Patents by Inventor Kohei NAGAO

Kohei NAGAO 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: 12241230
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a working machine includes first and second hydraulic actuators actuated by hydraulic fluid delivered by a hydraulic pump, a first flow rate controller to control a first supply flow rate of hydraulic fluid supplied to the first hydraulic actuator to match a first required flow rate, a second flow rate controller to control a second supply flow rate of hydraulic fluid supplied to the second hydraulic actuator to match a second required flow rate, and a special flow rate control system to, if a sum of the first and second required flow rates is greater than a maximum delivery flow rate of the hydraulic pump, reduce the first supply flow rate to allow the second supply flow rate to approach the second required flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Nagao, Yuji Fukuda, Ryuki Nishimoto
  • Publication number: 20250068007
    Abstract: A light adjustment device includes a panel unit having a rectangular pillar shape and including a plurality of light adjustment panels stacked in a first direction, each light adjustment panel having a polygonal shape and including a lower substrate and an upper substrate overlapping the lower substrate. The light adjustment panels each have a first side, a second side adjacent to the first side, and a first corner at which the first side intersects the second side, and when two light adjustment panels adjacent to each other in a first direction among the light adjustment panels are viewed in the first direction, the first corner of one of the light adjustment panels is positioned inside of an edge of the other light adjustment panel, and the first corner of the other light adjustment panel is positioned inside of an edge of the one light adjustment panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shunpei TAKEUCHI, Kohei YAMAGUCHI, Katsuichi IDE, Yukiya HIRABAYASHI, Osamu KAI, Hiroya MORIMOTO, Koichi NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20250059729
    Abstract: A working machine includes a controller to perform an automatic deceleration operation to automatically decelerate from a second speed to a first speed when a value calculated based on a first traveling pressure, a second traveling pressure, a third traveling pressure, and a fourth traveling pressure becomes equal to or more than a deceleration threshold when a left traveling motor and a right traveling motor are being driven at the second speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Kohei NAGAO, Ryota HAMAMOTO, Hiroaki NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 12221768
    Abstract: In a working machine, a controller is configured or programmed to control actuation of a blocking switching valve and a solenoid valve, to cause the blocking switching valve to unblock a first pilot fluid passage to perform switching to a first operation pattern in which an operation device operates a first device via a first control valve and a first hydraulic actuator, and cause the blocking switching valve to block a second pilot fluid passage and control the solenoid valve based on pilot pressure detected by a pressure detector to perform switching to a second operation pattern in which the operation device operates a second device via a second control valve and a second hydraulic actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Nagao, Yuji Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20250027294
    Abstract: A speed control method of a work vehicle includes receiving a setting stage set by a first operation member among a plurality of speed stages, obtaining a target moving direction of a work vehicle that is determined by a speed difference between a target rotation speed of a first hydraulic motor and a second hydraulic motor, determining an operating range of a first control parameter and an operating range of a second control parameter based on the setting stage when a second operation member is operated so that deviation amount between the target moving direction and the straight direction is within first range, and determining a boost stage among the plurality of speed stages that corresponds to target rotation speeds higher than the target rotation speeds of the setting stage when the second operation member is operated so that deviation amount is out of the first range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei NAGAO, Ryota HAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20250027293
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a human-machine interface configured to receive an input corresponding to a target rotation speed of a hydraulic motor. A rotation speed sensor is configured to detect a rotation speed of the hydraulic motor. A hydraulic control circuit is configured to control a hydraulic pressure of pilot oil to change a displacement volume of the hydraulic pump. Circuitry is configured to control a prime mover and the hydraulic control circuit. The circuitry is configured to obtain based on the target rotation speed, a reference value of a control parameter according to which the hydraulic control circuit is controlled, calculate a speed difference obtained by subtracting the target rotation speed from the rotation speed, calculate an offset value corresponding to the speed difference, and set the control parameter to a value obtained by adding the offset value to the reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei NAGAO, Ryota HAMAMOTO, Daiki ABE
  • Patent number: 12168859
    Abstract: A working machine includes a controller to perform an automatic deceleration operation to automatically decelerate from a second speed to a first speed when a value calculated based on a first traveling pressure, a second traveling pressure, a third traveling pressure, and a fourth traveling pressure becomes equal to or more than a deceleration threshold in a state where a left traveling motor and a right traveling motor are being driven at the second speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Kohei Nagao, Ryota Hamamoto, Hiroaki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12146296
