Patents by Inventor Keigo Kikuchi
Keigo Kikuchi 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: 11917899Abstract: An arylamine-fluorene alternating copolymer having a structural unit (A) is represented by Chemical Formula (1): wherein Chemical Formula (1) is the same as described in the detailed description.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masashi Tsuji, Takahiro Fujiyama, Yusaku Konishi, Dae Young Chung, Fumiaki Kato, Jaejun Chang, Keigo Furuta, Takao Motoyama, Eun Joo Jang, Hyo Sook Jang, Tae Ho Kim, Tomoyuki Kikuchi, Yuho Won
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Patent number: 10704223Abstract: Provided is a work vehicle which is capable of appropriately setting the height of a work tool as a control threshold value for a ride control device or an automatic transmission control device, and which is excellent in operability, travel stability, and work efficiency. A value detected by an angle sensor (39) when a signal import switch (46) is operated by an operator is stored in a height position storage unit (35b) of a main controller (35) as height position information about a bucket (13) for excavation work. In the height position storage unit (35b), the height position of the bucket (13) for hauling work and the height position of the bucket (13) for loading work are stored in advance as offset values from the height position information about the bucket (13) for excavation work. In this way, the ride control device or the automatic transmission control device can be appropriately controlled regardless of the preference or habit of the operator.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Isamu Aoki, Koji Hyodo, Tetsuji Tanaka, Keigo Kikuchi
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Patent number: 10392781Abstract: To improve working efficiency in an eco mode when a power mode and the eco mode have been set in a wheel loader, the wheel loader is provided with a controller having an eco mode characteristic line, a power mode characteristic line, and a lifting operation characteristic line having a matching point C located between a matching point A between a working device operating engine torque characteristic line and the eco mode characteristic line and a matching point B between the working device operating engine torque characteristic line and the power mode characteristic line. The controller includes a control portion, which controls a HST pump in accordance with the lifting operation characteristic line when lifting operation of a lift arm is detected while the eco mode has been selected by a work mode selecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: KCM CorporationInventors: Kohtaroh Uno, Shoroku Kawahara, Keigo Kikuchi, Koji Hyodo, Atsushi Shimazu
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Publication number: 20190226179Abstract: To improve working efficiency in an eco mode when a power mode and the eco mode have been set in a wheel loader, the wheel loader is provided with a controller having an eco mode characteristic line, a power mode characteristic line, and a lifting operation characteristic line having a matching point C located between a matching point A between a working device operating engine torque characteristic line and the eco mode characteristic line and a matching point B between the working device operating engine torque characteristic line and the power mode characteristic line. The controller includes a control portion, which controls a HST pump in accordance with the lifting operation characteristic line when lifting operation of a lift arm is detected while the eco mode has been selected by a work mode selecting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: KCM CorporationInventors: Kohtaroh UNO, Shoroku KAWAHARA, Keigo KIKUCHI, Koji HYODO, Atsushi SHIMAZU
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Patent number: 10066364Abstract: A construction machine includes: a cover that covers an engine and a radiator; a radiator fan that is arranged at the rear of a vehicle body frame and discharges exhaust gas toward the rear of the vehicle body frame from the inner space of the cover; an injection device that injects a reducing agent into exhaust gas of the engine; a tank housing section that is arranged at one side of the vehicle body frame, includes an introduction section for introducing outside air, and houses a tank for storing the reducing agent injected by the injection device; and a connection section that is arranged in either the cover or the vehicle body frame and in the tank housing section, connects the inner space of the tank housing section and the inner space of the cover, and allows the outside air and the pipe to pass therethrough, the outside air having been introduced from the introduction section by the suction pressure of the radiator fan, the pipe supplying the reducing agent to the injection device.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: KCM CorporationInventors: Yasuo Yamazaki, Takashi Takeyama, Keigo Kikuchi, Akira Shimohira, Keisuke Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9957695Abstract: An exhaust system of a work machine is equipped with a first exhaust system, a second exhaust system, and a third exhaust system. The first exhaust system and the third exhaust system are arranged to be in parallel with respective one ends directed in the same direction. In a plan view, the second exhaust system is arranged with the other end side directed in the same direction as the one end sides of the first exhaust system and the third exhaust system to be in parallel with the first exhaust system and the third exhaust system between the first exhaust system and the third exhaust system and, in a side view, is arranged above the first exhaust system and the third exhaust system.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: KCM CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Takeyama, Keigo Kikuchi, Katsutaka Hara, Masashi Yamashita
