Patents by Inventor Rei Tokuda

Rei Tokuda 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: 11738814
    Abstract: Disclosed is a work vehicle having a load carrier deck provided at a rear portion of a vehicle body to be vertically pivotable between an elevated discharging posture and a lowered load carrying posture. An engine section is provided under the load carrier deck. The engine section includes an engine, an exhaust muffler for the engine, and a muffler heat insulating cover for covering an outer circumference of the exhaust muffler. The muffler heat insulating cover is supported by a vehicle body frame via an anti-vibration member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiki Ono, Hiroki Bessho, Yuichiro Kimura, Rei Tokuda
  • Patent number: 10538157
    Abstract: Provided is a work vehicle in which a seat support frame that supports a driver seat is equipped on a vehicle body frame, the vehicle body frame includes: a front portion vehicle frame at which a floor surface of a driving portion is provided; and a rear portion vehicle frame disposed at a position higher than the floor surface of the driving portion and rearward of the front portion vehicle frame. An engine is equipped below the rear portion vehicle frame, a battery that supplies power to an electric motor is equipped above the front portion vehicle frame and below the seat support frame, and a frame portion of the seat support frame that exists above the battery at a position opposing the battery is configured to be detachable from another frame portion that is fixed to the vehicle body frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Oyama, Takeshi Satozono, Rei Tokuda, Kazuyuki Tashiro, Masatoshi Sakai, Yuki Nakaoka
  • Publication number: 20190276103
    Abstract: Disclosed is a work vehicle having a load carrier deck provided at a rear portion of a vehicle body to be vertically pivotable between an elevated discharging posture and a lowered load carrying posture. An engine section is provided under the load carrier deck. The engine section includes an engine, an exhaust muffler for the engine, and a muffler heat insulating cover for covering an outer circumference of the exhaust muffler. The muffler heat insulating cover is supported by a vehicle body frame via an anti-vibration member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Toshiki Ono, Hiroki Bessho, Yuichiro Kimura, Rei Tokuda
  • Patent number: 10391859
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a blower pipe extending between an inner space of a front hood and a rear portion of a vehicle body for sucking cooling air from the inner space toward an engine section. The blower pipe has an air inlet that is opened toward an inner side in a vehicle body transverse direction in the inner space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Kuramoto, Hiroki Bessho, Kantaro Morimoto, Sechan Park, Rei Tokuda
  • Patent number: 10232699
    Abstract: Provided is a work vehicle in which a seat support frame that supports a driver seat is equipped on a vehicle body frame, the vehicle body frame includes: a front portion vehicle frame at which a floor surface of a driving portion is provided; and a rear portion vehicle frame disposed at a position higher than the floor surface of the driving portion and rearward of the front portion vehicle frame. An engine is equipped below the rear portion vehicle frame, a battery that supplies power to an electric motor is equipped above the front portion vehicle frame and below the seat support frame, and a frame portion of the seat support frame that exists above the battery at a position opposing the battery is configured to be detachable from another frame portion that is fixed to the vehicle body frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Oyama, Takeshi Satozono, Rei Tokuda, Kazuyuki Tashiro, Masatoshi Sakai, Yuki Nakaoka
  • Publication number: 20190009668
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a blower pipe extending between an inner space of a front hood and a rear portion of a vehicle body for sucking cooling air from the inner space toward an engine section. The blower pipe has an air inlet that is opened toward an inner side in a vehicle body transverse direction in the inner space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Takashi Kuramoto, Hiroki Bessho, Kantaro Morimoto, Sechan Park, Rei Tokuda
  • Publication number: 20180105032
    Abstract: Provided is a work vehicle in which a seat support frame that supports a driver seat is equipped on a vehicle body frame, the vehicle body frame includes: a front portion vehicle frame at which a floor surface of a driving portion is provided; and a rear portion vehicle frame disposed at a position higher than the floor surface of the driving portion and rearward of the front portion vehicle frame. An engine is equipped below the rear portion vehicle frame, a battery that supplies power to an electric motor is equipped above the front portion vehicle frame and below the seat support frame, and a frame portion of the seat support frame that exists above the battery at a position opposing the battery is configured to be detachable from another frame portion that is fixed to the vehicle body frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshinori Oyama, Takeshi Satozono, Rei Tokuda, Kazuyuki Tashiro, Masatoshi Sakai, Yuki Nakaoka
  • Publication number: 20170174069
    Abstract: Provided is a work vehicle in which a seat support frame that supports a driver seat is equipped on a vehicle body frame, the vehicle body frame includes: a front portion vehicle frame at which a floor surface of a driving portion is provided; and a rear portion vehicle frame disposed at a position higher than the floor surface of the driving portion and rearward of the front portion vehicle frame. An engine is equipped below the rear portion vehicle frame, a battery that supplies power to an electric motor is equipped above the front portion vehicle frame and below the seat support frame, and a frame portion of the seat support frame that exists above the battery at a position opposing the battery is configured to be detachable from another frame portion that is fixed to the vehicle body frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshinori Oyama, Takeshi Satozono, Rei Tokuda, Kazuyuki Tashiro, Masatoshi Sakai, Yuki Nakaoka