Patents by Inventor Motoki Ohba

Motoki Ohba 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: 8548692
    Abstract: A travel vibration suppressing device is connected to a hydraulic cylinder for operating a work machine, and utilizes an accumulator to suppress vibration during travel of the vehicle. Upon determining that the state of the work machine is the excavating state, the control unit switches from a state of communication between a hydraulic cylinder and the accumulator to a blocked state when the vehicle speed changes from a speed exceeding a first speed to a speed equal to or less than the first speed. Upon determining that the operating state is the normal state, the state of communication between a boom cylinder and the accumulator is switched to the blocked state when the vehicle speed changes from a second speed lower than the first speed to a speed equal to or less than the second speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Morimoto, Motoki Ohba, Atsushi Shirao
  • Publication number: 20120155999
    Abstract: A travel vibration suppressing device is connected to a hydraulic cylinder for operating a work machine, and utilizes an accumulator to suppress vibration during travel of the vehicle. Upon determining that the state of the work machine is the excavating state, the control unit switches from a state of communication between a hydraulic cylinder and the accumulator to a blocked state when the vehicle speed changes from a speed exceeding a first speed to a speed equal to or less than the first speed. Upon determining that the operating state is the normal state, the state of communication between a boom cylinder and the accumulator is switched to the blocked state when the vehicle speed changes from a second speed lower than the first speed to a speed equal to or less than the second speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Morimoto, Motoki Ohba, Atsushi Shirao