Patents by Inventor Jun TOMITA

Jun TOMITA 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: 11905683
    Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a traveling pump to be driven by the prime mover to output operation fluid, a traveling motor to be driven by the operation fluid outputted from the traveling pump and to change a motor speed between a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a machine body on which the prime mover, the traveling pump, and the traveling motor are arranged, a traveling switching valve to be switched between a first state allowing the traveling motor to rotate at the first speed and a second state allowing the traveling motor to rotate at the second speed, and a controller to reduce a revolving speed of the prime mover based on a traveling condition of the machine body in switching the traveling switching valve between an accelerating state to switch the traveling switching valve from the first state to the second state and a decelerating state to switch the traveling switching valve from the second state to the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Ryosuke Kinugawa, Ryota Hamamoto, Jun Tomita
  • Patent number: 11891780
    Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a traveling pump configured to deliver hydraulic fluid at a flow rate corresponding to an angle of the swashplate, a traveling motor configured to be rotated by the hydraulic fluid delivered from the traveling pump so as to have a rotation speed shiftable between a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a traveling change-over valve shiftable between a first state to set the rotation speed of the traveling motor to the first speed and a second state to set the rotation speed of the traveling motor to the second speed, an operation device, an operation valve configured to change the angle of the swashplate of the traveling pump according to operation of the operation device, an actuation valve provided upstream or downstream of the operation valve and fluidly connected to the operation valve, and a controller configured or programmed to output a control signal to control the actuation valve in such a way that, when the traveling change-over valve i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Ryota Hamamoto, Jun Tomita, Yuya Konishi, Kazuki Ueda
  • Patent number: 11873894
    Abstract: A working machine includes a first traveling fluid passage connected to a first pressure-receiving portion, a second traveling fluid passage connected to a second pressure-receiving portion, a third traveling fluid passage connected to a third pressure-receiving portion, a fourth traveling fluid passage fluidly connected to a fourth pressure-receiving portion, and a connection fluid passage connecting at least two of the first, second, third and fourth pressure-receiving portions to each other. When a traveling operation member is operated, operation fluid flows to the first pressure receiving portion through the first traveling fluid passage, to the second pressure receiving portion through the second traveling fluid passage, to the third pressure receiving portion through the third traveling fluid passage, and to the fourth pressure receiving portion through the fourth traveling fluid passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Jun Tomita, Yuya Konishi, Fumitaka Fujisawa, Daiki Abe, Kohei Kurachi, Yudai Koga, Yuya Tanabe
  • Patent number: 11846087
    Abstract: A working machine includes a controller configured to determine a first deceleration threshold corresponding to each of a first traveling pressure, a second traveling pressure, a third traveling pressure, and a fourth traveling pressure, to perform automatic deceleration to reduce rotation speeds of a left traveling motor and a right traveling motor, and to judge whether to perform the automatic deceleration based on the determined first deceleration threshold, the first traveling pressure, the second traveling pressure, the third traveling pressure, and the fourth traveling pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Kohei Nagao, Ryota Hamamoto, Hiroaki Nakagawa, Jun Tomita
  • Publication number: 20230383499
    Abstract: A working machine is provided, which includes a machine body, a prime mover, a pair of traveling devices, a pair of traveling motors to be switched between a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a pair of traveling pumps driven by the prime mover to supply operation fluid to the pair of traveling motors, respectively, a controller configured to automatically shift down the pair of traveling motors from the second speed to the first speed, a mode switch configured for an operator to select an ON position allowing the controller to automatically shift down the first traveling motor from the second speed to the first speed and an OFF position preventing the controller to automatically shift down the first traveling motor from the second speed to the first speed, and a display to display that the operator selects the ON position of the mode switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Jun TOMITA, Ryota HAMAMOTO, Ryosuke KINUGAWA, Yoshimitsu TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11788255
    Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a traveling pump driven by a power of the prime mover to deliver operation fluid, a traveling motor rotated by the operation fluid delivered from the traveling pump to have a rotation speed stage shiftable between a first speed stage and a second speed stage higher than the first speed stage, a traveling switching valve shiftable between a first state where the rotation speed stage of the traveling motor is set to the first speed stage and a second state where the rotation speed stage of the traveling motor is set to the second speed stage, an actuation valve configured to change a pilot pressure of a pilot fluid to control a flow of operation fluid delivered from the traveling pump, and a controller configured to control the pilot pressure of the pilot fluid output from the actuation valve so that a value of the pilot pressure differs depending on whether the set rotation speed stage of the traveling motor is the first speed stage or the second speed stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Ryota Hamamoto, Jun Tomita, Daiki Abe
  • Patent number: 11767658
