Patents by Inventor Ryoma IWASE

Ryoma IWASE 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: 12253118
    Abstract: A clutch hub includes oil supply holes extending therethrough to supply lubricating oil from an interior of the clutch hub toward first clutch plates and second clutch plates. An injection port to allow injection of the lubricating oil into the interior of the clutch hub is located inside of the clutch hub between the clutch hub and a rotation axis of a clutch body. The clutch hub includes an inner circumferential portion including an opposing portion opposing the injection port, and a first portion closer to a first end portion of the clutch hub than the opposing portion in a direction extending along the rotation axis. The first portion includes an inclined inner circumferential surface structured such that a radius of the clutch hub decreases toward the first end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Hana, Atsushi Jinnai, Tomonari Tsuchida, Ryoma Iwase, Yosui Nishijima, Naoyuki Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 12247630
    Abstract: A hydraulic clutch includes friction plates to transmit motive power, a piston movable between (i) a pressing position, at which the piston presses the friction plates for the hydraulic clutch to be engaged to transmit motive power, and (ii) a separated position, at which the piston is spaced apart from the friction plates for the hydraulic clutch to be disengaged to block motive power, the piston being movable into the pressing position in response to receiving hydraulic fluid to move the piston toward the pressing position, and a holder to (i) hold the piston at an intermediate position between the pressing position and the separated position in response to the piston coming into contact with the holder and (ii) release the piston from the intermediate position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Jinnai, Tomonari Tsuchida, Ryoma Iwase, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Yoshiki Fujiyama, Koki Date
  • Publication number: 20240426351
    Abstract: A hydraulic clutch includes friction plates to transmit motive power, a piston movable between (i) a pressing position, at which the piston presses the friction plates for the hydraulic clutch to be engaged to transmit motive power, and (ii) a separated position, at which the piston is spaced apart from the friction plates for the hydraulic clutch to be disengaged to block motive power, the piston being movable into the pressing position in response to receiving hydraulic fluid to move the piston toward the pressing position, and a holder to (i) hold the piston at an intermediate position between the pressing position and the separated position in response to the piston coming into contact with the holder and (ii) release the piston from the intermediate position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Atsushi JINNAI, Tomonari TSUCHIDA, Ryoma IWASE, Tomoyuki TANAKA, Yoshiki FUJIYAMA, Koki DATE
  • Patent number: 12152661
    Abstract: There is provided a work vehicle including a partition wall to keep partition between a first space zone as part of an internal space of the transmission case in which a differential mechanism is located and a second space zone as part of the internal space which is adjacent to the first space zone. An upper space is disposed above the partition wall and configured to allow lubricating oil scooped up from the first space zone by a ring gear to flow in the second space zone. A flow-out path is disposed below the upper space and configured to allow the lubricating oil to flow out of the second space zone to the first space zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Jinnai, Tomonari Tsuchida, Ryoma Iwase, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Takahiro Matsuo, Hiroyuki Aikawa, Atsuro Hayami, Keitaro Morinaga, Yosui Nishijima, Satoru Nagano, Takuma Hokeguchi
  • Patent number: 12152669
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a power transmission shaft drivable to rotate; a shaft holder holding the power transmission shaft in such a manner that the power transmission shaft is rotatable; and a hydraulically operable section configured to operate in response to receiving operating oil, the power transmission shaft including: a shaft groove extending entirely around an outer circumferential portion of the power transmission shaft; an inlet port extending inside the power transmission shaft in a radial direction of the power transmission shaft and connected with the shaft groove; and a supply oil passage extending inside the power transmission shaft in a longitudinal direction of the power transmission shaft and connected with the inlet port inside the power transmission shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Jinnai, Ryoma Iwase, Yusuke Nabana, Rikuto Araki, Makoto Kubota
  • Patent number: 12135075
    Abstract: There is provided a work vehicle including an oil outlet port and a partition part. The oil outlet port opens to a bottom portion in one end side of a transmission case in a vehicle body front-back direction and a vehicle body left-right direction. The oil outlet port takes out a lubricating oil from an interior of the transmission case. The partition part divided an internal space of the transmission case into a first space zone along a sidewall portion of the transmission case, and a second space zone other than the first space zone. The partition part brings the first space zone into a sealed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonari Tsuchida, Ryoma Iwase, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Takahiro Matsuo, Hiroyuki Aikawa
  • Patent number: 12055212
