Patents by Inventor Junichi Hitachi

Junichi Hitachi 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).

  • Publication number: 20180237117
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a boat capable of obtaining a propulsion force in a discretionary direction. A boat is provided with Arneson drives which drive propellers by means of propeller shafts via universal joints, and which control the left and right directions of the propellers by means of hydraulic cylinders. Two of the Arneson drives are provided, and the Arneson drives are respectively provided to the left and right sides of a hull. The propellers are controlled in the left and right directions in a mutually independent manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Toshimitsu HIROSE, Junichi HITACHI
  • Patent number: 9908605
    Abstract: Provided is a technology that facilitates a calibrating operation. A ship steering system for outdrive device includes an outdrive device, a control device that provides an instruction about a turning direction of the outdrive device, and a ship steering lever that instructs the control device about a traveling direction of a hull, and is provided with a monitor capable of displaying an image for matching an actual traveling direction with the traveling direction of the hull according to the instruction from the ship steering lever. The monitor shows the direction in which the ship steering lever is tipped, and indicates that the operation is proper if the direction in which the ship steering lever is tipped corresponds to a pre-set direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Hayashi, Naohiro Hara, Jun Watanabe, Junichi Hitachi
  • Publication number: 20180046190
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a ship that can recognize the correct position of itself on the sea. A ship (100) comprises a recognition controller (160) that recognizes the position of the ship on the sea, the recognition controller (160) recognizing the position of the ship on the sea on the basis of relative distances between the ship (100) and a plurality of land-based targets. The recognition controller (160) captures an image (P1) of a structure (S1) and an image (P2) of a structure (S2) by using a first camera (161) and a second camera (162), respectively, and maneuvers the ship such that the sizes of the captured image (P1) and image (P2) do not change and thereby maintains a fixed point on the sea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Junichi HITACHI, Kouichi KANDA
  • Patent number: 9669916
    Abstract: In a ship steering system for an out-drive device including: an out-drive device; a hydraulic actuator configured to turn the out-drive device; a hydraulic controller configured to control the hydraulic actuator; a ship steering device configured to instruct a traveling direction to the hydraulic controller; and an emergency ship steering device capable of at least instructing the out-drive device to turn, the emergency ship steering device is capable of controlling the hydraulic actuator without involving the hydraulic controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Hitachi, Takao Nakanishi, Akiyoshi Hayashi, Jun Watanabe, Gakuji Tamura
  • Publication number: 20160340013
    Abstract: Provided is a technology that facilitates a calibrating operation. A ship steering system for outdrive device includes an outdrive device, a control device that provides an instruction about a turning direction of the outdrive device, and a ship steering lever that instructs the control device about a traveling direction of a hull, and is provided with a monitor capable of displaying an image for matching an actual traveling direction with the traveling direction of the hull according to the instruction from the ship steering lever. The monitor shows the direction in which the ship steering lever is tipped, and indicates that the operation is proper if the direction in which the ship steering lever is tipped corresponds to a pre-set direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Akiyoshi HAYASHI, Naohiro HARA, Jun WATANABE, Junichi HITACHI
  • Publication number: 20150353179
    Abstract: In a ship steering system for an out-drive device including: an out-drive device; a hydraulic actuator configured to turn the out-drive device; a hydraulic controller configured to control the hydraulic actuator; a ship steering device configured to instruct a traveling direction to the hydraulic controller; and an emergency ship steering device capable of at least instructing the out-drive device to turn, the emergency ship steering device is capable of controlling the hydraulic actuator without involving the hydraulic controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: YANMAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi HITACHI, Takao NAKANISHI, Akiyoshi HAYASHI, Jun WATANABE, Gakuji TAMURA
  • Patent number: 9180951
    Abstract: Provided is a ship maneuvering device that can increase operation sensitivity and enables smooth operation when simultaneously operating the rotation component determination unit and the oblique sailing component determination unit of an operation means. In the ship maneuvering device 1, a control device 31 computes a rotation component propulsion vector Trot for rotation and an oblique sailing component propulsion vector Ttrans for oblique sailing for left and right out-drive units 10A, 10B from the amount of operation of a joystick 21, calculates the combined torque T by combining the rotation component propulsion vector Trot and the oblique sailing component propulsion vector Ttrans for each of the left and right out-drive units 10A, 10B, and computes the propulsion and orientation for each of the left and right out-drive units 10A, 10B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Hitachi, Naohiro Hara
