Patents by Inventor Norimi Nakamura
Norimi Nakamura 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).
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Patent number: 9216777Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a seat section and a load-carrying platform disposed rearwardly of the seat section. A storage space is disposed rearwardly of the seat section and downwardly of the load-carrying platform, the storage space extending in a lateral width direction of the vehicle body, and the storage space opening toward a lateral side of the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Norimi Nakamura, Teruo Shimamura, Taro Nakamura, Masaru Nakaji, Mitsugu Kobayashi, Ryouzou Imanishi, Yoshimi Hirooka, Koji Fujiwara
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Patent number: 8960805Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a seat section including a forward driver's seat and a rear seat, a rear seat posture changing mechanism for changing the rear seat in its position between a first posture where the rear seat is in a non-use condition and a second posture where the rear seat is in a use condition, a load-carrying platform disposed rearwardly of the seat section, and a partitioning member for partitioning the seat section from a space behind the seat section. The load-carrying platform includes a forward platform and a rearward platform and is switchable in its state between an extended state where a fore/aft length of the load-carrying platform is increased after the forward platform is moved forward, and a contracted state where the fore/aft length of the load-carrying platform is decreased after the forward platform is moved rearward.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Norimi Nakamura, Teruo Shimamura, Taro Nakamura, Mitsugu Kobayashi, Ryouzou Imanishi, Yoshimi Hirooka, Koji Fujiwara
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Patent number: 8720299Abstract: A tiltable steering wheel apparatus comprises a tilting mechanism provided under a grip portion of a steering wheel. The tilting mechanism includes a steering wheel support member for supporting the steering wheel to be tiltable about a pivotal axis extending along a transverse direction of a vehicle body, and a control lever switchable between a tilting allowing mode for allowing tilting movement of the steering wheel and a tilting preventing mode for preventing tilting movement of the steering wheel. The control lever has an extension extending toward the grip portion with a manual control portion provided in a distal end thereof to be operable with the fingers of the operator holding the grip portion of the steering wheel.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Norimi Nakamura, Koji Fujiwara, Hiroaki Kitaguchi, Koji Nada
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Patent number: 8720977Abstract: In a door (25) of a cabin for work vehicle, which door (25) opens and closes an entrance of the cabin and includes a door main body (25A) having a plurality of accessories (A), the door main body (25A) is formed as a hollow welded unified structure having a door cavity (25B), by welding an inner panel (27) to an outer panel (28) each made of a press-molded sheet-metal. An accessory attaching portion (B) is integrally molded with the inner panel (27), and the outer panel (28) has an opening (28J) formed therein for part assembly which allows the accessories (A) to be brought into the door cavity (25B) and assembled to the accessory attaching portion (B). The outer pane (28) is further provided with a decorative cover (60) for closing the opening (28J).Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Norimi Nakamura, Koji Nada, Hiroaki Kitaguchi
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Publication number: 20140034409Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a seat section and a load-carrying platform disposed rearwardly of the seat section. A storage space is disposed rearwardly of the seat section and downwardly of the load-carrying platform, the storage space extending in a lateral width direction of the vehicle body, and the storage space opening toward a lateral side of the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Kubota CorporationInventors: Norimi Nakamura, Teruo Shimamura, Taro Nakamura, Masaru Nakaji, Mitsugu Kobayashi, Ryouzou Imanishi, Yoshimi Hirooka, Koji Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20130241228Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a seat section including a forward driver's seat and a rear seat, a rear seat posture changing mechanism for changing the rear seat in its position between a first posture where the rear seat is in a non-use condition and a second posture where the rear seat is in a use condition, a load-carrying platform disposed rearwardly of the seat section, and a partitioning member for partitioning the seat section from a space behind the seat section. The load-carrying platform includes a forward platform and a rearward platform and is switchable in its state between an extended state where a fore/aft length of the load-carrying platform is increased after the forward platform is moved forward, and a contracted state where the fore/aft length of the load-carrying platform is decreased after the forward platform is moved rearward.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Kubota CorporationInventors: Norimi Nakamura, Teruo Shimamura, Taro Nakamura, Mitsugu Kobayashi, Ryouzou Imanishi, Yoshimi Hirooka, Koji Fujiwara
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Patent number: 8499870Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a seat disposed between front wheels and rear wheels; an engine disposed between the right and left rear wheels rearward of the seat; a battery disposed in a container space positioned downward of the seat disposed frontward of the rear wheels; an air cleaner disposed in the container space and arranged proximally to the battery in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and an opening-closing lid unit for covering the air cleaner and the battery from outside in a vehicle transverse direction. An element of the air cleaner is disposed in the air cleaner so that the element is insertable and removable in the vehicle transverse direction, and a position of the air cleaner is set so that the element is accessible from outside the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Taro Nakamura, Ryouzou Imanishi, Yoshimi Hirooka, Norimi Nakamura, Tatsuya Nose, Kazuyoshi Kawamoto