    Abstract: A working machine includes a traveling motor that is shifted between a first speed and a second speed faster than the first speed, a traveling pump that supplies hydraulic fluid to the traveling motor, a traveling operation member operable to operate the traveling pump, and a controller including an automatic speed reduction unit that performs automatic speed reduction in which the traveling motor having been shifted to the second speed is automatically shifted from the second speed to the first speed based on the operation amount of the traveling operation member. The controller includes an automatic speed reduction restraining unit configured or programmed to restrain the automatic speed reduction from being performed when the traveling operation member is operated to steeply change the operation amount from a first operation amount to a second operation amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Nagao, Yuji Fukuda
  • Patent number: 12139888
    Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, a traveling device provided on the machine body, an operation member operable to activate the traveling device, a camera device to capture an image of surroundings of the machine body, a display unit to display the image captured by the camera device, a notification unit to notify a traveling direction of the traveling device, and a controller to control the display unit and the notification unit so that when the operation member is operated to activate the traveling device, the display unit is controlled to display the captured image and the notification unit is controlled to notify the traveling direction. The controller delays either one of a first timing when the display unit starts to display the captured image and a second timing when the notification unit starts to notify the traveling direction later than the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Kohei Nagao, Ryota Hamamoto, Tomoyuki Noguchi
  • Patent number: 12134877
    Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, a left traveling device located left on the machine body, a right traveling device located right on the machine body, and a controller configured or programmed to perform automatic deceleration to automatically reduce a first rotation speed of a left traveling motor and a second rotation speed of a right traveling motor by shifting a speed stage of each of the left and right traveling motors from a second speed stage to a first speed stage that is lower than the second speed stage. The controller is configured or programmed to: not perform the automatic deceleration when the first rotation speed or the second rotation speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined rotation speed; and perform the automatic deceleration when the first rotation speed and the second rotation speed are less than the predetermined rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Kohei Nagao
  • Publication number: 20240337092
    Abstract: A working machine includes a controller to: select one of pieces of operation characteristics information corresponding to respective work attachments stored in a memory that corresponds to a work attachment attached to an attachment mount portion and fluidly connected to a hydraulic fluid port; and control, based on the selected one of the pieces of operation characteristics information, the speed of switching of a work-attachment-drive control valve when starting the work attachment and/or when stopping the work attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota HAMAMOTO, Yuji FUKUDA, Tomoyuki NOGUCHI, Kohei NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20240336301
    Abstract: A working machine includes a first rotation detector to detect a first rotation speed of the left traveling motor, a second rotation detector to detect a second rotation speed of the right traveling motor, and a controller to perform automatic deceleration to automatically reduce the first rotation speed and the second rotation speed both set at respective second speed stages by shifting a speed stage of each of the first rotation speed and the second rotation speed to a first speed stage that is lower than the second speed stage. During straight traveling of a machine body of the working machine, the controller determines a straight-traveling threshold serving as a deceleration threshold for judging whether to perform the automatic deceleration based on the first rotation speed or the second rotation speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Kohei NAGAO
  • Patent number: 12098524
    Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a traveling device, a traveling motor, a traveling pump, a circulation fluid passage, a traveling switching valve shiftable between a first state corresponding to a first speed of a hydraulic motor and a second state corresponding to a second speed of the hydraulic motor, a brake, an actuation valve configured to output the hydraulic pressure applied to the traveling pump, and change the hydraulic pressure output therefrom, and a controller configured or programmed to control the traveling switching valve, the brake and the actuation valve, and being capable of activating a first mode. The controller is configured or programmed to, when activating the first mode, shift the brake into a braking state, shift the traveling switching valve into the second state, and control the actuation valve so as to set the hydraulic pressure output from the actuation valve to a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Kohei Nagao, Hiroaki Nakagawa, Ryota Hamamoto
  • Publication number: 20240301651
