Patents by Inventor Ryu NARIKAWA

Ryu NARIKAWA 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: 20210079625
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator including a controller that calculates the positional relationship between a bucket and a target surface and a display device that displays the positional relationship between the bucket and the target surface includes an actuator state sensor that detects the pressure of a hydraulic cylinder. The controller calculates the velocity of the bucket based on the position of a work implement and the operation amount of an operation device and changes the contents of informing by the display device according to the velocity of the bucket, the distance between the bucket and the target surface, and the pressure of the hydraulic cylinder. The display device displays the contents of informing changed by the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ryu NARIKAWA, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Hidekazu MORIKI, Shinji ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210040705
    Abstract: A construction machine that can make a depressing force of a bucket during compaction work to be uniform without requiring an operator to perform a complicated operation is provided. A controller 18 determines whether or not compaction work is in progress, calculates a front distance R that represents a distance between a rotational pivot of a boom 4 and a predetermined position B in a back surface of a bucket 6, determines a target velocity of the bucket such that a velocity with which the bucket approaches a leveling target surface decreases with increasing values of the front distance, and, during the compaction work, notifies the operator of details of an operation of operation devices 9a and 9b for achieving the target velocity of the bucket or controls hydraulic actuators 4a to 6a so as to achieve the target velocity of the bucket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Shinji ISHIHARA, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Hidekazu MORIKI, Ryu NARIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200181883
    Abstract: A controller outputs a first velocity (first limiting velocity) as a limiting velocity for a boom cylinder when a boom lowering operation amount is smaller than a first operation amount, and outputs a second velocity when the boom lowering operation amount is equal to or larger than the first operation amount. The first velocity is set to decrease according to a decrease in a target surface distance. The second velocity is defined by a weighted average of the first velocity and a third velocity (second limiting velocity) set to change according to one of the target surface distance and the boom lowering operation amount of the operation device, and is set such that an increase in the boom lowering operation amount reduces a weight for the first velocity while increasing a weight for the third velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Teruki IGARASHI, Shiho IZUMI, Ryu NARIKAWA, Shuuichi MEGURIYA, Hiroki TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200141091
    Abstract: A work machine (1) includes a controller (40) having a notification control section (374) that exercises control as to whether to notify an operator of operation support information in accordance with a distance between a predetermined target surface, out of a plurality of discretionally set target surfaces, and a work implement (1A), the work machine including a current terrain profile acquisition device (96) that acquires a position of a current terrain profile, the controller including a target surface comparison section (62) that compares the position of the current terrain profile (800) with a position of the predetermined target surface (700) to determine a vertical position relationship between the current terrain profile and the predetermined target surface. The notification control section (374) changes content of the operation support information in accordance with a result of determination by the target surface comparison section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Ryu NARIKAWA, Hidekazu MORIKI, Manabu EDAMURA, Shiho IZUMI
  • Patent number: 10604914
    Abstract: The control system for the hydraulic construction machine includes: a hydraulic actuator; a work device driven by the hydraulic actuator; a hydraulic pump supplying a hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator; a pump flow rate control section controlling the delivery flow rate of the hydraulic pump; a pump horsepower control section controlling the horsepower of the hydraulic pump; and a target surface distance acquiring section measuring or computing a target surface distance that is the distance between a construction target surface on which the work device works and the work device. The pump flow rate control section is configured to perform control such that as the target surface distance decreases, the delivery flow rate decreases, and the pump horsepower control section is configured to perform control such that as the target surface distance decreases, the horsepower of the hydraulic pump increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Moriki, Ryu Narikawa, Hiroaki Tanaka, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Yasutaka Tsuruga
  • Publication number: 20200048861
    Abstract: Provided is a hydraulic excavator (1) that performs work by operating an arm (9) after moving a bucket (10) to a work start position. An operation determination section (81c) determines, based on an operation performed on an operation device, whether a front work device (1A) is engaged in a work preparation operation for moving the bucket to the work start position. When the operation determination section determines that the front work device is engaged in the work preparation operation at the time of operation of the operation device, an actuator control section (81) controls a bucket cylinder (7) such that the angle of a work tool with respect to a target surface coincides with a preset target angle (?TGT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Ryu NARIKAWA, Manabu EDAMURA, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Shiho IZUMI, Hidekazu MORIKI
  • Publication number: 20200032482
