Patents by Inventor Michio Hirayama
Michio 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).
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Publication number: 20240044110Abstract: A work machine includes: a load acquisition section which acquires a load of an object held by an attachment; and an estimative load determination part which determines, based on the load acquired by the load acquisition section, an estimative load of the object estimated to be discharged at a position above a destination in a discharge task when a predetermined estimative load determinative criterion is satisfied. The estimative load determinative criterion includes at least one of a criterion that a boom rising speed at which a boom rises in a rising direction reduces in a holding task, and a criterion that the boom rising speed reduces in a carrying task.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2020Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiro UETA, Michio HIRAYAMA, Kazuomi ENDO
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Patent number: 11808008Abstract: A construction machine is capable of reducing a decrease in work efficiency due to maintenance for capturing dust. The construction machine includes: an engine; a heat exchanger; a cooling fan that sucks air into an engine chamber to pass the air through the heat exchanger; an intake chamber independent of the engine chamber; an intake tube connected to the intake chamber; and a dust receiving part. The intake tube has a curved part, which has an outside inner wall surface allowing dust in the air to contact it. The dust receiving part is located downstream of the outside inner wall surface to be capable of receiving dust.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignees: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Hideki Hayashi, Ryota Nakahara, Michio Hirayama, Kenjiro Kumitani, Taira Iji, Manabu Shimada
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Publication number: 20230122177Abstract: A working machine detects a bucket angle that is an angle of an opening face of a bucket with respect to a vertical direction orthogonal to a horizontal plane on the basis of detection data indicating a posture of a working device detected by a posture sensor, determines whether an object is accommodated in the bucket or not on the basis of a detected load value of the object accommodated in the bucket, and determines that the object accommodated in the bucket is discharged when the detected bucket angle is on a discharge side beyond a discharge reference angle, and the load value detected by a load detection part is smaller than a load threshold, after the determination that an object is accommodated in the bucket.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiro UETA, Michio HIRAYAMA, Kazuomi ENDO
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Publication number: 20230100150Abstract: A working machine includes: a lower traveling body; an upper slewing body; a cab; a display device; and a detector. The upper slewing body is slewably mounted on the lower traveling body. The cab is mounted on the upper slewing body. The cab include: a front wall having a front window; a pair of left and right front pillars extending in an up-down direction respectively along left and right sides of the front window; and a pair of left and right side walls extending reward respectively from the left and right front pillars. The display device is disposed in a corner defined between one of the left and right side walls and the front wall in the cab while being fixedly attached to the one side wall or the front wall for displaying predetermined information. The detector is fixedly connected to the display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Michio HIRAYAMA, Seiichi ONISHI, Naohito MATSUSHITA
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Publication number: 20220389681Abstract: In a work machine, a load information output part outputs a load calculated by a load calculation part as load information before a piston member shifting toward a stroke end reaches a specific position, and a load storage part stores the load calculated by the load calculation part as a specific load when the piston member shifting toward the stroke end reaches the specific position. The load information output part further outputs the specific load as the load information after the piston member shifting toward the stroke end enters a specific region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiro UETA, Michio HIRAYAMA, Kazuomi ENDO
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Publication number: 20220364336Abstract: A property calculation section of the controller calculates a horizontal distance between a boom proximal end portion and an arm distal end portion based on a detection signal input from an attitude detector, calculates a weight of the distal end attachment based on the horizontal distance and a detection signal input from a holding pressure detector in a state where a distal end attachment is disposed at a pressure release position, and calculates a gravity center position of the distal end attachment based on the weight of the distal end attachment, a detection signal input from the holding pressure detector, and a detection signal input from the attitude detector in a state where the distal end attachment is disposed at a displacement position that is a position different from the pressure release position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiro UETA, Michio HIRAYAMA, Tsutomu FUJISAKI
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Publication number: 20220341123Abstract: An estimative load determination part included in a work machine determines, based on a load acquired by a load acquisition section, an estimative load of an object of a work held by an attachment when an estimative load determinative criterion is satisfied. The estimative load determinative criterion includes at least one of a criterion that a predetermined first reduction manipulation is detected in a holding task and a criterion that the first reduction manipulation is detected after the holding task, the first reduction manipulation being for reducing an amount of the object held by the attachment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiro UETA, Michio HIRAYAMA, Kazuomi ENDO
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Publication number: 20220098823Abstract: A construction machine is capable of reducing a decrease in work efficiency due to maintenance for capturing dust. The construction machine includes: an engine; a heat exchanger; a cooling fan that sucks air into an engine chamber to pass the air through the heat exchanger; an intake chamber independent of the engine chamber; an intake tube connected to the intake chamber; and a dust receiving part. The intake tube has a curved part, which has an outside inner wall surface allowing dust in the air to contact it. The dust receiving part is located downstream of the outside inner wall surface to be capable of receiving dust.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicants: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITYInventors: Hideki HAYASHI, Ryota NAKAHARA, Michio HIRAYAMA, Kenjiro KUMITANI, Taira IJI, Manabu SHIMADA
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Patent number: 10214637Abstract: A rubber composition for tires which enables a balanced improvement in rolling resistance, abrasion resistance, and wet-skid performance which contains a rubber blend, including a diene rubber A modified with a specific acrylamide compound, and a diene rubber B modified with either a combination of a specific silicon or tin compound and a specific modifying compound or with the modifying compound, the combined rubbers A and B having a weight average molecular weight of 300,000 to 1,400,000; and a specific silica.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Michio Hirayama
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Patent number: 10030563Abstract: Provided is a gasket effectively suppressing heat transfer from an exhaust pipe with an injector retention section to a reducing-agent injector. The gasket includes a first plate to contact a retaining wall of the injector retention section, the first plate having a first opening allowing the reducing agent to be injected and a first bolt insert-through hole, a second plate disposed closer to the reducing-agent injector than the first plate, the second plate having a second opening allowing the reducing agent to be injected and a second bolt insert-through hole, and a spacing keeping member that retains a spacing between the first and second plates to form a heat insulation space therebetween. The heat insulation space has a shape allowing at least a part of the heat insulation space to communicate with the outside of the gasket between the first and second plates.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Michio Hirayama, Taisuke Ikeda, Seiichi Onishi
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Patent number: 9708792Abstract: Provided is a construction machine capable of suppressing overcooling of fluid by heat exchangers, while requiring only a small space. The construction machine includes: a lower travel body; an upper slewing body mounted on the lower travel body and having an engine compartment; an engine compartment cover covering the engine compartment; an air filter which collects dust in outside air taken into the engine compartment and has a filter surface; a heat exchanger disposed downstream of the air filter in an air flow direction and having a core surface; an air filter holding section holding the air filter removably in an attitude opposing the filter surface of the air filter to the core surface of the heat exchanger; and a shut member installed removably on the air filter to shut at least a part of the filter surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Michio Hirayama, Seiichi Onishi, Hidenori Matsunaga, Hideki Hayashi, Atsushi Hirahara, Ayumu Tokuda, Shigeyuki Oda, Shinichiro Amano
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Patent number: 9616718Abstract: [Object] To provide a pneumatic tire 2 from which static electricity is easily discharged. [Solution] The tire 2 includes penetration portions 8, an under tread 6, a belt 16, a carcass 16, and clinches 12. The carcass 16 includes a large number of cords aligned with each other, and a conductive topping rubber. The electric resistance Rc of the carcass which is represented by the following mathematical formula is less than 1.0×108?. Rc=?/g/(2×3.14×r)×L×10 In the mathematical formula, ? is the volume resistivity (?·cm) of the topping rubber of the carcass, g is the minimum thickness (mm) of the topping rubber, r is the distance (m) from the axis of the tire to an outer end, in the radial direction, of the clinch, and L is the length (m) of the carcass from an end of the reinforcing layer to the outer end, in the radial direction, of the clinch.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Michio Hirayama
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Patent number: 9599000Abstract: A reductant container having: a tank main body that accommodates a reductant; a heating member disposed in the tank main body and configured to generate heat so as to increase a temperature of the reductant; a covering member covering the heating member and having an inflow portion, the inflow portion allowing some of the reductant to flow into the covering member; a reductant supply pipe through which the reductant in the covering member is supplied to the outside of the tank main body; and a temperature measuring unit having a temperature sensor disposed in the covering member to sense a temperature of the reductant, the temperature measuring unit determining the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor, wherein the covering member has an upper wall covering the heating member from above, the upper wall having a lower surface that is inclined so as to be raised toward the temperature sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Michio Hirayama, Yu Yoshida, Atsushi Omori, Hiroaki Sunada, Shinji Kiyomihara, Shinkichi Ninomiya
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Patent number: 9533567Abstract: The rear wall portion has a curved portion curved in an approximately arc shape in top plan view to serve as a right or left end thereof. An engine is provided on the upper frame at a position in front of the rear wall portion in such a manner that an interspace is formed between the engine and the curved portion. An exhaust aftertreatment device is provided in front of the rear wall portion while being superposed over the interspace. The exhaust aftertreatment device comprises a first treatment section and a second treatment section. The first treatment section and the second treatment section are supported over the upper frame in a posture where respective longitudinal directions of the first and second treatment sections are oriented parallel to each other in top plan view and along the curved portion in top plan view.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiro Ueta, Masakazu Ozaki, Takayuki Maeda, Michio Hirayama
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Publication number: 20160348559Abstract: Provided is a gasket effectively suppressing heat transfer from an exhaust pipe with an injector retention section to a reducing-agent injector. The gasket includes a first plate to contact a retaining wall of the injector retention section, the first plate having a first opening allowing the reducing agent to be injected and a first bolt insert-through hole, a second plate disposed closer to the reducing-agent injector than the first plate, the second plate having a second opening allowing the reducing agent to be injected and a second bolt insert-through hole, and a spacing keeping member that retains a spacing between the first and second plates to form a heat insulation space therebetween. The heat insulation space has a shape allowing at least a part of the heat insulation space to communicate with the outside of the gasket between the first and second plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Michio HIRAYAMA, Taisuke Ikeda, Seiichi Onishi
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Publication number: 20160312437Abstract: Provided is a construction machine capable of suppressing overcooling of fluid by heat exchangers, while requiring only a small space. The construction machine includes: a lower travel body; an upper slewing body mounted on the lower travel body and having an engine compartment; an engine compartment cover covering the engine compartment; an air filter which collects dust in outside air taken into the engine compartment and has a filter surface; a heat exchanger disposed downstream of the air filter in an air flow direction and having a core surface; an air filter holding section holding the air filter removably in an attitude opposing the filter surface of the air filter to the core surface of the heat exchanger; and a shut member installed removably on the air filter to shut at least a part of the filter surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: KOBELCO CONTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Michio HIRAYAMA, Seiichi ONISHI, Hidenori MATSUNAGA, Hideki HAYASHI, Atsushi HIRAHARA, Ayumu TOKUDA, Shigeyuki ODA, Shinichiro AMANO
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Patent number: 9387724Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a tire having improved abrasion resistance and appearance, as well as reduced rolling resistance and therefore improved fuel economy. The present invention relates to a tire including a tread, the tread containing 0.9 to 1.5% by mass of a wax, 0.9 to 1.5% by mass of an amine antioxidant, 0.3 to 1.0% by mass of a quinoline antioxidant, and a tread rubber component containing 3% by mass or more of a polybutadiene rubber, the tread having a rubber thickness between a tread groove bottom and an outermost belt-reinforcing layer of 0.1 to 2.0 mm.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Michio Hirayama
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Publication number: 20160137054Abstract: The rear wall portion has a curved portion curved in an approximately arc shape in top plan view to serve as a right or left end thereof. An engine is provided on the upper frame at a position in front of the rear wall portion in such a manner that an interspace is formed between the engine and the curved portion. An exhaust aftertreatment device is provided in front of the rear wall portion while being superposed over the interspace. The exhaust aftertreatment device comprises a first treatment section and a second treatment section. The first treatment section and the second treatment section are supported over the upper frame in a posture where respective longitudinal directions of the first and second treatment sections are oriented parallel to each other in top plan view and along the curved portion in top plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTDInventors: Toshiro UETA, Masakazu OZAKI, Takayuki MAEDA, Michio HIRAYAMA
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Patent number: 9340663Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for tires which achieves a balanced improvement in rolling resistance, abrasion resistance, and wet-skid performance while providing excellent processability; and a pneumatic tire including the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for tires, including: a modified diene rubber A which has been terminally modified with a specific acrylamide compound; a modified diene rubber B which has been modified with a silicon or tin compound and a specific modifying compound or with the modifying compound; and a silane coupling agent containing a mercapto group, the modified diene rubbers A and B, taken as a whole, having a weight average molecular weight falling within a specific range.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2012Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Michio Hirayama
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Publication number: 20150247439Abstract: A reductant container having: a tank main body that accommodates a reductant; a heating member disposed in the tank main body and configured to generate heat so as to increase a temperature of the reductant; a covering member covering the heating member and having an inflow portion, the inflow portion allowing some of the reductant to flow into the covering member; a reductant supply pipe through which the reductant in the covering member is supplied to the outside of the tank main body; and a temperature measuring unit having a temperature sensor disposed in the covering member to sense a temperature of the reductant, the temperature measuring unit determining the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor, wherein the covering member has an upper wall covering the heating member from above, the upper wall having a lower surface that is inclined so as to be raised toward the temperature sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Michio HIRAYAMA, Yu YOSHIDA, Atsushi OMORI, Hiroaki SUNADA, Shinji KIYOMIHARA, Shinkichi NINOMIYA