Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Horikawa

Hitoshi Horikawa 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: 9163381
    Abstract: A wheel loader includes: a floor for a driving operation; an operator's seat for an operator to be seated; and a trainer's seat for a trainer to be seated, the operator's seat and the trainer's seat being provided in parallel to each other. A footrest of the wheel loader includes an operator's footrest and a trainer's footrest respectively having placement surfaces on which adjacent feet of the seated operator and trainer are respectively placed. The operator's footrest and the trainer's footrest are integrated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Horikawa, Nobuyuki Ohta, Shinjirou Ohki
  • Publication number: 20150176248
    Abstract: A wheel loader includes: a floor for a driving operation; an operator's seat for an operator to be seated; and a trainer's seat for a trainer to be seated, the operator's seat and the trainer's seat being provided in parallel to each other. A footrest of the wheel loader includes an operator's footrest and a trainer's footrest respectively having placement surfaces on which adjacent feet of the seated operator and trainer are respectively placed. The operator's footrest and the trainer's footrest are integrated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Horikawa, Nobuyuki Ohta, Shinjirou Ohki
  • Patent number: 8749184
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an electric motor provided with a rotator having a permanent magnet and with a stator for generating a rotating magnetic field by an applied voltage and revolving the rotator includes: a rectangular wave inverter that applies a rectangular wave voltage onto the stator of the electric motor to drive the electric motor; a voltage converting section that raises or lowers an output voltage of a direct-current power supply and applies the voltage onto the rectangular wave inverter; an electrical angle acquiring section that acquires an electrical angle of the rotator of the electric motor; and an output voltage command generating section that generates a command for instructing the voltage converting section to output an electrical-angle synchronized voltage whose amplitude ripples in synchronization with a change of the electrical angle of the rotator acquired by the electrical angle acquiring section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Atarashi, Hitoshi Horikawa, Toshiyuki Nishida, Yoshie Kita
  • Publication number: 20120242262
    Abstract: A control apparatus for an electric motor provided with a rotator having a permanent magnet and with a stator for generating a rotating magnetic field by an applied voltage and revolving the rotator includes: a rectangular wave inverter that applies a rectangular wave voltage onto the stator of the electric motor to drive the electric motor; a voltage converting section that raises or lowers an output voltage of a direct-current power supply and applies the voltage onto the rectangular wave inverter; an electrical angle acquiring section that acquires an electrical angle of the rotator of the electric motor; and an output voltage command generating section that generates a command for instructing the voltage converting section to output an electrical-angle synchronized voltage whose amplitude ripples in synchronization with a change of the electrical angle of the rotator acquired by the electrical angle acquiring section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hirofumi Atarashi, Hitoshi Horikawa, Toshiyuki Nishida, Masato Kita, Yoshie Kita
  • Publication number: 20040009105
    Abstract: A converter case with prominent reliance/endurance in spite of a smaller number of parts and inexpensiveness. Contents 3 and 4 of a catalyst carrier etc. are received in a multistage state within a converter case 2, which has openings 7 and 8 at both ends of a metallic pipe 6. The converter case 2 is formed of accommodating pipe portions 11 and 12 and a connecting pipe portion 13. The accommodating pipe portions 11 and 12 allow for accommodating the contents 3 and 4. The connecting pipe portion 13 connects the accommodating pipe portions 11 and 12 to one another. A radially reduced part 14 is integrally formed on the connecting pipe portion 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Hitoshi Horikawa, Motoya Ito