Patents by Inventor Kenjiro Shimada
Kenjiro Shimada 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: 8565985Abstract: A transmission control device includes a load increase rate computation portion and a transmission control portion. The load increase rate computation portion is configured to compute an increase rate of a load acting on the work vehicle. The transmission control portion is configured to shift a high-speed gear down to a low-speed gear with producing a lock-up state in which a lock-up clutch is engaged when the load increase rate is less than a load increase rate threshold in shifting the high-speed gear down to the low-speed gear, and producing a torque converter state in which the lock-up clutch is disengaged when the load increase rate is equal to or greater than the load increase rate threshold in shifting the high-speed gear down to the low-speed gear.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2008Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Nakagawa, Shigeru Yamamoto, Kenjiro Shimada
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Patent number: 8548691Abstract: A blade control system includes a first open ratio setting part for setting a first open ratio of a proportional control valve based on a difference angle between a blade angle and a slope angle; a second open ratio setting part for setting a second open ratio of the proportional control valve based on a difference load between a blade load and a target blade load; and a lift controlling part for controlling the proportional control valve in accordance with the second open ratio when the blade load is out of a predetermined load range and for controlling the proportional control valve in accordance with the first open ratio when the blade load is within the predetermined load range.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhiko Hayashi, Kenjiro Shimada, Kenji Okamoto
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Patent number: 8430216Abstract: A brake device lubrication device includes a lubricant supply unit and a control unit. The control unit includes a braking timer, a release timer and a storage unit. The control unit is configured to control the lubricant supply unit so as to supply a predetermined first supply amount of lubricant to a brake device when the brake device is in a braking state, to acquire a delay time corresponding to a braking time counted by the braking timer from a relationship of correspondence between the braking time and the delay time stored by the storage unit when the brake device is switched from the braking state to a released state, and to switch a supply amount of lubricant from the first supply amount to a second supply amount which is smaller than the first supply amount when the release time counted by the release timer reaches the acquired delay time.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Taneaki Fujino, Atsushi Sasada, Kenjiro Shimada
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Publication number: 20130090817Abstract: A blade system of the present invention includes: a blade angle calculating part configured to calculate sum of a forwardly tilting angle of a vehicle body with respect to a reference surface and a blade lifting angle of a lift frame with respect to a reference position; a difference angle calculating part configured to calculate a difference angle by subtracting a predetermined angle from the sum of the forwardly tilting angle and the blade lifting angle; an opening ratio setting part configured to set an opening ratio of a proportional control valve based on the difference angle; and a lift controlling part configured to control the proportional control valve in accordance with the opening ratio set by the opening ratio setting part until a predetermined period of time is elapsed after onset of dozing by a blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko HAYASHI, Kenjiro Shimada, Kenji Okamoto
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Publication number: 20130087350Abstract: A blade control system first open ratio setting part for setting a first open ratio of a proportional control valve based on a difference angle between a blade angle and a slope angle; a second open ratio setting part for setting a second open ratio of the proportional control valve based on a difference load between a blade load and a target blade load; and a lift controlling part for controlling the proportional control valve in accordance with the second open ratio when the blade load is out of a predetermined load range and for controlling the proportional control valve in accordance with the first open ratio when the blade load is within the predetermined load range.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: KAZUHIKO HAYASHI, KENJIRO SHIMADA, KENJI OKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20130087349Abstract: A blade control system of the present invention includes a determining part which is configured to determine whether or not a load acting on a blade exceeds a first threshold, and a tilt controlling part which is configured to supply a hydraulic oil to a tilt cylinder for causing the blade to perform a rightward tilt action and a leftward tilt action when the determining part determines that the load acting on the blade exceeds the first threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko HAYASHI, Kenjiro Shimada, Kenji Okamoto
