Patents by Inventor Noritaka Itou

Noritaka Itou 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: 20230313488
    Abstract: The work vehicle 1 includes a main controller 100 that controls a travel driving force and a work driving force. The main controller 100 includes a travel remaining time calculating unit 111 that calculates a remaining time until a target rise/run distance is reached as a travel remaining time tC, a work remaining time calculating unit 112 that calculates a remaining time until a target arm angle is reached as a work remaining time t1, a rise/run determining unit 113 that determines whether rise/run is being performed or not, a correction rate setting unit 114 that sets a travel correction rate ?C that adjusts a travel driving torque and a work correction rate ?I that adjusts a work driving torque based on the travel remaining time tC, the work remaining time t1, and the rise/run determination flag, and an engine torque distribution calculating unit 115 that calculates a travel driving torque command and a work driving torque command based on the travel correction rate ?C and the work correction rate ?I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Masatoshi YOSHIMURA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Satoru KANEKO, Noritaka ITOU, Satoshi SEKINO
  • Publication number: 20230272598
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: an engine; a hydraulic pump that is driven by the engine; hydraulic cylinders that are extended and contracted by pressurized fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump; a work device that is moved according to the extension/contraction operations of the hydraulic cylinders; a travel device that is driven independently of the work device; an electrically driven motor that is driven by electric power generated by the engine to operate the travel device; and a controller that controls the hydraulic cylinders and the electrically driven motor. The controller controls the output power of the hydraulic pump and the output power of the electrically driven motor by changing the distribution ratios of a first torque consumed by the work device and a second torque consumed by the travel device among torques output by the engine, on the basis of a reaction force received by the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Masatoshi YOSHIMURA, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI, Satoru KANEKO, Noritaka ITOU, Satoshi SEKINO, Katsuhiko TOKUDA
  • Publication number: 20210324607
    Abstract: In an electric drive system in which a battery is not connected to a DC bus, even when a load on a traveling electric motor increases suddenly, it is made possible to avoid such a situation that the DC bus voltage drops to a level equal to or lower than an operating voltage of an inverter and the inverter stops working. To this end, a DC bus voltage drop prevention device controls such that, when the voltage of the DC bus drops below a first threshold value, the output torque of the traveling electric motor is decreased according to an amount of decrease in the voltage of the DC bus, and when the voltage of the DC bus drops below a second threshold voltage lower than the first threshold voltage, the output torque of the traveling electric motor is decreased to zero or a value within a range of magnitude with which a work vehicle stays stationary on a level ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Satoru KANEKO, Akinori KAMIYA, Noritaka ITOU, Hiroshi UTASHIRO
  • Patent number: 11035099
    Abstract: A wheel loader includes a working device, a lift cylinder 152 which is a hydraulic actuator that drives the working device, a hydraulic pump 220 that supplies hydraulic oil to the lift cylinder 152, a lift cylinder bottom pressure detector 252 that detects a pressure of the lift cylinder 152, a control valve 221 that controls the amount of hydraulic oil to be supplied from the hydraulic pump 220 to the lift cylinder 152, a vehicle acceleration detector 254 that detects a vehicle acceleration in a longitudinal direction, and a control device 240. The control device 240 determines whether the working device has started excavation, or not, based on the lift cylinder bottom pressure detected by the lift cylinder bottom pressure detector 252 and the vehicle acceleration detected by the vehicle acceleration detector 254.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shota Kimura, Tadashi Osaka, Hidekazu Moriki, Kazuo Ishida, Noritaka Itou
  • Patent number: 10272900
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a hybrid working vehicle that enables enhancing efficiency of an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: KCM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Kaneko, Takashi Ikimi, Noritaka Itou, Yuuichi Kunitomo
  • Publication number: 20190100899
    Abstract: A wheel loader includes a working device, a lift cylinder 152 which is a hydraulic actuator that drives the working device, a hydraulic pump 220 that supplies hydraulic oil to the lift cylinder 152, a lift cylinder bottom pressure detector 252 that detects a pressure of the lift cylinder 152, a control valve 221 that controls the amount of hydraulic oil to be supplied from the hydraulic pump 220 to the lift cylinder 152, a vehicle acceleration detector 254 that detects a vehicle acceleration in a longitudinal direction, and a control device 240. The control device 240 determines whether the working device has started excavation, or not, based on the lift cylinder bottom pressure detected by the lift cylinder bottom pressure detector 252 and the vehicle acceleration detected by the vehicle acceleration detector 254.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Shota KIMURA, Tadashi OSAKA, Hidekazu MORIKI, Kazuo ISHIDA, Noritaka ITOU
