Patents by Inventor Kensuke OKABE
Kensuke OKABE 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: 11951876Abstract: A multipurpose work vehicle according to one or more embodiments of the present invention includes a driver's seat at the center of a vehicle body in the left-right direction of the vehicle body; and an occupant's seat to the left or right of the driver's seat in the left-right direction of the vehicle body, wherein the occupant's seat is offset rearwardly relative to the driver's seat.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Kensuke Okabe, Kohta Nakao, Yusuke Endo
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Patent number: 11724586Abstract: A work vehicle includes an engine (11); a traveling device (1, 2) capable of traveling on the ground; a power transmission device (13) that transmits driving power of the engine (11) to the traveling device (1, 2) with a work oil; a cooling device (15) for cooling the engine (11) with a cooling fluid; a storage unit (17) having a first storage space (17A) for storing the work oil and a second storage space (17B) for storing the cooling fluid.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Kensuke Okabe, Kohta Nakao, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Yusuke Endo, Toshifumi Yasuda
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Patent number: 11660958Abstract: A multipurpose vehicle includes a stepless speed changer which is provided at one of lateral sides of a vehicle body with respect to an engine and a traveling transmission, an engine output shaft projected from the engine toward the stepless speed changer along a lateral direction of the vehicle body, a speed changer input shaft projected from the stepless speed changer toward the engine along the lateral direction of the vehicle body, and a first gear transmission mechanism provided between and across the engine output shaft and the speed changer input shaft and transmitting power of the engine output shaft to the speed changer input shaft. The multipurpose vehicle further has a PTO section provided at the side of the stepless speed changer with respect to the engine and forwardly of the stepless speed changer, the PTO section being operably connected to the engine output shaft via a second gear transmission mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Toshifumi Yasuda, Takashi Kuramoto, Kensuke Okabe, Hiroshi Takagi
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Patent number: 11560052Abstract: A multipurpose vehicle includes an engine, a travel transmission device, a continuously variable transmission device, and a spacer housing capable of becoming attached to and detached from the engine, the continuously variable transmission device, and the travel transmission device. The spacer housing contains an engine output shaft, a transmission device input shaft of the continuously variable transmission device, a first connecting portion connecting the engine output shaft with the transmission device input shaft in an interlocking manner, a transmission device output shaft of the continuously variable transmission device, a transmission input shaft of the travel transmission device, and a second connecting portion connecting the transmission device output shaft with the transmission input shaft in an interlocking manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Toshifumi Yasuda, Takashi Kuramoto, Kensuke Okabe, Hiroshi Takagi
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Publication number: 20220371674Abstract: A two-seater off-road vehicle includes a travel vehicle body that is supported on the ground by a front wheel unit and a rear wheel unit, and a boarding part disposed above a vehicle body frame included in the travel vehicle body. The boarding part includes: a driver seat; a steering operation tool in front of the driver seat; and a passenger seat of a saddle seat type behind the driver seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Inventor: Kensuke Okabe
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Publication number: 20220105794Abstract: A work vehicle includes an engine (11); a traveling device (1, 2) capable of traveling on the ground; a power transmission device (13) that transmits driving power of the engine (11) to the traveling device (1, 2) with a work oil; a cooling device (15) for cooling the engine (11) with a cooling fluid; a storage unit (17) having a first storage space (17A) for storing the work oil and a second storage space (17B) for storing the cooling fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Kensuke Okabe, Kohta Nakao, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Yusuke Endo, Toshifumi Yasuda
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Patent number: 11059367Abstract: A work vehicle is disclosed that includes an elastic support mechanism for supporting an exhaust muffler. The elastic support mechanism includes a support platform member, elastic cylindrical members and a bar-shaped member. The support platform member is supported by a rear-linking frame bar to adjust a position of the support platform member along one of lateral and longitudinal directions of the body frame. An elastic cylindrical member is supported by one of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler. The elastic cylindrical member has an axis extending along the other of the lateral and longitudinal directions, and is supported at a single position, in a direction of the axis, of one of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler. A bar-shaped member supported by the other of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler is fitted into the elastic cylindrical member to be supported by the elastic cylindrical member.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Oyama, Kimihiro Kai, Hiroshi Takagi, Toshiki Ono, Kohta Nakao, Takafumi Komatsu, Kensuke Okabe, Yuki Nakaoka
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Publication number: 20210188083Abstract: A multipurpose vehicle includes a stepless speed changer which is provided at one of lateral sides of a vehicle body with respect to an engine and a traveling transmission, an engine output shaft projected from the engine toward the stepless speed changer along a lateral direction of the vehicle body, a speed changer input shaft projected from the stepless speed changer toward the engine along the lateral direction of the vehicle body, and a first gear transmission mechanism provided between and across the engine output shaft and the speed changer input shaft and transmitting power of the engine output shaft to the speed changer input shaft. The multipurpose vehicle further has a PTO section provided at the side of the stepless speed changer with respect to the engine and forwardly of the stepless speed changer, the PTO section being operably connected to the engine output shaft via a second gear transmission mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Toshifumi Yasuda, Takashi Kuramoto, Kensuke Okabe, Hiroshi Takagi
