Patents by Inventor Norita TOTTORI

Norita TOTTORI 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: 12070995
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes: a travel battery, an auxiliary battery, a motor drivable on electric power supplied by the travel battery, a travel device drivable by the motor, a voltage converter positioned forward of the travel battery to step down a voltage of electric power from the travel battery and supply the electric power to the auxiliary battery, and a radiator positioned forward of the travel battery, wherein the voltage converter and the radiator are laterally next to each other in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norita Tottori, Hironobu Nogami, Daisuke Miyazaki, Renta Kasai, Daisuke Nakayama
  • Patent number: 12055089
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a diesel engine, a heater to heat a gas to be supplied to a combustion chamber of the diesel engine, and a controller to execute an afterglow routine to cause the heater to operate. The controller is configured or programmed to execute the afterglow routine in response to the diesel engine being started, an elapse of a predetermined stop time since an end of a previous execution of the afterglow routine, and the work vehicle being in a warming-up state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota Nakano, Keiji Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Gono, Keita Ono, Norita Tottori, Naoya Okamoto, Ryosuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12036856
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a body frame, a battery above the body frame, a motor drivable on electric power supplied by the battery, a travel device drivable by the motor, and a cooling fan positioned forward of the battery to send cooling air to the battery, wherein the body frame and the battery define a ventilation space therebetween, and the cooling fan extends in an up-down direction of a machine body to face both the battery and the ventilation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norita Tottori, Hironobu Nogami, Daisuke Nakayama, Daisuke Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20240169773
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a battery, an operating apparatus to be supplied with power from the battery, an operating apparatus manager to manage operation of the operating apparatus, a reporting device in a driver's section, a voltage drop amount detector to detect an amount of voltage drop in the battery, and a voltage drop manager to report voltage drop information via the reporting device in response to the amount of voltage drop exceeding a permissible value during operation of the operating apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi MIYAKE, Akiya SHIBUTANI, Norita TOTTORI, Tsuyoshi GONO, Keiji TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20240155962
    Abstract: A tractor includes a hydraulic lifting and lowering driver to lift and lower a three-point linkage, a load detector to swing according to a traction load of an implement, and a mechanical linkage to transmit a swing amount of the load detector to the lifting and lowering driver. The mechanical linkage includes a first linkage on one side in a right-left direction of a vehicle body frame and interlockingly linked with the load detector, a second linkage on the other side in the right-left direction of the vehicle body frame and interlockingly linked with the lifting and lowering driver, and an operation cable interlockingly linking the first linkage and the second linkage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Takashi SAWAI, Norita TOTTORI, Katsumi YANAGIHARA, Kazuya KIYAMA, Hiroyuki KAWAMURA, Shinichiro MINAMI, Ryo KUMAI, Mami FUJII
  • Publication number: 20240116435
    Abstract: A utility vehicle includes a fixing portion to which a lamp is fixed, and a support portion that supports the fixing portion and is capable of switching a position of the fixing portion between a use position where at least a portion of the lamp is located outside a vehicle body with respect to a fender and a storage position where the lamp is located inside the vehicle body with respect to the fender.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Shinji FUJIMOTO, Norita TOTTORI, Ryosuke TANAKA, Maho YAMANAKA
  • Patent number: 11925131
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a work device, a battery, a motor drivable on electric power supplied by the battery, a travel device drivable by the motor, and a hydraulic pump positioned next to the motor and drivable by the motor to supply operating fluid to an operating mechanism of the work device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakayama, Hironobu Nogami, Norita Tottori, Takefumi Oguri
  • Publication number: 20230392540
