Patents by Inventor Masahiro Hanafusa

Masahiro Hanafusa 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: 10351184
    Abstract: A working vehicle where a front axle case is supported by two front axle brackets includes a body flame formed by disposing beams at a prescribed interval, by welding reinforced plates to plate faces of the beams which face to each other, and by welding both end parts of one of the front axle brackets to the reinforced plates; and a front hitch formed by welding both end parts of the other front axle bracket to both end parts of a plate member which are bent. The front hitch is attached to the body flame such that the two front axle brackets are opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hanafusa, Taihei Daiyakuji, Terunobu Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 9731754
    Abstract: Provided is a work vehicle in which a connection member can be prevented from coming into contact with an obstacle while the work vehicle is traveling, without restricting the layout of the work vehicle. A work vehicle in which a power steering cylinder is mounted to a front axle case, wherein in the front axle case, a support part to which the power steering cylinder is mounted by a connection member, and a protruding part that protrudes from the support part so as to conceal the connection member when viewed from the front side of the work vehicle are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: YANMAR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hanafusa, Taihei Daiyakuji
  • Publication number: 20160272240
    Abstract: Provided is a work vehicle in which a connection member can be prevented from coming into contact with an obstacle while the work vehicle is traveling, without restricting the layout of the work vehicle. A work vehicle in which a power steering cylinder is mounted to a front axle case, wherein in the front axle case, a support part to which the power steering cylinder is mounted by a connection member, and a protruding part that protrudes from the support part so as to conceal the connection member when viewed from the front side of the work vehicle are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiro HANAFUSA, Taihei DAIYAKUJI
  • Publication number: 20160236730
    Abstract: A working vehicle where a front axle case is supported by two front axle brackets includes a body flame formed by disposing beams at a prescribed interval, by welding reinforced plates to plate faces of the beams which face to each other, and by welding both end parts of one of the front axle brackets to the reinforced plates; and a front hitch formed by welding both end parts of the other front axle bracket to both end parts of a plate member which are bent. The front hitch is attached to the body flame such that the two front axle brackets are opposed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiro HANAFUSA, Taihei DAIYAKUJI, Terunobu YOSHIOKA
  • Patent number: 9317058
    Abstract: For proving a pedal assembly module to improve productivity, a forward pedal, a backward pedal, a first shaft supporting the forward pedal and the backward pedal, a brake pedal, a second shaft supporting the brake pedal, and a frame box supporting the first shaft and the second shaft are assembled and integrated with their functions ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Goto, Masahiro Hanafusa, Keisuke Iida
  • Patent number: 9309967
    Abstract: A gear shift mechanism in which operability of an operation pedals for steplessly changing gears in both forward and reverse direction, and a vehicle with the gearshift mechanism. This gearshift mechanism includes a gearshift shaft to which a pedal boss is fitted that is located on the base end side of a pedal arm of a forward pedal, an intermediate link that is connected to a pedal boss that is located on the base end side of a pedal arm of a reverse pedal via a connection member, and a link shaft to which a link boss of the intermediate link is fitted. the pedal boss of the forward pedal is fixed to the gearshift shaft and the pedal boss is unable to rotate relatively to the gearshift shaft, which a pedal boss located on the right side of the pedal boss is able to rotate relatively to the gearshift shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Iida, Masahiro Hanafusa, Taihei Daiyakuji
  • Publication number: 20150260283
    Abstract: A gear shift mechanism in which operability of an operation pedals for steplessly changing gears in both forward and reverse direction, and a vehicle with the gearshift mechanism. This gearshift mechanism includes a gearshift shaft to which a pedal boss is fitted that is located on the base end side of a pedal arm of a forward pedal, an intermediate link that is connected to a pedal boss that is located on the base end side of a pedal arm of a reverse pedal via a connection member, and a link shaft to which a link boss of the intermediate link is fitted. the pedal boss of the forward pedal is fixed to the gearshift shaft and the pedal boss is unable to rotate relatively to the gearshift shaft, which a pedal boss located on the right side of the pedal boss is able to rotate relatively to the gearshift shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Keisuke Iida, Masahiro Hanafusa, Taihei Daiyakuji
  • Publication number: 20150107394
    Abstract: For proving a pedal assembly module to improve the productivity, this invention assembles and integrates a forward pedal, a backward pedal, a first shaft supporting the forward pedal and the backward pedal, a brake pedal, a second shaft supporting the brake pedal, and a frame box supporting the first shaft and the second shaft with their functions ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: TAKASHI GOTO, MASAHIRO HANAFUSA, KEISUKE IIDA
  • Publication number: 20110005605
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid delivery control method for delivering a liquid 8 by generating, in a microchannel 3 in which the liquid 8 is present, a differential pressure with respect to the liquid 8 by using a pump 6. The microchannel 3 is provided with a pressure loss varying portion 31 in which pressure loss changes in the direction of flow. The leading end 8a of the liquid 8 is judged to have reached the pressure loss varying portion 31 by detecting a change in pressure between the liquid 8 and the pump 6. With this arrangement, the location of the leading end of the liquid 8 can be properly detected without causing the structure that forms the microchannel 3 to become complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: ARKRAY, INC.
