Patents by Inventor Masaru Numasawa

Masaru Numasawa 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: 9376786
    Abstract: In a construction machine having an engine room and capable of efficiently collecting air flowing in the engine room, a heat exchanger provided at a first side of the engine, and a fan provided at the first side and rotating to generate around the engine a flow of cooling air, further includes an exhaust duct extending in a fan axial direction parallel with a rotation axis of the fan along the engine. The exhaust duct guides the flow of the air to collect the air flowing downstream of the fan in the fan axial direction, in a region extending in the fan axial direction, and discharges the air to an outside of the engine room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru Numasawa
  • Patent number: 9347202
    Abstract: A construction machine includes: an engine room provided with an intake opening and a discharge opening; a fan for sucking cooling air into the engine room through the intake opening; a duct provided in the engine room so as to communicate with the discharge opening and discharging the cooling air sucked into the engine room to an outside of the engine room through the discharge opening; and an exhaust gas pipe guiding exhaust gas discharged from the engine into the duct. A portion on a distal end side of the exhaust gas pipe is inserted into the duct, and the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe inserted into the duct is formed with an exhaust hole which causes the exhaust gas to be discharged in a direction different from a flowing direction of discharge wind in the duct through the exhaust hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Nakashima, Masaru Numasawa, Kazuhiro Ueda, Zenzo Yamaguchi, Yasumasa Kimura
  • Patent number: 9091038
    Abstract: A construction machine includes an exhaust duct for discharging a lower airflow to the exterior of an engine room. An air inlet for introducing air into the exhaust duct is provided in an upper portion of the exhaust duct, and an air outlet for discharging the air from the exhaust duct is provided in a lower portion of the exhaust duct. An air passage is formed in the interior of the exhaust duct between the air inlet and the air outlet. The exhaust duct is disposed on an exhaust side of the engine room such that the air introduced into the air passage in the exhaust duct through the air inlet is discharged below the engine room from the air outlet through a discharge port, and such that a hydraulic pump provided on the exhaust side of the engine room is shielded from the discharge port by the exhaust duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Tsuchihashi, Kazuhiro Ueda, Masaru Numasawa
  • Patent number: 9027676
    Abstract: A construction machine includes: a lower propelling body; and an upper slewing body which is slewably mounted on the lower propelling body. The upper slewing body includes: an engine room provided with an intake opening and a discharge opening; a duct provided in the engine room so as to communicate with the discharge opening; and an exhaust gas pipe which guides exhaust gas discharged from the engine into the duct. The discharge opening and an outlet of the duct are open downward from the engine room. A portion on a distal end side of the exhaust gas pipe is inserted into the duct. The duct and the exhaust gas pipe are configured to cause the exhaust gas to be mixed with cooled air in the duct and cause the mixture of the exhaust gas and the cooled air to be discharged downward from the discharge opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignees: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Nakashima, Masaru Numasawa, Kazuhiro Ueda, Zenzo Yamaguchi, Yasumasa Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140166380
    Abstract: The present invention provides a construction machine having an engine room and capable of efficiently collecting air flowing in the engine room thereby improving exhaust efficiency. The construction machine includes an engine room, an engine, a heat exchanger provided at a first side of the engine, a fan provided at the first side and rotating to generate around the engine a flow of cooling air, and an exhaust duct having an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening and provided in the engine room so as to extend in a fan axial direction parallel with a rotation axis of the fan along the engine. The exhaust duct guides the flow of the air to collect the air flowing downstream of the fan in the fan axial direction, in a region extending in the fan axial direction, and discharge the air to an outside of the engine room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru Numasawa
  • Publication number: 20140151143
    Abstract: A construction machine includes: an engine room provided with an intake opening and a discharge opening; a fan for sucking cooling air into the engine room through the intake opening; a duct provided in the engine room so as to communicate with the discharge opening and discharging the cooling air sucked into the engine room to an outside of the engine room through the discharge opening; and an exhaust gas pipe guiding exhaust gas discharged from the engine into the duct. A portion on a distal end side of the exhaust gas pipe is inserted into the duct, and the inserted portion of the exhaust gas pipe inserted into the duct is formed with an exhaust hole which causes the exhaust gas to be discharged in a direction different from a flowing direction of discharge wind in the duct through the exhaust hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.,
    Inventors: Hajime Nakashima, Masaru Numasawa, Kazuhiro Ueda, Zenzo Yamaguchi, Yasumasa Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140144717
    Abstract: A construction machine includes: a lower propelling body; and an upper slewing body which is slewably mounted on the lower propelling body. The upper slewing body includes: an engine room provided with an intake opening and a discharge opening; a duct provided in the engine room so as to communicate with the discharge opening and an exhaust gas pipe which guides exhaust gas discharged from the engine into the duct. The discharge opening and an outlet of the duct are open downward from the engine room. A portion on a distal end side of the exhaust gas pipe is inserted into the duct. The duct and the exhaust gas pipe are configured to cause the exhaust gas to be mixed with cooled air in the duct and cause the mixture of the exhaust gas and the cooled air to be discharged downward from the discharge opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicants: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co. Ltd, KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Hajime Nakashima, Masaru Numasawa, Kazuhiro Ueda, Zenzo Yamaguchi, Yasumasa Kimura