Patents by Inventor Hiroso Shono

Hiroso Shono 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: 8544576
    Abstract: A hybrid construction machine including an internal combustion engine, a motor generator, a hydraulically driven working element, and a rotation mechanism rotationally driven by a rotation electric motor includes a charge storage part provided between the motor generator and the rotation electric motor, wherein the charge storage part includes a constant voltage charge storage part configured to maintain its voltage value within a certain range; and a variable voltage charge storage part configured to tolerate a variation in the voltage value of the charge storage part due to the electric motor and the generator operation of the motor generator or the power running and the regenerative operation of the rotation electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroso Shono, Hideaki Kanbayashi
  • Patent number: 8532855
    Abstract: A hybrid construction machine includes an engine, a hydraulic pump configured to be driven by the engine, a hydraulic actuator configured to be driven with a hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic pump, an electric motor configured to assist the driving of the engine, and a generator configured to be driven by the engine to generate power. The number of revolutions of the engine is caused to vary in accordance with the size of a load on the engine. In response to a decrease in the load requested of the engine, the engine is decelerated by causing the generator to generate power. In response to an increase in the load requested of the engine, the engine is accelerated by assisting the engine by driving the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignees: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo(S.H.I.) Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Koga, Hiroso Shono, Tadao Osuka, Takashi Kubo
  • Patent number: 8473165
    Abstract: A turning drive control apparatus that controls a drive of a turning mechanism of a construction machine driven to turn by an electric motor, includes: a drive command creation part that creates a drive command to drive the electric motor based on an amount of operation input through an operation part of the construction machine; a turning motion detection part that detects a turning motion of the turning mechanism; and a drive command correction part that corrects the drive command, when a turning motion in a direction opposite to a turning operation direction input to the operation part is detected by the turning motion detection part, to suppress the turning motion in the direction opposite to the turning operation direction in response to a degree of the turning motion in the direction opposite to the turning operation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignees: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo (S. H. I) Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroso Shono, Noriyuki Nishiyama, Kiminori Sano
  • Patent number: 8437923
    Abstract: A rotation drive control unit configured to control the driving of the rotation mechanism of a construction machine driven to rotate by an electric motor includes a speed command output part configured to output a speed command controlling the rotation speed of the electric motor based on the amount of operation input via the operation part of the construction machine; a torque direction detection part configured to detect the direction of torque applied on the rotation shaft of the rotation mechanism; and a drive control part configured to generate a drive command driving the electric motor based on the speed command output from the speed command output part and to control the driving of the electric motor, wherein in starting rotation of the rotation mechanism, the drive control part starts driving the electric motor using the drive command if the direction of the rotation represented by the speed command output from the speed command output part and the direction of the torque detected by the torque direct
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignees: Sumitomo(S.H.I) Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiminori Sano, Hiroso Shono
  • Publication number: 20110098873
    Abstract: A hybrid construction machine includes an engine, a hydraulic pump configured to be driven by the engine, a hydraulic actuator configured to be driven with a hydraulic pressure from the hydraulic pump, an electric motor configured to assist the driving of the engine, and a generator configured to be driven by the engine to generate power. The number of revolutions of the engine is caused to vary in accordance with the size of a load on the engine. In response to a decrease in the load requested of the engine, the engine is decelerated by causing the generator to generate power. In response to an increase in the load requested of the engine, the engine is accelerated by assisting the engine by driving the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Masato Koga, Hiroso Shono, Tadao Osuka, Takashi Kubo
  • Publication number: 20110071739
    Abstract: A rotation drive control unit configured to control the driving of the rotation mechanism of a construction machine driven to rotate by an electric motor includes a speed command output part configured to output a speed command controlling the rotation speed of the electric motor based on the amount of operation input via the operation part of the construction machine; a torque direction detection part configured to detect the direction of torque applied on the rotation shaft of the rotation mechanism; and a drive control part configured to generate a drive command driving the electric motor based on the speed command output from the speed command output part and to control the driving of the electric motor, wherein in starting rotation of the rotation mechanism, the drive control part starts driving the electric motor using the drive command if the direction of the rotation represented by the speed command output from the speed command output part and the direction of the torque detected by the torque direct
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Kiminori Sano, Hiroso Shono
  • Publication number: 20100270095
    Abstract: A hybrid construction machine including an internal combustion engine, a motor generator, a hydraulically driven working element, and a rotation mechanism rotationally driven by a rotation electric motor includes a charge storage part provided between the motor generator and the rotation electric motor, wherein the charge storage part includes a constant voltage charge storage part configured to maintain its voltage value within a certain range; and a variable voltage charge storage part configured to tolerate a variation in the voltage value of the charge storage part due to the electric motor and the generator operation of the motor generator or the power running and the regenerative operation of the rotation electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroso Shono, Hideaki Kanbayashi
  • Publication number: 20100222970
    Abstract: A turning drive control apparatus that controls a drive of a turning mechanism of a construction machine driven to turn by an electric motor, includes: a drive command creation part that creates a drive command to drive the electric motor based on an amount of operation input through an operation part of the construction machine; a turning motion detection part that detects a turning motion of the turning mechanism; and a drive command correction part that corrects the drive command, when a turning motion in a direction opposite to a turning operation direction input to the operation part is detected by the turning motion detection part, to suppress the turning motion in the direction opposite to the turning operation direction in response to a degree of the turning motion in the direction opposite to the turning operation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicants: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO (S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroso Shono, Noriyuki Nishiyama, Kiminori Sano