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a diesel engine, a heater to heat a gas to be supplied to a combustion chamber of the diesel engine, and a controller to execute an afterglow routine to cause the heater to operate. The controller is configured or programmed to execute the afterglow routine in response to the diesel engine being started, an elapse of a predetermined stop time since an end of a previous execution of the afterglow routine, and the work vehicle being in a warming-up state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Shota NAKANO, Keiji TAKAHASHI, Tsuyoshi GONO, Keita ONO, Norita TOTTORI, Naoya OKAMOTO, Ryosuke TANAKA
  • Patent number: 11745584
    Abstract: A PTO shaft driving device in a working machine, includes a parking switch to detect parking of a vehicle body, a first switch located on a manipulator located on the vehicle body to output a PTO shaft control command that is either a driving command to drive a PTO shaft located on the vehicle body or a stopping command to stop the PTO shaft, a second switch located at a position different from the manipulator to output a PTO shaft control command that is either a driving command to drive the PTO shaft or a stopping command to stop the PTO shaft, a first permission switch to selectively permit or prohibit a stationary work when the parking switch detects the parking, and a controller configured or programmed to control driving of the PTO shaft. The controller is configured or programmed to selectively drive or stop the PTO shaft according to the PTO shaft control command from the first switch or the second switch when the stationary work is permitted by the first permission switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Takahashi, Tatsuya Sakai, Tsuyoshi Gono, Norita Tottori
  • Publication number: 20220377959
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a work device, a battery, a motor drivable on electric power supplied by the battery, a travel device drivable by the motor, and a hydraulic pump positioned next to the motor and drivable by the motor to supply operating fluid to an operating mechanism of the work device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Daisuke NAKAYAMA, Hironobu NOGAMI, Norita TOTTORI, Takefumi OGURI
  • Publication number: 20220379704
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a battery, a motor positioned under the battery and drivable on electric power supplied by the battery, a travel device drivable by the motor, an inverter positioned under the battery and forward of the motor to convert direct-current electric power from the battery into alternating-current electric power and supply the alternating-current electric power to the motor, and a transmission positioned backward of the battery to transmit a driving force of the motor to the travel device, wherein the motor and the inverter are arranged in a front-back direction of a machine body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Norita TOTTORI, Daisuke NAKAYAMA, Hironobu NOGAMI
  • Publication number: 20220379703
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a travel battery, an auxiliary battery, a motor drivable on electric power supplied by the travel battery, a travel device drivable by the motor, a voltage converter positioned forward of the travel battery to step down a voltage of electric power from the travel battery and supply the electric power to the auxiliary battery, and a radiator positioned forward of the travel battery, wherein the voltage converter and the radiator are laterally next to each other in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Norita TOTTORI, Hironobu NOGAMI, Daisuke MIYAZAKI, Renta KASAI, Daisuke NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11460080
    Abstract: A valve unit (V) has a valve housing (50) that includes a supply oil passage (55) configured to receive operating oil from a hydraulic pump, and a pressure adjustment valve (Va) configured to adjust the pressure of the supply oil passage (55). The pressure adjustment valve (Va) includes a pressure adjustment valve body (61) configured to open and close the supply oil passage (55), a compression coil spring (62) that keeps the pressure adjustment valve body (61) at a closed position when the pressure of the supply oil passage (55) is smaller than a set value and allows the pressure adjustment valve body (61) to open when the pressure of the supply oil passage (55) is not smaller than the set value, and a restriction member (63) configured to, when the pressure adjustment valve body (61) becomes open against the urging force of the spring (62) in response to a pressure of the operating oil, abut against the pressure adjustment valve body (61) to restrict movement of the pressure adjustment valve body (61).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Okamoto, Norita Tottori
  • Patent number: 11447194
    Abstract: An operating mechanism of a work vehicle includes: an operating portion that is provided to a side console disposed beside a seat and can be operated by an operator; and a switching portion capable of switching between a used state in which the operating portion can be used and a non-used state in which the operating portion cannot be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norita Tottori, Hironobu Nogami, Satoru Yamanaka, Tadashi Nakamura, Hideaki Ezaki, Masafumi Oshita