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Publication number: 20210170865Abstract: A multipurpose vehicle includes an engine, a travel transmission device, a continuously variable transmission device, and a spacer housing capable of becoming attached to and detached from the engine, the continuously variable transmission device, and the travel transmission device. The spacer housing contains an engine output shaft, a transmission device input shaft of the continuously variable transmission device, a first connecting portion connecting the engine output shaft with the transmission device input shaft in an interlocking manner, a transmission device output shaft of the continuously variable transmission device, a transmission input shaft of the travel transmission device, and a second connecting portion connecting the transmission device output shaft with the transmission input shaft in an interlocking manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Toshifumi Yasuda, Takashi Kuramoto, Kensuke Okabe, Hiroshi Takagi
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Publication number: 20210078449Abstract: A multipurpose work vehicle according to one or more embodiments of the present invention includes a driver's seat at the center of a vehicle body in the left-right direction of the vehicle body; and an occupant's seat to the left or right of the driver's seat in the left-right direction of the vehicle body, wherein the occupant's seat is offset rearwardly relative to the driver's seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Kensuke Okabe, Kohta Nakao, Yusuke Endo
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Patent number: 10457317Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle including a steering wheel arranged offset toward one side in a vehicle body right/left direction, and an electric power steering unit. The electric power steering unit includes a link mechanism operably connected to the steering wheel and extending from a right/left center side of the steering wheel toward a vehicle body right/left center side to be operably connected to a wheel side, an assist device for the link mechanism, a control lever arranged adjacent the vehicle body right/left center in the vicinity of the steering wheel, a rotation shaft operably connected to the control lever to be rotated about a right/left axis that extends in the vehicle body right/left direction, and a control cable operably connected to the rotation shaft. A base end portion of the control cable is more offset toward the one side than the assist device.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Takagi, Hiroki Bessho, Takafumi Komatsu, Kensuke Okabe, Takeshi Satozono
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Publication number: 20190270377Abstract: A work vehicle is disclosed that includes an elastic support mechanism for supporting an exhaust muffler. The elastic support mechanism includes a support platform member, an elastic cylindrical members and an bar-shaped member. The support platform member is supported by a rear-linking frame bar to adjust a position of the support platform member along one of lateral and longitudinal directions of the body frame. An elastic cylindrical member supported by one of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler. The elastic cylindrical member has an axis extending along the other of the lateral and longitudinal directions, and is supported at a single position, in a direction of the axis, of said one of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler. A bar-shaped member supported by the other of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler is fitted into the elastic cylindrical member to be supported by the elastic cylindrical member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Yoshinori Oyama, Kimihiro Kai, Hiroshi Takagi, Toshiki Ono, Kohta Nakao, Takafumi Komatsu, Kensuke Okabe, Yuki Nakaoka
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Patent number: 10343513Abstract: A work vehicle is disclosed that includes an elastic support mechanism for supporting an exhaust muffler. The elastic support mechanism includes a support platform member, an elastic cylindrical members and an bar-shaped member. The support platform member is supported by a rear-linking frame bar to adjust a position of the support platform member along one of lateral and longitudinal directions of the body frame. An elastic cylindrical member supported by one of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler. The elastic cylindrical member has an axis extending along the other of the lateral and longitudinal directions, and is supported at a single position, in a direction of the axis, of said one of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler. A bar-shaped member supported by the other of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler is fitted into the elastic cylindrical member to be supported by the elastic cylindrical member.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Oyama, Kimihiro Kai, Hiroshi Takagi, Toshiki Ono, Kohta Nakao, Takafumi Komatsu, Kensuke Okabe, Yuki Nakaoka
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Patent number: 10124659Abstract: Provided is a utility work vehicle including an engine section, a speed changer device and a belt type stepless speed changer device, a rear frame supporting the engine section, and a main frame supporting the rear frame. The rear frame includes right and left rear wheel supporting portions, each of which has a front supporting member and a rear supporting member extending upwards from the rear frame. The rear supporting member disposed on more rear side of the vehicle body than the belt type stepless speed changer device has its upper end connected to a rear frame portion of the main frame. The front supporting member is disposed on more laterally outer side of the vehicle body than the belt type stepless speed changer device. Between an upper end of the front supporting member and the rear frame portion, there is formed a space that allows attachment/detachment of a speed changer cover detachably attached to the belt type stepless speed changer device from a laterally outer side of the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroki Bessho, Kensuke Okabe, Taro Nakamura, Junichi Fujiwara, Toshiki Ono, Takafumi Komatsu
