Patents by Inventor Naokazu Oda

Naokazu Oda 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: 10704471
    Abstract: Provided is a dump truck that includes an engine (1) and an ECU (7) controlling the engine (1) and that performs a predetermined operation after arriving at a destination. The ECU (7) is configured to makes larger an engine power suppression amount on a route leading the dump truck to the destination as a work waiting time that is a prediction time elapsing from an arrival of the dump truck at the destination to a start of the operation by the dump truck is longer and as an engine load of the dump truck is lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakamura, Naokazu Oda, Masatsugu Arai
  • Publication number: 20180347479
    Abstract: Provided is a dump truck that includes an engine (1) and an ECU (7) controlling the engine (1) and that performs a predetermined operation after arriving at a destination. The ECU (7) is configured to makes larger an engine power suppression amount on a route leading the dump truck to the destination as a work waiting time that is a prediction time elapsing from an arrival of the dump truck at the destination to a start of the operation by the dump truck is longer and as an engine load of the dump truck is lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Akihiro NAKAMURA, Naokazu ODA, Masatsugu ARAI
  • Patent number: 9845051
    Abstract: This invention has an object to assist for traveling operation of a self-propelled industrial machine to display underneath image of the self-propelled industrial machine on a monitor of a display device mounted in a operator's cab. The display device of the self-propelled industrial machine according to the present invention is provided for a dump truck, which comprises cameras having field of view to underneath of the dump truck, a symbol image storage section to store a symbol image which is symbolized the dump truck, a superposing process section to make transparent with a predetermined transparent ratio in the symbol image as a transparent region and to superpose an image taken by the camera on the area corresponding to the transparent region as underneath image, and a monitor mounted in a cab of the dump truck for displaying the symbol image composed by the superposing process section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Kowatari, Naokazu Oda, Katsuhiko Shimizu, Yoshihiro Inanobe, Hidefumi Ishimoto
  • Patent number: 9475484
    Abstract: A vehicle status is judged with respect to whether the following conditions are met: the shift position of a shift lever 4 is F or R (condition 1); the brakes are inactive (condition 2); the vehicle stands still (condition 3); the accelerator pedal is depressed equal to or less than ? (condition 4); and the rotational speed of the engine is equal to or less than a medium rotational speed (condition 5). The engine is controlled such that the rotational speed is set to a minimum if conditions 1, 2, and 4 are met and condition 3 is not met or if condition 1 is met and condition 2 is not met; and the rotational speed is set to the medium rotational speed if conditions 1, 2, 3, and 5 are met or if conditions 1, 2, and 5 are met and conditions 3 and 4 are not met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michio Fushiki, Naokazu Oda, Katsuhiko Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9415678
    Abstract: Provided is a haulage vehicle having an air cleaner that is realistic from the viewpoints of fabrication steps and cost aspect. An air cleaner (24) arranged in a haulage vehicle is provided with a swirling flow generator (26), a separator (27) and an outer cylindrical casing (25). The swirling flow generator has a fixed shaft (28) and a plurality of guide blades (29) arranged and shifted from one another over a predetermined angle in a direction in which the guide blades rotate about the fixed shaft, and by the plurality of guide blades, a swirling flow of cooling air is generated. The separator has a flange (32) attached on and along an inner peripheral wall of the outer cylindrical casing (25), an inner cylindrical member (30) arranged on an outer edge of a center bore of the flange, and a collection pocket (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Oue, Naokazu Oda
  • Publication number: 20160121873
    Abstract: A vehicle status is judged with respect to whether the following conditions are met: the shift position of a shift lever 4 is F or R (condition 1); the brakes are inactive (condition 2); the vehicle stands still (condition 3); the accelerator pedal is depressed equal to or less than ? (condition 4); and the rotational speed of the engine is equal to or less than a medium rotational speed (condition 5). The engine is controlled such that the rotational speed is set to a minimum if conditions 1, 2, and 4 are met and condition 3 is not met or if condition 1 is met and condition 2 is not met; and the rotational speed is set to the medium rotational speed if conditions 1, 2, 3, and 5 are met or if conditions 1, 2, and 5 are met and conditions 3 and 4 are not met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Michio FUSHIKI, Naokazu ODA, Katsuhiko SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20150321546
    Abstract: Provided is a haulage vehicle having an air cleaner that is realistic from the viewpoints of fabrication steps and cost aspect. An air cleaner (24) arranged in a haulage vehicle is provided with a swirling flow generator (26), a separator (27) and an outer cylindrical casing (25). The swirling flow generator has a fixed shaft (28) and a plurality of guide blades (29) arranged and shifted from one another over a predetermined angle in a direction in which the guide blades rotate about the fixed shaft, and by the plurality of guide blades, a swirling flow of cooling air is generated. The separator has a flange (32) attached on and along an inner peripheral wall of the outer cylindrical casing (25), an inner cylindrical member (30) arranged on an outer edge of a center bore of the flange, and a collection pocket (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi OUE, Naokazu ODA
  • Publication number: 20150138360
    Abstract: This invention has an object to assist for traveling operation of a self-propelled industrial machine to display underneath image of the self-propelled industrial machine on a monitor of a display device mounted in a operator's cab. The display device of the self-propelled industrial machine according to the present invention is provided for a dump truck, which comprises cameras having field of view to underneath of the dump truck, a symbol image storage section to store a symbol image which is symbolized the dump truck, a superposing process section to make transparent with a predetermined transparent ratio in the symbol image as a transparent region and to superpose an image taken by the camera on the area corresponding to the transparent region as underneath image, and a monitor mounted in a cab of the dump truck for displaying the symbol image composed by the superposing process section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Yoichi Kowatari, Naokazu Oda, Katsuhiko Shimizu, Yoshihiro Inanobe, Hidefumi Ishimoto