Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Miyazaki
Kazuyuki Miyazaki 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: 10618781Abstract: In a car body, a lower travelling body of a crawler crane includes a pair of left and right crawler frames, the car body connecting the crawler frames and supporting an upper slewing body, and a pair of car body weights are disposed on front and rear sides of the car body. The car body supporting device includes a supporting mechanism for movably supporting at least one of the paired car body weights, and a drive section for moving the car body weight supported by the supporting mechanism to thereby shift a center of gravity of the lower travelling body in a front and rear direction. The car body weight supporting device can improve postural stability.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuyuki Miyazaki
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Patent number: 10519010Abstract: A crane includes a boom and a derricking mechanism, wherein: the derricking mechanism includes a linking device connecting one end of a guy line to a distal end of the boom; the linking device includes a joint connected to one end of the guy line, and a support device provided on the distal end to support the joint so as to locate the joint at a position away from the back surface and opposite to the ventral surface; and the support device includes a holding member which holds the joint, the holding member allowing the position of the joint to be selectively changed to a plurality of different positions in a first direction perpendicularly intersecting an axis of the boom and a rotary axis of the boom.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuyuki Miyazaki, Shingo Kurihara
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Patent number: 10145289Abstract: An engine is provided with an exhaust gas treatment device which treats exhaust gas. The exhaust gas treatment device is provided with electric parts which detect a state of the exhaust gas purification device. The engine is provided with a cooling water circulation mechanism which circulates cooling water for the engine. Further, the electric parts are arranged in an outer side of the exhaust gas purification device on an extension in a longitudinal direction of the exhaust gas purification device.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hokuto Kusaka, Kazuyuki Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20180022585Abstract: In a car body, a lower travelling body of a crawler crane includes a pair of left and right crawler frames, the car body connecting the crawler frames and supporting an upper slewing body, and a pair of car body weights are disposed on front and rear sides of the car body. The car body supporting device includes a supporting mechanism for movably supporting at least one of the paired car body weights, and a drive section for moving the car body weight supported by the supporting mechanism to thereby shift a center of gravity of the lower travelling body in a front and rear direction. The car body weight supporting device can improve postural stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuyuki MIYAZAKI
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Patent number: 9752479Abstract: An engine apparatus includes an exhaust gas purifier configured to purify exhaust gas from an engine. The exhaust gas purifier is mounted on the engine with a longitudinal direction of the exhaust gas purifier being orthogonal to an output shaft of the engine. A cooling fan is disposed on one side surface of the engine that intersects the output shaft. The exhaust gas purifier is supported by a cylinder head at a portion on an upper surface of the engine that is closer to the cooling fan.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2013Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Fukuyoshi, Kazuyuki Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20170158470Abstract: A crane includes a boom and a derricking mechanism, wherein: the derricking mechanism includes a linking device connecting one end of a guy line to a distal end of the boom; the linking device includes a joint connected to one end of the guy line, and a support device provided on the distal end to support the joint so as to locate the joint at a position away from the back surface and opposite to the ventral surface; and the support device includes a holding member which holds the joint, the holding member allowing the position of the joint to be selectively changed to a plurality of different positions in a first direction perpendicularly intersecting an axis of the boom and a rotary axis of the boom.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuyuki MIYAZAKI, Shingo KURIHARA
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Publication number: 20170009636Abstract: An engine is provided with an exhaust gas treatment device which treats exhaust gas. The exhaust gas treatment device is provided with electric parts which detect a state of the exhaust gas purification device. The engine is provided with a cooling water circulation mechanism which circulates cooling water for the engine. Further, the electric parts are arranged in an outer side of the exhaust gas purification device on an extension in a longitudinal direction of the exhaust gas purification device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Hokuto KUSAKA, Kazuyuki MIYAZAKI