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Publication number: 20170284060Abstract: A construction machine includes: a cover that covers an engine and a radiator; a radiator fan that is arranged at the rear of a vehicle body frame and discharges exhaust gas toward the rear of the vehicle body frame from the inner space of the cover; an injection device that injects a reducing agent into exhaust gas of the engine; a tank housing section that is arranged at one side of the vehicle body frame, includes an introduction section for introducing outside air, and houses a tank for storing the reducing agent injected by the injection device; and a connection section that is arranged in either the cover or the vehicle body frame and in the tank housing section, connects the inner space of the tank housing section and the inner space of the cover, and allows the outside air and the pipe to pass therethrough, the outside air having been introduced from the introduction section by the suction pressure of the radiator fan, the pipe supplying the reducing agent to the injection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: KCM CorporationInventors: Yasuo YAMAZAKI, Takashi TAKEYAMA, Keigo KIKUCHI, Akira SHIMOHIRA, Keisuke KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170284059Abstract: An exhaust system of a work machine is equipped with a first exhaust system, a second exhaust system, and a third exhaust system. The first exhaust system and the third exhaust system are arranged to be in parallel with respective one ends directed in the same direction. In a plan view, the second exhaust system is arranged with the other end side directed in the same direction as the one end sides of the first exhaust system and the third exhaust system to be in parallel with the first exhaust system and the third exhaust system between the first exhaust system and the third exhaust system and, in a side view, is arranged above the first exhaust system and the third exhaust system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: KCM CorporationInventors: Takashi TAKEYAMA, Keigo KIKUCHI, Katsutaka HARA, Masashi YAMASHITA
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Patent number: 9683349Abstract: A work vehicle equipped with an HST traveling drive device, includes: an operation quantity detector that detects an operation quantity representing an extent to which an accelerator pedal is operated; a rotation rate detector that detects an actual rotation rate at a prime mover; a requested rotation rate calculation unit that calculates a requested rotation rate for the prime mover based upon the operation quantity detected by the operation quantity detector; and a prime mover control unit that controls the actual rotation rate based upon the requested rotation rate calculated by the requested rotation rate calculation unit. When the requested rotation rate is higher than a predetermined value, the requested rotation rate calculation unit calculates a rate of acceleration for the requested rotation rate based upon a difference between the requested and the actual rotation rate detected by the rotation rate detector and calculates the requested rotation rate based upon the calculated rate of acceleration.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: KCM CorporationInventors: Isamu Aoki, Keigo Kikuchi, Tetsuji Tanaka, Kentaro Oomae
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Publication number: 20170073923Abstract: Provided is a work vehicle which is capable of appropriately setting the height of a work tool as a control threshold value for a ride control device or an automatic transmission control device, and which is excellent in operability, travel stability, and work efficiency. A value detected by an angle sensor (39) when a signal import switch (46) is operated by an operator is stored in a height position storage unit (35b) of a main controller (35) as height position information about a bucket (13) for excavation work. In the height position storage unit (35b), the height position of the bucket (13) for hauling work and the height position of the bucket (13) for loading work are stored in advance as offset values from the height position information about the bucket (13) for excavation work. In this way, the ride control device or the automatic transmission control device can be appropriately controlled regardless of the preference or habit of the operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Isamu AOKI, Koji HYODO, Tetsuji TANAKA, Keigo KIKUCHI