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve control device includes a current gear ratio obtainer to obtain a current gear ratio as a ratio of an output revolutions number of a driver and an output revolutions number of a transmission, a current electric current value obtainer to obtain a current electric current value as a value of an electric current to be inputted to a first electromagnetic valve or a second electromagnetic valve, and a switching controller to, based on the current electric current value and a gear ratio difference as a difference between a target gear ratio and the current gear ratio, perform electromagnetic valve switching control to switch between use of the first electromagnetic valve to control a pump swash plate and use of the second electromagnetic valve to control the pump swash plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Ryoma Iwase
  • Patent number: 12025210
    Abstract: A continuously variable powertrain device for a work vehicle includes a hydraulic static transmission to output a continuously shifted motive power while continuously varying a velocity of a motive power received from an engine, a planetary transmission to receive the motive power from the engine and the continuously shifted motive power and to output a compound motive power, a pressure detector to detect a hydraulic pressure in a closed circuit of the hydraulic static transmission, a planetary clutch mechanism to switch a shift level of the planetary transmission, and a powertrain controller to control actuation of the hydraulic static transmission and the planetary transmission based on a shift command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Ryoma Iwase
  • Patent number: 12018737
    Abstract: A continuously variable powertrain device for a work vehicle includes a continuously variable transmission to output a continuously shifted motive power while continuously varying a speed of a motive power received from an engine, a planetary transmission to receive the motive power from the engine and the continuously shifted motive power and to output a compound motive power, a planetary clutch to switch a shift level of the planetary transmission a forward-reverse direction switch to receive the compound motive power and to output either a forward motive power or a reverse motive power, rotation detectors, and a powertrain controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Ryoma Iwase, Tomonari Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 12018750
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a restrainer vehicle speed setter to set a restrainer vehicle speed, and a switch restrainer to permit switching of the forward/backward travel switching device while a detected vehicle speed is lower than the restrainer vehicle speed and prevent switching of the forward/backward travel switching device while the detected vehicle speed is a high speed not lower than the restrainer vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Ryoma Iwase
  • Patent number: 12017528
    Abstract: A traveling transmission device of a tractor including a transmission case to which power from an engine is inputted via an input shaft, a speed changer transmission section provided inside the transmission case and configured to input power from the input shaft and to speed-change the inputted power and output it, and a rear wheel differential mechanism provided inside the transmission case and configured to input power outputted from the speed changer transmission section and transmit the inputted power to left and right rear wheels. The speed changer transmission section includes a plurality of speed changer sections configured to speed-change power from the input shaft by a gear coupling mechanism and a multiple-disc clutch and output it, and, inside the transmission case, an oil feeding pipe extends upwardly of the speed changer transmission section and a discharge nozzle connects to respective portions of the plurality of speed changer sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonari Tsuchida, Ryoma Iwase, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Takahiro Matsuo, Hidetoshi Hana
  • Publication number: 20240200614
    Abstract: A clutch hub includes oil supply holes extending therethrough to supply lubricating oil from an interior of the clutch hub toward first clutch plates and second clutch plates. An injection port to allow injection of the lubricating oil into the interior of the clutch hub is located inside of the clutch hub between the clutch hub and a rotation axis of a clutch body. The clutch hub includes an inner circumferential portion including an opposing portion opposing the injection port, and a first portion closer to a first end portion of the clutch hub than the opposing portion in a direction extending along the rotation axis. The first portion includes an inclined inner circumferential surface structured such that a radius of the clutch hub decreases toward the first end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Hidetoshi HANA, Atsushi JINNAI, Tomonari TSUCHIDA, Ryoma IWASE, Yosui NISHIJIMA, Naoyuki MIYAMOTO
  • Patent number: 12013032
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve control device includes a control signal generator to, through feedback control involving an environmental coefficient, generate a control signal intended for at least one electromagnetic valve and corresponding to a target electric current value, a coefficient determiner to determine an environmental coefficient during a learning period from a start of a driver operation to an end of a predetermined time, and an operation limiter to limit respective operations of the at least one electromagnetic valve and a gear transmission during the learning period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Ryoma Iwase