    Abstract: Provided is a work machine that can operate a front work implement at a speed according to an operator's lever operation while securing the accuracy of work by machine control. A hydraulic excavator 1 includes a controller 20 that sets a target surface for a bucket 10 and controls the operation of a front work implement 1B in such a manner that the bucket does not penetrate to below the target surface. The controller sets a speed correction region on an upper side of the target surface, varies a width R of the speed correction region in accordance with an operation amount of an operation device 15A or 15C, and controls the operation of the front work implement in such a manner that the work tool does not penetrate into the speed correction region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Shuuichi MEGURIYA, Ryu NARIKAWA, Hiroki TAKEUCHI
  • Patent number: 10450722
    Abstract: A control system for a construction machine stops an upper swing structure at a desired swing stop angle. A main controller sets a swing stop target angle at which an upper swing structure is to be stopped. A swing stoppability determination section reads an angle signal of the upper swing structure with respect to an undercarriage and an angle of a work implement, and determines whether the swing of the upper swing structure can be stopped at the swing stop target angle. A work implement is controlled in such a manner that an extension action of the work implement in a swing radial direction is prohibited or a contraction action of the work implement in the swing radial direction is executed in response to a signal that indicates whether the swing can be stopped and that is determined by the swing stoppability determination section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Moriki, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Yasutaka Tsuruga, Tadashi Osaka, Ryu Narikawa
  • Patent number: 10435870
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes: a hydraulic pump driven by power generated by an engine; a work device that operates by a plurality of hydraulic cylinders driven by power generated by the hydraulic pump; an actuator control section that controls the boom cylinder in such a manner that a tip end of a bucket is located on or above a target surface; a control point position calculation section that calculates a bucket claw tip position on the basis of angle sensors; and a power generator control section that imposes more limitations on output power ranges of the engine and the hydraulic pump when a distance between the claw tip position and the target surface is equal to or smaller than a threshold D than those when the distance between the claw tip position and the target surface is larger than the threshold D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryu Narikawa, Hidekazu Moriki, Yasutaka Tsuruga, Hiroshi Sakamoto, Shiho Izumi
  • Publication number: 20190169818
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes a controller (40) that executes region limiting control to forcibly raise a boom (8) in such a manner that a position of a tip end of a bucket (10) is kept on a target excavation surface and within a region above the target excavation surface if an operation device (45b, 46a) issues an action direction to an arm (9) or the bucket. The controller determines which is selected as a control mode over a raising speed of the boom at a time of executing region limiting control, a first mode or a second mode specified by a raising speed lower than a raising speed of the first mode if the tip end of the bucket is located below the target excavation surface, and controls the raising speed of the boom based on a result of determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Ryu NARIKAWA, Manabu EDAMURA, Kouji ISHIKAWA, Shiho IZUMI
  • Publication number: 20180355583
    Abstract: The control system for the hydraulic construction machine includes: a hydraulic actuator; a work device driven by the hydraulic actuator; a hydraulic pump supplying a hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator; a pump flow rate control section controlling the delivery flow rate of the hydraulic pump; a pump horsepower control section controlling the horsepower of the hydraulic pump; and a target surface distance acquiring section measuring or computing a target surface distance that is the distance between a construction target surface on which the work device works and the work device. The pump flow rate control section is configured to perform control such that as the target surface distance decreases, the delivery flow rate decreases, and the pump horsepower control section is configured to perform control such that as the target surface distance decreases, the horsepower of the hydraulic pump increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Hidekazu MORIKI, Ryu NARIKAWA, Hiroaki TANAKA, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Yasutaka TSURUGA
  • Publication number: 20180347150
    Abstract: A control system for a construction machine stops an upper swing structure at a desired swing stop angle. A main controller sets a swing stop target angle at which an upper swing structure is to be stopped. A swing stoppability determination section reads an angle signal of the upper swing structure with respect to an undercarriage and an angle of a work implement, and determines whether the swing of the upper swing structure can be stopped at the swing stop target angle. A work implement is controlled in such a manner that an extension action of the work implement in a swing radial direction is prohibited or a contraction action of the work implement in the swing radial direction is executed in response to a signal that indicates whether the swing can be stopped and that is determined by the swing stoppability determination section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Hidekazu MORIKI, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Yasutaka TSURUGA, Tadashi OSAKA, Ryu NARIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180266083
    Abstract: A hydraulic excavator includes: a hydraulic pump driven by power generated by an engine; a work device that operates by a plurality of hydraulic cylinders driven by power generated by the hydraulic pump; an actuator control section that controls the boom cylinder in such a manner that a tip end of a bucket is located on or above a target surface; a control point position calculation section that calculates a bucket claw tip position on the basis of angle sensors; and a power generator control section that imposes more limitations on output power ranges of the engine and the hydraulic pump when a distance between the claw tip position and the target surface is equal to or smaller than a threshold D than those when the distance between the claw tip position and the target surface is larger than the threshold D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Ryu NARIKAWA, Hidekazu MORIKI, Yasutaka TSURUGA, Hiroshi SAKAMOTO, Shiho IZUMI