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Publication number: 20180154765Abstract: A work vehicle is disclosed that includes an elastic support mechanism for supporting an exhaust muffler. The elastic support mechanism includes a support platform member, an elastic cylindrical members and an bar-shaped member. The support platform member is supported by a rear-linking frame bar to adjust a position of the support platform member along one of lateral and longitudinal directions of the body frame. An elastic cylindrical member supported by one of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler. The elastic cylindrical member has an axis extending along the other of the lateral and longitudinal directions, and is supported at a single position, in a direction of the axis, of said one of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler. A bar-shaped member supported by the other of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler is fitted into the elastic cylindrical member to be supported by the elastic cylindrical member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Yoshinori Oyama, Kimihiro Kai, Hiroshi Takagi, Toshiki Ono, Kohta Nakao, Takafumi Komatsu, Kensuke Okabe, Yuki Nakaoka
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Publication number: 20180043926Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle including a steering wheel arranged offset toward one side in a vehicle body right/left direction, and an electric power steering unit. The electric power steering unit includes a link mechanism operably connected to the steering wheel and extending from a right/left center side of the steering wheel toward a vehicle body right/left center side to be operably connected to a wheel side, an assist device for the link mechanism, a control lever arranged adjacent the vehicle body right/left center in the vicinity of the steering wheel, a rotation shaft operably connected to the control lever to be rotated about a right/left axis that extends in the vehicle body right/left direction, and a control cable operably connected to the rotation shaft. A base end portion of the control cable is more offset toward the one side than the assist device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Hiroshi Takagi, Hiroki Bessho, Takafumi Komatsu, Kensuke Okabe, Takeshi Satozono
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Patent number: 9796406Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle including a steering wheel arranged offset toward one side in a vehicle body right/left direction, and an electric power steering unit. The electric power steering unit includes a link mechanism operably connected to the steering wheel and extending from a right/left center side of the steering wheel toward a vehicle body right/left center side to be operably connected to a wheel side, an assist device for the link mechanism, a control lever arranged adjacent the vehicle body right/left center in the vicinity of the steering wheel, a rotation shaft operably connected to the control lever to be rotated about a right/left axis that extends in the vehicle body right/left direction, and a control cable operably connected to the rotation shaft. A base end portion of the control cable is more offset toward the one side than the assist device.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Takagi, Hiroki Bessho, Takafumi Komatsu, Kensuke Okabe, Takeshi Satozono
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Patent number: 9789872Abstract: A work vehicle includes a travelling state determination unit capable of determining a travelling state of a travelling body, and a control unit that restricts, if it has been determined by the travelling state determination unit that the travelling body is in a reverse travelling state, an upper limit value of a target rotational speed of an engine that is based on an operation on an accelerator operation tool to be a lower value than in a case where it has been determined by the travelling state determination unit that the travelling body is in a forward travelling state.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignees: Kubota Corporation, Subaru CorporationInventors: Takeshi Satozono, Noriyasu Honjo, Jun Yoshida, Hiroki Bessho, Kensuke Okabe, Makoto Kuwatoh, Tatsuya Tsuji
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Publication number: 20170036544Abstract: A work vehicle includes a travelling state determination unit capable of determining a travelling state of a travelling body, and a control unit that restricts, if it has been determined by the travelling state determination unit that the travelling body is in a reverse travelling state, an upper limit value of a target rotational speed of an engine that is based on an operation on an accelerator operation tool to be a lower value than in a case where it has been determined by the travelling state determination unit that the travelling body is in a forward travelling state.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Takeshi Satozono, Noriyasu Honjo, Jun Yoshida, Hiroki Bessho, Kensuke Okabe, Makoto Kuwatoh, Tatsuya Tsuji
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Publication number: 20170001549Abstract: Provided is a utility work vehicle including an engine section, a speed changer device and a belt type stepless speed changer device, a rear frame supporting the engine section, and a main frame supporting the rear frame. The rear frame includes right and left rear wheel supporting portions, each of which has a front supporting member and a rear supporting member extending upwards from the rear frame. The rear supporting member disposed on more rear side of the vehicle body than the belt type stepless speed changer device has its upper end connected to a rear frame portion of the main frame. The front supporting member is disposed on more laterally outer side of the vehicle body than the belt type stepless speed changer device. Between an upper end of the front supporting member and the rear frame portion, there is formed a space that allows attachment/detachment of a speed changer cover detachably attached to the belt type stepless speed changer device from a laterally outer side of the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Hiroki Bessho, Kensuke Okabe, Taro Nakamura, Junichi Fujiwara, Toshiki Ono, Takafumi Komatsu