Patents by Inventor Katsuhiro Tsutsumi

Katsuhiro Tsutsumi 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: 10612210
    Abstract: A ladder includes: a front connecting member and a rear connecting member at a top step, respective upper ends of which are connected to a lateral side of a vehicle body in a pivotally movable manner and are juxtaposed with a predetermined space therebetween in a vehicle front-back direction; a front connecting member and a rear connecting member which are provided at a step under the top step, and respective upper ends of which are connected in a pivotally movable manner to both ends in the vehicle front-back direction of a step board. The front connecting member and the rear connecting member at least at the top step among steps positioned above a lowest step are rigid members. The front connecting member and the rear connecting member at the lowest step among steps positioned under the top step are elastically deformable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Takehito Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20180044884
    Abstract: A ladder includes: a front connecting member and a rear connecting member at a top step, respective upper ends of which are connected to a lateral side of a vehicle body in a pivotally movable manner and are juxtaposed with a predetermined space therebetween in a vehicle front-back direction; a front connecting member and a rear connecting member which are provided at a step under the top step, and respective upper ends of which are connected in a pivotally movable manner to both ends in the vehicle front-back direction of a step board. The front connecting member and the rear connecting member at least at the top step among steps positioned above a lowest step are rigid members. The front connecting member and the rear connecting member at the lowest step among steps positioned under the top step are elastically deformable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Takehito Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9856625
    Abstract: A working vehicle includes: a vehicle body; and a boom; a bucket; a boom driving unit including a boom cylinder; a bucket driving unit configured to swing the bucket; a boom-bottom pressure sensor configured to detect a boom-bottom pressure of the boom cylinder; and a working equipment controller configured to control at least one of a lift motion of the boom and a tilt motion of the bucket. The bucket includes an inclined portion. The working equipment controller controls the lift motion or the tilt motion by comparing a threshold set in accordance with an inclination angle of the inclined portion with the boom-bottom pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Wada, Toshiyuki Ohta, Toshimitsu Honda, Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Takaya Kobayashi, Yosuke Yamagoe
  • Patent number: 9732494
    Abstract: A bucket with a linear lower front edge includes: a first straight portion horizontally extending from the lower front edge toward an innermost of the bucket; an inclined portion continuous with a rear edge of the first straight portion, the inclined portion further extending toward the innermost of the bucket while being inclined upward; a curve continuous with a rear edge of the inclined portion at a lower edge of the curve, the curve having a predetermined bucket radius; a second straight portion continuous with an upper edge of the curve, the second straight portion being inclined upward toward a bucket opening; and a third straight portion bent at a bent portion toward the bucket opening relative to a front edge of the second straight portion, the third straight portion further extending toward the bucket opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Honda, Toshiyuki Ohta, Minoru Wada, Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Takaya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9719229
    Abstract: A bucket with a blade-shaped lower front edge includes: a first straight portion horizontally extending from the lower front edge toward an innermost of the bucket; a curve continuous with a rear edge of the first straight portion at a lower edge of the curve, the curve having a predetermined bucket radius; a second straight portion continuous with an upper edge of the curve, the second straight portion being inclined upward toward a bucket opening; a third straight portion bent at a bent portion toward the bucket opening relative to a front edge of the second straight portion, the third straight portion further extending toward the bucket opening; a reinforcing member provided on an exterior surface of the third straight portion to reinforce of the exterior surface; and a connecting portion provided behind the curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihito Bandou, Takeshi Saoyama, Minoru Wada, Toshiyuki Ohta, Toshimitsu Honda, Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Takaya Kobayashi, Takayasu Wakamoto
  • Patent number: 9688204
    Abstract: A ladder in a multi-step structure includes: first front and rear connecting members that are connected to a vehicle body and between a wheel and an end of the vehicle body and that are juxtaposed with a predetermined space; a first step board that is connected between respective lower ends of the first front and rear connecting members; second front and rear connecting members, respective upper ends of which are connected to both ends of the first step board; and a second step board that is connected between respective lower ends of the second front and rear connecting members. In the first front and rear connecting members, one near the wheel is fixed to the vehicle body and the other near the end of the vehicle body is connected in a pivotally movable manner to the vehicle body and is foldable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Takehito Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20170037594
