Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Nishiguchi

Hitoshi Nishiguchi 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: 11680583
    Abstract: A construction machine includes a centrifugal fan, and a bell mouth arranged on the suction side of the centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan has a rotatable hub, an annular shroud arranged so as to face the hub and having a suction port, and multiple blades provided between the hub and the shroud. An outlet of the bell mouth is arranged on the radially inner side of the suction port of the shroud. Each blade is formed such that: a leading edge has a convex shape protruding toward a suction surface relative to a line segment linking a connection of the leading edge with the hub and a connection of the leading edge with the shroud; and a vertex of the convex shape of the leading edge is positioned on a radially inner side of a wall surface of the outlet of the bell mouth when the suction side of the centrifugal fan is seen in an axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiwa Sato, Kazuya Kusano, Hitoshi Nishiguchi, Kunihiko Ikeda, Kenichi Hano
  • Publication number: 20210372431
    Abstract: A construction machine includes a centrifugal fan, and a bell mouth arranged on the suction side of the centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan has a rotatable hub, an annular shroud arranged so as to face the hub and having a suction port, and multiple blades provided between the hub and the shroud. An outlet of the bell mouth is arranged on the radially inner side of the suction port of the shroud. Each blade is formed such that: a leading edge has a convex shape protruding toward a suction surface relative to a line segment linking a connection of the leading edge with the hub and a connection of the leading edge with the shroud; and a vertex of the convex shape of the leading edge is positioned on a radially inner side of a wall surface of the outlet of the bell mouth when the suction side of the centrifugal fan is seen in an axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Daiwa SATO, Kazuya KUSANO, Hitoshi NISHIGUCHI, Kunihiko IKEDA, Kenichi HANO
  • Patent number: 11085352
    Abstract: There is provided a urea water supply device (25) that is disposed in a urea water pipe line (23) to supply urea water toward a urea water injection valve (21) from a urea water tank (22). A bracket (24) for attaching the urea water supply device (25) is attached to a revolving frame (5) of an upper revolving structure (3). A cover (31) for covering the urea water supply device (25) is attached to the bracket (24). On top of that, a urea water filter (33) that is disposed in the urea water pipe line (23) and traps foreign objects mixed into the urea water is attached to the cover (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Fujii, Hitoshi Nishiguchi, Masaharu Imi
  • Publication number: 20200256232
    Abstract: There is provided a urea water supply device (25) that is disposed in a urea water pipe line (23) to supply urea water toward a urea water injection valve (21) from a urea water tank (22). A bracket (24) for attaching the urea water supply device (25) is attached to a revolving frame (5) of an upper revolving structure (3). A cover (31) for covering the urea water supply device (25) is attached to the bracket (24). On top of that, a urea water filter (33) that is disposed in the urea water pipe line (23) and traps foreign objects mixed into the urea water is attached to the cover (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Toshinori FUJII, Hitoshi NISHIGUCHI, Masaharu IMI
  • Patent number: 10711437
    Abstract: A bypass line (35) having one end side connected to a pilot delivery line (23) between a pilot pump (16) and a throttle (32) and the other end side connected to the pilot delivery line (23) between a check valve (33) and a pressure reducing valve type pilot valve (25) so as to bypass the throttle (32), a gate lock valve (27), and the check valve (33) provided in order from a pilot pump (16) is provided in the pilot delivery line (23). A lock switching valve (36) shutting down a flow of a pilot pressure oil from the pilot pump (16) through the bypass line (35) at a normal time and allowing the flow of the pilot pressure oil through the bypass line (35) when a pressure generated in the pilot delivery line (23) exceeds a predetermined pressure between the gate lock valve (27) and the check valve (33) is provided in the bypass line (35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nishiguchi, Hidefumi Hiramatsu, Tsuyoshi Onozaki
  • Publication number: 20190352883
    Abstract: A bypass line (35) having one end side connected to a pilot delivery line (23) between a pilot pump (16) and a throttle (32) and the other end side connected to the pilot delivery line (23) between a check valve (33) and a pressure reducing valve type pilot valve (25) so as to bypass the throttle (32), a gate lock valve (27), and the check valve (33) provided in order from a pilot pump (16) is provided in the pilot delivery line (23). A lock switching valve (36) shutting down a flow of a pilot pressure oil from the pilot pump (16) through the bypass line (35) at a normal time and allowing the flow of the pilot pressure oil through the bypass line (35) when a pressure generated in the pilot delivery line (23) exceeds a predetermined pressure between the gate lock valve (27) and the check valve (33) is provided in the bypass line (35).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Hitoshi NISHIGUCHI, Hidefumi HIRAMATSU, Tsuyoshi ONOZAKI
  • Patent number: 10233822
