Patents by Inventor Kyouji Uranaka

Kyouji Uranaka 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: 10343510
    Abstract: A dump truck includes: a vehicle body frame; a body supported by the vehicle body frame and configured to be raised or lowered; a plurality of tires provided to the vehicle body frame; an electric motor configured to drive the tires; and a cooling blower configured to feed a cooling air to the electric motor, in which the vehicle body frame at least partially includes a hollow part, and the hollow part defines a duct through which the cooling air passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Takeo Ootsuka, Tomoko Jinno
  • Patent number: 10155543
    Abstract: A dump truck includes: a vehicle body frame; tires provided to the vehicle body frame and configured to travel the dump truck; and a body supported by the vehicle body frame and configured to be raised and lowered, in which the vehicle body frame includes: a first vertical frame vertically standing in a side view at positions of the tires provided to a first side of the vehicle body frame in a travel direction; and a second vertical frame vertically standing in a side view at positions of the tires provided to a second side of the vehicle body frame in the travel direction, and a mount portion on which the body is mounted is provided on an upper portion of each of the first vertical frame and the second vertical frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Takeo Ootsuka, Kouichi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9889882
    Abstract: A dump truck includes a suspension and a steering mechanism. The suspension includes: a suspension arm in a form of an upper arm having an up-and-down movable proximal end supported on a vehicle body frame; and a tire support in a form of a casing rotatably attached to a distal end of the upper arm. The steering mechanism includes a steering cylinder having a proximal end attached to the upper arm and a distal end attached to a knuckle arm provided to the tire support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Taiga Sasaki, Kouichi Okamoto, Takeo Ootsuka
  • Patent number: 9868343
    Abstract: A dump truck includes: a vehicle body frame; a body supported by the vehicle body frame and configured to be raised or lowered; a plurality of tires provided to the vehicle body frame via a suspension; and a driving unit in a form of an electric motor configured to drive the tires, in which the vehicle body frame includes: supports respectively supporting an upper arm and a lower arm of a suspension arm of the suspension; and a hollow part at least partially in the vicinity of the supports, and the electric motor is fixed to the vehicle body frame while being housed in the hollow part of the vehicle body frame and supported by an inner surface of the hollow part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Takeo Ootsuka, Taiga Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9783041
    Abstract: A dump truck includes: a vehicle body frame extending in a travel direction; cooled objects in a form of an engine and an aftercooler; a first radiator and a second radiator configured to exchange heat between a cooling air and a cooling water after cooling the engine and the aftercooler, in which the first radiator is disposed to an outside of a first of the vehicle body frame in a vehicle width direction and the second radiator is disposed to an outside of a second side of the vehicle body frame in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Tatsuya Maeda, Tomoko Jinno
  • Patent number: 9643527
    Abstract: A suspension of a dump truck includes: an upper arm and a lower arm each having a proximal end supported on a vehicle body frame and configured to be up-and-down pivotally movable; a tire support in a form of a casing having an upper portion rotatably connected to a distal end of the upper arm and a lower portion rotatably connected to a distal end of the lower arm; and a suspension cylinder having an upper end rotatably connected to the vehicle body frame and a lower end rotatably connected to the upper arm, in which a king pin shaft connecting a rotation center of the upper arm and the casing with a rotation center of the lower arm and the casing intersects with an axial line of the suspension cylinder in the vicinity of a connecting portion of the upper arm and the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Kouichi Okamoto, Taiga Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20170066318
    Abstract: A dump truck includes: a vehicle body frame; tires provided to the vehicle body frame and configured to travel the dump truck; and a body supported by the vehicle body frame and configured to be raised and lowered, in which the vehicle body frame includes: a first vertical frame vertically standing in a side view at positions of the tires provided to a first side of the vehicle body frame in a travel direction; and a second vertical frame vertically standing in a side view at positions of the tires provided to a second side of the vehicle body frame in the travel direction, and a mount portion on which the body is mounted is provided on an upper portion of each of the first vertical frame and the second vertical frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Takeo Ootsuka, Tomoko Jinno
  • Publication number: 20170066480