  • Patent number: 9162744
    Abstract: A ship maneuvering device rotates a propeller at a lower rotational frequency than the rotational frequency of the minimum idling speed of an engine. A control device has a crawling speed navigation mode. A crawling speed navigation mode button that selects whether or not to execute the crawling speed navigation mode is connected to the control device. When the crawling speed navigation mode is selected, and the amount of operation of a joystick lever is at or beneath a baseline amount of operation Ms, the control device causes the rotational frequency N of the engine to be the rotational frequency Nlow of the minimum idling speed, and in accordance with the amount of operation of the joystick lever, varies the duty ratio D, which is the fraction of time T1 that a main clutch is engaged in a predetermined cycle T, within a range of no greater than 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Hitachi, Naohiro Hara, Takao Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20140174331
    Abstract: Provided is a ship maneuvering device that can increase operation sensitivity and enables smooth operation when simultaneously operating the rotation component determination unit and the oblique sailing component determination unit of an operation means. In the ship maneuvering device 1, a control device 31 computes a rotation component propulsion vector Trot for rotation and an oblique sailing component propulsion vector Ttrans for oblique sailing for left and right out-drive units 10A, 10B from the amount of operation of a joystick 21, calculates the combined torque T by combining the rotation component propulsion vector Trot and the oblique sailing component propulsion vector Ttrans for each of the left and right out-drive units 10A, 10B, and computes the propulsion and orientation for each of the left and right out-drive units 10A, 10B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: YANMAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Hitachi, Naohiro Hara
  • Publication number: 20140179177
    Abstract: A ship maneuvering device rotates a propeller at a lower rotational frequency than the rotational frequency of the minimum idling speed of an engine. A control device has a crawling speed navigation mode. A crawling speed navigation mode button that selects whether or not to execute the crawling speed navigation mode is connected to the control device. When the crawling speed navigation mode is selected, and the amount of operation of a joystick lever is at or beneath a baseline amount of operation Ms, the control device causes the rotational frequency N of the engine to be the rotational frequency Nlow of the minimum idling speed, and in accordance with the amount of operation of the joystick lever, varies the duty ratio D, which is the fraction of time T1 that a main clutch is engaged in a predetermined cycle T, within a range of no greater than 100%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: YANMAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Hitachi, Naohiro Hara, Takao Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 7547985
    Abstract: Conventionally, a main shaft of the wind turbine apparatus has awkward such as heaviness or difficulties of assembling, since the length of the main shaft must be long to support a generator rotor. It is requested originally to light heaviness of a wind turbine apparatus, since it supports a wind wheel and a generator etc. on a tower at prescribed height. A hub 29 supported on the one side of the main shaft 10, a generator rotor 12 supported on the other side of the main shaft 10, the main shaft housing 40 and the generator housing 20 are combined, the generator rotor 12 having a backward opening is fixedly provided on the rear end of the main shaft 10, the main shaft 10 and the generator rotor 12 are detachably fixed through the opening, and a rotational fitting (rod bearing 33) for a pitch control shaft 37 is at least disposed at the rear space of the generator housing 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Takaichi, Junichi Hitachi, Yukiyasu Mizuno, Tooru Minamii
  • Publication number: 20080309086
    Abstract: Conventionally, a main shaft of the wind turbine apparatus has awkward such as heaviness or difficulties of assembling, since the length of the main shaft must be long to support a generator rotor. It is requested originally to light heaviness of a wind turbine apparatus, since it supports a wind wheel and a generator etc. on a tower at prescribed height. A hub 29 supported on the one side of the main shaft 10, a generator rotor 12 supported on the other side of the main shaft 10, the main shaft housing 40 and the generator housing 20 are combined, the generator rotor 12 having a backward opening is fixedly provided on the rear end of the main shaft 10, the main shaft 10 and the generator rotor 12 are detachably fixed through the opening, and a rotational fitting (rod bearing 33) for a pitch control shaft 37 is at least disposed at the rear space of the generator housing 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Takaichi, Junichi Hitachi, Yukiyasu Mizuno, Tooru Minamii
