Patents by Inventor Naoto KAWABUCHI

Naoto KAWABUCHI 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: 20190112167
    Abstract: A crane 1, the hook (main hook 24) of which is stored on the lower end of a boom 7, and the winch (main winch 9) of which can be moved by a hydraulic motor 37, said crane being provided with a pressure sensor 55 capable of detecting the pressure of hydraulic fluid being delivered to the hydraulic motor 37, and a controller 61 capable of recognizing changes in the pressure of the hydraulic fluid on the basis of a signal from the pressure sensor 55, and also being provided with an anomaly warning means Mi capable of providing warning of anomalies pertaining to the storage of at least the hook (24), the controller 61 activating the anomaly warning means Mi when it is determined that the pressure of the hydraulic fluid when the hook has been stored is below a minimum value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro FUKUMORI, Naoto KAWABUCHI, Naofumi YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20190113031
    Abstract: The unload circuit includes a pump oil passage that connects between a hydraulic pump and a direction control valve, a tank oil passage that connects between the direction control valve and a hydraulic tank, a pressure compensating flow control valve interposed between the pump oil passage and the tank oil passage, a pilot operated relief valve interposed between the pump oil passage and the tank oil passage, and an unloading solenoid valve interposed in a vent oil passage of the pilot operated relief valve. The failure diagnosis device includes a pressure sensor that measures a pressure of the pump oil passage, and a controller that receives a pressure signal from the pressure sensor. The controller performs failure diagnosis of the unload circuit based on a differential pressure between a first pump oil passage pressure during unloading and a second pump oil passage pressure during on-loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto KAWABUCHI, Naofumi YOSHIDA, Yasuhiro FUKUMORI
  • Publication number: 20190106300
    Abstract: A crane is disclosed, the crane includes detachable hydraulic cylinder including a head side oil chamber and a rod side oil chamber both to be connected to a control valve through a joint, in which a head side hydraulic detecting section and a rod side hydraulic detecting section are each provided to the hydraulic cylinder, and a connection state between the hydraulic cylinder and the control valve is determined based on a head side hydraulic pressure and a rod side hydraulic pressure in a period until a predetermined time elapses after supply of electric power to the head side hydraulic detecting section and the rod side hydraulic detecting section is started and an operation tool for hydraulic cylinder switches the control valve to a state of supplying hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko OKAMOTO, Yasuhiro MAEDA, Naoto KAWABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20190085876
    Abstract: This hydraulic system is provided with a hydraulic pump, a control valve, and a pilot pressure supply unit. The pilot pressure supply unit has: an electromagnetic proportional valve that has a detent-type emergency manual operation function with which a pilot oil passage can be opened manually and generates pilot pressure for a control valve; a controller that controls the degree of opening of the electromagnetic proportional valve in accordance with the operation of an operation lever; and a pilot pressure switching unit that switches the oil pressure state of the pilot pressure supply unit between an on-loading state and an unloading state. The pilot pressure switching unit performs control to implement the unloading state when the electromagnetic proportional valve is being opened manually and performs control to implement the on-loading state after the electromagnetic proportional valve has been opened manually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto KAWABUCHI, Naofumi YOSHIDA, Naotaka MASUDA, Yasuhiro FUKUMORI
  • Publication number: 20190010029
    Abstract: An expansion/contraction mechanism includes a telescopic cylinder, boom fixing means, cylinder-boom connecting means, and a hydraulic-pressure supply unit, and telescopes a plurality of booms except a base boom by telescoping the telescopic cylinder. The hydraulic-pressure supply unit includes a pneumatic-pressure source, a selector valve which selects a destination of air provided from the pneumatic-pressure source, a first pneumatic path through which first air sent from the selector valve circulates, a second pneumatic path through which second air sent from the selector valve circulates, a first pneumatic-to-hydraulic conversion unit which converts a pneumatic pressure provided by the first air to a hydraulic pressure and supplies the hydraulic pressure to a first hydraulic cylinder, and a second pneumatic-to-hydraulic conversion unit which converts a pneumatic pressure provided by the second air to a hydraulic pressure and supplies the hydraulic pressure to a second hydraulic cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto KAWABUCHI, Takashi KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20180044143
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide an actuator control device with which desired drive control characteristics can be obtained by means of a simple operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Naoto Kawabuchi, Naofumi Yoshida, Naotaka Masuda, Yasuhiro Fukumori
  • Patent number: 9738498
    Abstract: A telescopic boom extension device includes a cylinder-boom coupling mechanism, an inter-boom fixing mechanism, and a driving mechanism that drives the foregoing two. The driving mechanism has a hydraulic supply part and a drive source generation part. The hydraulic supply part includes an AOH and is provided at a cylinder tube of a telescopic boom. The hydraulic supply part supplies operating oil selectively to actuators driving a B pin and a C pin. The drive source generation part includes an air hose and supplies compressed air to the AOH. The air hose is wound around a hose reel in an unrollable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: TADANO, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Kawabuchi, Takashi Kawano
  • Patent number: 9688519
    Abstract: A telescopic boom extension device includes a driving mechanism. The driving mechanism that drives B pins and a C pin includes a hydraulic supply part and a drive source generation part. The drive source generation part generates a predetermined hydraulic pressure at the hydraulic supply part based on a pneumatic pressure. The hydraulic supply part has an accumulator and AOHs and supplies a hydraulic pressure to a cylinder-boom coupling mechanism and an inter-boom fixing mechanism. The drive source generation part uses a pneumatic supply part to send compressed air to the hydraulic supply part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: TADANO LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Kawabuchi, Takashi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20160244306
    Abstract: A telescopic boom extension device includes a driving mechanism. The driving mechanism that drives B pins and a C pin includes a hydraulic supply part and a drive source generation part. The drive source generation part generates a predetermined hydraulic pressure at the hydraulic supply part based on a pneumatic pressure. The hydraulic supply part has an accumulator and AOHs and supplies a hydraulic pressure to a cylinder-boom coupling mechanism and an inter-boom fixing mechanism. The drive source generation part uses a pneumatic supply part to send compressed air to the hydraulic supply part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Naoto KAWABUCHI, Takashi KAWANO
  • Publication number: 20160221803
    Abstract: A telescopic boom extension device includes a cylinder-boom coupling mechanism, an inter-boom fixing mechanism, and a driving mechanism that drives the foregoing two. The driving mechanism has a hydraulic supply part and a drive source generation part. The hydraulic supply part includes an AOH and is provided at a cylinder tube of a telescopic boom. The hydraulic supply part supplies operating oil selectively to actuators driving a B pin and a C pin. The drive source generation part includes an air hose and supplies compressed air to the AOH. The air hose is wound around a hose reel in an unrollable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Naoto KAWABUCHI, Takashi KAWANO