Patents by Inventor Kiyotaka Ninomiya

Kiyotaka Ninomiya 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: 11879234
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a work implement including a boom attached to the vehicle body and an attachment attached to a tip end part of the boom, a first actuator configured to rotate the boom up and down, and a controller configured to execute an automatic lowering control in order to automatically rotate and lower the boom. The controller is further configured to set the first actuator to a floating state when it is detected that the attachment has reached a predetermined position during an execution of the automatic lowering control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takahisa Oasa, Kiyotaka Ninomiya
  • Patent number: 11808006
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a work implement including an attachment, an operating device and a controller. The operating device can be operated to a dump side and a tilt side to cause the attachment to dump and tilt. The controller executes an automatic drive control in which the attachment is caused to dump as far as a predetermined dumping position when the operating device is operated by a first dump operation amount or greater to the dump side, or to tilt as far as a predetermined tilt position when the operating device is operated by a first tilt operation amount or greater to the tilt side. The controller disables the automatic drive control when a switching time period required for the operating device to be switched between the tilt and dump sides is at least a predetermined disabling time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takahisa Oasa, Kiyotaka Ninomiya
  • Publication number: 20230098551
    Abstract: A coupler cylinder is driven between a locked state and an unlocked state of a bucket by being supplied with hydraulic oil. A main pump supplies the hydraulic oil to the coupler cylinder. A pressure increasing valve controls the supply of the hydraulic oil to the coupler cylinder. A controller controls drive of the pressure increasing valve. The controller instructs the pressure increasing valve to stop the supply of the hydraulic oil to the coupler cylinder based on pressure in an oil passage between the main pump and the coupler cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka NINOMIYA, Koji SATO, Takuya HIGASHIURA, Yuji FUKUDA, Akihiro KOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210285182
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a work implement including an attachment, an operating device and a controller. The operating device can be operated to a dump side and a tilt side to cause the attachment to dump and tilt. The controller executes an automatic drive control in which the attachment is caused to dump as far as a predetermined dumping position when the operating device is operated by a first dump operation amount or greater to the dump side, or to tilt as far as a predetermined tilt position when the operating device is operated by a first tilt operation amount or greater to the tilt side. The controller disables the automatic drive control when a switching time period required for the operating device to be switched between the tilt and dump sides is at least a predetermined disabling time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Takahisa OASA, Kiyotaka NINOMIYA
  • Patent number: 11066810
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a work implement attached to the vehicle body, an operating device configured to operate the work implement, a controller configured to drive the work implement at a driving speed corresponding to an operation amount of the operating device, and an input device. The controller is further configured to execute an automatic drive control in order to automatically drive the work implement as far as a predetermined position at a driving speed set in response to an operation amount of the operating device when the controller has received an input from the input device while the operating device is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Ninomiya, Takahisa Oasa
  • Publication number: 20200157772
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a work implement attached to the vehicle body, an operating device configured to operate the work implement, a controller configured to drive the work implement at a driving speed corresponding to an operation amount of the operating device, and an input device. The controller is further configured to execute an automatic drive control in order to automatically drive the work implement as far as a predetermined position at a driving speed set in response to an operation amount of the operating device when the controller has received an input from the input device while the operating device is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyotaka NINOMIYA, Takahisa OASA
  • Publication number: 20200056354
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a work implement including a boom attached to the vehicle body and an attachment attached to a tip end part of the boom, a first actuator configured to rotate the boom up and down, and a controller configured to execute an automatic lowering control in order to automatically rotate and lower the boom. The controller is further configured to set the first actuator to a floating state when it is detected that the attachment has reached a predetermined position during an execution of the automatic lowering control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Takahisa OASA, Kiyotaka NINOMIYA
  • Patent number: 8379173
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a front face plate having a first section, a second section, and a third section is disclosed. The first section has a light transmissive section and the second section being a light shielding section. The third section may be arranged between the first section and the second section. The third section has a transmittance value which is lower than that of the first section and higher than that of the second section. A method for forming a front face plate assembly of a liquid crystal display device, which may include a front face plate, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisanori Tsuboi, Hiroaki Fujii, Soya Araki, Ryoichi Teramoto, Takeshi Sakuma, Kiyotaka Ninomiya, Norio Uda
  • Publication number: 20110134378
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with a front face plate having a first section, a second section, and a third section is disclosed. The first section has a light transmissive section and the second section being a light shielding section. The third section may be arranged between the first section and the second section. The third section has a transmittance value which is lower than that of the first section and higher than that of the second section. A method for forming a front face plate assembly of a liquid crystal display device, which may include a front face plate, is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hisanori Tsuboi, Hiroaki Fujii, Soya Araki, Ryoichi Teramoto, Takeshi Sakuma, Kiyotaka Ninomiya, Norio Uda