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Patent number: 9523315Abstract: An engine control device for work vehicle includes: a target rotation speed setting unit that sets a target rotation speed of an engine corresponding to an operation amount of an accelerator pedal; a rotation speed control unit that controls a rotation speed of the engine according to the target rotation speed; a travel driving unit that transmits rotation of the engine to wheels via a torque converter; a speed ratio detection unit that detects a speed ratio between an input shaft and an output shaft of the torque converter; and a target rotation speed correction unit that corrects the target rotation speed set by the target rotation speed setting unit so as to increase the target rotation speed based on the speed ratio when the operation amount of the accelerator pedal is smaller than a predetermined value and the speed ratio detected by the speed ratio detection unit is smaller than a predetermined value within a range which is equal to or greater than 0 and less than 1.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: KCM CorporationInventors: Koji Hyodo, Isamu Aoki, Tetsuji Tanaka, Keigo Kikuchi
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Patent number: 9511759Abstract: A clutch control device for a work vehicle includes a determination unit that determines as to whether or not a clutch cutoff condition has been established based upon whether or not the accelerator pedal is being operated, as determined by the accelerator pedal operation determination unit, the vehicle speed of the work vehicle detected by the vehicle speed detection unit and the braking force of the work vehicle detected by the braking force detection unit; and a clutch control unit that controls engagement/release of a clutch so as to release the clutch when the determination unit determines that the clutch cutoff condition has been established.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: KCM CorporationInventors: Koji Hyodo, Tetsuji Tanaka, Isamu Aoki, Keigo Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20160326720Abstract: Provided is a wheel loader having an HST type driving system. In order to make it possible to improve working efficiency in an eco mode when a power mode and the eco mode have been set in the wheel loader, the wheel loader is provided with a controller 18 which has an eco mode characteristic line 31, a power mode characteristic line 32, and a lifting operation characteristic line 34 having a matching point C located between a matching point A between a working device operating engine torque characteristic line 30 and the eco mode characteristic line 31 and a matching point B between the working device operating engine torque characteristic line 30 and the power mode characteristic line 32. The controller 18 includes a control portion which controls an HST pump 11 in accordance with the lifting operation characteristic line 34 when lifting operation of a lift arm 4 is detected in the condition that the eco mode has been selected by a work mode selecting portion 22.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2014Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kohtaroh UNO, Shoroku KAWAHARA, Keigo KIKUCHI, Koji HYODO, Atsushi SHIMAZU
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Patent number: 9458758Abstract: A cooling fan control unit, in response to an operation performed at the rotation direction selector switch to select a reverse rotation setting while the cooling fan is rotating forward, lowers a relief pressure setting at the variable relief valve to a predetermined lower limit value over a predetermined length of time, and once the discharge pressure at the hydraulic pump detected by the pressure sensor is lowered to a predetermined switch-over pressure, executes control so as to switch the direction of flow of pressure oil to the hydraulic motor to the reverse direction by switching the direction switching valve and raises the relief pressure setting at the variable relief valve to a reverse rotation pressure setting, at which the hydraulic motor rotates in the reverse direction, over a predetermined length of time.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: KCM CorporationInventors: Koji Hyodo, Atsushi Shimazu, Isamu Aoki, Tetsuji Tanaka, Keigo Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20160201294Abstract: A work vehicle equipped with an HST traveling drive device, includes: an operation quantity detector that detects an operation quantity representing an extent to which an accelerator pedal is operated; a rotation rate detector that detects an actual rotation rate at a prime mover; a requested rotation rate calculation unit that calculates a requested rotation rate for the prime mover based upon the operation quantity detected by the operation quantity detector; and a prime mover control unit that controls the actual rotation rate based upon the requested rotation rate calculated by the requested rotation rate calculation unit. When the requested rotation rate is higher than a predetermined value, the requested rotation rate calculation unit calculates a rate of acceleration for the requested rotation rate based upon a difference between the requested and the actual rotation rate detected by the rotation rate detector and calculates the requested rotation rate based upon the calculated rate of acceleration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Isamu AOKI, Keigo KIKUCHI, Tetsuji TANAKA, Kentaro OOMAE