    Abstract: A working machine is provided, which includes a prime mover, a first traveling pump driven by power of the prime mover to supply operation fluid through a connector fluid tube, a traveling motor including first and second ports connected to the connector fluid tube, the traveling motor configured to be switched in a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a first pressure detector to detect first traveling-pump pressure near the first port, a second pressure detector to detect second traveling-pump pressure near the second port, and a controller configured, with the traveling motor switched in the second speed, to automatically shift down the traveling motor from the second speed to the first speed, when a differential pressure between the first traveling-pump pressure and the second traveling-pump is equal to or more than a deceleration threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Jun Tomita, Ryota Hamamoto, Ryosuke Kinugawa, Yoshimitsu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230287654
    Abstract: A working machine includes a traveling pump to be operated by power of a prime mover and deliver a hydraulic fluid; a traveling motor that rotates using the delivered hydraulic fluid; an operation valve that changes pilot pressure of a pilot fluid outputted to the traveling pump in response to operation of an operation member; an actuation valve that operates based on a control signal and changes primary pressure that is the pilot pressure of the pilot fluid supplied to the operation valve; a controller that controls opening of the actuation valve by outputting the control signal to the actuation valve; and a first detector that detects an actual number of revolutions of the traveling motor. The controller includes a changer that changes setting of the control signal such that the opening of the actuation valve increases as the actual number of revolutions of the traveling motor decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki ABE, Ryota HAMAMOTO, Jun TOMITA, Fumiya KOZONO
  • Patent number: 11753798
    Abstract: In a hydraulic system for a working machine, a controller is configured or programmed to increase an output-port pressure of one activation valve for one hydraulic device and an output-port pressure of another activation valve for another hydraulic device to a normal pressure higher than a preloading pressure from a state where the output-port pressure of the one activation valve is equal to the preloading pressure and the output-port pressure of the other activation valve is lower than the preloading pressure, by causing the output-port pressure of the one activation valve to be lower than the preloading pressure and increasing the output-port pressure of the other activation valve to the normal pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Ryota Hamamoto, Jun Tomita, Yuya Konishi
  • Patent number: 11746503
    Abstract: A state determination method for a work vehicle includes detecting a rotation speed of an engine of the work vehicle during a first predetermined time period. A maximum rotation speed and a minimum rotation speed during the first predetermined time period are obtained. A parameter representing a fuel injection amount of the engine during the first predetermined time period is obtained. A variation amount that is a difference between a maximum value of the parameter during the first predetermined time period and a minimum value of the parameter during the first predetermined time period is obtained. It is determined that the work vehicle is in an operating state when a difference between the maximum rotation speed and the minimum rotation speed exceeds a rotation speed threshold value, or the variation amount exceeds a variation amount threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Tomita, Tsutomu Aizawa
  • Patent number: 11725364
    Abstract: A hydraulic system of a working machine includes a hydraulic pump to output a hydraulic fluid, at least one proportional valve to deliver the hydraulic fluid to a supply target, a valve body including the proportional valve, a heat-up fluid passage in the valve body and into which the hydraulic fluid flows, a switching valve switchable between an open position in which the hydraulic fluid passing through the heat-up fluid passage is supplied to a hydraulic device and a closed position in which the hydraulic fluid is not supplied thereto and the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic device is to be returned, a controller to operate the switching and proportional valves, and a return circuit through which the hydraulic fluid flowing into the heat-up fluid passage is returned as a result of at least one of the switching and proportional valves being operated by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Jun Tomita, Yuya Konishi, Toshiya Tani, Daisuke Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11655615
    Abstract: A work machine includes a first oil passage connecting a first hydraulic pump and a first chamber of a bucket cylinder, a fourth oil passage connecting an arm control valve and a fourth chamber of an arm cylinder, a bypass oil passage connecting the fourth oil passage and the first oil passage, and a switching mechanism configured to control connection/disconnection of the fourth oil passage to/from the first oil passage via the bypass oil passage. Circuitry is configured to determine whether an uptilt operation to raise the arm and to tilt the bucket downward has been performed based on outputs of an arm operation detection sensor and a bucket operation detection sensor, and to control the switching mechanism to connect the fourth oil passage and the first oil passage when it is determined that the uptilt operation has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Abe, Ryota Hamamoto, Jun Tomita
  • Publication number: 20230123798
    Abstract: To uniformly dilute particulate matter contained in a sample gas, a diluter includes an inflow portion, a mixing portion, a discharge portion, a connection portion, and an introduction portion. The inflow portion allows a sample gas to flow in. The mixing portion has an inner diameter larger than that of the inflow portion, and mixes the sample gas with a dilution gas to generate a diluted sample gas. The discharge portion discharges the diluted sample gas. The connection portion has a first tapered part whose inner diameter increases from a side connected to the inflow portion toward a side connected to the mixing portion. The introduction portion introduces the dilution gas into an internal space from a position downstream of the connection between the first tapered part and the inflow portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: HORIBA, LTD.
