Patents by Inventor Kazumasa Fukazawa

Kazumasa Fukazawa 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: 9499957
    Abstract: A bulldozer includes a vehicle frame, a bulldozer blade, an engine, an engine cover and an operator cab. The vehicle frame has a front end and a rear end. The bulldozer blade is disposed in front of the front end of the vehicle frame. The engine is disposed at a front portion of the frame. The engine cover covers the engine. The operator cab is secured to the frame behind the engine. The operator cab includes a front window disposed on a front face of the operator cab. When the bulldozer blade is placed on the ground, a top surface of the engine cover is disposed below a line extending between an upper edge of the bulldozer blade and a lower edge of the front window as viewed from a side of the bulldozer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Fukazawa, Masayuki Mukaino, David Andrews
  • Publication number: 20140158387
    Abstract: A bulldozer includes a vehicle frame, a bulldozer blade, an engine, an engine cover and an operator cab. The vehicle frame has a front end and a rear end. The bulldozer blade is disposed in front of the front end of the vehicle frame. The engine is disposed at a front portion of the frame. The engine cover covers the engine. The operator cab is secured to the frame behind the engine. The operator cab includes a front window disposed on a front face of the operator cab. When the bulldozer blade is placed on the ground, a top surface of the engine cover is disposed below a line extending between an upper edge of the bulldozer blade and a lower edge of the front window as viewed from a side of the bulldozer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa FUKAZAWA, Masayuki MUKAINO, David ANDREWS
  • Patent number: 8695722
    Abstract: A bulldozer provides improved visibility in front and/or rear of the bulldozer. The bulldozer includes an engine arranged in the front of the bulldozer and a cooling module for cooling the engine arranged elsewhere in the bulldozer, such as behind driver's seat. In the bulldozer, the arrangement of the engine, the vehicle, and the cooling module provides improved visibility in front of the bulldozer so that the operator of the bulldozer can view the upper middle portion of the bulldozer blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Fukazawa, Masayuki Mukaino, David Andrews
  • Patent number: 7401673
    Abstract: A bulldozer is provided with a boat shaped main frame and a substantially U-shaped gate frame as a frame structure that mounts a cap having a rollover protection structure (ROPS) and forms the skeleton of the bulldozer. The gate frame is installed on the upper portion of the main frame, has a pair of left and right columns that are disposed along a substantially vertical direction, and has a beam that connects the upper ends thereof. Mount units for mounting the cab and stopper units for firmly grasping the cab are arranged on the upper surface of the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Fukazawa, Masayuki Mukaino, David Andrews
  • Publication number: 20070062742
    Abstract: A structure of a main frame of a construction machine and a method for manufacturing the same are invented. Portions of the main frame to which an external force is applied by traveling units and working machines are formed into unitary casting modules, and the other portions of the main frame are formed into modules of sheeted structures. Then, these modules are combined to form the main frame. In the manufacturing process, required machining operations for the modules are completed before the combining of the same modules together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Kazumasa Fukazawa, David Andrews, Masayuki Mukaino
  • Publication number: 20070056786
    Abstract: A bulldozer is provided with a boat shaped main frame and a substantially U-shaped gate frame as a frame structure that mounts a cap having a rollover protection structure (ROPS) and forms the skeleton of the bulldozer. The gate frame is installed on the upper portion of the main frame, has a pair of left and right columns that are disposed along a substantially vertical direction, and has a beam that connects the upper ends thereof. Mount units for mounting the cab and stopper units for firmly grasping the cab are arranged on the upper surface of the beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Fukazawa, Masayuki Mukaino, David Andrews
  • Publication number: 20060001250
    Abstract: A main frame 2 used for a construction machine having a working machine, in which a traveling unit 3 is attached to a side extending along a posterior-anterior direction of the construction machine, and the working machine is attached to a front portion and/or rear portion of the construction machine includes a plurality of frame modules 21, 22, 23, 24 arranged in the posterior-anterior direction of the construction machine with respective end surfaces jointed to each other, in which the frame modules 22, 24 disposed at a position where a loading is applied among the plurality of frame modules 21, 22, 23, 24 are formed by integral casting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Kazumasa Fukazawa, David Andrews, Masayuki Mukaino
  • Publication number: 20050167969
    Abstract: A structure of a main frame of a construction machine and a method for manufacturing the same are invented. Portions of the main frame to which an external force is applied by traveling units and working machines are formed into unitary casting modules, and the other portions of the main frame are formed into modules of sheeted structures. Then, these modules are combined to form the main frame. In the manufacturing process, required machining operations for the modules are completed before the combining of the same modules together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Kazumasa Fukazawa, David Andrews, Masayuki Mukaino
  • Publication number: 20050150699
    Abstract: A taper-like block (26) slides on a slide plate (27) arranged on a track frame (11) by screwing an adjusting bolt (41). A bearing (21) moves to an upper side of the track frame (11) via rails (23, 24) fitted to a first inclined surface (26a) of the taper-like block (26). Accordingly, it is possible to adjust a gap (S2) between a slide plate (31) on a hook portion (21c) of the bearing (21) and a slide plate (33) firmly fixed to a lower surface of the track frame (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Masayuki Mukaino, Ken Law, Kazumasa Fukazawa
  • Publication number: 20050077062
    Abstract: A work vehicle provides improved visibility in front of the work vehicle. The work vehicle includes an engine arranged in the front of the vehicle and a cooling unit for the engine arranged elsewhere in the vehicle, such as behind the vehicle cab. When the work vehicle is a bulldozer, the aforesaid arrangement of engine, vehicle, and cooling module provides improved visibility in front of the work vehicle, so that the operator of the bulldozer can view the upper middle portion of the bulldozer blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Kazumasa Fukazawa, Masayuki Mukaino, David Andrews
  • Patent number: D538303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Kumagai, Kazumasa Fukazawa, Makoto Yomogita, Masayuki Mukaino, David Andrews
  • Patent number: D552629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Kumagai, Kazumasa Fukazawa, Makoto Yomogita, Masayuki Mukaino, David Andrews