Patents by Inventor Norio Obata

Norio Obata 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: 20250033488
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a motor to drive at least either a travel device or a work device, a shift operation tool to shift a rotational power to drive the travel device or the work device, an accelerator operation tool to raise and lower a motor rotation speed of the motor, and a motor controller configured or programmed to control the motor rotation speed in response to an operation on the accelerator operation tool and to perform a motor restraining control to restrict an output from the motor in response to the shift operation tool and the accelerator operation tool being operated in an inappropriate procedure with the motor rotation speed being equal to or less than a predetermined first rotation speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Kazuto OKAZAKI, Shinichi KAWABATA, Shunya TAKASE, Yuta INOUE, Norio OBATA
  • Publication number: 20240286495
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a battery, a motor to be driven by electric power supplied from the battery, a cover covering the battery, and a support portion supported by the battery. The cover is supported by the support portion and swingable about a horizontal axis relative to the support portion to enable opening and closing, and the support portion is supported by a side portion of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Norio OBATA, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Haruki MITSUI
  • Patent number: 9561789
    Abstract: A hybrid work vehicle is provided with an internal combustion engine for supplying driving force to a running device and a work implement via a transmission shaft, a motor generator for assisting the internal combustion engine by outputting power to the transmission shaft, and a battery for receiving charging electricity from the motor generator and giving driving electricity to the motor generator. A load information generation unit generates load information indicating a rotational load received by the internal combustion engine when in a constant-speed control mode for maintaining a constant number of revolutions of the internal combustion engine, based on an input parameter, and an assistance calculation unit calculates an amount of assistance for internal combustion engine by the motor generator, based on the load information when in the constant-speed control mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Keishiro Nishi, Hidetoshi Hana, Atsushi Shinkai, Hisao Mukai, Michita Kono, Yushi Matsuzaki, Yoshitomo Fujimoto, Susumu Umemoto, Shigeki Hayashi, Norio Obata, Toshikazu Kawamoto, Nobushige Ichikawa
  • Publication number: 20140148984
    Abstract: A hybrid work vehicle is provided with an internal combustion engine for supplying driving force to a running device and a work implement via a transmission shaft, a motor generator for assisting the internal combustion engine by outputting power to the transmission shaft, and a battery for receiving charging electricity from the motor generator and giving driving electricity to the motor generator. A load information generation unit generates load information indicating a rotational load received by the internal combustion engine when in a constant-speed control mode for maintaining a constant number of revolutions of the internal combustion engine, based on an input parameter, and an assistance calculation unit calculates an amount of assistance for internal combustion engine by the motor generator, based on the load information when in the constant-speed control mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keishiro Nishi, Hidetoshi Hana, Atsushi Shinkai, Hisao Mukai, Michita Kono, Yushi Matsuzaki, Yoshitomo Fujimoto, Susumu Umemoto, Shigeki Hayashi, Norio Obata, Toshikazu Kawamoto, Nobushige Ichikawa