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Patent number: 9512778Abstract: An engine apparatus includes an engine and an exhaust gas purifier. The engine includes an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold. The exhaust gas purifier is configured to purify exhaust gas of the engine and disposed on an upper side of the engine through a mounting base. The mounting base includes an intake-side bracket and an exhaust-side bracket, which support one end of the exhaust gas purifier. One end of the intake-side bracket and one end of the exhaust-side bracket are fastened to each other. The other end of the intake-side bracket and the other end of the exhaust-side bracket are coupled to the engine side.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Fukuyoshi, Kazuyuki Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20150198086Abstract: An engine apparatus includes an engine and an exhaust gas purifier. The engine includes an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold. The exhaust gas purifier is configured to purify exhaust gas of the engine and disposed on an upper side of the engine through a mounting base. The mounting base includes an intake-side bracket and an exhaust-side bracket, which support one end of the exhaust gas purifier. One end of the intake-side bracket and one end of the exhaust-side bracket are fastened to each other. The other end of the intake-side bracket and the other end of the exhaust-side bracket are coupled to the engine side.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2013Publication date: July 16, 2015Inventors: Shinya Fukuyoshi, Kazuyuki Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20150152764Abstract: An engine apparatus includes an exhaust gas purifier configured to purify exhaust gas from an engine. The exhaust gas purifier is mounted on the engine with a longitudinal direction of the exhaust gas purifier being orthogonal to an output shaft of the engine. A cooling fan is disposed on one side surface of the engine that intersects the output shaft. The exhaust gas purifier is supported by a cylinder head at a portion on an upper surface of the engine that is closer to the cooling fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Shinya Fukuyoshi, Kazuyuki Miyazaki
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Patent number: 8960461Abstract: Disclosed is a crane comprising: a lower body; an upper slewing body; a counterweight unit including a plurality of wheels to travel on the ground in a turning direction equal to a slewing direction of the upper slewing body while being suspended from the upper slewing body; a steering actuator for rotating each of the wheels around a steering-rotation center axis to change the steering angle; and a steering control device for controlling the steering actuator. The steering control device includes: a slewing-identification-signal receiving section which receives a slewing identification signal for identification of the slewing direction of the upper slewing body; and an actuator operating section operates the steering actuator to orient each of the wheels to the inside of a tangent line to an orbit of the wheel at the steering-rotation center axis, based on the identified slewing direction identified from the slewing identification signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuo Kakeya, Kazuyuki Miyazaki
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Patent number: 7753640Abstract: A bifurcated connection portion is formed on one of an upper rotating body and a boom foot, a flat plate connection portion inserted into the bifurcated connection portion is formed on the other, and pin holes are provided in both the connection portions. A boom foot pin attachment and detachment apparatus is to insert a boom foot pin into both the pin holes aligned, and provided with a cylinder bracket attached to an inner piece of the bifurcated connection portion enabling the boom foot pin to move between an insertion position inside the pin holes and a pull out position outside the pin holes, a slide plate slidably provided on the cylinder bracket, a hydraulic cylinder attached to the plate with a piston rod thereof connected to the boom foot pin, and a regulation plate for selectively regulating sliding of the slide plate or movement of the boom foot pin at a predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2007Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuyuki Miyazaki
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Patent number: 7565982Abstract: A boom hoisting device comprising a mast having a pivotable front end portion connected to a front end portion of a boom through a guy line, a mast-side spreader provided at the front end portion of the mast, a frame-side spreader removably mounted to an upper rotating body and with a hoisting rope being stretched between and spread on both mast-side spreader and frame-side spreader, and a hoisting winch adapted to unwind and wind the hoisting rope to raise and lower the mast and the boom, the hoisting winch being mounted to the mast so that the mast and the hoisting winch are together removed from the upper rotating body by separation of a base end portion of the mast from the upper rotating body.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2007Date of Patent: July 28, 2009Assignee: Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Kurotsu, Osamu Todo, Kazuyuki Miyazaki
