Patents by Inventor Kazuhiko MIZOGUCHI

Kazuhiko MIZOGUCHI 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: 11885108
    Abstract: In a hydraulic excavator including a machine body and a front work device, when an object is detected by sensors for detecting an object around the machine body when operation limiting control for limiting the operation of at least one of the machine body and the front work device is enabled, or when an operation device is operated, the detection of the object is notified to an operator by a first state warning, and when the operation limiting control is enabled and when the operation device is not operated, the detection of the object is notified to the operator by a second state warning that is weaker in warning intensity than the first state warning. Accordingly, the botheration for the operator can be suppressed while securing the effectiveness of an alarm in periphery monitoring, and the safety performance can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichirou Anahara, Naoki Hagiwara, Kazuhiko Mizoguchi, Akihiro Narazaki, Shinji Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11739503
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator is provided which makes it possible to allow an operator to surely recognize an alarm that notifies the operator of non-wearing of a seatbelt even when a work is performed in a situation in which a moving object is present around the machine. A controller outputs, when a moving object is detected and wearing of a seatbelt is detected by a seatbelt detection device, a first alarm through a notification device, outputs, when the moving object is not detected and non-wearing of the seatbelt is detected by the seatbelt detection device, a second alarm through the notification device, and outputs, when the moving object is detected and non-wearing of the seatbelt is detected by the seatbelt detection device, the second alarm preferentially over the first alarm through the notification device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Hagiwara, Kazuhiko Mizoguchi, Shigeru Hirasawa, Keitaro Ito, Keiichirou Anahara
  • Publication number: 20220341129
    Abstract: There is provided a construction machine capable of performing hanging work according to the intention of an operator. A hydraulic excavator 1 includes: an operating lever 420 for performing a turning operation; the cameras 61, 62, 63 for detecting any obstacle; and a controller 8 for controlling the operations of a vehicle body and a front working device 5. In the hydraulic excavator 1, in a case where the obstacle is detected by any of the cameras 61, 62, 63, the controller 8 performs an operation limiting process. The hydraulic excavator 1 further includes a hook 53A, a mode selector switch 64 for switching the operation to a hanging work mode. In a case where the obstacle is detected by any of the cameras 61, 62, 63, the controller 8 disables the operation limiting process and controls the operation of the vehicle body or the front working device 5 according to the manipulated variable of the operating lever 420.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Keiichirou ANAHARA, Naoki HAGIWARA, Kazuhiko MIZOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220333345
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes: operation devices that output, based on operation by an operator, operation signals to operate a lower travel structure, an upper swing structure, and a front work implement; solenoid valves 23a, 23b, 24a, and 24b that limit the operation signals outputted from the operation devices; and a controller that controls the solenoid valves based on detection signals from sensors, and that detect objects in the surroundings of a machine body. The detection ranges of the sensors, and include a first detection range TR defined based on travel performance of the lower travel structure and a second detection range SW defined to be along a swing radius of a rear end of the upper swing structure. As a result, the influence of excessive alarm on the working operator can be reduced while enhancing detection accuracy by setting the detection range according to action range of the work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Naoki HAGIWARA, Kazuhiko MIZOGUCHI, Keiichirou ANAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220290411
    Abstract: In a hydraulic excavator 1 including a machine body 1B and a front work device 1A, when an object is detected by sensors 13a, 13b, and 13c for detecting an object around the machine body 1B, when operation limiting control for limiting the operation of at least one of the machine body 1B and the front work device 1A is enabled, or when an operation device 4 is operated, the detection of the object is notified to an operator by a first state warning, and when the operation limiting control is enabled and when the operation device 4 is not operated, the detection of the object is notified to the operator by a second state warning that is weaker in warning intensity than the first state warning. Accordingly, the botheration for the operator can be suppressed while securing the effectiveness of an alarm in periphery monitoring, and the safety performance can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Keiichirou ANAHARA, Naoki HAGIWARA, Kazuhiko MIZOGUCHI, Akihiro NARAZAKI, Shinji NISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220170244
    Abstract: A work machine includes a sensor that detects a retroreflective material and other objects in a distinguishable manner, a solenoid valve that restricts an operation signal outputted from an operation device, and a controller configured to control the solenoid valve based on the detection result. The controller controls the solenoid valve based on information concerning whether or not the object detected by the sensor is a retroreflective material and information concerning whether a position of the object detected by the sensor is in a first detection region at least partially including an operation range of a machine body or a second detection region located adjacent to and above the first detection region. This makes it possible to restrain contact between the work machine and an obstacle while restraining a reduction in a detection range due to exclusion of a structure of the work machine from an object of detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Naoki HAGIWARA, Kazuhiko MIZOGUCHI, Keiichirou ANAHARA