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Publication number: 20130085645Abstract: A blade control system of the present invention includes an angle obtaining part, an open ratio setting part and a lift cylinder controlling part. The angle obtaining part is configured to obtain an angle of a lift frame with respect to a designed surface. The open ratio setting part is configured to set an open ratio based on the angle. The lift cylinder controlling part is configured to open a proportional control valve at the open ratio for elevating the blade when a distance between the designed surface and an edge of a blade is determined to be less than or equal to a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko HAYASHI, Kenjiro Shimada, Kenji Okamoto
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Publication number: 20130085644Abstract: A blade control system of the present invention includes a determining part which is configured to determine whether or not a distance between a designed surface and a cutting edge of a blade is less than or equal to a threshold to be determined based on a speed, and a lift cylinder controlling part which is configured to supply hydraulic oil to a lift cylinder for starting elevation of the blade when the determining part determines that the distance is less than or equal to the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko HAYASHI, Kenjiro Shimada, Kenji Okamoto
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Patent number: 8067537Abstract: A composition and a method effective in preventing or treating stomatitis are presented. The composition contains glutathione or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and/or orotic acid or a derivative thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2005Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignees: Kyowa Hakko Bio Co., Ltd., Emory UniversityInventors: Satoru Furukawa, Kenjiro Shimada, Dean Jones, Thomas Ziegler
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Publication number: 20110276236Abstract: An automatic transmission system for a bulldozer includes an automatic speed stage shifting section that switches among speed stages depending on a vehicle speed, a speed stage maintaining section that maintains a currently selected speed stage until a predetermined speed stage shifting disobedient time elapses after completion of a speed stage shifting while disobeying a switching instruction from the automatic speed stage shifting section, a load detecting section that detects a vehicle load, and a control restricting section that restricts a control processing of the maintaining section for causing it to obey the shifting section's instruction when the vehicle load is a predetermined load or greater even before the disobedient time elapses.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2010Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventor: Kenjiro Shimada
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Publication number: 20110251153Abstract: A prophylactic or therapeutic composition for hemoglobinuria or myoglobinuria which may occur in humans or animals upon loading of exercise or stress or the like is provided. According to the present invention, the prophylactic or therapeutic composition for hemoglobinuria or myoglobinuria which comprises a branched-chain amino acid such as valine, leucine or isoleucine or a salt thereof, a basic amino acid such as ornithine, arginine, lysine, histidine or citrulline or a salt thereof and glutamine or a salt thereof as active ingredients can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventors: Kenjiro Shimada, Tsuyoshi Tanioka
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Publication number: 20110214952Abstract: A brake device lubrication device includes a lubricant supply unit and a control unit. The control unit includes a braking timer, a release timer and a storage unit. The control unit is configured to control the lubricant supply unit so as to supply a predetermined first supply amount of lubricant to a brake device when the brake device is in a braking state, to acquire a delay time corresponding to a braking time counted by the braking timer from a relationship of correspondence between the braking time and the delay time stored by the storage unit when the brake device is switched from the braking state to a released state, and to switch a supply amount of lubricant from the first supply amount to a second supply amount which is smaller than the first supply amount when the release time counted by the release timer reaches the acquired delay time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Taneaki Fujino, Atsushi Sasada, Kenjiro Shimada
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Publication number: 20110040458Abstract: An engine output control system is for a work vehicle composed of an engine, a travel device and a power transmission unit, the power transmission unit including a torque converter and transmitting an output of the engine to the travel device via the torque converter. The engine output control system includes a speed ratio computation portion and an engine output reduction control portion. The speed ratio computation portion is configured and arranged to compute a speed ratio of the torque converter. The engine output reduction control portion is configured and arranged to reduce an output torque of the engine without changing a target speed of the engine when the computed speed ratio is equal to or less than a speed ratio threshold set in advance. The speed ratio threshold is a speed ratio at which a torque ratio of the torque converter is greater than a torque ratio corresponding to a maximum efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2008Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Nakagawa, Shigeru Yamamoto, Kenjiro Shimada
