Patents by Inventor Katsuyoshi Nasu

Katsuyoshi Nasu 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: 8700246
    Abstract: An electrically-operated construction machine with a battery charging operation. A lock switch provides a closed contact when a lock lever in a cab is placed in an unlock position. A feed port is disposed outside the cab to accept a cable from a commercial power source. The feed port is provided with a charge start switch. A control device has a motor control function for driving an electric motor with electrical power of a main battery when a signal is input from the lock switch. A charge control function is for charging the main battery with electrical power of the commercial power source when dictated by the charge start switch. The lock switch is wire-connected so as not to output the signal to the control device even if the closed contact is provided by the lock switch when the control device exercises charge control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kurikuma, Katsuyoshi Nasu, Tatsuo Takishita, Wataru Takagi
  • Patent number: 8672072
    Abstract: A construction machine that can limit consumption of battery electric power is provided. The construction machine includes: air-cooled heat exchangers 47, 48; a cooling fan 49 for generating cooling air for the heat exchangers 47, 48; a fan electric drive motor 50 that is driven by electric power of a battery 8 for rotating the cooling fan 49; an inverter unit 30 for drivingly controlling the fan electric drive motor 50; a lock lever 25 disposed at a boarding-alighting port and configured to be operated into an unlocked position and a locked position; and a lock valve 42 for making an operation of an operating device 27 or the like ineffective or the operating device inoperative when the lock lever 25 is operated into the locked position. The inverter unit 30 stops the fan electric drive motor 50 when the lock lever 25 is operated into the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Takishita, Katsuyoshi Nasu, Hajime Kurikuma
  • Publication number: 20130197766
    Abstract: An electrically-operated construction machine with a battery charging operation. A lock switch provides a closed contact when a lock lever in a cab is placed in an unlock position. A feed port is disposed outside the cab to accept a cable from a commercial power source. The feed port is provided with a charge start switch . A control device has a motor control function for driving an electric motor with electrical power of a main battery when a signal is input from the lock switch. A charge control function is for charging the main battery with electrical power of the commercial power source when dictated by the charge start switch. The lock switch is wire-connected so as not to output the signal to the control device even if the closed contact is provided by the lock switch when the control device exercises charge control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Kurikuma, Katsuyoshi Nasu, Tatsuo Takishita, Wataru Takagi
  • Publication number: 20120205171
    Abstract: A construction machine that can limit consumption of battery electric power is provided. The construction machine includes: air-cooled heat exchangers 47, 48; a cooling fan 49 for generating cooling air for the heat exchangers 47, 48; a fan electric drive motor 50 that is driven by electric power of a battery 8 for rotating the cooling fan 49; an inverter unit 30 for drivingly controlling the fan electric drive motor 50; a lock lever 25 disposed at a boarding-alighting port and configured to be operated into an unlocked position and a locked position; and a lock valve 42 for making an operation of an operating device 27 or the like ineffective or the operating device inoperative when the lock lever 25 is operated into the locked position. The inverter unit 30 stops the fan electric drive motor 50 when the lock lever 25 is operated into the locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Takishita, Katsuyoshi Nasu, Hajime Kurikuma