Patents by Inventor Motonari Inaoka

Motonari Inaoka 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: 10024026
    Abstract: A front loader frame includes a first attachment having a first attachment surface that can be oriented on a first virtual plane and is fixable to one portion a vehicle body. A second attachment has a second attachment surface that can be oriented on a different virtual plane from the first virtual plane and is fixable to another portion of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Uchijima, Motonari Inaoka
  • Patent number: 9895966
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes an engine mounted to a vehicle body frame. A cooling fan unit is arranged on one side of the engine. A coolant fluid radiator is arranged on an opposite side of the cooling fan unit. A cooling unit is arranged on an opposite side of the coolant fluid radiator. A link mechanism connects the cooling unit such that a distance between the cooling unit and the coolant fluid radiator can be changed. The link mechanism can utilize a four-link mechanism having a pair of upper links and a pair of lower links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: Kubota Corporation, AVL List GMBH
    Inventors: Motonari Inaoka, Toshihide Shimizu, Werner Orth
  • Patent number: 9315103
    Abstract: A multifunction operation tool includes a swing body swingably supported in a front/back direction of a vehicle body and implementing acceleration control on a transmission by swinging in a forward direction and implementing deceleration control on the transmission by swinging in a rearward direction. A grip body arranged on a free end portion of the swing body. A grip part arranged on a first lateral area of the grip body in a transverse direction of the vehicle body and having a convex surface. A vertical lateral surface arranged on a second lateral area of the grip body and which is a lateral surface of the grip part. An operator-facing surface arranged on the second lateral area of the grip body and extending in the transverse direction of the vehicle body from a bottom edge of the vertical lateral surface. Operation switch groups are arranged on the vertical lateral surface and the operator-facing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruhito Yamauchi, Motonari Inaoka
  • Publication number: 20160031311
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes an engine mounted to a vehicle body frame. A cooling fan unit is arranged on one side of the engine. A coolant fluid radiator is arranged on an opposite side of the cooling fan unit. A cooling unit is arranged on an opposite side of the coolant fluid radiator. A link mechanism connects the cooling unit such that a distance between the cooling unit and the coolant fluid radiator can be changed. The link mechanism can utilize a four-link mechanism having a pair of upper links and a pair of lower links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicants: KUBOTA CORPORATION, AVL LIST GMBH
    Inventors: Motonari INAOKA, Toshihide SHIMIZU, Werner ORTH
  • Publication number: 20160032555
    Abstract: A front loader frame includes a first attachment having a first attachment surface that can be oriented on a first virtual plane and is fixable to one portion a vehicle body. A second attachment has a second attachment surface that can be oriented on a different virtual plane from the first virtual plane and is fixable to another portion of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiyoshi UCHIJIMA, Motonari INAOKA
  • Publication number: 20160009174
    Abstract: A multifunction operation tool includes a swing body swingably supported in a front/back direction of a vehicle body and implementing acceleration control on a transmission by swinging in a forward direction and implementing deceleration control on the transmission by swinging in a rearward direction. A grip body arranged on a free end portion of the swing body. A grip part arranged on a first lateral area of the grip body in a transverse direction of the vehicle body and having a convex surface. A vertical lateral surface arranged on a second lateral area of the grip body and which is a lateral surface of the grip part. An operator-facing surface arranged on the second lateral area of the grip body and extending in the transverse direction of the vehicle body from a bottom edge of the vertical lateral surface. Operation switch groups are arranged on the vertical lateral surface and the operator-facing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruhito YAMAUCHI, Motonari INAOKA
  • Patent number: 8636326
    Abstract: A track frame is swingably supported by a rear axle case of a travel machine body through a rocking shaft; front and rear driven wheels are disposed in front and rear end portions of the track frame; at least three idling wheels are disposed on an intermediate portion of the track frame at intervals in a longitudinal direction; a drive wheel which is disposed upward of a longitudinal intermediate portion of the track frame and is configured to receive a power transmitted from a rear axle supported by the rear axle case; and a crawler belt is wrapped around the drive wheel, the front driven wheel, the rear driven wheel and the idling wheels. Two idling wheels on a rear side of the at least three idling wheels are pivoted on a first rocking link, and a longitudinal intermediate portion of the first rocking link is pivoted on the track frame through a first pivot shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventor: Motonari Inaoka
  • Patent number: 8020948
    Abstract: A crawler traveling apparatus includes a traveling vehicle body having a rear axle case, a track frame supported via a pivot shaft to the rear axle case, a pair of front and rear driven wheels mounted at front and rear end portions of the track frame, a pair of the rear driven wheels being provided on the right and left sides across a rear end portion of the track frame, a free wheel mounted at an intermediate portion of the track frame, a crawler entrained about a drive wheel, the front and rear driven wheels and the free wheel, a rearwardly downward inclined face formed at an upper portion of the rear end portion of the track frame, the inclined face being configured to cause an amount of earth/sand to drop off its surface; and a rear upper cover provided at an upper portion of the rear portion of the track frame in the vicinity of said inclined face, the rear upper cover forming a rear upper inclined face that is oriented downward in the right/left outward direction, the rear upper inclined face being conf
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventor: Motonari Inaoka
  • Publication number: 20100148573