  • Publication number: 20220234434
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a body frame, a battery above the body frame, a motor drivable on electric power supplied by the battery, a travel device drivable by the motor, and a cooling fan positioned forward of the battery to send cooling air to the battery, wherein the body frame and the battery define a ventilation space therebetween, and the cooling fan extends in an up-down direction of a machine body to face both the battery and the ventilation space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Norita TOTTORI, Hironobu NOGAMI, Daisuke NAKAYAMA, Daisuke MIYAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11261584
    Abstract: A work machine includes a transmission case (5) extending in the front-back direction of a machine body, a first hydraulic unit (V) provided on one of mutually opposite wall portions (5a, 5b) of the transmission case (5), a second hydraulic unit (44) provided on a second one of the wall portions (5a, 5b), and a supply passage (43) configured to supply operating oil from the first hydraulic unit (V) to the second hydraulic unit (44). The first hydraulic unit (V) and the second hydraulic unit (44) are aligned to be overlapped with each other as viewed in a direction orthogonal to a case axis (X) extending along the front-back direction of the transmission case (5). The supply passage (43) extends inside the transmission case (5) in a straight line orthogonal to the case axis (X).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakayama, Hironobu Nogami, Norita Tottori, Naoya Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20210402874
    Abstract: A PTO shaft driving device in a working machine, includes a parking switch to detect parking of a vehicle body, a first switch located on a manipulator located on the vehicle body to output a PTO shaft control command that is either a driving command to drive a PTO shaft located on the vehicle body or a stopping command to stop the PTO shaft, a second switch located at a position different from the manipulator to output a PTO shaft control command that is either a driving command to drive the PTO shaft or a stopping command to stop the PTO shaft, a first permission switch to selectively permit or prohibit a stationary work when the parking switch detects the parking, and a controller configured or programmed to control driving of the PTO shaft. The controller is configured or programmed to selectively drive or stop the PTO shaft according to the PTO shaft control command from the first switch or the second switch when the stationary work is permitted by the first permission switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Keiji TAKAHASHI, Tatsuya SAKAI, Tsuyoshi GONO, Norita TOTTORI
  • Publication number: 20210199138
    Abstract: A valve unit (V) has a valve housing (50) that includes a supply oil passage (55) configured to receive operating oil from a hydraulic pump, and a pressure adjustment valve (Va) configured to adjust the pressure of the supply oil passage (55). The pressure adjustment valve (Va) includes a pressure adjustment valve body (61) configured to open and close the supply oil passage (55), a compression coil spring (62) that keeps the pressure adjustment valve body (61) at a closed position when the pressure of the supply oil passage (55) is smaller than a set value and allows the pressure adjustment valve body (61) to open when the pressure of the supply oil passage (55) is not smaller than the set value, and a restriction member (63) configured to, when the pressure adjustment valve body (61) becomes open against the urging force of the spring (62) in response to a pressure of the operating oil, abut against the pressure adjustment valve body (61) to restrict movement of the pressure adjustment valve body (61).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Naoya Okamoto, Norita Tottori
  • Publication number: 20210198870
    Abstract: A work machine includes a transmission case (5) extending in the front-back direction of a machine body, a first hydraulic unit (V) provided on one of mutually opposite wall portions (5a, 5b) of the transmission case (5), a second hydraulic unit (44) provided on a second one of the wall portions (5a, 5b), and a supply passage (43) configured to supply operating oil from the first hydraulic unit (V) to the second hydraulic unit (44). The first hydraulic unit (V) and the second hydraulic unit (44) are aligned to be overlapped with each other as viewed in a direction orthogonal to a case axis (X) extending along the front-back direction of the transmission case (5). The supply passage (43) extends inside the transmission case (5) in a straight line orthogonal to the case axis (X).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Daisuke Nakayama, Hironobu Nogami, Norita Tottori, Naoya Okamoto
  • Patent number: D1003324
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takamasa Maeda, Norita Tottori, Shinji Fujimoto, Ryosuke Tanaka, Maho Yamanaka