Patents by Inventor Masaji Kobayashi

Masaji Kobayashi 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: 6655219
    Abstract: To detect a low load of an outrigger with high accuracy and improve alarming accuracy of a roll-over alarming device, the roll-over alarming device for a crane includes a load cell 1 having a coil spring 5 provided with a strain gauge 4, and an upper load cell case 6 and a lower load cell case 7 which support the coil spring 5 from its top and bottom to transfer a load of an outrigger to the coil spring 5, supports 8, 9 for supporting a load when the load having more than a predetermined value acts to restrain yielding of the coil spring 5 being provided between the upper load cell case 6 and the lower load cell case 7, and an alarming section which issues a roll-over alarm on the basis of a load detecting value of the outrigger from the load cell 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Furukawa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Saitoh, Motoyasu Uenohara, Masaji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20020020231
    Abstract: To detect a low load of an outrigger with high accuracy and improve alarming accuracy of a roll-over alarming device, the roll-over alarming device for a crane includes a load cell 1 having a coil spring 5 provided with a strain gauge 4, and an upper load cell case 6 and a lower load cell case 7 which support the coil spring 5 from its top and bottom to transfer a load of an outrigger to the coil spring 5, supports 8, 9 for supporting a load when the load having more than a predetermined value acts to restrain yielding of the coil spring 5 being provided between the upper load cell case 6 and the lower load cell case 7, and an alarming section which issues a roll-over alarm on the basis of a load detecting value of the outrigger from the load cell 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Fumihiro Saitoh, Motoyasu Uenohara, Masaji Kobayashi