Patents by Inventor Masaru Nakata
Masaru Nakata 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).
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Patent number: 5207306Abstract: The present invention provides a clutch operating device for use in vehicles for pushing out the clutch disengaging members (5) of a dry disk clutch (1) which is disposed between a flywheel (2) mounted on the output shaft of an engine and a propeller shaft (3) rotatably supported by a support wall (10) of a transmission case, the device being characterized in that the device comprises an annular cylinder chamber (A) provided on the support wall (10) concentrically with the propeller shaft (3), an annular piston (17) axially slidably fitted in the cylinder chamber (A), a release bearing (16) mounted on the forward end of the piston (17) and engageable with the clutch disengaging members (5) by contact therewith, and structure (23) for supplying a pressure oil to the cylinder chamber (A) by depressing a clutch pedal (20) to push out the piston (17) toward the clutch disengaging members (5).Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1991Date of Patent: May 4, 1993Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha KubotaInventors: Kenichi Sato, Eisaku Shinohara, Takeshi Imamura, Masaru Nakata
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Patent number: 4903789Abstract: A power steering apparatus comprising steering arms for steering front wheels of a vehicle mounted at opposite ends of an axle, and a power cylinder extending parallel to the axle for driving the steering arms. The axle is oscillatably supported by an axle frame through a center shaft. The power cylinder is connected to the axle by a connecting device to be movable in three-dimensional directions. The connecting device includes a support shaft extending parrallel to the axle, an oscillatable arm connected to the support shaft, and a universal joint for interconnecting the oscillatable member and the cylinder. The universal joint has an axis extending perpendicular to the center axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 1988Date of Patent: February 27, 1990Assignee: Kubota, Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Nakata, Yuji Tomiyama
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Patent number: 4798260Abstract: A steering apparatus for a front wheel drive tractor comprising, at each of opposite lateral sides thereof, a front axle, a front axle case housing the front axle, a kingpin, a transmission case provided in an outer end region of the front axle case to be pivotable about the kingpin, and a front wheel attached to the transmission case and including a hub shaft. The kingpin is operatively connected to the front axle through a bevel gear transmission, and the hub shaft is operatively connected to the kingpin through a bevel gear transmission and a planetary reduction mechanism. The front wheel has a substantially zero camber angle, and the kingpin is inclined such that a lower portion of the transmission case disposed inwardly with respect to a center of the tractor is substantially contained inside a rim of the front wheel.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 1986Date of Patent: January 17, 1989Assignee: Kubota, Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Nakata, Yuichi Kitao
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Patent number: 4772065Abstract: The disclosed invention provides a tractor cabin and a manufacturing method therefor. A main transparent plate and side transparent plates are caused to adhere to one another or otherwise become an integral whole, by a substantially transparent filling material, to constitute a gate-shaped front face of the cabin.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1987Date of Patent: September 20, 1988Assignee: Kubota, Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Nakata, Kenichi Sato, Katsushi Fukawatase, Susumu Arisawa, Yasunori Kurata, Kengo Sato, Hiroaki Taniguchi
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Patent number: 4721031Abstract: A tractor cabin having struts, a top framework, an air conditioner mounted on the top framework, and a ceiling assembly covering an entire ceiling area of the cabin. In order to optimize air conditioned flows, the ceiling assembly includes outlet vents in a front region thereof for delivering defrosting air flows, outlet vents in lateral sides thereof for delivering air flows for the driver, an inside air intake vent in a rear portion thereof inside the cabin, and an outside air intake vent rearwardly and outwardly of the cabin. The ceiling assembly further includes an overhead console box having an air conditioning control unit and other elements. The console box is disposed such that its lower end is on or above a straight line extending from the driver's eye level to the top edge of a windshield to provide the driver with an unobstructed forward view.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1986Date of Patent: January 26, 1988Assignee: Kubota, Ltd.Inventors: Masaru Nakata, Kenichi Sato, Isama Kawai, Katsumi Ohishi, Mitsuhiko Obe, Takao Nishikawa, Yoshaburo Shimizu, Kenji Hinoue
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Patent number: 4650242Abstract: A tractor cabin having a pair of right and left front struts, a pair of right and left rear struts, a pair of right and left intermediate struts disposed between the front and rear struts, a top frame interconnecting upper ends of the front, rear and intermediate struts, a floor sheet attached to lower ends of the front, rear and intermediate struts, and a gate-shaped cabin front defined by the front struts and the top frame. The cabin comprises a gate-shaped partition assembly disposed at a lower mid-position transversely of the cabin front, connecting members connecting right and left lower ends of the partition assembly to lower ends of the right and left front struts, and a transparent member secured to inner peripheries of the cabin front, the transparent member including side transparent portions extending downwardly therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 1985Date of Patent: March 17, 1987Assignee: Kubuto, Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuhiko Obe, Isamu Kawai, Masaru Nakata, Katumi Oisi, Yosaburo Shimizu, Katsushi Fukawatase, Takao Nishikawa, Kenji Hinoue, Susumu Arisawa, Kenichi Sato, Yasunori Kurata, Kengo Sato
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Patent number: 4628768Abstract: A tractor transmission wherein an engine output is transmitted through a clutch mechanism to a primary change speed mechanism, and a clutch housing and a first transmission case are removably connected to each other. The first transmission case includes a space in a forward portion thereof to accommodate a high speed and low speed switching mechanism and a forward and backward switching mechanism, interchangeable with each other, to be attached to a rear wall of the clutch housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1986Date of Patent: December 16, 1986Assignee: Kubota, Ltd.Inventors: Takaho Omura, Yasuyuki Horii, Taichi Fujiwara, Masaru Nakata