Patents by Inventor Kenji Misuda

Kenji Misuda 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: 6851485
    Abstract: A circle structure of a motor grader excellent in durability at low maintenance cost. For this purpose, the circle structure includes a drawbar (105), at least one guide shoe (213) attached to the drawbar, an integrated ring-shaped circle gear (211) rotatably supported by the guide shoe, a plurality of circle gear mounting bolts (215) placed at equal pitches on a mounting pitch circle of the circle gear, and a circle (104) which is mounted to the circle gear by the circle gear mounting bolts and rotatable with respect to the drawbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Maeda, Kenji Misuda
  • Publication number: 20040149463
    Abstract: A circle structure of a motor grader excellent in durability at low maintenance cost. For this purpose, the circle structure includes a drawbar (105), at least one guide shoe (213) attached to the drawbar, an integrated ring-shaped circle gear (211) rotatably supported by the guide shoe, a plurality of circle gear mounting bolts (215) placed at equal pitches on a mounting pitch circle of the circle gear, and a circle (104) which is mounted to the circle gear by the circle gear mounting bolts and rotatable with respect to the drawbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Maeda, Kenji Misuda
  • Patent number: 5184932
    Abstract: A linkage mechanism of a work implement installed in a loading vehicle such as a shovel-loader or the like, which is adapted to vertically move a bucket as held in a horizontal state without operating tilt-cylinder, while preserving the function of the Z-bar linkage in the prior art; in which linkage mechanism, when the distance from a pivotable support point (A) between a bucket (3) and a lift arm (1) to a pivotable support point (B) between the lift arm (1) and a bellcrank (5) is represented by (X) and the distance from the above-mentioned pivotable support point (B) to a pivotable support point (O) between the lift arm (1) and a vehicle body (9) is represented by (Y), they are preset so as to fulfil Y/X=.alpha., and also, first and second triangles (.DELTA.ABC, .DELTA.OBE) formed by the liftarm (1) and the bellcrank (5) on the vehicle body side and on the bucket side, as well as a third triangle (.DELTA.ADC) formed by a tilt rod (6) and the bucket (3) and a fourth triangle (.DELTA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1993
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho, Komatsu Mec Corp.
    Inventors: Kenji Misuda, Norihito Bando