Patents by Inventor Norio Ueda

Norio Ueda 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).

  • Automatic control system for a loading and unloading vehicle
    Patent number: 4634332
    Abstract: An automatic control system for a vehicle such as a fork lift truck automates the transportation, loading and unloading operations of the vehicle in a work area. Leader cables disposed in the work area are supplied with instruction signals of respectively different frequencies from terminal units in response to commands from a central control device. Any cable or a combination of two cables forms a ehicle guideway along which the travel of the vehicle is controlled by instruction signal pickup coils on the vehicle and along which loading and unloading stations for the vehicle are located. Loading and unloading are effected without using the leader cables, the necessary instruction signals then being received from the central control device by the vehicle from a coil disposed at the loading and unloading station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho, Komatsu Fork Lift Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Kamide, Norio Ueda, Akira Nemoto