  • Patent number: 7270582
    Abstract: A power generating and propelling system of a vessel has an electric power generating device (10) installed between an internal combustion engine (2) and a transmission (3). A stator (11) of the generating device (10) is built in a flywheel housing (21a) of the internal combustion engine (2) or a casing (10a) connected to the flywheel housing (21a). A rotary shaft of the generating device (10) is disposed coaxially or eccentrically parallel to a crankshaft (2a) of the internal combustion engine (2) or an input shaft (3a) of the transmission (3) in the same direction with the crankshaft (2a) of the internal combustion engine (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisanori Mori, Mitsuhiro Nakagaki, Hiroyasu Yukino, Takayuki Toda, Junichi Hitachi, Toshio Imanaka
  • Patent number: 7147523
    Abstract: An electric power generating equipment (10) is provided between an internal combustion engine (2) and a power transmission device (3), and an electric motor (9) is disposed at an area of the power transmission device. An output shaft (9a) of the electric motor (9) is disposed coaxially to any of rotary shafts of the power transmission device (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisanori Mori, Mitsuhiro Nakagaki, Takayuki Toda, Junichi Hitachi
  • Patent number: 7004800
    Abstract: A power generating and propelling system of a vessel has an electric power generating device (10) installed between an internal combustion engine (2) and a transmission (3). A stator (11) of the generating device (10) is built in a flywheel housing (21a) of the internal combustion engine (2) or a casing (10a) connected to the flywheel housing (21a). A rotary shaft of the generating device (10) is disposed coaxially or eccentrically parallel to a crankshaft (2a) of the internal combustion engine (2) or an input shaft (3a) of the transmission (3) in the same direction with the crankshaft (2a) of the internal combustion engine (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisanori Mori, Mitsuhiro Nakagaki, Hiroyasu Yukino, Takayuki Toda, Junichi Hitachi, Toshio Imanaka
  • Publication number: 20050287883
    Abstract: A power generating and propelling system of a vessel has an electric power generating device (10) installed between an internal combustion engine (2) and a transmission (3). A stator (11) of the generating device (10) is built in a flywheel housing (21a) of the internal combustion engine (2) or a casing (10a) connected to the flywheel housing (21a). A rotary shaft of the generating device (10) is disposed coaxially or eccentrically parallel to a crankshaft (2a) of the internal combustion engine (2) or an input shaft (3a) of the transmission (3) in the same direction with the crankshaft (2a) of the internal combustion engine (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Hisanori Mori, Mitsuhiro Nakagaki, Hiroyasu Yukino, Takayuki Toda, Junichi Hitachi, Toshio Imanaka
  • Publication number: 20040209532
    Abstract: A power generating and propelling system of a vessel has an electric power generating device (10) installed between an internal combustion engine (2) and a transmission (3). A stator (11) of the generating device (10) is built in a flywheel housing (21a) of the internal combustion engine (2) or a casing (10a) connected to the flywheel housing (21a). A rotary shaft of the generating device (10) is disposed coaxially or eccentrically parallel to a crankshaft (2a) of the internal combustion engine (2) or an input shaft (3a) of the transmission (3) in the same direction with the crankshaft (2a) of the internal combustion engine (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Hisanori Mori, Mitsuhiro Nakagaki, Hiroyasu Yukino, Takayuki Toda, Junichi Hitachi, Toshio Imanaka
  • Publication number: 20040192123
    Abstract: An electric power generating equipment (10) is provided between an internal combustion engine (2) and a power transmission device (3), and an electric motor (9) is disposed at an area of the power transmission device. An output shaft (9a) of the electric motor (9) is disposed coaxially to any of rotary shafts of the power transmission device (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Hisanori Mori, Mitsuhiro Nakagaki, Takayuki Toda, Junichi Hitachi
  • Patent number: 6616559
    Abstract: A hydraulic and mechanical composite continuously variable transmission (HMT) is disclosed. The HMT includes a hydraulic continuously variable transmission (HST) and a mechanical speed change mechanism using a group of planetary gears as the differential part. The output rotation of the HST and the rotation of the input part of the mechanical speed change mechanism that receives power from the engine are transmitted to the differential part which translates the rotation to a speed change output shaft. The speed change input part is formed at one end of a pump shaft and the differential input part is coaxially formed at the other end thereof. Further, the operator may manually set the speed ratio via electrical means on the mechanical speed chance mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Hori, Junichi Hitachi, Yukio Kubota, Kunihiko Sakamoto