    Abstract: A working vehicle (1) includes: a vehicle body (2); and a boom (31); a bucket (32); a boom driving unit including a boom cylinder (36); a bucket driving unit configured to swing the bucket (32); a boom-bottom pressure sensor (460) configured to detect a boom-bottom pressure of the boom cylinder (36); and a working equipment controller (10) configured to control at least one of a lift motion of the boom (31) and a tilt motion of the bucket (32). The bucket (32) includes an inclined portion (44). The working equipment controller (10) controls the lift motion or the tilt motion by comparing a threshold set in accordance with an inclination angle of the inclined portion (44) with the boom-bottom pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Minoru Wada, Toshiyuki Ohta, Toshimitsu Honda, Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Takaya Kobayashi, Yosuke Yamagoe
  • Publication number: 20170016203
    Abstract: A bucket with a linear lower front edge includes: a first straight portion horizontally extending from the lower front edge toward an innermost of the bucket; an inclined portion continuous with a rear edge of the first straight portion, the inclined portion further extending toward the innermost of the bucket while being inclined upward; a curve continuous with a rear edge of the inclined portion at a lower edge of the curve, the curve having a predetermined bucket radius; a second straight portion continuous with an upper edge of the curve, the second straight portion being inclined upward toward a bucket opening; and a third straight portion bent at a bent portion toward the bucket opening relative to a front edge of the second straight portion, the third straight portion further extending toward the bucket opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Honda, Toshiyuki Ohta, Minoru Wada, Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Takaya Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20170016204
    Abstract: A bucket with a blade-shaped lower front edge includes: a first straight portion horizontally extending from the lower front edge toward an innermost of the bucket; a curve continuous with a rear edge of the first straight portion at a lower edge of the curve, the curve having a predetermined bucket radius; a second straight portion continuous with an upper edge of the curve, the second straight portion being inclined upward toward a bucket opening; a third straight portion bent at a bent portion toward the bucket opening relative to a front edge of the second straight portion, the third straight portion further extending toward the bucket opening; a reinforcing member provided on an exterior surface of the third straight portion to reinforce of the exterior surface; and a connecting portion provided behind the curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Norihito Bandou, Takeshi Saoyama, Minoru Wada, Toshiyuki Ohta, Toshimitsu Honda, Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Takaya Kobayashi, Takayasu Wakamoto
  • Patent number: 9518491
    Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment device provided to an upper portion of an engine includes a right and left pair of first and second aftertreatment units, into which exhaust gas from the engine dividedly flows, each including a first exhaust gas emission control system on an upstream side, a second exhaust gas emission control system on a downstream side and a communication pipe through which the first and second systems are in communication with each other, the first and second systems, while being arranged side by side in a right-and-left direction, being oriented so that a flow direction of the exhaust gas flowing therein is parallel with a front-and-rear direction. When the device is seen in the front-and-rear direction, an outer linear envelope tangent to the first system and the communication pipe of each of the units extends upward while tilting toward a right-and-left center of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Hirofumi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9476337
    Abstract: Two sets of assemblies are arranged such that a diesel particulate filter device of the assembly, a selective catalytic reduction device of the assembly, a selective catalytic reduction device of the assembly, and a diesel particulate filter device of the assembly are located next to each other in this order. Exhaust tubes are provided to extend upward from gas outlets of the selective catalytic reduction device of the assembly and the selective catalytic reduction device of the assembly. The two exhaust tubes are located on a virtual plane orthogonal to longitudinal directions of the selective catalytic reduction devices of the assemblies. Thereby, an air intake position for an engine can be easily set to a position from which exhaust gas from the engine is less likely to be taken in, in a configuration provided with two sets of assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Hirofumi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20160280138
    Abstract: A ladder in a multi-step structure includes: first front and rear connecting members that are connected to a vehicle body and between a wheel and an end of the vehicle body and that are juxtaposed with a predetermined space; a first step board that is connected between respective lower ends of the first front and rear connecting members; second front and rear connecting members, respective upper ends of which are connected to both ends of the first step board; and a second step board that is connected between respective lower ends of the second front and rear connecting members. In the first front and rear connecting members, one near the wheel is fixed to the vehicle body and the other near the end of the vehicle body is connected in a pivotally movable manner to the vehicle body and is foldable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro TSUTSUMI, Takehito TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9394817
    Abstract: In a working vehicle, an exhaust gas aftertreatment device is provided in an engine compartment that is adjacent to a cooling fan through which cooling air is supplied to a heat exchanger. The exhaust gas aftertreatment device includes a selective catalytic reduction device in which ammonia obtained from a urea aqueous solution is used as a reduction-causing agent. A urea aqueous solution pipe through which the urea aqueous solution is supplied is laid to the selective catalytic reduction device through the engine compartment. In the engine compartment, a pipeline-forming member having pipelines in which the urea aqueous solution pipe is installed. The cooling air sucked by a cooling fan flows into the pipelines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Hirofumi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9388730
