Patents by Inventor Katsumi Yokoo

Katsumi Yokoo 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: 8096608
    Abstract: In a working vehicle having a tilt floor, a torsion bar has one end mounted on the tilt floor and the other end thereof mounted on a base frame, and is disposed on the tilt floor which is tilted up and down relative to the base frame. In a maximally opened position where the tilt floor is tilted up and a closed position where the tilt floor is tilted down, a position of a barycenter (G) of the tilt floor on which the driving room (C) is disposed is opposite from each other relative to a turning center of the tilt floor across the top dead center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Komatsu Utility Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takenobu Andou, Katsumi Yokoo, Shinichi Itou
  • Patent number: 8043420
    Abstract: A fluid tank includes a tank main body that contains a fluid and a bubble removing device that is provided inside the main body and removes bubbles in the fluid. The main body includes a partition and a delivery port through which the fluid is fed to outside. The bubble removing device has an outflow port through which the fluid from which the bubbles have been removed flows to the inside of the main body and a bubble exhaust port through which the bubbles which have been removed are discharged to the inside of the main body. The delivery port is provided adjacent to the outflow port relative to the partition. The partition partitions the inside of the main body into a side in which the outflow port and the delivery port are provided and a side of the bubble exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Komatsu Utility Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiko Konishi, Tatsuro Nohara, Katsumi Yokoo, Shotaro Ishii, Noboru Kanayama
  • Publication number: 20110017537
    Abstract: There is provided a working vehicle designed such that, even in a smaller machine type, a fuel tank is easily attached or detached, overall configuration is not costly, an operating space can be increased, interior comfort is improved, and in addition, a width dimension of an opening for entry to or exit from a cabin is sufficiently secured, and satisfactory maintenance is ensured. The working vehicle comprises a cabin C which has a rear wall surface Cf having a circular arc shape formed around a rotation shaft sa of an upper rotation body 3. A planar shape formed by integrating a revolving frame R serving as a base of the upper rotation body 3, and a counterweight w fixed to the revolving frame R, is substantially the same as a planar shape of the cabin C, as viewed from above. A fuel tank having a shape along internal wall surfaces of the counterweight w is fixed to the counterweight w via pressing members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Takenobu Andou, Katsumi Yokoo, Shinichi Itou
  • Publication number: 20100301635
    Abstract: In a working vehicle having a tilt floor (7), the tilt floor can easily be tilted up and down. Maintenance around an engine can excellently be carried out. A torsion bar (9), which has one end mounted on the tilt floor and the other end thereof mounted on a base frame, is disposed on the tilt floor which is tilted up and down relative to the base frame. In a maximally opened position where the tilt floor is tilted up and a closed position where the tilt floor is tilted down, a position of a barycenter (G) of the tilt floor on which the driving room (C) is disposed is opposite from each other relative to a turning center of the tilt floor across the top dead center. A neutral position of the torsion bar is between the closed position and the maximally opened position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Takenobu Andou, Katsumi Yokoo, Shinichi Itou
  • Publication number: 20090056553
    Abstract: A fluid tank includes a tank main body that contains a fluid and a bubble removing device that is provided to an inside of the tank main body and removes bubbles contained in the fluid. The tank main body includes a partition that partitions the inside of the tank main body to at least two sides and a delivery port through which the fluid is fed to an outside. The bubble removing device has an outflow port through which the fluid from which the bubbles have been removed flows to the inside of the tank main body and a bubble exhaust port through which the bubbles which have been removed are discharged to the inside of the tank main body. The delivery port is provided adjacent to the outflow port relative to the partition. The partition partitions the inside of the tank main body to a side in which the outflow port and the delivery port are provided and a side of the bubble exhaust port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Akiko Konishi, Tatsuro Nohara, Katsumi Yokoo, Shotaro Ishii, Noboru Kanayama
  • Patent number: 7162816
    Abstract: A work vehicle with a tilt floor, which is capable of improving the maintainability around an engine and the operability and comfortability of a driver's seat and its periphery, is provided. The work vehicle with a tilt floor includes a hinge mechanism which is provided on the front end of the tilt floor to enable to turn the tilt floor toward the front of the vehicle body, the rear of the tilt floor is formed to be higher than the front of the tilt floor so to cover the headroom of an engine disposed on the rear of the vehicle body, and an operator seat is disposed on the top surface at the rear of the tilt floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Komatsu Zenoah Co.
    Inventors: Kinichi Otsuka, Toshifumi Ogihara, Katsumi Yokoo, Sachio Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7131687
    Abstract: A work vehicle comprises a counter weight (1) manufactured by casting, an outer surface thereof being formed in a substantially arc shape, the counter weight (1) including at a lower section thereof an extended portion extending in leftward and rightward directions to have a substantially arc shape, tip ends of the extended portion and a lower part of a center section of the counter weight (1) being provided with a lower attachment base, and an upper face thereof being provided with a canopy attachment base; and a canopy (2) including a roof (22), pillars (21) standing at left side and right side for supporting the roof (22), and a lower attachment member (23) manufactured by casting for fixing lower ends of the pillars (21), the canopy (2) being mounted on the counter weight (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Komatsu Zenoah Co.
    Inventors: Katsumi Yokoo, Toshifumi Ogihara
  • Publication number: 20040172863
    Abstract: A work vehicle with a tilt floor, which is capable of improving the maintainability around an engine and the operability and comfortability of a driver's seat and its periphery, is provided. The work vehicle with a tilt floor includes a hinge mechanism which is provided on the front end of the tilt floor to enable to turn the tilt floor toward the front of the vehicle body, the rear of the tilt floor is formed to be higher than the front of the tilt floor so to cover the headroom of an engine disposed on the rear of the vehicle body, and an operator seat is disposed on the top surface at the rear of the tilt floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Kinichi Otsuka, Toshifumi Ogihara, Katsumi Yokoo, Sachio Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20040084934
    Abstract: A work vehicle comprises a counter weight (1) manufactured by casting, an outer surface thereof being formed in a substantially arc shape, the counter weight (1) including at a lower section thereof an extended portion extending in leftward and rightward directions to have a substantially arc shape, tip ends of the extended portion and a lower part of a center section of the counter weight (1) being provided with a lower attachment base, and an upper face thereof being provided with a canopy attachment base; and a canopy (2) including a roof (22), pillars (21) standing at left side and right side for supporting the roof (22), and a lower attachment member (23) manufactured by casting for fixing lower ends of the pillars (21) , the canopy (2) being mounted on the counter weight (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Katsumi Yokoo, Toshifumi Ogihara