    Abstract: A dump truck includes: a vehicle body frame; tires provided to the vehicle body frame and configured to travel the dump truck; and a body supported by the vehicle body frame and configured to be raised and lowered, in which the vehicle body frame includes: a first vertical frame vertically standing in a side view at positions of the tires provided to a first side of the vehicle body frame in a travel direction; and a second vertical frame vertically standing in a side view at positions of the tires provided to a second side of the vehicle body frame in the travel direction, and a mount portion on which the body is mounted is provided on an upper portion of each of the first vertical frame and the second vertical frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Takeo Ootsuka, Kouichi Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20170015167
    Abstract: A suspension of a dump truck includes: an upper arm and a lower arm each having a proximal end supported on a vehicle body frame and configured to be up-and-down pivotally movable; a tire support in a form of a casing having an upper portion rotatably connected to a distal end of the upper arm and a lower portion rotatably connected to a distal end of the lower arm; and a suspension cylinder having an upper end rotatably connected to the vehicle body frame and a lower end rotatably connected to the upper arm, in which a king pin shaft connecting a rotation center of the upper arm and the casing with a rotation center of the lower arm and the casing intersects with an axial line of the suspension cylinder in the vicinity of a connecting portion of the upper arm and the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Kouichi Okamoto, Taiga Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20170015185
    Abstract: A dump truck includes: a vehicle body frame; a body supported by the vehicle body frame and configured to be raised or lowered; a plurality of tires provided to the vehicle body frame via a suspension; and a driving unit in a form of an electric motor configured to drive the tires, in which the vehicle body frame includes: supports respectively supporting an upper arm and a lower arm of a suspension arm of the suspension; and a hollow part at least partially in the vicinity of the supports, and the electric motor is fixed to the vehicle body frame while being housed in the hollow part of the vehicle body frame and supported by an inner surface of the hollow part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Takeo Ootsuka, Taiga Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20170015352
    Abstract: A dump truck includes a suspension and a steering mechanism. The suspension includes: a suspension arm in a form of an upper arm having an up-and-down movable proximal end supported on a vehicle body frame; and a tire support in a form of a casing rotatably attached to a distal end of the upper arm. The steering mechanism includes a steering cylinder having a proximal end attached to the upper arm and a distal end attached to a knuckle arm provided to the tire support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Taiga Sasaki, Kouichi Okamoto, Takeo Ootsuka
  • Publication number: 20170008386
    Abstract: A dump truck includes: a vehicle body frame extending in a travel direction; cooled objects in a form of an engine and an aftercooler; a first radiator and a second radiator configured to exchange heat between a cooling air and a cooling water after cooling the engine and the aftercooler, in which the first radiator is disposed to an outside of a first of the vehicle body frame in a vehicle width direction and the second radiator is disposed to an outside of a second side of the vehicle body frame in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Tatsuya Maeda, Tomoko Jinno
  • Patent number: 8721006
    Abstract: A dump body includes a front plate, a bottom plate integrally provided on a lower part of the front plate, and a pair of right and left side plates provided on sides of the front plate and the bottom plate. On a lower part of an outer surface of the front plate, a linear hollow lower rib extending in a right-left direction and a pair of right and left vertical ribs that are in communication with the lower rib at lower ends thereof are provided. An exhaust gas flow path of an exhaust gas is defined including an inner space of the lower rib and an inner space of the vertical ribs. The exhaust gas flow path is in communication a flow-path forming section of a box shape that allows the exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust gas flow path to go downward relative to the lower rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyouji Uranaka
  • Publication number: 20130187435
    Abstract: A dump body includes a front plate, a bottom plate integrally provided on a lower part of the front plate, and a pair of right and left side plates provided on sides of the front plate and the bottom plate. On a lower part of an outer surface of the front plate, a linear hollow lower rib extending in a right-left direction and a pair of right and left vertical ribs that are in communication with the lower rib at lower ends thereof are provided. An exhaust gas flow path of an exhaust gas is defined including an inner space of the lower rib and an inner space of the vertical ribs. The exhaust gas flow path is in communication a flow-path forming section of a box shape that allows the exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust gas flow path to go downward relative to the lower rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Kyouji Uranaka
