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).
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Patent number: 8096608Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 30, 2006Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Komatsu Utility Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takenobu Andou, Katsumi Yokoo, Shinichi Itou
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Patent number: 8043420Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2007Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Komatsu Utility Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akiko Konishi, Tatsuro Nohara, Katsumi Yokoo, Shotaro Ishii, Noboru Kanayama
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Publication number: 20110017537Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2006Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventors: Takenobu Andou, Katsumi Yokoo, Shinichi Itou
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Publication number: 20100301635Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2006Publication date: December 2, 2010Inventors: Takenobu Andou, Katsumi Yokoo, Shinichi Itou
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Publication number: 20090056553Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Inventors: Akiko Konishi, Tatsuro Nohara, Katsumi Yokoo, Shotaro Ishii, Noboru Kanayama
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Patent number: 7162816Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 16, 2003Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Komatsu Zenoah Co.Inventors: Kinichi Otsuka, Toshifumi Ogihara, Katsumi Yokoo, Sachio Shimizu
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Patent number: 7131687Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 22, 2003Date of Patent: November 7, 2006Assignees: Komatsu Ltd., Komatsu Zenoah Co.Inventors: Katsumi Yokoo, Toshifumi Ogihara
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Publication number: 20040172863Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2003Publication date: September 9, 2004Inventors: Kinichi Otsuka, Toshifumi Ogihara, Katsumi Yokoo, Sachio Shimizu
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Publication number: 20040084934Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2003Publication date: May 6, 2004Inventors: Katsumi Yokoo, Toshifumi Ogihara