, a cab mounted on the upper swing structure, and an operating lever provided in the cab. The operating lever includes a lever part to which a grip part is fixed, a holder part to which the lever part is connected, and a joint part connecting the lever part and the holder part. The lever part is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the holder part in a tool-free manner with a predetermined manual operation on the joint part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuji Shiratani, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Hajime Aragaki
  • Patent number: 11746497
    Abstract: A shovel includes a traveling body, a turning body turnably mounted on the traveling body, an attachment attached to the turning body and including a boom, an arm, and a bucket, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to relatively slow down an operation of the attachment in such a direction as to terminate a state in which the traveling body is lifted, after the shovel enters the state in which the traveling body is lifted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuji Shiratani, Hajime Aragaki, Masaaki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20220205225
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower travel body, an upper swivel body that is swingably installed on the lower travel body, an attachment that is installed on the upper swivel body, and a posture detecting device that detects a posture of the attachment, wherein a virtual plane is generated by utilizing information about a position of a predetermined portion of the attachment obtained from an output of the posture detecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Ryuji SHIRATANI, Hajime ARAGAKI, Tomoki KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220136215
    Abstract: A work machine includes a lower traveling structure, an upper swing structure swingably mounted on the lower traveling structure, an attachment attached to the upper swing structure, a surrounding area monitor, and a display. The display is configured to display guidance with respect to an object detected by the surrounding area monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Ryuji SHIRATANI, Daisuke KITAJIMA, Hajime ARAGAKI
  • Patent number: 11186964
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper rotating body rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body, a cab mounted on the upper rotating body, a left monitor mounted on a left pillar inside the cab, a right monitor mounted on a right pillar inside the cab, a left camera configured to capture an image of an area on a left side of the upper rotating body, a right camera configured to capture an image of an area on a right side of the upper rotating body, and a controller configured to control both the left monitor and the right monitor. The controller is configured to cause the left monitor to continuously display a mirror image generated from the image captured by the left camera, and to cause the right monitor to continuously display a mirror image generated from the image captured by the right camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichiro Tomita, Hajime Aragaki, Ryuji Shiratani
  • Publication number: 20210189689
    Abstract: A shovel includes an upper swing structure, a cab mounted on the upper swing structure, and an operating lever provided in the cab. The operating lever includes a lever part to which a grip part is fixed, a holder part to which the lever part is connected, and a joint part connecting the lever part and the holder part. The lever part is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the holder part in a tool-free manner with a predetermined manual operation on the joint part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Ryuji SHIRATANI, Hiroyuki KUROKAWA, Hajime ARAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20210025134
    Abstract: A shovel includes an undercarriage, an upper swing structure swingably attached to the undercarriage, and an automatic greaser mounted on the upper swing structure. The automatic greaser is configured to individually change the amount of grease fed to a first greasing point among multiple greasing points and the amount of grease fed to a second greasing point among the multiple greasing points based on information on the multiple greasing points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ryuji SHIRATANI, Hiroyuki KUROKAWA, Hajime ARAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20200362532
    Abstract: A shovel includes a traveling body, a turning body turnably mounted on the traveling body, an attachment attached to the turning body and including a boom, an arm, and a bucket, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to relatively slow down an operation of the attachment in such a direction as to terminate a state in which the traveling body is lifted, after the shovel enters the state in which the traveling body is lifted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Ryuji SHIRATANI, Hajime ARAGAKI, Masaaki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200018440
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably attached to the lower traveling body, an automatic greasing device mounted on the upper turning body, and a control device configured to control the automatic greasing device. The control device is configured to control timing to start greasing by the automatic greasing device based on the past operating condition of the shovel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ryuji SHIRATANI, Hiroyuki KUROKAWA, Hajime ARAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20180305893
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper rotating body rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body, a cab mounted on the upper rotating body, a left monitor mounted on a left pillar inside the cab, a right monitor mounted on a right pillar inside the cab, a left camera configured to capture an image of an area on a left side of the upper rotating body, a right camera configured to capture an image of an area on a right side of the upper rotating body, and a controller configured to control both the left monitor and the right monitor. The controller is configured to cause the left monitor to continuously display a mirror image generated from the image captured by the left camera, and to cause the right monitor to continuously display a mirror image generated from the image captured by the right camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kouichiro TOMITA, Hajime ARAGAKI, Ryuji SHIRATANI