    Abstract: A ventilation structure of an engine compartment that houses an engine and is adjacent to a cooling fan that supplies cooling air to a heat exchanger in a form of a radiator is provided. A ventilation structure of the engine compartment includes: an exterior cover with which the engine and the cooling fan are covered; and a ventilation duct that includes an inner surface of the exterior cover, in which a first end of the ventilation duct is open in the engine compartment while a second end of the ventilation duct intercommunicates with a surrounding area of the cooling fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Hirofumi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9316136
    Abstract: Two sets of assemblies are arranged such that a diesel particulate filter device of an assembly as a first set, a selective catalytic reduction device of the assembly as the first set, a selective catalytic reduction device of an assembly as a second set, and a diesel particulate filter device of the assembly as the second set are located next to each other in this order. Respective first and second connection pipes are routed through a region directly underneath an arrangement region where the two selective catalytic reduction devices and the like are arranged, and connected to the respective diesel particulate filter devices. Thereby, an engine unit and a work vehicle which facilitate connection between an engine and an exhaust gas treatment structure and can reduce a load on the first and second connection pipes due to vibration can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Hirofumi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9279353
    Abstract: Two sets of assemblies are arranged such that a diesel particulate filter device of an assembly as a first set, a selective catalytic reduction device of the assembly as the first set, a selective catalytic reduction device of an assembly as a second set, and a diesel particulate filter device of the assembly as the second set are located next to each other in this order. Respective first and second connection pipes are routed through a region directly underneath an arrangement region where the two selective catalytic reduction devices and the like are arranged, and connected to the respective diesel particulate filter devices. Thereby, an engine unit and a work vehicle which facilitate connection between an engine and an exhaust gas treatment structure and can reduce a load on the first and second connection pipes due to vibration can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Hirofumi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20150369103
    Abstract: Two sets of assemblies are arranged such that a diesel particulate filter device of the assembly, a selective catalytic reduction device of the assembly, a selective catalytic reduction device of the assembly, and a diesel particulate filter device of the assembly are located next to each other in this order. Exhaust tubes are provided to extend upward from gas outlets of the selective catalytic reduction device of the assembly and the selective catalytic reduction device of the assembly. The two exhaust tubes are located on a virtual plane orthogonal to longitudinal directions of the selective catalytic reduction devices of the assemblies. Thereby, an air intake position for an engine can be easily set to a position from which exhaust gas from the engine is less likely to be taken in, in a configuration provided with two sets of assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi KOBAYASHI, Katsuhiro TSUTSUMI, Hirofumi MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150176451
    Abstract: In a working vehicle, an exhaust gas aftertreatment device is provided in an engine compartment that is adjacent to a cooling fan through which cooling air is supplied to a heat exchanger. The exhaust gas aftertreatment device includes a selective catalytic reduction device in which ammonia obtained from a urea aqueous solution is used as a reduction-causing agent. A urea aqueous solution pipe through which the urea aqueous solution is supplied is laid to the selective catalytic reduction device through the engine compartment. In the engine compartment, a pipeline-forming member having pipelines in which the urea aqueous solution pipe is installed. The cooling air sucked by a cooling fan flows into the pipelines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Hirofumi Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20150167523
    Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment device provided to an upper portion of an engine includes a right and left pair of first and second aftertreatment units, into which exhaust gas from the engine dividedly flows, each including a first exhaust gas emission control system on an upstream side, a second exhaust gas emission control system on a downstream side and a communication pipe through which the first and second systems are in communication with each other, the first and second systems, while being arranged side by side in a right-and-left direction, being oriented so that a flow direction of the exhaust gas flowing therein is parallel with a front-and-rear direction. When the device is seen in the front-and-rear direction, an outer linear envelope tangent to the first system and the communication pipe of each of the units extends upward while tilting toward a right-and-left center of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Hirofumi MIiyamoto
  • Publication number: 20150068470
    Abstract: A ventilation structure of an engine compartment that houses an engine and is adjacent to a cooling fan that supplies cooling air to a heat exchanger in a form of a radiator is provided. A ventilation structure of the engine compartment includes: an exterior cover with which the engine and the cooling fan are covered; and a ventilation duct that includes an inner surface of the exterior cover, in which a first end of the ventilation duct is open in the engine compartment while a second end of the ventilation duct intercommunicates with a surrounding area of the cooling fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Tsutsumi, Hirofumi Miyamoto