Patents by Inventor Kohei Ono

Kohei Ono 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).

  • Publication number: 20260139456
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a driver's seat mounted on the vehicle body, a traveling wheel adjacent to the driver's seat in a left-right direction in a top view, the traveling wheel supporting the vehicle body in a travelable manner, a battery mounted on the vehicle body, and an electric motor to which electric power is supplied from the battery, in which the electric motor is disposed above the traveling wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Kohei Ono, Yoshinori Nakamori
  • Publication number: 20260138468
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a driving unit mounted on the vehicle body, a battery disposed in front of the driving unit, and a battery frame that supports the battery and is mounted on the vehicle body, in which the driving unit includes a steering wheel and a power steering device that is connected to the steering wheel and assists an operation of the steering wheel, and the battery frame includes an attachment portion for mounting the power steering device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2025
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Kohei Ono, Yuta Inoue
  • Patent number: 12565093
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a travel device, a battery, a motor configured to supply motive power to the travel device, an inverter configured to operate the motor, and an operation section. The battery is forward of the operation section, and the inverter is between the battery and the operation section in a side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Ono, Makoto Odagiri
  • Patent number: 12402550
    Abstract: A work machine according to the present invention includes a manual operating tool configured to operate a hydraulic actuator; an operation amount detector configured to detect an operation amount of the manual operating tool; a hydraulic pump configured to generate a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the hydraulic actuator; an electric pump motor configured to change an output characteristic of the hydraulic pump in response to a rotary force to be given to the hydraulic pump; a motor load detector configured to detect a motor load of the pump motor; and a pump motor controller configured to determine a necessary output characteristic based on the operation amount and the motor load and control the pump motor based on the output characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Ono, Masahiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 12377735
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes travel devices; a battery; a motor; an inverter configured to operate the motor; an operation section including a steering wheel configured to operate the travel devices, and an operator seat; a transmission case housing a transmission for travel; and a transmission shaft, wherein the motor is between a front travel device and a rear travel device in a side view and below the steering wheel, and the motor, the transmission shaft, the transmission, and the travel devices are configured such that motive power from the motor is transmitted to the transmission via the transmission shaft and transmitted from the transmission to the travel devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Ono, Takashi Nagayama
  • Patent number: 12311769
    Abstract: A work vehicle including a travel device supporting a body of the work vehicle in such a manner as to enable the body to travel; a power take-off shaft configured to output power out from the body; a travel electric motor configured to drive the travel device; a work electric motor configured to drive the power take-off shaft to rotate; a power-transmission-state switching mechanism configured to be switched between (i) an independent power transmission state in which output from the travel electric motor is output to the travel device and in which output from the work electric motor is output to the power take-off shaft, and (ii) a cooperative output power transmission state in which the travel electric motor and the work electric motor are capable of cooperatively outputting power to a drive target; and a control unit configured to control switching of the power-transmission-state switching mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventor: Kohei Ono
  • Publication number: 20250153582
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a body having a frame structure including a front part and a rear part, the front part providing for a power section, the rear part providing for a drive section; a battery in the power section; an electric motor for traveling configured to receive electric power from the battery; and a cooling fan. The electric motor for traveling is in an air flow space formed in the power section, and the cooling fan is adjacent to an air outlet formed in a front end region of the air flow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Kohei Ono, Tomoaki Tanimura
  • Publication number: 20250074178
    Abstract: A fan control system includes a fan, a dust barrier near the fan, a fan actuator to rotate the fan in a normal direction and a reverse direction, a fan controller configured or programmed to control a manner in which the fan actuator is driven, a clogging degree calculator configured or programmed to calculate a clogging degree of the dust barrier based on drive behavior of the fan, and a reverse rotation instructor configured or programmed to instruct the fan controller based on the clogging degree to rotate the fan in the reverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Shunya YAMADA, Kohei ONO
  • Publication number: 20250017124
    Abstract: A work machine according to the present invention includes a manual operating tool configured to operate a hydraulic actuator; an operation amount detector configured to detect an operation amount of the manual operating tool; a hydraulic pump configured to generate a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the hydraulic actuator; an electric pump motor configured to change an output characteristic of the hydraulic pump in response to a rotary force to be given to the hydraulic pump; a motor load detector configured to detect a motor load of the pump motor; and a pump motor controller configured to determine a necessary output characteristic based on the operation amount and the motor load and control the pump motor based on the output characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Kohei Ono, Masahiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20250018922