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Patent number: 8414082Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame extending in the fore/aft direction, the vehicle body frame including a front frame and a rear frame disposed rearwardly of the front frame, a passenger's section provided on the vehicle body frame, a driver's seat disposed on the front side of the passenger's section, and a drive unit including an engine, the drive unit being disposed downwardly of the rear frame. A rear portion of a rear seat disposing space provided rearwardly of the driver's seat is overlapped with an upper side of the rear frame. A rear seat disposed in the rear seat disposing space is selectable in its posture between a first posture where the upper side of the rear frame is opened up to allow visual inspection of the drive unit and a second posture where the rear seat is positioned on the upper side of the rear frame to cover the drive unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2009Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Norimi Nakamura, Ryouzou Imanishi, Koji Fujiwara, Mitsugu Kobayashi, Yoshimi Hirooka, Taro Nakamura, Teruo Shimamura
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Patent number: 8376441Abstract: A pick-up style work vehicle includes a rollover protection structure (ROPS), a seat section including a forward driver's seat and a rear seat, and a rear seat posture changing mechanism for changing the rear seat in its position between a first posture where the rear seat is in a non-use condition and a second posture where the rear seat is in a use condition. A fore/aft length of the rear seat in the first posture is shorter than the fore/aft length of the rear seat in the second posture. The work vehicle also includes a partitioning member for partitioning the seat section from a space behind the seat section with the partitioning member being supported by the ROPS. The partitioning member is movable with being supported by the ROPS between a rearwardly displaced position immediately behind the rear seat and a forwardly displaced position moved forward from the rearwardly displaced position.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2011Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Norimi Nakamura, Ryouzou Imanishi, Koji Fujiwara, Mitsugu Kobayashi, Yoshimi Hirooka, Taro Nakamura, Teruo Shimamura
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Publication number: 20120248813Abstract: In a door (25) of a cabin for work vehicle, which door (25) opens and closes an entrance of the cabin and includes a door main body (25A) having a plurality of accessories (A), the door main body (25A) is formed as a hollow welded unified structure having a door cavity (25B), by welding an inner panel (27) to an outer panel (28) each made of a press-molded sheet-metal. An accessory attaching portion (B) is integrally molded with the inner panel (27), and the outer panel (28) has an opening (28J) formed therein for part assembly which allows the accessories (A) to be brought into the door cavity (25B) and assembled to the accessory attaching portion (B). The outer pane (28) is further provided with a decorative cover (60) for closing the opening (28J).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Norimi Nakamura, Koji Nada, Hiroaki Kitaguchi
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Publication number: 20120056411Abstract: A pick-up style work vehicle includes a rollover protection structure (ROPS), a seat section including a forward driver's seat and a rear seat, and a rear seat posture changing mechanism for changing the rear seat in its position between a first posture where the rear seat is in a non-use condition and a second posture where the rear seat is in a use condition. A fore/aft length of the rear seat in the first posture is shorter than the fore/aft length of the rear seat in the second posture. The work vehicle also includes a partitioning member for partitioning the seat section from a space behind the seat section with the partitioning member being supported by the ROPS. The partitioning member is movable with being supported by the ROPS between a rearwardly displaced position immediately behind the rear seat and a forwardly displaced position moved forward from the rearwardly displaced position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Norimi NAKAMURA, Ryouzou IMANISHI, Koji FUJIWARA, Mitsugu KOBAYASHI, Yoshimi HIROOKA, Taro NAKAMURA, Teruo SHIMAMURA
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Publication number: 20110314953Abstract: A tiltable steering wheel apparatus comprises a tilting mechanism provided under a grip portion of a steering wheel. The tilting mechanism includes a steering wheel support member for supporting the steering wheel to be tiltable about a pivotal axis extending along a transverse direction of a vehicle body, and a control lever switchable between a tilting allowing mode for allowing tilting movement of the steering wheel and a tilting preventing mode for preventing tilting movement of the steering wheel. The control lever has an extension extending toward the grip portion with a manual control portion provided in a distal end thereof to be operable with the fingers of the operator holding the grip portion of the steering wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Norimi Nakamura, Koji Fujiwara, Hiroaki Kitaguchi, Koji Nada