    Abstract: A working machine includes: at least one support member connectable to a work attachment to do work by making contact with an object to be contacted; at least one hydraulic cylinder to move the work attachment connected to the at least one support member, a rod-side pressure detector to detect a rod-side hydraulic pressure of hydraulic fluid in communication with a rod-side fluid chamber of the at least one hydraulic cylinder; a bottom-side pressure detector to detect a bottom-side hydraulic pressure of hydraulic fluid in communication with a bottom-side fluid chamber of the at least one hydraulic cylinder; and a controller to calculate a relationship in pressure between the rod-side hydraulic pressure and the bottom-side hydraulic pressure and evaluate, based on the calculated relationship in pressure, a contact state which is a state of contact of the work attachment with the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei NAGAO, Yuji FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 12065191
    Abstract: A working machine includes a first rotation detector to detect a first rotation speed of the left traveling motor, a second rotation detector to detect a second rotation speed of the right traveling motor, and a controller to perform automatic deceleration to automatically reduce the first rotation speed and the second rotation speed both set at respective second speed stages by shifting a speed stage of each of the first rotation speed and the second rotation speed to a first speed stage that is lower than the second speed stage. During straight traveling of a machine body of the working machine, the controller determines a straight-traveling threshold serving as a deceleration threshold for judging whether to perform the automatic deceleration based on the first rotation speed or the second rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Kohei Nagao
  • Publication number: 20240151004
    Abstract: In a working machine, a controller is configured or programmed to control actuation of a blocking switching valve and a solenoid valve, to cause the blocking switching valve to unblock a first pilot fluid passage to perform switching to a first operation pattern in which an operation device operates a first device via a first control valve and a first hydraulic actuator, and cause the blocking switching valve to block a second pilot fluid passage and control the solenoid valve based on pilot pressure detected by a pressure detector to perform switching to a second operation pattern in which the operation device operates a second device via a second control valve and a second hydraulic actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kohei NAGAO, Yuji FUKUDA
  • Patent number: 11946227
    Abstract: A working machine includes a controller configured or programmed to perform an automatic deceleration for automatically decelerating a left traveling motor and a right traveling motor rotated at a second speed by shifting from the second speed to the first speed, and to determine a deceleration threshold that is used for judging whether the automatic deceleration has to be performed or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Nagao, Yuji Fukuda, Ryota Hamamoto, Hiroaki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20240102265
    Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, a left traveling device located left on the machine body, a right traveling device located right on the machine body, and a controller configured or programmed to perform automatic deceleration to automatically reduce a first rotation speed of a left traveling motor and a second rotation speed of a right traveling motor by shifting a speed stage of each of the left and right traveling motors from a second speed stage to a first speed stage that is lower than the second speed stage. The controller is configured or programmed to: not perform the automatic deceleration when the first rotation speed or the second rotation speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined rotation speed; and perform the automatic deceleration when the first rotation speed and the second rotation speed are less than the predetermined rotation speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Kohei NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20240060272
    Abstract: A speed control method for a work vehicle includes controlling a first hydraulic pump to supply hydraulic fluid to a first hydraulic motor to drive a first traveling device provided on a vehicle body of the work vehicle and detecting a first differential pressure of the first hydraulic motor. The method includes regulating at least one of a first pump pilot pressure applied to a first pump pilot port of the first hydraulic pump and a rotational speed of an engine to drive the first hydraulic pump such that a vehicle speed is controlled to maintain a predetermined target speed in response to an absolute value of the first differential pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei NAGAO, Ryota HAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240060274
    Abstract: A speed control method for a work vehicle, includes driving an engine to rotate a first hydraulic pump provided in the work vehicle. Hydraulic fluid from the first hydraulic pump is supplied to a first hydraulic motor to rotate the first hydraulic motor to drive a first traveling device provided in a vehicle body of the work vehicle. A rotational speed of the first hydraulic motor is detected. Feedback control with respect to the engine and a control valve configured to control a pilot pressure of the first hydraulic pump is performed. The feedback control being performed to reduce a speed difference between the rotational speed detected and a target rotational speed of the first hydraulic motor corresponding to a target vehicle speed. A feedback gain of the feedback control is set based on a first coefficient which becomes larger as the target rotational speed becomes lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei NAGAO, Ryota HAMAMOTO