  • Patent number: 8407994
    Abstract: A rotation control system of a hoist pump includes: the hoist pump (3); an engine (2) for driving the hoist pump (3); a working equipment driven by a hydraulic cylinder that is extendable by hydraulic oil delivered through the hoist pump (3); a hydraulic oil tank that stores the hydraulic oil supplied to the hoist pump (3) and receives the hydraulic oil returned from the hydraulic cylinder; and a controller (9) that controls a rotation speed of the hoist pump (3) to be an allowable rotation speed that is set in advance for preventing cavitation while the hydraulic cylinder is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kamoshida, Kyouji Uranaka, Masaru Shizume
  • Publication number: 20100058752
    Abstract: A rotation control system of a hoist pump includes: the hoist pump (3); an engine (2) for driving the hoist pump (3); a working equipment driven by a hydraulic cylinder that is extendable by hydraulic oil delivered through the hoist pump (3); a hydraulic oil tank that stores the hydraulic oil supplied to the hoist pump (3) and receives the hydraulic oil returned from the hydraulic cylinder; and a controller (9) that controls a rotation speed of the hoist pump (3) to be an allowable rotation speed that is set in advance for preventing cavitation while the hydraulic cylinder is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kamoshida, Kyouji Uranaka, Masaru Shizume
  • Patent number: 6988591
    Abstract: A mine transportation management system capable of reducing cost by reducing the number of transportation vehicles is provided. For this purpose, the system includes a plurality of self-propelled vehicles and a plurality of vessels each having a communication section, and each being identifiable, which are connectable to and separable from each other. A loading machine having a communication section, which loads an object into at least one of the vessels. A management center, which has a communication section, selects a vessel to be transported and selects a self-propelled vehicle for transporting the selected vessel based on a transportation demand signal from a processing facility, and transmits a transportation command signal to the selected self-propelled vehicle to connect to the selected vessel and to travel to the processing facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Satoshi Ogawa, Koichi Okamoto, Takao Nagai
  • Patent number: 6789639
    Abstract: To provide a carrier vehicle capable of restraining an increase in cost of a power train, the carrier vehicle is constructed by front axles provided respectively steerably on left and right sides of a front portion of the vehicle and mounted with wheels, a first engine provided at the front portion of the vehicle, a first drive axle provided at a middle portion of the vehicle and mounted with wheels at both left and right ends thereof, a first transmission, a second drive axle provided at a rear portion of the vehicle and mounted with wheels at both left and right ends thereof, a second engine provided at the rear portion of the vehicle and on an upper side of the second drive axle, and a second transmission provided to connect to a front side of the second engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Satoshi Ogawa, Koichi Okamoto, Takao Nagai
  • Publication number: 20040060755
    Abstract: To provide a carrier vehicle capable of restraining an increase in cost of a power train, the carrier vehicle is constructed by front axles provided respectively steerably on left and right sides of a front portion of the vehicle and mounted with wheels, a first engine provided at the front portion of the vehicle, a first drive axle provided at a middle portion of the vehicle and mounted with wheels at both left and right ends thereof, a first transmission, a second drive axle provided at a rear portion of the vehicle and mounted with wheels at both left and right ends thereof, a second engine provided at the rear portion of the vehicle and on an upper side of the second drive axle, and a second transmission provided to connect to a front side of the second engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Satoshi Ogawa, Koichi Okamoto, Takao Nagai
  • Publication number: 20040040792
    Abstract: A mine transportation management system capable of reducing cost by reducing the number of transportation vehicles is provided. For this purpose, the system includes a plurality of self-propelled vehicles and a plurality of vessels each having communication means, being identifiable, connectable to and separable from each other, a loading machine having communication means, a processing facility, and a management center having communication means. The management center selects a vessel to be transported and selects a self-propelled vehicle for transporting the selected vessel based on a transportation demand signal from the processing facility, and transmits a transportation command signal to the selected self-propelled vehicle to connect to the selected vessel and travel to the processing facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Satoshi Ogawa, Koichi Okamoto, Takao Nagai