Patents by Inventor Kunitsugu Tomita

Kunitsugu Tomita 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: 20190003152
    Abstract: A work assist system for a self-propelled hydraulic excavator includes a controller (18) configured to determine a region in which an assumed excavation amount is obtained from an object to be excavated by one excavation operation of the hydraulic excavator (1) as a region to be excavated S on the basis of the assumed excavation amount in the one excavation operation of the hydraulic excavator (1), and to calculate a work position Pw of the hydraulic excavator (1) at which the hydraulic excavator (1) performs a next excavation operation on the basis of the region to be excavated S. A distance Lw from the hydraulic excavator to the work position Pw is calculated by the controller (18) and this distance Lw is displayed on the monitor (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Satoshi NAKAMURA, Akinori ISHII, Kunitsugu TOMITA, Takahiro INADA, Saku EGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180347149
    Abstract: A work machine operation assistance device enables setting of a manipulation gain appropriate for a skill level and habits of an operator and/or actual work contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Kunitsugu TOMITA
  • Patent number: 9458602
    Abstract: A dual-arm work machine includes: a first front working machine to which a first attachment is mounted; a second working machine to which a second attachment is mounted; a first drive device that drives the first front working machine and the first attachment based on a first drive command from a first operation member; a second drive device that drives the second front working machine and the second attachment based on a second drive command from a second operation member; and a drive command output device that inputs the first and second drive commands, and generates and outputs a shared drive command that drives the first and second drive devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunitsugu Tomita, Akinori Ishii
  • Publication number: 20150032338
    Abstract: A dual-arm work machine includes: a first front working machine to which a first attachment is mounted; a second working machine to which a second attachment is mounted; a first drive device that drives the first front working machine and the first attachment based on a first drive command from a first operation member; a second drive device that drives the second front working machine and the second attachment based on a second drive command from a second operation member; and a drive command output device that inputs the first and second drive commands, and generates and outputs a shared drive command that drives the first and second drive devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Kunitsugu Tomita, Akinori Ishii
  • Patent number: 8204655
    Abstract: A construction machine includes: a work arm rotatably mounted at a construction machine main body; a work tool mounted at the work arm; an attitude decision device that decides an attitude of the work arm or the work tool relative to the construction machine main body; a follow-up enabling device that allows the work arm or the work tool to follow a displacement of a contacting object that comes into contact with the work tool and applies an external force to the work tool, by adjusting the attitude of the work arm or the work tool decided by the attitude decision device; and a switching device that selects whether or not to allow the work arm or the work tool to follow the displacement of the contacting object via the follow-up enabling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunitsugu Tomita, Kazuo Fujishima, Akinori Ishii
  • Patent number: 8137047
    Abstract: A double-arm working machine has an upper swing structure, an operator cabin, left swing post and right swing post provided in front of the upper swing structure, and a left work front A and right work front B provided on the left swing post and the right swing post, respectively, such that the work fronts A, B each sway vertically. An interference prevention controller generates an output signal to swing the swing posts 7a, 7b pursuant to a differential angle between the left and right work fronts A, B and to a command signal from an operating device. A differential angle range in which the left and right work fronts A, B are likely to come into contact with each other is defined as an interference danger area (N), and an assigned differential-angle range contiguous to the interference danger area is defined as a semi-interference danger area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Ishii, Kazuo Fujishima, Kunitsugu Tomita
  • Publication number: 20110033274
    Abstract: A construction machine includes: a work arm rotatably mounted at a construction machine main body; a work tool mounted at the work arm; an attitude decision device that decides an attitude of the work arm or the work tool relative to the construction machine main body; a follow-up enabling device that allows the work armor the work tool to follow a displacement of a contacting object that comes into contact with the work tool and applies an external force to the work tool, by adjusting the attitude of the work arm or the work tool decided by the attitude decision device; and a switching device that selects whether or not to allow the work arm or the work tool to follow the displacement of the contacting object via the follow-up enabling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunitsugu TOMITA, Kazuo Fujishima, Akinori Ishii
  • Publication number: 20100183416
    Abstract: A double-arm working machine has an upper swing structure, an operator cabin, left swing post and right swing post provided in front of the upper swing structure, and a left work front A and right work front B provided on the left swing post and the right swing post, respectively, such that the work fronts A, B each sway vertically. An interference prevention controller generates an output signal to swing the swing posts 7a, 7b pursuant to a differential angle between the left and right work fronts A, B and to a command signal from an operating device. A differential angle range in which the left and right work fronts A, B are likely to come into contact with each other is defined as an interference danger area (N), and an assigned differential-angle range contiguous to the interference danger area is defined as a semi-interference danger area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Akinori Ishii, Kazuo Fujishima, Kunitsugu Tomita
  • Publication number: 20080097673
    Abstract: A construction machine includes: a work arm rotatably mounted at a construction machine main body; a work tool mounted at the work arm; an attitude decision device that decides an attitude of the work arm or the work tool relative to the construction machine main body; a follow-up enabling device that allows the work armor the work tool to follow a displacement of a contacting object that comes into contact with the work tool and applies an external force to the work tool, by adjusting the attitude of the work arm or the work tool decided by the attitude decision device; and a switching device that selects whether or not to allow the work arm or the work tool to follow the displacement of the contacting object via the follow-up enabling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunitsugu TOMITA, Kazuo Fujishima, Akinori Ishii