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Patent number: 7419064Abstract: At an inner circumference side of a lower ring and an upper ring, flange pars are formed respectively, and a ring-shaped clamp device is arranged at the inner circumference side, and separated at four points, into a front side, back side, left side, and right side, and divided into four divided clamps. At the separation points of front and back sides, the left and right divided clamps are rotatably connected with each other, and at the separation points of left and right sides, the front and back divided clamps are connected to cylinders respectively. By the extension/contraction operation, the front and back clamps move between joint and separation positions, and if the front and back clamps position at the joint points, predetermined spaces are formed between the divided clamps. Lock blocks to be inserted into the spaces for regulating return of the divided clamps to the separation positions are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2007Date of Patent: September 2, 2008Assignee: Kobelco Cranes Co., LtdInventors: Kazuyuki Miyazaki, Mitsuo Kakeya
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Publication number: 20080093321Abstract: A bifurcated connection portion is formed on one of an upper rotating body and a boom foot, a flat plate connection portion inserted into the bifurcated connection portion is formed on the other, and pin holes are provided in both the connection portions. A boom foot pin attachment and detachment apparatus is to insert a boom foot pin into both the pin holes aligned, and provided with a cylinder bracket attached to an inner piece of the bifurcated connection portion enabling the boom foot pin to move between an insertion position inside the pin holes and a pull out position outside the pin holes, a slide plate slidably provided on the cylinder bracket, a hydraulic cylinder attached to the plate with a piston rod thereof connected to the boom foot pin, and a regulation plate for selectively regulating sliding of the slide plate or movement of the boom foot pin at a predetermined time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuyuki Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20070256999Abstract: A boom hoisting device comprising a mast having a pivotable front end portion connected to a front end portion of a boom through a guy line, a mast-side spreader provided at the front end portion of the mast, a frame-side spreader removably mounted to an upper rotating body and with a hoisting rope being stretched between and spread on both mast-side spreader and frame-side spreader, and a hoisting winch adapted to unwind and wind the hoisting rope to raise and lower the mast and the boom, the hoisting winch being mounted to the mast so that the mast and the hoisting winch are together removed from the upper rotating body by separation of a base end portion of the mast from the upper rotating body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2007Publication date: November 8, 2007Applicant: Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Kurotsu, Osamu Todo, Kazuyuki Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20070207663Abstract: At an inner circumference side of a lower ring and an upper ring, flange pars are formed respectively, and a ring-shaped clamp device is arranged at the inner circumference side, and separated at four points, into a front side, back side, left side, and right side, and divided into four divided clamps. At the separation points of front and back sides, the left and right divided clamps are rotatably connected with each other, and at the separation points of left and right sides, the front and back divided clamps are connected to cylinders respectively. By the extension/contraction operation, the front and back clamps move between joint and separation positions, and if the front and back clamps position at the joint points, predetermined spaces are formed between the divided clamps. Lock blocks to be inserted into the spaces for regulating return of the divided clamps to the separation positions are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2007Publication date: September 6, 2007Applicant: Kobelco Cranes Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuyuki Miyazaki, Mitsuo Kakeya
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Patent number: 6871427Abstract: The construction machine according to the present invention comprises a lower running body, an upper turning body mounted free to turn on the lower running body, and a connecting bracket arranged between the rear end of a turning frame of the upper turning body and a rear device arranged on the rear end side, characterized in that the connecting bracket is provided with a connecting portion connected detachably to the rear end of the turning frame, and a mounting portion for detachably mounting the rear device such as a counterweight elevating device. Thereby, the construction machine can be applied to multi-purpose uses while using the frame construction in common.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2002Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Muta, Kazuyuki Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20030085043Abstract: The construction machine according to the present invention comprises a lower running body, an upper turning body mounted free to turn on the lower running body, and a connecting bracket arranged between the rear end of a turning frame of the upper turning body and a rear device arranged on the rear end side, characterized in that the connecting bracket is provided with a connecting portion connected detachably to the rear end of the turning frame, and a mounting portion for detachably mounting the rear device such as a counterweight elevating device. Thereby, the construction machine can be applied to multi-purpose uses while using the frame construction in common.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTDInventors: Shigeru Muta, Kazuyuki Miyazaki