    Abstract: An expansion tank, while maintaining gas-liquid separation performance of coolant circulating through an engine cooling apparatus, can absorb pressure variations occurring with volume change of the coolant even when an excessive amount of coolant is supplied. A bulkhead 42 partitions an expansion tank 30 into separate chambers R1 to R6 that communicate with each other via a first communication hole 44 positioned lower than a FULL line. The separate chambers R4 to R6 that constitute a separate chamber group X communicate with each other via a third communication hole 45a positioned higher than the FULL line. The separate chambers R1 to R3 that constitute a separate chamber group Y communicate with each other via a fourth communication hole 45b positioned higher than the FULL line. The separate chamber R1 and the separate chamber R4 communicate with each other via a second communication hole 45c disposed at the height of the FULL line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nishiguchi, Tomoyuki Saito
  • Patent number: 10161101
    Abstract: A construction machine includes a cooling fan (10) and a shroud (11). The cooling fan (10) sends air drawn in via a radiator (30) to an engine. The shroud (11) is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the cooling fan and forms a passage for air to be drawn in via the radiator. The construction machine includes a tank (12) and a cover (14B). The tank (12) is disposed superior to an upper end portion of the radiator and stores cooling water to be supplied to the radiator and the engine. The cover (14B) is disposed openably in an opening (14A) formed in a top surface plate (11B) of the shroud. The tank (12) is disposed at a position adjacent to the shroud (11) on a side closer to the engine side than the cover (14B) is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Nishiguchi, Toshihiro Abe, Tetsuya Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20170275846
    Abstract: A construction machine includes a cooling fan (10) and a shroud (11). The cooling fan (10) sends air drawn in via a radiator (30) to an engine. The shroud (11) is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the cooling fan and forms a passage for air to be drawn in via the radiator. The construction machine includes a tank (12) and a cover (14B). The tank (12) is disposed superior to an upper end portion of the radiator and stores cooling water to be supplied to the radiator and the engine. The cover (14B) is disposed openably in an opening (14A) formed in a top surface plate (11B) of the shroud. The tank (12) is disposed at a position adjacent to the shroud (11) on a side closer to the engine side than the cover (14B) is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Hitoshi NISHIGUCHI, Toshihiro ABE, Tetsuya MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160222869
    Abstract: An expansion tank, while maintaining gas-liquid separation performance of coolant circulating through an engine cooling apparatus, can absorb pressure variations occurring with volume change of the coolant even when an excessive amount of coolant is supplied. A bulkhead 42 partitions an expansion tank 30 into separate chambers R1 to R6 that communicate with each other via a first communication hole 44 positioned lower than a FULL line. The separate chambers R4 to R6 that constitute a separate chamber group X communicate with each other via a third communication hole 45a positioned higher than the FULL line. The separate chambers R1 to R3 that constitute a separate chamber group Y communicate with each other via a fourth communication hole 45b positioned higher than the FULL line. The separate chamber R1 and the separate chamber R4 communicate with each other via a second communication hole 45c disposed at the height of the FULL line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Hitoshi NISHIGUCHI, Tomoyuki SAITO
  • Patent number: 7657012
    Abstract: A telephone terminal is connected to a communication network that transmits voice packets and connected to a terminal control unit. The telephone terminal includes a display, an input buffer, an acquisition unit, and a controller. The input buffer temporarily stores text display information that represents an operational state of the telephone terminal, the text display information being transmitted from the terminal control unit via the communication network. The acquisition unit acquires display control information required for dividing the text display information into a plurality of pieces of component information. The controller reads the text display information stored in the input buffer, divides the text display information into a plurality of pieces of component information based on the display control information, and controls the display to display the component information pieces in different display positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hitoshi Nishiguchi
  • Publication number: 20060002528
    Abstract: A telephone terminal is connected to a communication network that transmits voice packets and connected to a terminal control unit. The telephone terminal includes a display, an input buffer, an acquisition unit, and a controller. The input buffer temporarily stores text display information that represents an operational state of the telephone terminal, the text display information being transmitted from the terminal control unit via the communication network. The acquisition unit acquires display control information required for dividing the text display information into a plurality of pieces of component information. The controller reads the text display information stored in the input buffer, divides the text display information into a plurality of pieces of component information based on the display control information, and controls the display to display the component information pieces in different display positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventor: Hitoshi Nishiguchi