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a battery; a motor that generates motive power by receiving electric power from the battery; a traveling device operated by the motive power; a work power output portion that outputs the motive power to be supplied to a working device for performing work; a travel transmission system that transmits the motive power from the motor to the traveling device; a work transmission system that transmits the motive power from the motor to the work power output portion; a state detection unit that detects a state of work travel; and a transmission control unit that controls the transmission states of the travel transmission system and the work transmission system. In response to the state detection unit detecting that the work travel is in a predetermined low work travel state, the transmission control unit performs power conservation control for reducing the electric power consumed by the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Ryotaro Nakatsu, Kohei Ono, Takumi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20250010735
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a hood 4 in a front portion of a body and a driving section 5 behind the hood 4. The electric work vehicle includes a connector section 39 to which a charger is connected to charge a battery, and the connector section 39 is in a front portion of the hood 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Kohei Ono, Makoto Odagiri
  • Patent number: 12187358
    Abstract: A work machine includes in its driver section, a driver's seat; and a tool container disposed below the driver's seat and configured to store a tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Ono, Nozomu Akiyama
  • Patent number: 12139026
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes travel devices, a battery, a motor configured to supply motive power to the travel devices, an inverter configured to operate the motor, and an operation section. The battery is between a front travel device and a rear travel device in a side view, and below a floor of the operation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Ono, Nozomu Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20240347979
    Abstract: An anti-noise electrode connector and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The anti-noise electrode connector includes an electrode snap socket, a wire, an inner insulating layer, an anti-noise layer, and an outer insulating layer. The wire includes a conductive core wire, an insulator, a metal shielding layer disposed at an outer periphery of the insulator, and a cable jacket. The insulator covers the conductive core wire. The cable jacket covers the metal shielding layer. The metal shielding layer has an exposed section, the conductive core wire has a connection section that is exposed, and the connection section extends beyond the metal shielding layer of the wire. The connection section is connected to a top surface of the electrode snap socket. The inner insulating layer covers the electrode snap socket. The anti-noise layer covers the inner insulating layer and the exposed section of the metal shielding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Kohei Ono, CHENG-CHANGE HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20240217394
    Abstract: A work vehicle including an electric actuator; a battery configured to supply drive power to the electric actuator; a charging section via which the battery is chargeable from a power source external to a vehicle body; and a discharge operation apparatus configured to cause the battery to discharge during charging of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventor: Kohei Ono
  • Publication number: 20240217343
    Abstract: A work vehicle including a travel device supporting a body of the work vehicle in such a manner as to enable the body to travel; a power take-off shaft configured to output power out from the body; a travel electric motor configured to drive the travel device; a work electric motor configured to drive the power take-off shaft to rotate; a power-transmission-state switching mechanism configured to be switched between (i) an independent power transmission state in which output from the travel electric motor is output to the travel device and in which output from the work electric motor is output to the power take-off shaft, and (ii) a cooperative output power transmission state in which the travel electric motor and the work electric motor are capable of cooperatively outputting power to a drive target; and a control unit configured to control switching of the power-transmission-state switching mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventor: Kohei Ono
  • Publication number: 20240157782
    Abstract: A work machine includes (i) an air cleaner being on the inner side of a motive section relative to a radiator and having an air intake port facing an air intake section of a hood and (ii) an air intake state switcher switchable between an outside air introducing state and a hot air introducing state, wherein in the outside air introducing state, the air intake state switcher causes outside air to be introduced through the air intake port, and in the hot air introducing state, the air intake state switcher causes air to be introduced from a high temperature area hotter than outside air through the air intake port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventor: Kohei Ono
  • Publication number: 20240158025
    Abstract: A work machine includes in its driver section, a driver's seat; and a tool container disposed below the driver's seat and configured to store a tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Kohei Ono, Nozomu Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20240100931
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a travel device, a battery, a motor configured to supply motive power to the travel device, an inverter configured to operate the motor, and an operation section. The battery is forward of the operation section, and the inverter is between the battery and the operation section in a side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kohei Ono, Makoto Odagiri
  • Patent number: D1056976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: DAIHEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Shimogiku, Tetsuya Eto, Ryuji Tanaka, Kohei Ono