Patents by Inventor Ryota HAMAMOTO

Ryota HAMAMOTO 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: 12195947
    Abstract: A working machine includes first and second traveling pumps, an acquirer to acquire the number of revolutions and the rotation direction of each of first and second traveling motors, a determiner to, based on the acquired number of revolutions and the acquired rotation direction, determine whether a machine body is in a straight traveling state or a turn traveling state, and a controller configured or programmed to, when switching from a first state allowing rotation speeds of the first and second traveling motors to increase up to a first maximum speed, to a second state allowing the rotation speeds to increase up to a second maximum speed higher than the first maximum speed, or vice versa, is performed, reduce an amount of hydraulic fluid supply from the pumps to the motors according to the straight traveling state or the turn traveling state of the machine body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Ueda, Keisuke Naito, Ryota Hamamoto
  • Patent number: 12168859
    Abstract: A working machine includes a controller to perform an automatic deceleration operation to automatically decelerate from a second speed to a first speed when a value calculated based on a first traveling pressure, a second traveling pressure, a third traveling pressure, and a fourth traveling pressure becomes equal to or more than a deceleration threshold in a state where a left traveling motor and a right traveling motor are being driven at the second speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Kohei Nagao, Ryota Hamamoto, Hiroaki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 12146297
    Abstract: A working machine is provided, which includes a machine body, a prime mover, a pair of traveling devices, a pair of traveling motors to be switched between a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a pair of traveling pumps driven by the prime mover to supply operation fluid to the pair of traveling motors, respectively, a controller configured to automatically shift down the pair of traveling motors from the second speed to the first speed, a mode switch configured for an operator to select an ON position allowing the controller to automatically shift down the first traveling motor from the second speed to the first speed and an OFF position preventing the controller to automatically shift down the first traveling motor from the second speed to the first speed, and a display to display that the operator selects the ON position of the mode switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Jun Tomita, Ryota Hamamoto, Ryosuke Kinugawa, Yoshimitsu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12139888
    Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, a traveling device provided on the machine body, an operation member operable to activate the traveling device, a camera device to capture an image of surroundings of the machine body, a display unit to display the image captured by the camera device, a notification unit to notify a traveling direction of the traveling device, and a controller to control the display unit and the notification unit so that when the operation member is operated to activate the traveling device, the display unit is controlled to display the captured image and the notification unit is controlled to notify the traveling direction. The controller delays either one of a first timing when the display unit starts to display the captured image and a second timing when the notification unit starts to notify the traveling direction later than the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Kohei Nagao, Ryota Hamamoto, Tomoyuki Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20240337092
    Abstract: A working machine includes a controller to: select one of pieces of operation characteristics information corresponding to respective work attachments stored in a memory that corresponds to a work attachment attached to an attachment mount portion and fluidly connected to a hydraulic fluid port; and control, based on the selected one of the pieces of operation characteristics information, the speed of switching of a work-attachment-drive control valve when starting the work attachment and/or when stopping the work attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryota HAMAMOTO, Yuji FUKUDA, Tomoyuki NOGUCHI, Kohei NAGAO
  • Patent number: 12098524
    Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a traveling device, a traveling motor, a traveling pump, a circulation fluid passage, a traveling switching valve shiftable between a first state corresponding to a first speed of a hydraulic motor and a second state corresponding to a second speed of the hydraulic motor, a brake, an actuation valve configured to output the hydraulic pressure applied to the traveling pump, and change the hydraulic pressure output therefrom, and a controller configured or programmed to control the traveling switching valve, the brake and the actuation valve, and being capable of activating a first mode. The controller is configured or programmed to, when activating the first mode, shift the brake into a braking state, shift the traveling switching valve into the second state, and control the actuation valve so as to set the hydraulic pressure output from the actuation valve to a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Kohei Nagao, Hiroaki Nakagawa, Ryota Hamamoto
  • Patent number: 11953035
    Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a hydraulic pump driven by power of the prime mover, a cooler including a cooling fan rotated by either the power of the prime mover or hydraulic fluid delivered from the hydraulic pump, and a controller configured or programmed to perform a reduction control for reducing a target fan rotation speed that is a target rotation speed of the cooling fan in response to reduction of an actual prime mover rotation speed that is an actual rotation speed of the prime mover, and to perform, after the reduction control, a restoration control for restoring the target fan rotation speed. The controller is configured or programmed to make a difference between a reduction rate of the target fan rotation speed in the reduction control and an increase rate of the target fan rotation speed in the restoration control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Abe, Ryota Hamamoto, Hiroaki Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11946227
