Patents by Inventor Kimikage TANAKA

Kimikage TANAKA 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).

  • SYSTEMS, ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS FOR LOCKING CAB TO MAIN BODY OF WORK MACHINE
    Publication number: 20230081006
    Abstract: A work machine comprises a main body, a cab riser, and a shaft. The cab riser includes a cab and a frame, the cab being uprightly positioned on the work machine in a first position, and being tilted forward in a second position, and the frame comprising a first plate to contact a second plate provided on the main body in the first position. The cab riser is rotatable about the shaft in clockwise and counterclockwise directions to and from the first position and the second position. The first plate and the second plate can be clamped together by a clamping assembly in the first position, the clamping assembly including one or more clamps to clamp the first plate and the second plate, and the clamping assembly is mounted on the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Tetsuji TAKAOKA, Masaya YORIFUJI, Tomohiro FUJII, Kimikage TANAKA, Kazumasa MATSUMURA, Takeshi TSUNEYOSHI, Takayuki NAITO, Tetsuo NISHIGUCHI, Kunitomo SHIMIZU, Eiji AKAHANE, Shuji KIDOGUCHI
  • Construction machine
    Patent number: 9650757
    Abstract: A construction machine includes a substantially vertical firewall located in front of an engine, which is mounted to a main swing frame of the machine. The firewall may include a plurality of partition plates, and a plurality of elastically deformable protruding plates connected along lower ends of the partition plates. A lateral plate connected to a bottom plate of the swing frame may be fitted between the elastically deformable protruding plates and the lower ends of the partition plates to fix the lower ends of the partition plates to the main swing frame of the machine. The lateral plate may be located in front of a lower part of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventor: Kimikage Tanaka
  • CONSTRUCTION MACHINE
    Publication number: 20160265190
    Abstract: A construction machine includes a substantially vertical firewall located in front of an engine, which is mounted to a main swing frame of the machine. The firewall may include a plurality of partition plates, and a plurality of elastically deformable protruding plates connected along lower ends of the partition plates. A lateral plate connected to a bottom plate of the swing frame may be fitted between the elastically deformable protruding plates and the lower ends of the partition plates to fix the lower ends of the partition plates to the main swing frame of the machine. The lateral plate may be located in front of a lower part of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventor: Kimikage TANAKA
  • Traveling machine for power shovels
    Patent number: D912098
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Kimikage Tanaka, Shinpei Araki, Shuji Kidoguchi
  • Traveling machine for power shovels
    Patent number: D931907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Kimikage Tanaka, Shinpei Araki, Shuji Kidoguchi