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Patent number: 8052202Abstract: The vehicle frame for a work vehicle includes a cabin frame that is assembled into a substantially box form. A base frame is welded to the cabin frame. The cabin frame includes left and right side frames, each of which is formed into a loop. The cabin member includes a plurality of cross members for connecting the left and right side frames. Each of the side frames is formed with a single one-piece pipe material having a first end and a second end with the first end connected to the second end such that a tangential direction extending along a region of the first end coincides with a tangential direction extending along a region of the second end. The pipe material has an irregular shape having a recess formed along the entire length between the first end and the second end of the pipe material.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2010Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventor: Norimi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20110132678Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a seat disposed between front wheels and rear wheels; an engine disposed between the right and left rear wheels rearward of the seat; a battery disposed in a container space positioned downward of the seat disposed frontward of the rear wheels; an air cleaner disposed in the container space and arranged proximally to the battery in a vehicle longitudinal direction; and an opening-closing lid unit for covering the air cleaner and the battery from outside in a vehicle transverse direction. An element of the air cleaner is disposed in the air cleaner so that the element is insertable and removable in the vehicle transverse direction, and a position of the air cleaner is set so that the element is accessible from outside the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Taro Nakamura, Ryouzou Imanishi, Yoshimi Hirooka, Norimi Nakamura, Tatsuya Nose, Kazuyoshi Kawamoto
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Patent number: 7926387Abstract: A change-speed control system is provided for a utility vehicle having a stepless change-speed apparatus for speed-changing an engine output and transmitting the speed-changed output to a traveling unit. The system includes an engine speed governor for adjusting speed of the engine, an accelerator controller and a change-speed control linkage device for providing operative displacements in the stepless change-speed apparatus and the engine speed governor in association with an operation of the accelerator controller. The change-speed control linkage device sets an operation amount for the stepless change-speed apparatus and an operation amount for the engine speed governor in correlation with the operation amount of the accelerator controller, such that an acceleration ratio for the engine speed is greater than an acceleration ratio for the stepless change-speed apparatus until the engine reaches a predetermined speed and also the stepless change-speed apparatus reaches a predetermined speed.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2008Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Yoshifumi Horiuchi, Yasunobu Nakatani, Hiroki Bessho, Norimi Nakamura
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Patent number: 7913505Abstract: A work vehicle comprises a plurality of wheels; a vehicle body supported by the plurality of wheels and having a cabin, a front half region and a rear half region; an engine located in the rear half region of the vehicle body; and an air conditioning unit located in a lower forward region of the cabin and having an evaporator and a fan.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2006Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventor: Norimi Nakamura
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Patent number: 7815246Abstract: A cab includes a cab frame forming the cab, an outer roof configured to cover the cab frame from above and to be fastened to the cab frame from above, a seal mount protruding downwardly from an edge of the outer roof, and a seal material including a body portion having a recess for receiving the seal mount. The periphery of the body portion of the seal material has a seal lip for contacting the cab frame for sealing, and a drain groove for draining water entering between the seal material and the cab frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2007Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Norimi Nakamura, Shinichiro Saji, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Masanori Fujino
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Publication number: 20100201156Abstract: The vehicle frame for a work vehicle includes a cabin frame that is assembled into a substantially box form. A base frame is welded to the cabin frame. The cabin frame includes left and right side frames, each of which is formed into a loop. The cabin member includes a plurality of cross members for connecting the left and right side frames. Each of the side frames is formed with a single one-piece pipe material having a first end and a second end with the first end connected to the second end such that a tangential direction extending along a region of the first end coincides with a tangential direction extending along a region of the second end. The pipe material has an irregular shape having a recess formed along the entire length between the first end and the second end of the pipe material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventor: Norimi Nakamura
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Patent number: 7677646Abstract: The vehicle frame for a work vehicle includes a cabin frame that is assembled into a substantially box form. A base frame is welded to the cabin frame. The cabin frame includes left and right side frames, each of which is formed into a loop. The cabin member includes a plurality of cross members for connecting the left and right side frames. Each of the side frames is formed with a single one-piece pipe material having a first end and a second end with the first end connected to the second end such that a tangential direction extending along a region of the first end coincides with a tangential direction extending along a region of the second end. The pipe material has an irregular shape having a recess formed along the entire length between the first end and the second end of the pipe material.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2006Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventor: Norimi Nakamura
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Patent number: D621423Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Shinobu Nakanishi, Hisato Katoh, Norimi Nakamura