  • Patent number: 10017918
    Abstract: Provided is a working machine capable of regenerating and utilizing surplus energy. The working machine related to the present invention is provided with a branching flow path (150) through which hydraulic oil flows between a hydraulic actuator (24) and a hydraulic pump-motor (14), an accumulator (30) arranged in the branching flow path, a first opening/closing valve (31) arranged between the accumulator and the hydraulic pump-motor, and a second opening/closing valve (32) arranged between the accumulator and the hydraulic actuator. A control device (41) selectively introduces the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic actuator and the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump-motor to the accumulator and accumulates the same by controlling opening/closing of the first opening/closing valve and the second opening/closing valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: KCM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoko Tsukada, Noritaka Itou, Takashi Ikimi, Satoru Kaneko, Takashi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 9890517
    Abstract: A hybrid wheel loader includes a control device (200) that estimates output power of an engine (1) and an electricity storage device (11) when the hybrid wheel loader is inferred on the basis of output values of detectors (62, 63) to be traveling towards an object of excavation in order to perform an excavating work, and then, if the output power is less than target power considered necessary for the excavating work, accelerates the engine (1) to a target revolution speed while increasing the electric power supplied from the electricity storage device to a traveling motor (9). Accordingly, power necessary for excavation can be drawn from the engine even when the engine revolution speed is low and there is a fear of power deficiency occurring at the time of the excavating work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: KCM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Kaneko, Takashi Ikimi, Noritaka Itou, Satoshi Sekino
  • Publication number: 20170130426
    Abstract: Provided is a working machine capable of regenerating and utilizing surplus energy. The working machine related to the present invention is provided with a branching flow path (150) through which hydraulic oil flows between a hydraulic actuator (24) and a hydraulic pump-motor (14), an accumulator (30) arranged in the branching flow path, a first opening/closing valve (31) arranged between the accumulator and the hydraulic pump-motor, and a second opening/closing valve (32) arranged between the accumulator and the hydraulic actuator. A control device (41) selectively introduces the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic actuator and the hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pump-motor to the accumulator and accumulates the same by controlling opening/closing of the first opening/closing valve and the second opening/closing valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Yoko TSUKADA, Noritaka ITOU, Takashi IKIMI, Satoru KANEKO, Takashi FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170088115
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a hybrid working vehicle that enables enhancing efficiency of an engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Satoru KANEKO, Takashi IKIMI, Noritaka ITOU, Yuuichi KUNITOMO
  • Patent number: 9598838
    Abstract: There are provided a work vehicle comprising a motor generator (6) driven by an engine, a hydraulic pump (4) driven by at least either of the motor generator and the engine, a work device (50) driven by hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump, a electric traction motor (9) driving wheels (61), an electrical storage device (11) connected to the motor generator and to the electric traction motor and charged electrically on the basis of a target SOC; and a control device (200) varying the target SOC for the electrical storage device (11) on the basis of total demanded power (Pf+Prun) of the hydraulic pump and the electric traction motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KCM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Kaneko, Takashi Ikimi, Noritaka Itou, Hidekazu Moriki, Ken Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 9556590
    Abstract: This invention includes a hydraulic pump (9), a working implement (107) having a lift cylinder (13) driven by a hydraulic fluid supplied from the hydraulic pump (9), an operating device (104) for operating the working implement (107), a traveling motor (7) for driving wheels, and a main controller (100). When the lift cylinder (13) fails to operate despite an extending instruction being imparted to the lift cylinder (13) via the operating device (104), the main controller (100) reduces a limit value for an increase rate of a torque required in the traveling motor (7) to a value smaller than that applied when the lift cylinder (13) operates. With this configuration, occurrence of wheel slip during lifting of an object to be carried can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Moriki, Satoru Kaneko, Noritaka Itou, Kazuo Ishida, Toshio Kotaka, Satoshi Sekino, Toru Kikuchi, Masaki Higurashi