    Abstract: A working machine includes a controller configured or programmed to perform an automatic deceleration for automatically decelerating a left traveling motor and a right traveling motor rotated at a second speed by shifting from the second speed to the first speed, and to determine a deceleration threshold that is used for judging whether the automatic deceleration has to be performed or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Nagao, Yuji Fukuda, Ryota Hamamoto, Hiroaki Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20240102263
    Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, a working device provided on the machine body movably up and down with respect to the machine body, a protector provided on the machine body to protect an operator's seat on the machine body, a detector provided on the protector to detect an obstacle higher than the protector, and a controller configured or programmed to, when the detector detects the obstacle, perform at least one process to prevent the working device from contacting the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ryota HAMAMOTO, Hiroaki NAKAGAWA, Yuji FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20240060274
    Abstract: A speed control method for a work vehicle, includes driving an engine to rotate a first hydraulic pump provided in the work vehicle. Hydraulic fluid from the first hydraulic pump is supplied to a first hydraulic motor to rotate the first hydraulic motor to drive a first traveling device provided in a vehicle body of the work vehicle. A rotational speed of the first hydraulic motor is detected. Feedback control with respect to the engine and a control valve configured to control a pilot pressure of the first hydraulic pump is performed. The feedback control being performed to reduce a speed difference between the rotational speed detected and a target rotational speed of the first hydraulic motor corresponding to a target vehicle speed. A feedback gain of the feedback control is set based on a first coefficient which becomes larger as the target rotational speed becomes lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei NAGAO, Ryota HAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20240060272
    Abstract: A speed control method for a work vehicle includes controlling a first hydraulic pump to supply hydraulic fluid to a first hydraulic motor to drive a first traveling device provided on a vehicle body of the work vehicle and detecting a first differential pressure of the first hydraulic motor. The method includes regulating at least one of a first pump pilot pressure applied to a first pump pilot port of the first hydraulic pump and a rotational speed of an engine to drive the first hydraulic pump such that a vehicle speed is controlled to maintain a predetermined target speed in response to an absolute value of the first differential pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei NAGAO, Ryota HAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11905681
    Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a rotation-speed operation actuator, a rotation detector, a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic unit, an operation valve capable of changing a pilot pressure of a pilot fluid supplied from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic unit in accordance with an operation of an operation member, an actuation valve operating in accordance with a control signal and capable of changing a primary pressure as the pilot pressure of the pilot fluid supplied from the hydraulic pump to the operation valve, and a controller that outputs the control signal based on a difference between target and actual rotation speeds to the actuation valve to control an opening thereof. The controller has a mode including calculating the control signal based on the difference, correcting the calculated control signal, and increasing or decreasing a target primary pressure value set in accordance with the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Abe, Ryota Hamamoto, Yuya Tanabe
  • Patent number: 11905683
    Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a traveling pump to be driven by the prime mover to output operation fluid, a traveling motor to be driven by the operation fluid outputted from the traveling pump and to change a motor speed between a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a machine body on which the prime mover, the traveling pump, and the traveling motor are arranged, a traveling switching valve to be switched between a first state allowing the traveling motor to rotate at the first speed and a second state allowing the traveling motor to rotate at the second speed, and a controller to reduce a revolving speed of the prime mover based on a traveling condition of the machine body in switching the traveling switching valve between an accelerating state to switch the traveling switching valve from the first state to the second state and a decelerating state to switch the traveling switching valve from the second state to the first state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Ryosuke Kinugawa, Ryota Hamamoto, Jun Tomita
  • Publication number: 20240052598
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a primary pressure control valve configured to control a pilot primary pressure of pilot oil. A secondary pressure control valve is configured to control a pilot secondary pressure of the pilot oil. Control circuitry is configured to control a rotation speed of an engine according to a target rotation speed. The control circuitry is configured to control the primary pressure control valve and the secondary pressure control valve based on a first target value of the pilot primary pressure and a second target value of the pilot secondary pressure. The control circuitry is configured to reduce the first target value and the second target value such that the second target value is higher than the first target value when the rotation speed of the engine detected by a rotation speed sensor becomes lower than the target rotation speed by a predetermined speed difference or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei NAGAO, Daiki ABE, Ryota HAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11891780
    Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a traveling pump configured to deliver hydraulic fluid at a flow rate corresponding to an angle of the swashplate, a traveling motor configured to be rotated by the hydraulic fluid delivered from the traveling pump so as to have a rotation speed shiftable between a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a traveling change-over valve shiftable between a first state to set the rotation speed of the traveling motor to the first speed and a second state to set the rotation speed of the traveling motor to the second speed, an operation device, an operation valve configured to change the angle of the swashplate of the traveling pump according to operation of the operation device, an actuation valve provided upstream or downstream of the operation valve and fluidly connected to the operation valve, and a controller configured or programmed to output a control signal to control the actuation valve in such a way that, when the traveling change-over valve i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Ryota Hamamoto, Jun Tomita, Yuya Konishi, Kazuki Ueda
  • Publication number: 20240026648
    Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a traveling device, a traveling motor, a traveling pump, a circulation fluid passage, a traveling switching valve shiftable between a first state corresponding to a first speed of a hydraulic motor and a second state corresponding to a second speed of the hydraulic motor, a brake, an actuation valve configured to output the hydraulic pressure applied to the traveling pump, and change the hydraulic pressure output therefrom, and a controller configured or programmed to control the traveling switching valve, the brake and the actuation valve, and being capable of activating a first mode. The controller is configured or programmed to, when activating the first mode, shift the brake into a braking state, shift the traveling switching valve into the second state, and control the actuation valve so as to set the hydraulic pressure output from the actuation valve to a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Kohei NAGAO, Hiroaki NAKAGAWA, Ryota HAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11866911
    Abstract: A control method for a fan of a work vehicle includes supplying, when an engine is started, a first current to a solenoid of a variable relief valve such that the hydraulic fluid flows by a first flow rate, supplying, when a rotational speed of the engine becomes larger than a first rotational speed threshold value, a second current larger than the first current to the solenoid such that the hydraulic fluid flows by a second flow rate smaller than the first flow rate to reduce the rotational speed of the fan, and supplying, when the rotational speed of the engine becomes larger than a second rotational speed threshold value that is larger than the first rotational speed threshold value, a current to the solenoid to change the rotational speed of the fan, the current corresponding to a temperature of liquid flowing in the work vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Hiroaki Nakagawa, Ryota Hamamoto, Yasuhiro Nishida, Daiki Abe
  • Publication number: 20240003119
    Abstract: A control method for a work vehicle includes acquiring an upper limit speed in a creep mode in which the work vehicle travels at the upper limit speed or less regardless of an operation amount of at least one operation device, detecting a hydraulic pressure in an oil passage between a hydraulic motor to move the work vehicle and a hydraulic pump to actuate the hydraulic motor, determining a traveling primary pressure of pilot oil supplied to an operation valve operated by a first operation device out of the at least one operation device based on a first relationship among the upper limit speed, the hydraulic pressure, and the traveling primary pressure, and controlling a control valve via which the pilot oil is supplied to the operation valve such that a pressure of the pilot oil supplied to the operation valve approaches the traveling primary pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki ABE, Ryota HAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11846087
    Abstract: A working machine includes a controller configured to determine a first deceleration threshold corresponding to each of a first traveling pressure, a second traveling pressure, a third traveling pressure, and a fourth traveling pressure, to perform automatic deceleration to reduce rotation speeds of a left traveling motor and a right traveling motor, and to judge whether to perform the automatic deceleration based on the determined first deceleration threshold, the first traveling pressure, the second traveling pressure, the third traveling pressure, and the fourth traveling pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Kohei Nagao, Ryota Hamamoto, Hiroaki Nakagawa, Jun Tomita
  • Publication number: 20230383499
    Abstract: A working machine is provided, which includes a machine body, a prime mover, a pair of traveling devices, a pair of traveling motors to be switched between a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a pair of traveling pumps driven by the prime mover to supply operation fluid to the pair of traveling motors, respectively, a controller configured to automatically shift down the pair of traveling motors from the second speed to the first speed, a mode switch configured for an operator to select an ON position allowing the controller to automatically shift down the first traveling motor from the second speed to the first speed and an OFF position preventing the controller to automatically shift down the first traveling motor from the second speed to the first speed, and a display to display that the operator selects the ON position of the mode switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Jun TOMITA, Ryota HAMAMOTO, Ryosuke KINUGAWA, Yoshimitsu TANAKA