Patents by Inventor Norihide Mizoguchi

Norihide Mizoguchi 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: 9551269
    Abstract: A cooling-fan control device for a vehicle that increases the cooling capacity of a cooling oil that cools a brake rapidly and inhibits a brake damage in a case where the brake is applied during traveling or, in addition to the above-described problem-to-be-resolved, suppresses engine horsepower consumption and avoids consumption increase, while increasing the cooling capacity of the brake cooling oil. The rotation speed of the cooling fan is controlled to obtain the higher target rotation speed of a first target rotation speed corresponding to a detected cooling oil temperature and a second target rotation speed corresponding to a detected brake operation amount. The present invention is applicable to a vehicle in which an engine power is distributed to a travel power train and a hydraulic pump, drive wheels are operated via the travel power train, and the cooling fan is actuated via the hydraulic pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Norihide Mizoguchi, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9410540
    Abstract: In a variable displacement hydraulic pump/motor, a casing includes a tapered roller bearing supporting a rotating shaft near supports, the support has a sliding protruding portion in a spherical shape at a shaft portion, and a through oil path extending from the shaft portion to the sliding protruding portion, the support being fitted, at the shaft portion, in a mounting hole in the casing and being fitted, at the sliding protruding portion, in a sliding recessed portion in the swash plate to cover an opening of the through oil path, a communicating oil path is between a space in which a tapered roller of the tapered roller bearing is disposed and the mounting hole, and a lubrication groove constantly connecting the opening of the through oil path to an outside of a sliding contact area between the sliding protruding portion and the sliding recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihide Mizoguchi, Mitsuru Ohshiro, Takahiro Adachi
  • Publication number: 20140186196
    Abstract: In a variable displacement hydraulic pump/motor, a casing includes a tapered roller bearing supporting a rotating shaft near supports, the support has a sliding protruding portion in a spherical shape at a shaft portion, and a through oil path extending from the shaft portion to the sliding protruding portion, the support being fitted, at the shaft portion, in a mounting hole in the casing and being fitted, at the sliding protruding portion, in a sliding recessed portion in the swash plate to cover an opening of the through oil path, a communicating oil path is between a space in which a tapered roller of the tapered roller bearing is disposed and the mounting hole, and a lubrication groove constantly connecting the opening of the through oil path to an outside of a sliding contact area between the sliding protruding portion and the sliding recessed portion is between the sliding protruding portion and the sliding recessed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Norihide Mizoguchi, Mitsuru Ohshiro, Takahiro Adachi
  • Patent number: 8701397
    Abstract: A hydraulic oil supply device includes: a work equipment pump that supplies a hydraulic oil to a hydraulic actuator that drives a work equipment; a fan pump that supplies the hydraulic oil to a hydraulic motor that drives a cooling fan; and a circuit switching valve provided on a hydraulic circuit being branched from a hydraulic circuit connecting the hydraulic actuator with the work equipment pump to be connected to the fan pump, the circuit switching valve selectively connecting a discharge portion of the fan pump to the hydraulic actuator and the hydraulic motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Norihide Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20110011076
    Abstract: A hydraulic oil supply device includes: a work equipment pump that supplies a hydraulic oil to a hydraulic actuator that drives a work equipment; a fan pump that supplies the hydraulic oil to a hydraulic motor that drives a cooling fan; and a circuit switching valve provided on a hydraulic circuit being branched from a hydraulic circuit connecting the hydraulic actuator with the work equipment pump to be connected to the fan pump, the circuit switching valve selectively connecting a discharge portion of the fan pump to the hydraulic actuator and the hydraulic motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Norihide Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20100064991
    Abstract: A cooling-fan control device for a vehicle that increases the cooling capacity of a cooling oil that cools a brake rapidly and inhibits a brake damage in a case where the brake is applied during traveling or, in addition to the above-described problem-to-be-resolved, suppresses engine horsepower consumption and avoids consumption increase, while increasing the cooling capacity of the brake cooling oil. The rotation speed of the cooling fan is controlled to obtain the higher target rotation speed of a first target rotation speed corresponding to a detected cooling oil temperature and a second target rotation speed corresponding to a detected brake operation amount. The present invention is applicable to a vehicle in which an engine power is distributed to a travel power train and a hydraulic pump, drive wheels are operated via the travel power train, and the cooling fan is actuated via the hydraulic pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Norihide Mizoguchi, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7621124
    Abstract: A travel vibration suppressing device 20 is structured such that a directional control valve 30 for a bucket, a directional control valve 29 for a boom, a ride control valve 31 and a boom speed increasing valve 33 are integrally arranged in a laminated manner by an internal piping. The ride control valve 31 communicates or cuts off a bottom chamber 11a of a boom cylinder 11 and an accumulator 27. The boom speed increasing valve 33 supplies a discharge pressure of a hydraulic pump 21 to the bottom chamber 11a or a head chamber 11b or connects the to the bottom chamber 11a or the head chamber 11b to a tank 23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihide Mizoguchi, Hisashi Asada, Daisuke Kozuka, Kazunori Ikei, Shuuji Hori
  • Publication number: 20070056277
    Abstract: A travel vibration suppressing device 20 is structured such that a directional control valve 30 for a bucket, a directional control valve 29 for a boom, a ride control valve 31 and a boom speed increasing valve 33 are integrally arranged in a laminated manner by an internal piping. The ride control valve 31 communicates or cuts off a bottom chamber 11a of a boom cylinder 11 and an accumulator 27. The boom speed increasing valve 33 supplies a discharge pressure of a hydraulic pump 21 to the bottom chamber 11a or a head chamber 11b or connects the to the bottom chamber 11a or the head chamber 11b to a tank 23.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Norihide Mizoguchi, Hisashi Asada, Daisuke Kozuka, Kazunori Ikei, Shuuji Hori
  • Patent number: 6666023
    Abstract: A fluid-pressure transmitting apparatus that is capable of securing the operationality of a working machine and braking and preventing against engine stall. The apparatus can switch between a working-machine operating device and a traveling operating device. When a second operating unit is operated during operation of a first operating unit, the pilot pressurized oil outputted from each operating means through first and second pilot-pressure admission passages is admitted to a low-pressure selecting valve. At this time, the pilot pressurized oil is automatically selected through the low-pressure selecting valve to control the delivery capacity of the traveling pump and braking and preventing engine stall and realizing travel at low speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinobu Nagura, Toshio Ozawa, Norihide Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20020073700
    Abstract: A fluid-pressure transmitting apparatus is provided which is capable of securing the operationality of a working machine and braking and preventing against engine stall. Furthermore, a fluid-pressure transmitting apparatus is provided which makes it possible to switch over, in arrangement relationship, between a working-machine operating device and a traveling operating device. When a second operating unit is operated during operation of a first operating unit, the pilot pressurized oil outputted from each operating means through first and second pilot-pressure admission passages is admitted to a low-pressure selecting valve. At this time, when the pilot pressurized oil to be admitted to the second pilot pressure admission passage is lowered, it is automatically selected through the low-pressure selecting valve to control the delivery capacity of the traveling pump and braking and preventing engine stall and realizing travel at low speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Shinobu Nagura, Toshio Ozawa, Norihide Mizoguchi