Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi

Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi 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: 7523804
    Abstract: The present small swing type excavator is characterized by comprising an engine (81) disposed in the rear section of a rotating frame (8) in such a condition that the longitudinal direction thereof is directed to the lateral direction of the rotating frame (8), a hydraulic oil tank (82) disposed on one lateral side in front of the engine (81), a cabin (83) disposed on the other lateral side, an air conditioner (85) disposed under a floor (84) of the cabin (83) and having two surfaces facing to, respectively, the front side and the left outer side of the rotating frame (8), and a fuel tank (86) formed so as to be arranged along at least two surfaces of the front and left side surfaces of the air conditioner (85) and detachably attached to the rotating frame (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyokazu Tanaka, Shintaro Sakitani, Takayuki Okunishi, Hiroshi Morita, Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi, Yoshiyasu Umezu
  • Patent number: 7174968
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hydraulic excavator provided with a dozer device comprising an arm having a rear end connected to a fulcrum portion provided on a lower frame of a lower traveling body, a dozer blade provided at an extreme end of the arm, and a dozer cylinder for swinging the arm in vertical direction, characterized in that the dozer cylinder and the arm are arranged in a state of forming two sides of a triangle as viewed from the side, the arm swings vertically so that the dozer cylinder does not interfere with a bottom of an upper rotating body rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body, and an approach angle when the dozer blade vertically moved by the arm is placed in the highest position is set to 35 degrees or more, thereby capable of securing travelability equal to an excavator without a dozer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Okunishi, Shinya Nakata, Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi, Hiroshi Morita, Shintaro Sakitani, Yoshiyasu Umezu
  • Patent number: 7001135
    Abstract: In a construction machine having a working attachment, an operator's seat disposed on one side of a machine body, a devices receptacle portion disposed on the other side, and an operating member disposed sideways of the seat for operating the attachment, the machine is characterized in that a canopy comprises a front support post disposed in front of the seat, a rear support post disposed behind the seat, a side support post disposed sideways of the seat and on the side where an operator gets on and off the machine body, and a roof which connects the support posts with one another, the front support post being disposed close to the devices receptacle portion and the side support post being disposed outside the operating member to form an open portion obliquely in front of the seat where open portion is for ensuring a working vision for the attachment which is swung to the seat side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi, Hiroshi Morita, Shintaro Sakitani, Kenta Kojima, Yoshiyasu Umezu, Takayuki Okunishi, Kiyokazu Tanaka, Yukio Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20050166429
    Abstract: The present small swing type excavator is characterized by comprising an engine (81) disposed in the rear section of a rotating frame (8) in such a condition that the longitudinal direction thereof is directed to the lateral direction of the rotating frame (8), a hydraulic oil tank (82) disposed on one lateral side in front of the engine (81), a cabin (83) disposed on the other lateral side, an air conditioner (85) disposed under a floor (84) of the cabin (83) and having two surfaces facing to, respectively, the front side and the left outer side of the rotating frame (8), and a fuel tank (86) formed so as to be arranged along at least two surfaces of the front and left side surfaces of the air conditioner (85) and detachably attached to the rotating frame (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kiyokazu Tanaka, Shintaro Sakitani, Takayuki Okunishi, Hiroshi Morita, Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi
  • Publication number: 20040237353
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hydraulic excavator provided with a dozer device comprising an arm having a rear end connected to a fulcrum portion provided on a lower frame of a lower traveling body, a dozer blade provided at an extreme end of the arm, and a dozer cylinder for swinging the arm in vertical direction, characterized in that the dozer cylinder and the arm are arranged in a state of forming two sides of a triangle as viewed from the side, the arm swings vertically so that the dozer cylinder does not interfere with a bottom of an upper rotating body rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body, and an approach angle when the dozer blade vertically moved by the arm is placed in the highest position is set to 35 degrees or more, thereby capable of securing travelability equal to an excavator without a dozer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takayuki Okunishi, Shinya Nakata, Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi, Hiroshi Morita, Shintaro Sakitani, Yoshiyasu Umezu
  • Publication number: 20040163865
    Abstract: In a construction machine having a working attachment, an operator's seat disposed on one side of a machine body, a devices receptacle portion disposed on the other side, and an operating member disposed sideways of the seat for operating the attachment, the machine is characterized in that a canopy comprises a front support post disposed in front of the seat, a rear support post disposed behind the seat, a side support post disposed sideways of the seat and on the side where an operator gets on and off the machine body, and a roof which connects the support posts with one another, the front support post being disposed close to the devices receptacle portion and the side support post being disposed outside the operating member to form an open portion obliquely in front of the seat where open portion is for ensuring a working vision for the attachment which is swung to the seat side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi, Hiroshi Morita, Shintaro Sakitani, Kenta Kojima, Yoshiyasu Umezu, Takayuki Okunishi, Kiyokazu Tanaka, Yukio Hiraoka
  • Patent number: 6598394
    Abstract: A control circuit for a construction machine using a control lever for revolving a boom swing in common with a traveling motor and switching pilot pressure via a switching valve has a switch for supplying a switching signal to the switching valve. A pressure switch detects whether the pilot pressure is output from a remote control valve or not. A switching control circuit switches a position of the switching valve to a position for the boom swing cylinder when the switching signal is output from the switch and holds the position of the switch at the position for the boom swing cylinder when the pilot pressure is detected by the pressure switch, to thereby prevent wrong operation in switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi, Hisashi Kadowaki
  • Publication number: 20020116921
    Abstract: The present invention is a control circuit for a construction machine for using a control lever for revolving and boom swing in common and switching pilot pressure via a switching valve, comprising: a switch for supplying a switching signal to the switching valve; a pressure switch for detecting whether the pilot pressure is output from a remote control valve or not; a switching control circuit for switching a position of switch to a position for a boom swing cylinder when the switching signal is output from the switch and holding the position of switch at the position for the boom swing cylinder when the pilot pressure is detected by the pressure switch, to thereby prevent wrong operation in switching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi, Hisashi Kadowaki
  • Patent number: 5101627
    Abstract: An oil hydraulic circuit for a hydraulic shovel with which a composite operation can be performed readily and smoothly without special skill in operation of the hydraulic shovel. The oil hydraulic circuit comprises a first actuator which can operate with pressure oil from a predetermined one or both of a pair of hydraulic directional control valve sets, a second actuator which operates only with pressure oil from the other hydraulic directional control valve set, a proportional changing over device interposed intermediately in a pipe line communicating the other hydraulic directional control valve set with a first actuator for adjusting the maximum meter-in opening value to the first actuator in response to a magnitude of a signal received at a signal receiving portion of the proportional changing over device, and a controller for arbitrarily adjusting the signal to be supplied to the signal receiving portion of the proportional changing over device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Fujii, Wataru Kubomoto, Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi, Sumio Kouchi
  • Patent number: D508498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi, Hirokazu Imashige, Hiroshi Morita
  • Patent number: D509514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi, Hirokazu Imashige, Hiroshi Morita
  • Patent number: D450067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Murakami, Shintaro Sakitani, Hirokazu Imashige, Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi
  • Patent number: D450331
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Murakami, Shintaro Sakitani, Hirokazu Imashige, Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi