Patents by Inventor Mitsunori Hirozawa

Mitsunori Hirozawa 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: 20140026552
    Abstract: The axial lengths of coupling portions of a flywheel, a rotor shaft, and a pump shaft are reduced to reduce the axial length of an entire power unit. A crankshaft and a flywheel are directly coupled to each other and the flywheel and a rotor shaft are directly coupled to each other. A coupling is directly coupled to an end face of the rotor shaft on the opposite side to the flywheel. A pump shaft is connected to the coupling. Coupling surfaces of the flywheel and the rotor shaft and coupling surfaces the rotor shaft and the coupling are arranged within a width range of a coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Koiwai, Mitsunori Hirozawa, Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20140026551
    Abstract: A hybrid construction machine that enables to efficiently cool a generator motor, while suppressing an increase in the entire length of a power unit. A motor housing is provided with a bulging portion which is configured to axially bulge from the inner periphery of a motor side connection surface toward an engine over the entire circumference thereof around an axis, and to engage with the inside of an engine housing; and a coolant passage which is configured to flow a coolant for cooling a stator therethrough. The inner peripheral surface of the motor housing including the inner peripheral surface of the bulging portion is configured to come into plane contact with the outer peripheral surface of the stator. The coolant passage is disposed at a position axially displaced from the motor side connection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Hirozawa, Yoichiro Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20130307443
    Abstract: A slewing-type working machine includes: an electric storage device capable of being charged with regenerative electric power for regenerating slewing energy of an upper slewing body while functioning as an electric power source for an electric slewing motor; an electric storage device and electric storage device controller detecting whether the electric storage device is under a normal condition with sufficient capacity to regenerate the slewing energy or under an abnormal condition without sufficient capacity; and a controller controlling a velocity of the electric slewing motor based on a result of detection by the electric storage device and electric storage device controller, wherein the controller performs a velocity limiting control for limiting a maximum velocity of the electric slewing motor when the electric storage device is under the abnormal condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsunori Hirozawa
  • Publication number: 20100303642
    Abstract: A controller includes: a storage unit that stores a map in which an operation amount and an upper limit value of suction horsepower of a hydraulic pump are associated with each other, for each operation content identified by a cylinder that is an operation object out of the cylinders, and by a direction of operation performed on this cylinder; an operation horsepower determination unit that determines the upper limit value of suction horsepower for each cylinder by using the map stored in the storage unit when an actuation command relating to at least one cylinder is input by an operation lever; a high-level selection unit that selects the maximum upper limit value of suction horsepower out of the upper limit values of suction horsepower determined by the operation horsepower determination unit; and a regulator that regulates a displacement of the hydraulic pump so as to obtain horsepower equal to or lower than the suction horsepower selected by the high-level selection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel Ltd), KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takao Nanjo, Saburo Senoo, Mitsunori Hirozawa