  • Publication number: 20220042285
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes a plurality of cameras that are attached to an upper swing structure and photograph images of surroundings, a controller configured to detect an obstacle present around the upper swing structure on the basis of the camera images, and a speaker that makes a notification that the obstacle is detected when the controller detects the obstacle. When a lock lever is at a lock release position and control levers are maintained in a non-operating state from a time of a start of the controller, the controller permits the notification by the speaker. When the lock lever is at the lock release position and the control levers are changed from an operating state to a non-operating state, the controller permits the notification by the speaker when the non-operating state is continued for a predetermined time or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Saito KATAYAMA, Kazuhiko MIZOGUCHI, Hidenobu TSUKADA, Keiichirou NAKAMURA, Shinichi SASAZAKI, Naoki HAGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20210310218
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator is provided which makes it possible to allow an operator to surely recognize an alarm that notifies the operator of non-wearing of a seatbelt even when a work is performed in a situation in which a moving object is present around the machine. A controller outputs, when a moving object is detected and wearing of a seatbelt is detected by a seatbelt detection device, a first alarm through a notification device, outputs, when the moving object is not detected and non-wearing of the seatbelt is detected by the seatbelt detection device, a second alarm through the notification device, and outputs, when the moving object is detected and non-wearing of the seatbelt is detected by the seatbelt detection device, the second alarm preferentially over the first alarm through the notification device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Naoki HAGIWARA, Kazuhiko MIZOGUCHI, Shigeru HIRASAWA, Keitaro ITO, Keiichirou ANAHARA
  • Patent number: 11041290
    Abstract: To provide a work machine that can stop unexpected operation of actuators faster than it actually occurs even if unintended operation occurs at the time of gate lock lever switching that leads to such unexpected operation. In the work machine, a controller switches a lock valve from a lock position to a release position in a case where a lock operation device is operated from a permission position to a prohibition position; decides, on the basis of a result of detection by a pressure sensor, whether or not a pilot hydraulic fluid has been output from a pilot valve until first time elapses after the lock valve is switched to the release position; keeps the lock valve at the lock position if it is decided that the pilot hydraulic fluid has been output until the first time elapses; and switches the lock valve from the lock position to the release position if it is decided that the pilot hydraulic fluid has not been output until the first time elapses, and second time elapses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Kodaka, Ryohei Fukuchi, Kazuhiko Mizoguchi, Naoki Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20210079624
    Abstract: To provide a work machine that can stop unexpected operation of actuators faster than it actually occurs even if unintended operation occurs at the time of gate lock lever switching that leads to such unexpected operation. In the work machine, a controller switches a lock valve from a lock position to a release position in a case where a lock operation device is operated from a permission position to a prohibition position; decides, on the basis of a result of detection by a pressure sensor, whether or not a pilot hydraulic fluid has been output from a pilot valve until first time elapses after the lock valve is switched to the release position; keeps the lock valve at the lock position if it is decided that the pilot hydraulic fluid has been output until the first time elapses; and switches the lock valve from the lock position to the release position if it is decided that the pilot hydraulic fluid has not been output until the first time elapses, and second time elapses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuaki KODAKA, Ryohei FUKUCHI, Kazuhiko MIZOGUCHI, Naoki HAGIWARA
  • Patent number: 10640949
    Abstract: To make a reserve tank be hardly affected by the heat of an engine. An engine room (5) is totally covered by an exterior cover (9) including openings (44) at the upper surface, and includes in the inside thereof an engine (13), a radiator (24), a cooling fan (20) for sucking external air and cooling the radiator, and a reserve tank (30) for storing cooling water of the engine. The reserve tank (30) is disposed at a position above the engine (13) and facing the openings (44) and a position on the upstream side of the flow of the air with respect to the openings (44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Hirasawa, Takeshi Hibiya, Toshikazu Kanno, Kazuhiko Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 10487476
    Abstract: A urea water tank (27) is formed as a box body that includes a rear inclined surface (28A) that inclines so as to be parallel with a left inclined surface (7C) of a counterweight (7), a front inclined surface (28B) that inclines with a space being left apart from the rear inclined surface (28A) and in substantially parallel with the rear inclined surface (28A) and a front surface (28C) that is formed on front ends of the rear inclined surface (28A) and the front inclined surface (28B) and is formed into a flat surface that is parallel with a left-right direction of an upper revolving body (4). The rear inclined surface (28A) of the urea water tank (27) is disposed along and facing the left inclined surface (7C) of the counterweight (7) and the front inclined surface (28B) is disposed with a gap being left apart from and facing the heat exchanger (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kumagai, Kazuhiko Mizoguchi, Masao Kariya
  • Patent number: 10450721