    Inventor: Masahiro Hanafusa
  • Patent number: 7857086
    Abstract: A working vehicle in accordance with the present invention is provided with an engine mounted on a front portion of a vehicle body frame constructing a traveling vehicle body, a backhoe arranged on a rear portion of the vehicle body frame, a mower device arranged below the vehicle frame, a seating detecting means detecting a seating of an operator in a control seat on the traveling vehicle body, an engine stop mechanism stopping the engine, and a shift control means for controlling so as to increase and decrease forward and backward moving speeds of the traveling vehicle body. Further, in consideration for a safety at a time of an excavating work by the backhoe, the structure is made such that the engine stop mechanism is actuated at a time of operating the shift control means in the case that the seating detecting means is in an on state, and the seating detecting means is retained to the on state regardless of the seating of an operator in the case that the control seat is directed backward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensaku Wakuta, Kazuhiko Miyamoto, Masahiro Hanafusa, Junko Shibaoka
  • Patent number: 7842239
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a test tool feeder (X1) including a storage portion for storing a plurality of test tools (4A, 4B), and a transporting member (2) provided with at least one loading portion (21, 22) for loading the test tools (4A, 4B) stored in the storage portion, where the transporting member transports the test tools (4A, 4B) one by one. The storage portion includes a plurality of storage spaces (11, 12) each storing a plurality of test tools (4A, 4B). Preferably, in the test tool feeder (X1), with respect to each of the storage spaces (11, 12), selection can be made between a state in which the test tools (4A, 4B) are taken out from the storage space (11, 12) and a state in which the test tools (4A, 4B) are not taken out from the storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Arkray, Inc.
    Inventors: Hidenari Yamagata, Tomohiro Demura, Masahiro Hanafusa
  • Publication number: 20090313862
    Abstract: A working vehicle in accordance with the present invention is provided with an engine mounted on a front portion of a vehicle body frame constructing a traveling vehicle body, a backhoe arranged on a rear portion of the vehicle body frame, a mower device arranged below the vehicle frame, a seating detecting means detecting a seating of an operator in a control seat on the traveling vehicle body, an engine stop mechanism stopping the engine, and a shift control means for controlling so as to increase and decrease forward and backward moving speeds of the traveling vehicle body. Further, in consideration for a safety at a time of an excavating work by the backhoe, the structure is made such that the engine stop mechanism is actuated at a time of operating the shift control means in the case that the seating detecting means is in an on state, and the seating detecting means is retained to the on state regardless of the seating of an operator in the case that the control seat is directed backward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Kensaku Wakuta, Kazuhiko Miyamoto, Masahiro Hanafusa, Junko Shibaoka
  • Publication number: 20060057024
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a test tool feeder (X1) including a storage portion for storing a plurality of test tools (4A, 4B), and a transporting member (2) provided with at least one loading portion (21, 22) for loading the test tools (4A, 4B) stored in the storage portion, where the transporting member transports the test tools (4A, 4B) one by one. The storage portion includes a plurality of storage spaces (11, 12) each storing a plurality of test tools (4A, 4B). Preferably, in the test tool feeder (X1), with respect to each of the storage spaces (11, 12), selection can be made between a state in which the test tools (4A, 4B) are taken out from the storage space (11, 12) and a state in which the test tools (4A, 4B) are not taken out from the storage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Arkray, Inc.
    Inventors: Hidenari Yamagata, Tomohiro Demura, Masahiro Hanafusa
  • Patent number: 5488469
    Abstract: A cell analyzing apparatus which employs flow cytometry to obtain the concentration (the cell count per unit volume) of a specimen under examination is adapted to measure either the cell count of a control specimen the concentration of which is known or the length of time the control specimen is measured. The concentration of the specimen under examination is calculated based upon the cell count thereof obtained over a length of measurement time identical with the length of measurement time of the control specimen. Alternatively, the concentration of the specimen under examination is calculated based upon the length of measurement time thereof needed to obtain a cell count identical with that of the control specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1996
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yamamoto, Masahiro Hanafusa, Fumio Onuma, Michio Nishimura
  • Patent number: 5408307
    Abstract: In a cell analyze apparatus, a light beam is irradiated onto cells (or particles like the cells) flowing through a flow cell so as to measure cell light information for each cell with respect to a plurality of parameters (for example, the forward scattered light intensity, the right angle scattered light intensity and the intensity of fluorescence by different dye). Based on a minimal point of a histogram associated with the cell light information with respect to one or more parameters, the cell population is subdivided into fractions. When the minimal point is missing in the histogram, the parameters above are converted by use of a predetermined conversion expression (for example, a coordinate conversion is effected on the parameters) such that a minimal point is detected from the histogram of cell light information related to the new parameters obtained by the conversion, thereby subdividing an objective cell population.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.
    Inventors: Koji Yamamoto, Masahiro Hanafusa, Michio Nishimura, Yoshihiro Nakatsuji, Fumio Onuma, Shinichi Hirako, Kunio Kaede
  • Patent number: D547333
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Yanmar Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichiro Nishi, Kensaku Wakuta, Toshikazu Matsubayashi, Junko Shibaoka, Kunihiko Matsumoto, Kenji Shiba, Yuki Otomo, Naoki Yamamoto, Masahiro Hanafusa