Patents by Inventor Kiyotsuna Kuchiki

Kiyotsuna Kuchiki 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: 10494038
    Abstract: The vibration of a cab deck as well as the mass of a deck supporting member is suppressed. A slewing frame of an upper slewing body includes a front plate connected to a second side plate. A cab deck is disposed on a front side of an engine deck with a gap between the cab deck and the engine deck. A deck supporting member is connected to the second side plate and the cab deck. When viewed along an up-and-down direction, a connection portion of the front plate to be connected to the second side plate is opposed to, in the lateral direction via the second side plate, a connection portion of the deck supporting member to be connected to the second side plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Irie, Takahiro Shinozaki, Yoshimune Mori, Masashi Kawabata, Kiyotsuna Kuchiki, Tomonori Nakashita, Masaya Nishizawa, Yasumasa Kimura, Eri Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190152532
    Abstract: The vibration of a cab deck as well as the mass of a deck supporting member is suppressed. A slewing frame 10 of an upper slewing body 1 includes a front plate 17 connected to a second side plate 15B. A cab deck 30 is disposed on a front side X1 of an engine deck 20 with a gap S between the cab deck 30 and the engine deck 20. A deck supporting member 40 is connected to the second side plate 15B and the cab deck 30. When viewed along an up-and-down direction Z, a connection portion of the front plate 17 to be connected to the second side plate 15B is opposed to, in the lateral direction Y via the second side plate 15B, a connection portion of the deck supporting member 40 to be connected to the second side plate 15B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi IRIE, Takahiro SHINOZAKI, Yoshimune MORI, Masashi KAWABATA, Kiyotsuna KUCHIKI, Tomonori NAKASHITA, Masaya NISHIZAWA, Yasumasa KIMURA, Eri WATANABE
  • Patent number: 10053159
    Abstract: A cabin support deck for supporting a cabin of a construction machine on the underside of the cabin includes a frame member and a mounting portion. The frame member includes a proximal segment at which the frame member is supported, a distal segment, a left side segment, and a right side segment. The distal segment has a first structure having a first lateral dimension. The proximal segment has a second structure having a second lateral dimension which is greater than the first lateral dimension. At least one of the proximal side sections of the left side segment and the right side segment has the second structure, and the other portions of the left side segment and the right side segment have the first structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Sakai, Tomonori Nakashita, Kiyotsuna Kuchiki
  • Patent number: 5999872
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a hydraulic excavator is capable of carrying out precise operations according to various kinds of classifications of works without requiring switching operations by an operator and management according to work records. The apparatus includes a classification of work discriminating section for recognizing a classification of work being carried out by the hydraulic excavator on the basis of data detected by sensors for detecting an operating amount of a lever for a boom and the like; sections for setting an operating mode of hydraulic pumps absorbing horse power and the like, according to the classification of work recognized; a hydraulic pump control section for controlling the hydraulic pumps according to the set operating mode; and an auto acceleration control section for making effective or invalid the auto acceleration control for controlling speed of an engine to a low speed when work stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Hideki Kinugawa, Masayuki Komiyama, Naoki Tamura, Atsushi Onishi, Takahiro Kobayashi, Kiyotsuna Kuchiki
  • Patent number: 5117950
    Abstract: A hydraulic shock absorber controller for a wheel crane having a suspension provided with hydraulic shock absorbers. The hydraulic shock absorber controller connects a line connected to the active chambers of the hydraulic shock absorbers and a line connected to the inert chambers of the same before the wheel crane starts running to enable the working fluid to flow rapidly from the compressed chamber to the expanding chamber of each hydraulic shock absorber so that the hydraulic shock absorbers are able to function properly for shock absorbing operation while the wheel crane is running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Takahiro Kobayashi, Kiyotsuna Kuchiki, Yuzi Katayama
  • Patent number: 5007544
    Abstract: According to the displacement suppressing mechanism for a travelling crane of the present invention, when a mode selection switch selects an operation mode and a detected value by a boom position detecting means is smaller than a lower limit value of an appropriate travelling range, a change-over valve for replenishment capable of changing over the position of an auxiliary pressure oil source selectively to a communicating position for communication of the auxiliary pressure oil source with a first oil chamber of a boom raising and lowering hydraulic cylinder and a communication cutting-off position is shifted to the communicating position by a control means to supply a predetermined amount of pressure oil to the first oil chamber of the hydraulic cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Yoshimi Saotome, Kiyotsuna Kuchiki, Norihiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 4953723
    Abstract: An apparatus for damping quaky movements of a mobile type crane includes the prohibition of the formation of a closed damping circuit through the opposing oil chambers of a boom uplifting cylinder in working mode or a crane operation in travel mode of the crane, enhancing safety in crane operation while ensuring effective quake damping action in vehicle travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
    Inventors: Yoshimi Saotome, Kiyotsuna Kuchiki, Tsuyoshi Katada