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Publication number: 20100256877Abstract: A transmission control device includes a load increase rate computation portion and a transmission control portion. The load increase rate computation portion is configured to compute an increase rate of a load acting on the work vehicle. The transmission control portion is configured to shift a high-speed gear down to a low-speed gear with producing a lock-up state in which a lock-up clutch is engaged when the load increase rate is less than a load increase rate threshold in shifting the high-speed gear down to the low-speed gear, and producing a torque converter state in which the lock-up clutch is disengaged when the load increase rate is equal to or greater than the load increase rate threshold in shifting the high-speed gear down to the low-speed gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2008Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Nakagawa, Shigeru Yamamoto, Kenjiro Shimada
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Publication number: 20090306208Abstract: A prophylactic or therapeutic composition for hemoglobinuria or myoglobinuria which may occur in humans or animals upon loading of exercise or stress or the like is provided. According to the present invention, the prophylactic or therapeutic composition for hemoglobinuria or myoglobinuria which comprises a branched-chain amino acid such as valine, leucine or isoleucine or a salt thereof, a basic amino acid such as ornithine, arginine, lysine, histidine or citrulline or a salt thereof and glutamine or a salt thereof as active ingredients can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2006Publication date: December 10, 2009Inventors: Kenjiro Shimada, Tsuyoshi Tanioka
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Publication number: 20080188546Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided a preventive or of preventing or therapeutic agent for decubitus comprising an N-acylated derivative of hydroxyproline or a salt thereof; the above preventive or therapeutic agent wherein the N-acylated derivative of hydroxyproline or a salt thereof is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 15% by weight to the total weight; and the preventive or therapeutic agent for decubitus wherein the N-acylated group of the N-acylated derivative of hydroxyproline is an N-acylated group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2008Publication date: August 7, 2008Inventors: Toshiaki Takeda, Kenjiro Shimada, Hideo Kawabe, Takeshi Shibasaki, Tomoya Takahashi
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Publication number: 20080102042Abstract: The present invention provides an oral composition which is effective for the prevention or treatment of periodontal disease such as gingivitis, periodontitis and alveolar pyorrhea. According to the present invention, there can be provided an oral composition such as a dentifrice, a mouthwash or a gingival massage cream which is effective for the prevention or treatment of periodontal disease, said composition comprising an N-acyl derivative of hydroxyproline such as an N-acetyl derivative, an N-propionyl derivative, an N-butyryl derivative or an N-isobutyryl derivative, or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2005Publication date: May 1, 2008Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenjiro Shimada, Toru Takahashi
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Publication number: 20070259024Abstract: A composition and a method effective in preventing or treating stomatitis are presented. The composition contains glutathione or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and/or orotic acid or a derivative thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2005Publication date: November 8, 2007Applicant: KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO., LTD>Inventors: Satoru Furukawa, Kenjiro Shimada, Dean Jones, Thomas Ziegler
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Publication number: 20060035957Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided a preventive or of preventing or therapeutic agent for decubitus comprising an N-acylated derivative of hydroxyproline or a salt thereof; the above preventive or therapeutic agent wherein the N-acylated derivative of hydroxyproline or a salt thereof is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 15% by weight to the total weight; and the preventive or therapeutic agent for decubitus wherein the N-acylated group of the N-acylated derivative of hydroxyproline is an N-acylated group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2003Publication date: February 16, 2006Inventors: Toshiaki Takeda, Kenjiro Shimada, Hideo Kawabe, Takeshi Shibasaki, Tomoya Takahashi
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Patent number: 6499577Abstract: Hydraulic pressure is controlled, which has such advantages that a generation of peak pressure (shoot pressure) can be lowered, mis-operation due to biting of particles can be reduced, or the cost thereof can be reduced. First, a large amount inflow command current is supplied to a proportional solenoid from a time point t1 to a time point t2. Consequentially, pilot pressure rises in a pilot pressure receiving chamber, so that a pressure control valve allows a large amount of hydraulic fluid to flow in a clutch or brake cylinder. At this time, potential detected by a pressure switch becomes zero level. Next, at the time point t2, a filling command small current is supplied to the proportional solenoid, thereby decreasing the amount of hydraulic fluid, which flows from an input port to an output port. This state is maintained from the time point t2 to a time point t3.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2001Date of Patent: December 31, 2002Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Kitamoto, Kaoru Hasegawa, Kenjiro Shimada