    Inventors: Shota SANDO, Yusuke MIZUNO, Jun TOMITA, Hirotaka ISEKI
  • Publication number: 20230092677
    Abstract: In a hydraulic system for a working machine, a controller is configured or programmed to increase an output-port pressure of one activation valve for one hydraulic device and an output-port pressure of another activation valve for another hydraulic device to a normal pressure higher than a preloading pressure from a state where the output-port pressure of the one activation valve is equal to the preloading pressure and the output-port pressure of the other activation valve is lower than the preloading pressure, by causing the output-port pressure of the one activation valve to be lower than the preloading pressure and increasing the output-port pressure of the other activation valve to the normal pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Ryota HAMAMOTO, Jun TOMITA, Yuya KONISHI
  • Publication number: 20220389680
    Abstract: A hydraulic system of a working machine includes a hydraulic pump to output a hydraulic fluid, at least one proportional valve to deliver the hydraulic fluid to a supply target, a valve body including the proportional valve, a heat-up fluid passage in the valve body and into which the hydraulic fluid flows, a switching valve switchable between an open position in which the hydraulic fluid passing through the heat-up fluid passage is supplied to a hydraulic device and a closed position in which the hydraulic fluid is not supplied thereto and the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic device is to be returned, a controller to operate the switching and proportional valves, and a return circuit through which the hydraulic fluid flowing into the heat-up fluid passage is returned as a result of at least one of the switching and proportional valves being operated by the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Jun TOMITA, Yuya KONISHI, Toshiya TANI, Daisuke SAKURAI
  • Patent number: 11503849
    Abstract: This abstract refers to an invention patent, for soy sauce production equipment and process, belonging to the field of the food product production media, such equipment comprised of: first set (100) comprised of: device (1), (2) to feed soybean and corn grains in their natural conditions and blended; cold-press extruder (3), receiving the soybean and corn grain blend in their natural conditions and obtaining homogeneous soy-corn agglomerate (5); size adjustment unit (6), adjusting the homogeneous soy-corn agglomerate 5 size and/or particle size; moisture adjustment unit (7); microorganism inoculation unit (8); and automated stove (9) responsible for the first fermentation for 40.00 to 72.00 hours of the crushed soy-corn mass, with adjusted moisture and inoculated with microorganism, after such fermentation the basic ingredient (koji) is obtained, which is then transferred to the second set (200), with usual construction, which processes the koji until finally obtaining the soy sauce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAKURA NAKAYA ALIMENTOS LTDA
    Inventors: Renato Kenji Nakaya, Renato Akira Honma, Rafael Jun Tomita
  • Patent number: 11459731
    Abstract: A working machine includes a switching valve to switch between a first state and a second state, the first state allowing a revolving speed of a traveling motor to be a first speed, the second state allowing the revolving speed of the traveling motor to be a second speed, and a controller device to reduce the revolving speed of the prime mover in either acceleration to switch from the first state to the second state or deceleration to switch from the second state to the first state. The controller device associates a return timing with a switch timing in either the acceleration or deceleration, the return timing allowing an actual revolving speed of a prime mover to start returning toward a first target revolving speed after the actual revolving speed is reduced, the switch timing allowing the switching valve to switch to either an acceleration side or a deceleration side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Ryota Hamamoto, Jun Tomita
  • Publication number: 20220307229
    Abstract: A working machine is provided, which includes a prime mover, a first traveling pump driven by power of the prime mover to supply operation fluid through a connector fluid tube, a traveling motor including first and second ports connected to the connector fluid tube, the traveling motor configured to be switched in a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a first pressure detector to detect first traveling-pump pressure near the first port, a second pressure detector to detect second traveling-pump pressure near the second port, and a controller configured, with the traveling motor switched in the second speed, to automatically shift down the traveling motor from the second speed to the first speed, when a differential pressure between the first traveling-pump pressure and the second traveling-pump is equal to or more than a deceleration threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Jun TOMITA, Ryota HAMAMOTO, Ryosuke KINUGAWA, Yoshimitsu TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11391018
    Abstract: A working machine includes a pair of traveling devices, a pair of traveling motors having a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a pair of traveling pumps to supply operation fluid to the traveling motors, a connector fluid tube connecting the traveling motors and the traveling pumps, a traveling-pump pressure detector to detect a traveling-pump pressure that is pressure generated in the connector fluid tube, a revolving speed detector to detect a prime-mover revolving speed, a third storage to store a second decelerating judgment table representing a relation between the prime-mover revolving speed and a second decelerating judgment pressure, and a controller having: an automatic decelerator portion to perform an automatic deceleration process for reducing a speed of the traveling motor, and a differential pressure calculator portion to calculate a traveling differential pressure between one traveling pump pressure and another traveling pump pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Jun Tomita, Ryota Hamamoto, Ryosuke Kinugawa, Yoshimitsu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11371214
    Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, a prime mover, a traveling device mounted on the machine body, a traveling motor to provide a power to the traveling device and to switch between a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a traveling pump to be driven by the prime mover and to supply operation fluid to the traveling motor, and a controller device including an automatic shifter to automatically shift the traveling motor to the first speed or to the second speed, a timer to count an elapsed time from the automatically shifting, and a shift prohibitor to prohibit the automatically shifting by the automatic shifter when the elapsed time counted by the timer is less than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Ryota Hamamoto, Jun Tomita