  • Publication number: 20160230369
    Abstract: A hybrid wheel loader includes a control device (200) that estimates output power of an engine (1) and an electricity storage device (11) when the hybrid wheel loader is inferred on the basis of output values of detectors (62, 63) to be traveling towards an object of excavation in order to perform an excavating work, and then, if the output power is less than target power considered necessary for the excavating work, accelerates the engine (1) to a target revolution speed while increasing the electric power supplied from the electricity storage device to a traveling motor (9). Accordingly, power necessary for excavation can be drawn from the engine even when the engine revolution speed is low and there is a fear of power deficiency occurring at the time of the excavating work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Satoru KANEKO, Takashi IKIMI, Noritaka ITOU, Satoshi SEKINO
  • Publication number: 20150267380
    Abstract: There are provided a work vehicle comprising a motor generator (6) driven by an engine, a hydraulic pump (4) driven by at least either of the motor generator and the engine, a work device (50) driven by hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump, a electric traction motor (9) driving wheels (61), an electrical storage device (11) connected to the motor generator and to the electric traction motor and charged electrically on the basis of a target SOC; and a control device (200) varying the target SOC for the electrical storage device (11) on the basis of total demanded power (Pf+Prun) of the hydraulic pump and the electric traction motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Satoru Kaneko, Takashi Ikimi, Noritaka Itou, Hidekazu Moriki, Ken Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20150139767
    Abstract: This invention includes a hydraulic pump (9), a working implement (107) having a lift cylinder (13) driven by a hydraulic fluid supplied from the hydraulic pump (9), an operating device (104) for operating the working implement (107), a traveling motor (7) for driving wheels, and a main controller (100). When the lift cylinder (13) fails to operate despite an extending instruction being imparted to the lift cylinder (13) via the operating device (104), the main controller (100) reduces a limit value for an increase rate of a torque required in the traveling motor (7) to a value smaller than that applied when the lift cylinder (13) operates. With this configuration, occurrence of wheel slip during lifting of an object to be carried can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Hidekazu Moriki, Satoru Kaneko, Noritaka Itou, Kazuo Ishida, Toshio Kotaka, Satoshi Sekino, Toru Kikuchi, Masaki Higurashi
  • Patent number: 8812197
    Abstract: A hybrid wheel loader includes: an engine that includes an output shaft; a motor/generator that includes a rotating shaft directly attached to the output shaft of the engine; a transmission that includes an input shaft attached to the rotating shaft of the motor/generator, and an output shaft; a propeller shaft disposed on an output side of the transmission and driven via the output shaft of the transmission; an electricity storage device; and a control device that stores electricity into the electricity storage device by collecting electrical energy at the motor/generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noritaka Itou, Satoru Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20130071214
    Abstract: A hybrid wheel loader includes: an engine that includes an output shaft; a motor/generator that includes a rotating shaft directly attached to the output shaft of the engine; a transmission that includes an input shaft attached to the rotating shaft of the motor/generator, and an output shaft; a propeller shaft disposed on an output side of the transmission and driven via the output shaft of the transmission; an electricity storage device; and a control device that stores electricity into the electricity storage device by collecting electrical energy at the motor/generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Contruction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noritaka Itou, Satoru Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20130068544
    Abstract: A wheel loader includes: a front and rear frame connected at a connection section; front and rear wheel electric motors that drive front and rear wheels; a unit that rotates the front and rear frame in opposite directions about the connection section while steering actuation, by driving the motors so that a magnitude between speeds of the front and rear wheel electric motors on an inner wheel side and between speeds of those on an outer wheel side are opposite, and a speed difference corresponds to a steering angle; and a unit that, when the steering actuation is terminated, drives the motors so that an inner-outer wheels speed difference corresponding to the steering angle is applied to the speed difference of the front wheel electric motors on outer and inner wheel side, and to the speed difference of the rear wheel electric motors on outer and inner wheel side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka Itou, Tooru Kikuchi