    Abstract: A construction machine according to the present invention includes electric components 20 and a cover member 21, and includes an inflow side opening 25 that allows cooling air generated by the cooling fan 16 to flow therein, and an outflow side opening 26 that allows the cooling air flowing in from the inflow side opening 25 to flow out, in which the cover member 21 is formed such that the inflow side opening 25 expands toward an upstream side of a flow of the cooling air with respect to a space formed between the cover member 21 and the post-treatment device 17, and having the electric components 20 therein, and a space between the post-treatment device 17 and the cover member 21 narrows from the inflow side opening 25 toward the outflow side opening 26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Inukai, Yasuhiko Yoshino, Masao Kariya, Kazuhiko Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 10323557
    Abstract: On a revolving frame (5), a counterweight (6), an engine (7), a cooling fan (9), a heat exchanger (10), an exterior cover (14) forming a machine room (15) on the revolving frame (5), an exhaust gas purifying device (16) including a urea selective reduction catalyst (24), a urea water injection valve (26) injecting a urea water which is a reducing agent toward an upstream side of the urea selective reduction catalyst (24), and a urea water supply line (28) through which the urea water to be supplied to the urea water injection valve (26) flows are provided. A horizontal support member (34) supporting the exterior cover (14) is provided on a front side of the counterweight (6), and a heat shield cover (38) is mounted on the horizontal support member (34). A line accommodating space (41) is formed between the horizontal support member (34) and the heat shield cover (38), and a urea water supply line (28) for shielding heat from the engine (7) is accommodated in this line accommodating space (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hayato Kubota, Kazuhiko Mizoguchi, Hiroki Sugawara, Shigeru Hirasawa
  • Patent number: 10309081
    Abstract: A construction machine according to the present invention includes electric components 20 and a cover member 21, and includes an inflow side opening 25 that allows cooling air generated by the cooling fan 16 to flow therein, and an outflow side opening 26 that allows the cooling air flowing in from the inflow side opening 25 to flow out, in which the cover member 21 is formed such that the inflow side opening 25 expands toward an upstream side of a flow of the cooling air with respect to a space formed between the cover member 21 and the post-treatment device 17, and having the electric components 20 therein, and a space between the post-treatment device 17 and the cover member 21 narrows from the inflow side opening 25 toward the outflow side opening 26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Inukai, Yasuhiko Yoshino, Masao Kariya, Kazuhiko Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 10167610
    Abstract: A reducing agent tank (11) is disposed in a first space (SP1) on an upstream side of cooling air with respect to a heat exchanger (21), and an engine (13) and an injector (14) are disposed in a second space (SP2) on a downstream side of the cooling air with respect to the heat exchanger (21). The heat exchanger is placed on a bracket (30) having a first side plate section (32), a second side plate section (33), and a top plate section (31), and a first cutout section (34) for allowing a reducing agent hose (25) to be inserted, a second cutout section (35) for allowing the reducing agent hose to be inserted are provided in the first side plate section and the second side plate section, respectively, and a portion of the reducing agent hose passes through the first cutout section and the second cutout section to be wired in an internal space (SP3) of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shosei Kurosaka, Hiroki Sugawara, Kazuhiko Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20180274423
    Abstract: On a revolving frame (5), a counterweight (6), an engine (7), a cooling fan (9), a heat exchanger (10), an exterior cover (14) forming a machine room (15) on the revolving frame (5), an exhaust gas purifying device (16) including a urea selective reduction catalyst (24), a urea water injection valve (26) injecting a urea water which is a reducing agent toward an upstream side of the urea selective reduction catalyst (24), and a urea water supply line (28) through which the urea water to be supplied to the urea water injection valve (26) flows are provided. A horizontal support member (34) supporting the exterior cover (14) is provided on a front side of the counterweight (6), and a heat shield cover (38) is mounted on the horizontal support member (34). A line accommodating space (41) is formed between the horizontal support member (34) and the heat shield cover (38), and a urea water supply line (28) for shielding heat from the engine (7) is accommodated in this line accommodating space (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Hayato KUBOTA, Kazuhiko MIZOGUCHI, Hiroki SUGAWARA, Shigeru HIRASAWA
  • Publication number: 20180245310
    Abstract: A urea water tank (27) is formed as a box body that includes a rear inclined surface (28A) that inclines so as to be parallel with a left inclined surface (7C) of a counterweight (7), a front inclined surface (28B) that inclines with a space being left apart from the rear inclined surface (28A) and in substantially parallel with the rear inclined surface (28A) and a front surface (28C) that is formed on front ends of the rear inclined surface (28A) and the front inclined surface (28B) and is formed into a flat surface that is parallel with a left-right direction of an upper revolving body (4). The rear inclined surface (28A) of the urea water tank (27) is disposed along and facing the left inclined surface (7C) of the counterweight (7) and the front inclined surface (28B) is disposed with a gap being left apart from and facing the heat exchanger (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi KUMAGAI, Kazuhiko MIZOGUCHI, Masao KARIYA
  • Patent number: D847213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shosei Kurosaka, Takumi Tanba, Shigeru Hirasawa, Kazuhiko Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: D854054
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Hirasawa, Kazuhiko Mizoguchi, Shosei Kurosaka, Takumi Tanba