Patents by Inventor Masami Hirayama

Masami Hirayama 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: 20230283059
    Abstract: An electrical junction box to be installed in a vehicle includes: a terminal block; first conductive members provided to the terminal block and placed so as to be aligned in a row; second conductive members provided to the terminal block and placed so as to be aligned in another row; first bolts tightened to the terminal block from below and fixing electric wires, which are electrically connected to the first conductive members, respectively, to the terminal block; second bolts tightened to the terminal block from below and fixing electric wires, which are electrically connected to the second conductive members, respectively, to the terminal block; a first cover member provided to the terminal block and covering heads of the first bolts from below; and a second cover member provided to the terminal block and covering heads of the second bolts from below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohiro YOKOTA, Masami HIRAYAMA, Yuki WATANABE, Kiyotaka HOGA, Ryo KITANO, Masatoshi SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11674287
    Abstract: A controller obtains topographical data indicative of the topography of a work site. The controller obtains material data indicative of the position of a material. The controller computes an evaluation function based on the material data for each of a plurality of candidates of the travel path to be decided from the topographical data. The evaluation function includes a material function pertaining to an amount of the material. The controller decides a candidate having a smallest evaluation function of the plurality of candidates as the travel path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Hirayama, Jose Guivant, Jayantha Katupitiya, Mark Whitty
  • Publication number: 20220389679
    Abstract: A controller determines a plurality of candidate paths. The plurality of candidate paths cross a first digging wall from a first slot toward a second slot and extend in respective directions. The controller calculates an evaluation function of a path search algorithm for each of the plurality of candidate paths. The controller determines a candidate path having an optimal evaluation function of the plurality of the candidate paths as a first digging path. The controller controls a work machine according to the first digging path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: Masami HIRAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210363727
    Abstract: A controller obtains topographical data indicative of the topography of a work site. The controller obtains material data indicative of the position of a material. The controller computes an evaluation function based on the material data for each of a plurality of candidates of the travel path to be decided from the topographical data. The evaluation function includes a material function pertaining to an amount of the material. The controller decides a candidate having a smallest evaluation function of the plurality of candidates as the travel path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Masami HIRAYAMA, Jose GUIVANT, Jayantha KATUPITIYA, Mark Whitty
  • Patent number: 11035101
    Abstract: A controller obtains dumping area data indicative the shape of an edge of a dumping area. The controller obtains material data indicative the shape of material in the dumping area. The controller decides, based on the material data, a plurality of segments into which the material is divided. The controller decides dumping positions of the dumping work according to combinations of the plurality of segments and the plurality of dumping candidate positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Hirayama, Mark Whitty, Jayantha Katupitiya, Jose Guivant
  • Publication number: 20200018047
    Abstract: A controller obtains dumping area data indicative the shape of an edge of a dumping area. The controller obtains material data indicative the shape of material in the dumping area. The controller decides, based on the material data, a plurality of segments into which the material is divided. The controller decides dumping positions of the dumping work according to combinations of the plurality of segments and the plurality of dumping candidate positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Masami HIRAYAMA, Mark WHITTY, Jayantha KATUPITIYA, Jose GUIVANT
  • Patent number: 10532653
    Abstract: A tractor includes an air cleaner and a passageway arranged to surround the air cleaner. Alternatively, tractor includes a maintenance equipment, an engine, a top plate covering the engine, and a floor section disposed at a position lower than the top plate and in a non-overlapping position with the engine as seen from above. In this tractor, the maintenance equipment is disposed on the floor section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Uemura, Taira Ozaki, Masami Hirayama
  • Patent number: 10385546
    Abstract: A lift cylinder is attached to a center part of a vehicle body in a vehicle width direction. The lift cylinder causes a work implement to move up and down. A supporting member is attached to the center part of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction and extends upward from the vehicle body. An imaging device is supported by the supporting member and captures images of a region in front of the vehicle body. A penetrating part is formed in the supporting member. The lift cylinder is disposed through the penetrating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Noda, Takuya Uemura, Masami Hirayama, Takashi Tsukamoto, Akira Kotani, Taira Ozaki, Hayato Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 10207577
    Abstract: A tractor includes a vehicle body, an engine, a cooling device, a fan, and a first exterior member. The engine is disposed on the front side of the vehicle body. The cooling device is disposed behind the engine. The fan is arranged to produce cooling air for the cooling device. The first exterior member is disposed on the front side of the vehicle body and covers the engine, the cooling device, and the fan. A first discharge port is arranged to discharge the cooling air and is provided in a first side surface of the first exterior member. The front side surface is positioned on a first side in the vehicle left-right direction. The front surface of the first exterior member includes no opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Yuushi Oshikawa, Takashi Noda, Taira Ozaki, Takuya Uemura, Yuya Takahashi, Masami Hirayama, Hiroshi Itogawa
  • Publication number: 20180056776
    Abstract: A tractor includes a vehicle body, an engine, a cooling device, a fan, and a first exterior member. The engine is disposed on the front side of the vehicle body. The cooling device is disposed behind the engine. The fan is arranged to produce cooling air for the cooling device. The first exterior member is disposed on the front side of the vehicle body and covers the engine, the cooling device, and the fan. A first discharge port is arranged to discharge the cooling air and is provided in a first side surface of the first exterior member. The front side surface is positioned on a first side in the vehicle left-right direction. The front surface of the first exterior member includes no opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuushi OSHIKAWA, Takashi NODA, Taira OZAKI, Takuya UEMURA, Yuya TAKAHASHI, Masami HIRAYAMA, Hiroshi ITOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180029464
    Abstract: A tractor includes an air cleaner and a passageway arranged to surround the air cleaner. Alternatively, tractor includes a maintenance equipment, an engine, a top plate covering the engine, and a floor section disposed at a position lower than the top plate and in a non-overlapping position with the engine as seen from above. In this tractor, the maintenance equipment is disposed on the floor section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Takuya UEMURA, Taira OZAKI, Masami HIRAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170335548
    Abstract: Lift cylinder is attached to a center part of a vehicle body in a vehicle width direction. The lift cylinder causes a work implement to move up and down. A supporting member is attached to the center part of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction and extends upward from the vehicle body. An imaging device is supported by the supporting member and captures images of a region in front of the vehicle body. A penetrating part is formed in the supporting member. The lift cylinder is disposed through the penetrating part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi NODA, Takuya UEMURA, Masami HIRAYAMA, Takashi TSUKAMOTO, Akira KOTANI, Taira OZAKI, Hayato KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20050180010
    Abstract: A dielectric multilayer filter includes a light-transmissive substrate having a flat surface on at least one side with a dielectric multilayer film formed on the flat surface. The dielectric multilayer film reflects light of a particular wavelength. A resin focusing lens is on one side of the light-transmissive substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki MUKAIYAMA, Akira KOMATSU, Masami HIRAYAMA
  • Patent number: 4234450
    Abstract: A non-fluidizable composition readily convertible into a fluidizable composition by slight stress or pressure, which can be prepared by cooling an emulsion comprisinng a water-immiscible fatty acid, water and an emulsifier from a temperature sufficient to keep the emulsion at a fluidizable state while stirring, stopping the stirring at a temperature not lower than the temperature 5.degree. C. below the congealing temperature of the emulsion and further continuing the cooling to room temmperature and is useful as a base for shaving creams, hair creams, adhesive pastes, printers' inks, shoe polishes, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1980
    Assignee: Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Hirayama, Tadataka Nakata, Michiko Kagayama