Patents by Inventor Hidehiro Hashimoto

Hidehiro Hashimoto 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: 9222236
    Abstract: A bulldozer includes a blade pivotably attached to a vehicle body, a blade operation lever, and a blade control section. The blade operation lever outputs a lowering instruction signal, a holding instruction signal, and a raising instruction signal for the blade. The blade control section controls a height of the blade according the signal input. The blade control section can lower the blade to a predetermined position when the lowering instruction signal and the holding instruction signal are input in order after a transmission has been switched from a state, which is different from an advancing state, to the advancing state. The blade control section can raise the blade to a predetermined position when the raising instruction signal and the holding instruction signal are input in order after a transmission has been switched from a state, which is different from a reversing state, to the reversing state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Hidehiro Hashimoto, Kenji Yamamoto, Yasuhito Yonezawa, Fumio Imamura, Kenjiro Shimada
  • Publication number: 20140257646
    Abstract: A bulldozer includes a blade pivotably attached to a vehicle body, a blade operation lever, and a blade control section. The blade operation lever outputs a lowering instruction signal, a holding instruction signal, and a raising instruction signal for the blade. The blade control section controls a height of the blade according the signal input. The blade control section can lower the blade to a predetermined position when the lowering instruction signal and the holding instruction signal are input in order after a transmission has been switched from a state, which is different from an advancing state, to the advancing state. The blade control section can raise the blade to a predetermined position when the raising instruction signal and the holding instruction signal are input in order after a transmission has been switched from a state, which is different from a reversing state, to the reversing state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Hidehiro Hashimoto, Kenji Yamamoto, Yasuhito Yonezawa, Fumio Imamura, Kenjiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 8607919
    Abstract: An upper limit speed control part controls the lower limit of motor displacement in conformance with the target upper limit speed via a motor displacement control part when the target upper limit speed is within the normal speed range. The upper limit speed control part controls the upper limit of pilot pressure via a pilot pressure control part in conformance with the target upper limit speed when the target upper limit speed is within the low speed range. Further, when the target upper limit speed is within the low speed range, the upper limit speed control part controls a pilot pressure valve such that the upper limit of pilot pressure increases as drive circuit pressure increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Shirao, Hidehiro Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20130259710
    Abstract: An upper limit speed control part controls the lower limit of motor displacement in conformance with the target upper limit speed via a motor displacement control part when the target upper limit speed is within the normal speed range. The upper limit speed control part controls the upper limit of pilot pressure via a pilot pressure control part in conformance with the target upper limit speed when the target upper limit speed is within the low speed range. Further, when the target upper limit speed is within the low speed range, the upper limit speed control part controls a pilot pressure valve such that the upper limit of pilot pressure increases as drive circuit pressure increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Atsushi Shirao, Hidehiro Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7818110
    Abstract: A traveling control device and a traveling control program for a work vehicle in which a change in a control quantity due to an effect of vehicle body vibrations is small, fixing the desired control quantity is possible, and the control quantity can be matched with the operator's feel. A travel control program in which a first line on which the speed ratio reduces corresponding to a change in the operation stroke, a second line having hysteresis with respect to the first line and on which the speed ratio increases corresponding to a change in the operation stroke, and third lines on which the speed ratio changes corresponding to the change in the operation stroke and the change in speed ratio with respect to the change in the operation stroke is smaller than that of the first and the second line are set is installed in the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Yoshitaka Onodera, Hidehiro Hashimoto, Yoshiyuki Hirosawa, Toshihiko Fukasawa, Yutaka Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 7685900
    Abstract: A vehicle mounted with a continuous stepless transmission having a continuous stepless transmission and a controlling section for performing speed-changing operation of the continuous stepless transmission, the speed change ratio of the continuous stepless transmission being switchable by a speed change operation section, includes: a shift-mode-switching section which switches the mode of a speed change ratio switching, the speed change ratio switching being performed by the speed change operation section, between a first mode for switching the speed change ratio in stages among a plurality of preset speed change ratios and a second mode for switching the speed change ratio continuously or substantially continuously; in which the controlling section further includes a vehicle speed setting section which sets a target vehicle speed at least based on the speed change operation signal detected by operating the speed change operation section and a mode signal detected by switching the shift-mode-switching section
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Fukasawa, Eiji Ishibashi, Ikuzo Mochida, Hidehiro Hashimoto, Masato Oura
  • Publication number: 20070198158
    Abstract: Even when an operation device with a short operation stroke range is adopted, so that a change in a control quantity (speed ratio) due to an effect of vehicle body vibrations or similar is small and it is possible to fix the desired control quantity (speed ratio), and moreover the control quantity (speed ratio) can be obtained in accordance with the operator's feel when carrying out fine adjustments by increasing and decreasing an operation stroke. A controller 20 calculates the speed ratio in accordance with a relationship L1 shown in FIG. 3, and controls the speed ratio. A travel control program in which the following are set and that carries out the calculation is installed in the controller 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Yoshitaka Onodera, Hidehiro Hashimoto, Yoshiyuki Hirosawa, Toshihiko Fukasawa, Yutaka Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20070111851
    Abstract: A vehicle mounted with a continuous stepless transmission having a continuous stepless transmission and a controlling section for performing speed-changing operation of the continuous stepless transmission, the speed change ratio of the continuous stepless transmission being switchable by a speed change operation section, includes: a shift-mode-switching section which switches the mode of a speed change ratio switching, the speed change ratio switching being performed by the speed change operation section, between a first mode for switching the speed change ratio in stages among a plurality of preset speed change ratios and a second mode for switching the speed change ratio continuously or substantially continuously; in which the controlling section further includes a vehicle speed setting section which sets a target vehicle speed at least based on the speed change operation signal detected by operating the speed change operation section and a mode signal detected by switching the shift-mode-switching section
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Toshihiko Fukasawa, Eiji Ishibashi, Ikuzo Mochida, Hidehiro Hashimoto, Masato Oura