    Abstract: A track frame is swingably supported by a rear axle case of a travel machine body through a rocking shaft; front and rear driven wheels are disposed in front and rear end portions of the track frame; at least three idling wheels are disposed on an intermediate portion of the track frame at intervals in a longitudinal direction; a drive wheel which is disposed upward of a longitudinal intermediate portion of the track frame and is configured to receive a power transmitted from a rear axle supported by the rear axle case; and a crawler belt is wrapped around the drive wheel, the front driven wheel, the rear driven wheel and the idling wheels. Two idling wheels on a rear side of the at least three idling wheels are pivoted on a first rocking link, and a longitudinal intermediate portion of the first rocking link is pivoted on the track frame through a first pivot shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Motonari Inaoka
  • Publication number: 20100051358
    Abstract: A crawler traveling apparatus includes a traveling vehicle body having a rear axle case, a track frame supported via a pivot shaft to the rear axle case, a pair of front and rear driven wheels mounted at front and rear end portions of the track frame, a pair of the rear driven wheels being provided on the right and left sides across a rear end portion of the track frame, a free wheel mounted at an intermediate portion of the track frame, a crawler entrained about a drive wheel, the front and rear driven wheels and the free wheel, a rearwardly downward inclined face formed at an upper portion of the rear end portion of the track frame, the inclined face being configured to cause an amount of earth/sand to drop off its surface; and a rear upper cover provided at an upper portion of the rear portion of the track frame in the vicinity of said inclined face, the rear upper cover forming a rear upper inclined face that is oriented downward in the right/left outward direction, the rear upper inclined face being conf
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Motonari Inaoka
  • Patent number: 7328760
    Abstract: A semicrawler-type working vehicle is provided having a vehicle body (3), a front steering control wheel (7) arranged at a front side of the vehicle body, a drive shaft (26) and a pivot shaft (22) arranged at a rear side of the vehicle body, and a semicrawler unit (2) driven by the drive shaft. The semicrawler-type working vehicle comprises: a track frame (16) by which the semicrawler unit (2) is supported via the pivot shaft (22) so as to be pivotable relative to the vehicle body (3); a drive wheel (11) arranged on the drive shaft (26); a front driven wheel (12) and a rear driven wheel (13) that are supported by the track frame (16) such that a horizontal distance from the drive wheel (11) to the front driven wheel (12) is longer than a horizontal distance from the drive wheel (11) to the rear driven wheel (13); and a crawler belt (15) that is wound around the drive wheel (11), the front driven wheel (12), and the rear driven wheel (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Motonari Inaoka, Takeshi Imamura, Yuji Tomiyama, Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshikazu Aota
  • Patent number: 6890042
    Abstract: A crawler traveling apparatus includes a rubber crawler belt having a plurality of driving projections formed with a predetermined peripheral pitch on an inner peripheral face of the belt, a drive wheel rotatable when engaged with the driving projections of the crawler belt for driving the belt, and a plurality of free wheels rotatable for laterally guiding the driving projections under movement. Each driving projection has an upper half having a lateral face including an upper half lateral face portion and a lower half having a lower half lateral face portion, the upper half lateral face portion having an erect inclination angle smaller than an erect inclination angle of the lower half lateral face portion. Each free wheel has an inner lateral face opposed to the driving projection, the inner lateral face having an inclined guide face having an inclination parallel to the lower half lateral face portion of the driving projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Motonari Inaoka, Yuji Tomiyama, Yoshikazu Aota, Takashi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050060918
    Abstract: A semicrawler-type working vehicle is provided having a vehicle body (3), a front steering control wheel (7) arranged at a front side of the vehicle body, a drive shaft (26) and a pivot shaft (22) arranged at a rear side of the vehicle body, and a semicrawler unit (2) driven by the drive shaft. The semicrawler-type working vehicle comprises: a track frame (16) by which the semicrawler unit (2) is supported via the pivot shaft (22) so as to be pivotable relative to the vehicle body (3); a drive wheel (11) arranged on the drive shaft (26); a front driven wheel (12) and a rear driven wheel (13) that are supported by the track frame (16) such that a horizontal distance from the drive wheel (11) to the front driven wheel (12) is longer than a horizontal distance from the drive wheel (11) to the rear driven wheel (13); and a crawler belt (15) that is wound around the drive wheel (11), the front driven wheel (12), and the rear driven wheel (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Motonari Inaoka, Takeshi Imamura, Yuji Tomiyama, Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshikazu Aota
  • Publication number: 20040135433
    Abstract: A crawler traveling apparatus includes a rubber crawler belt having a plurality of driving projections formed with a predetermined peripheral pitch on an inner peripheral face of the belt, a drive wheel rotatable when engaged with the driving projections of the crawler belt for driving the belt, and a plurality of free wheels rotatable for laterally guiding the driving projections under movement. Each driving projection has an upper half having a lateral face including an upper half lateral face portion and a lower half having a lower half lateral face portion, the upper half lateral face portion having an erect inclination angle smaller than an erect inclination angle of the lower half lateral face portion. Each free wheel has an inner lateral face opposed to the driving projection, the inner lateral face having an inclined guide face having an inclination parallel to the lower half lateral face portion of the driving projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motonari Inaoka, Yuji Tomiyama, Yoshikazu Aota, Takashi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D497621
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Motonari Inaoka, Yoshikazu Aota, Takashi Kobayashi, Takeshi Imamura
  • Patent number: D729851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kushita, Motonari Inaoka
  • Patent number: D733767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kushita, Motonari Inaoka
  • Patent number: D749647
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventor: Motonari Inaoka