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Patent number: 9383002Abstract: To provide a travel control device for a working vehicle, including a speed change lever that is applicable even when a transmission in which speed stages are set to be larger by one stage is applied, the travel control device comprises a switching device (41) that switches speed changed by a transmission (3) either manually or automatically, a speed stage selecting device (30b) that selects a speed stage out of a plurality of speed stages of the transmission (3), and a first speed selecting device (40) that changes the speed stage manually down to a first speed separately from the speed stage selecting device (30b), regardless of a switching state of the switching device (41), wherein the speed stage selecting device (30b) selects the speed stages including a second speed or more but excluding the first speed, and a control device (10) is further provided, which controls the transmission (3) based on instructions sent from the switching device (41), the speed stage selecting device (30b), and the first speedType: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuji Tanaka, Masaki Yoshikawa, Nobuyuki Hidaka, Isamu Aoki, Keigo Kikuchi
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Patent number: 9255386Abstract: A construction machine includes a condenser 24 for cooling refrigerant for an air conditioner; a fan 21 for cooling the condenser 24 by using forward cooling air produced during normal-rotation drive; other cooled objects such as a radiator 25 and the like disposed under the lee of the forward cooling air with respect to the condenser 24; a refrigerant pressure detector 27 for detecting the pressure of the refrigerant flowing in the condenser 24; and a controller 136 for executing reverse-rotation stop processing for returning the fan 21 to the normal-rotation drive when the pressure P of the air conditioner refrigerant detected by the refrigerant pressure detector 27 reaches a preset normal-rotation return pressure P1 during reverse-rotation drive of the fan 21. Thus, the lowering of the cooling effect of an air conditioner can be suppressed while reducing the burden of cleaning an engine room.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Keigo Kikuchi, Koji Hyodo, Isamu Aoki, Tetsuji Tanaka
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Publication number: 20150226316Abstract: To provide a travel control device for a working vehicle, including a speed change lever that is applicable even when a transmission in which speed stages are set to be larger by one stage is applied, the travel control device comprises a switching device (41) that switches speed changed by a transmission (3) either manually or automatically, a speed stage selecting device (30b) that selects a speed stage out of a plurality of speed stages of the transmission (3), and a first speed selecting device (40) that changes the speed stage manually down to a first speed separately from the speed stage selecting device (30b), regardless of a switching state of the switching device (41), wherein the speed stage selecting device (30b) selects the speed stages including a second speed or more but excluding the first speed, and a control device (10) is further provided, which controls the transmission (3) based on instructions sent from the switching device (41), the speed stage selecting device (30b), and the first speedType: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: August 13, 2015Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuji Tanaka, Masaki Yoshikawa, Nobuyuki Hidaka, Isamu Aoki, Keigo Kikuchi
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Patent number: 9043099Abstract: When a vehicle speed of a wheel loader (1) is determined to be not higher than a reference value (Yes) in step S4 and a forward/reverse command switch (40) is determined to have been switchingly operated (Yes) in step S5, the routine advances to step S6 where an increment ?N of engine speed according to an engine load factor is determined. In step S7, the increment ?N of engine speed is then added to a target engine speed Na corresponding to a depression stroke of an accelerator pedal (38), the thus-determined Na=Na+?N is set as a new target engine speed Na, and a target engine speed command i1 is sent to an engine controller (37).Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuji Tanaka, Koji Hyodo, Isamu Aoki, Keigo Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20140379243Abstract: An engine control device for work vehicle includes: a target rotation speed setting unit that sets a target rotation speed of an engine corresponding to an operation amount of an accelerator pedal; a rotation speed control unit that controls a rotation speed of the engine according to the target rotation speed; a travel driving unit that transmits rotation of the engine to wheels via a torque converter; a speed ratio detection unit that detects a speed ratio between an input shaft and an output shaft of the torque converter; and a target rotation speed correction unit that corrects the target rotation speed set by the target rotation speed setting unit so as to increase the target rotation speed based on the speed ratio when the operation amount of the accelerator pedal is smaller than a predetermined value and the speed ratio detected by the speed ratio detection unit is smaller than a predetermined value within a range which is equal to or greater than 0 and less than 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Isamu Aoki, Tetsuji Tanaka, Keigo Kikuchi