  • Patent number: 11994201
    Abstract: A power transmission device for a work vehicle includes a transmission case, a gear transmission housed in the transmission case and configured to transmit power to a travel device, and a transmission gear provided in the gear transmission in a state of sitting in lubricating oil stored in an internal space of the transmission case, the transmission case being provided with a wall part supporting a support shaft of the transmission gear in a state of being adjacent to the transmission gear, and the wall part being provided with a cover part protruding toward the outer periphery of the transmission gear from the wall part and covering the transmission gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonari Tsuchida, Atsuro Hayami, Hiroyuki Sadamoto, Keitaro Morinaga, Kazuhiro Wada, Rikuto Araki, Ryoma Iwase, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Takahiro Matsuo, Hiroyuki Aikawa
  • Publication number: 20240166211
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a controller configured or programmed to include an input revolutions number calculator to calculate an input revolutions number, and a vehicle speed controller switchable between a first vehicle-speed control mode and a second vehicle-speed control mode. In the first vehicle-speed control mode, the vehicle speed controller is configured or programmed to control a vehicle speed of the work vehicle based on a value detected by an input rotation sensor. In the second vehicle-speed control mode, the vehicle speed controller is configured or programmed to control the vehicle speed based on a value calculated by the input revolutions number calculator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Tetsuo YAMAGUCHI, Ryoma IWASE, Tomonari TSUCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240167549
    Abstract: A continuously variable powertrain device for a work vehicle includes a continuously variable transmission to output a continuously shifted motive power while continuously varying a speed of a motive power received from an engine, a planetary transmission to receive the motive power from the engine and the continuously shifted motive power and to output a compound motive power, a planetary clutch to switch a shift level of the planetary transmission a forward-reverse direction switch to receive the compound motive power and to output either a forward motive power or a reverse motive power, rotation detectors, and a powertrain controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Tetsuo YAMAGUCHI, Ryoma IWASE, Tomonari TSUCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20240167550
    Abstract: A continuously variable powertrain device for a work vehicle includes a hydraulic static transmission to output a continuously shifted motive power while continuously varying a velocity of a motive power received from an engine, a planetary transmission to receive the motive power from the engine and the continuously shifted motive power and to output a compound motive power, a pressure detector to detect a hydraulic pressure in a closed circuit of the hydraulic static transmission, a planetary clutch mechanism to switch a shift level of the planetary transmission, and a powertrain controller to control actuation of the hydraulic static transmission and the planetary transmission based on a shift command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Tetsuo YAMAGUCHI, Ryoma IWASE
  • Publication number: 20240167565
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve control device includes a control signal generator to, through feedback control involving an environmental coefficient, generate a control signal intended for at least one electromagnetic valve and corresponding to a target electric current value, a coefficient determiner to determine an environmental coefficient during a learning period from a start of a driver operation to an end of a predetermined time, and an operation limiter to limit respective operations of the at least one electromagnetic valve and a gear transmission during the learning period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Tetsuo YAMAGUCHI, Ryoma IWASE
  • Publication number: 20240167566
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a restrainer vehicle speed setter to set a restrainer vehicle speed, and a switch restrainer to permit switching of the forward/backward travel switching device while a detected vehicle speed is lower than the restrainer vehicle speed and prevent switching of the forward/backward travel switching device while the detected vehicle speed is a high speed not lower than the restrainer vehicle speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Tetsuo YAMAGUCHI, Ryoma IWASE
  • Publication number: 20240167562
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve control device includes a current gear ratio obtainer to obtain a current gear ratio as a ratio of an output revolutions number of a driver and an output revolutions number of a transmission, a current electric current value obtainer to obtain a current electric current value as a value of an electric current to be inputted to a first electromagnetic valve or a second electromagnetic valve, and a switching controller to, based on the current electric current value and a gear ratio difference as a difference between a target gear ratio and the current gear ratio, perform electromagnetic valve switching control to switch between use of the first electromagnetic valve to control a pump swash plate and use of the second electromagnetic valve to control the pump swash plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Tetsuo YAMAGUCHI, Ryoma IWASE