Patents by Inventor Ryuichi NADAOKA
Ryuichi NADAOKA 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).
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Patent number: 11565643Abstract: A front guard attached to a front portion of a vehicle body of a work vehicle includes a lower frame attached to the vehicle body, and an upper frame that is attached to the lower frame so as to be swingable around a shaft oriented in the vehicle width direction and the posture of which can be changed between a standing posture and a forward leaning posture by swinging with respect to the lower frame. The upper frame has: a left part that is pivotally supported by a left portion of the lower frame and extends upward; a right part that is pivotally supported by a right portion of the lower frame and extends upward; and an upper part that couples an upper portion of the left part and an upper portion of the right part. The upper part is provided with a protruding portion that protrudes downward.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuichi Nadaoka, Takahiro Yonekura, Daniel Underwood
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Publication number: 20220234532Abstract: A front guard attached to a front portion of a vehicle body of a work vehicle includes a lower frame attached to the vehicle body, and an upper frame that is attached to the lower frame so as to be swingable around a shaft oriented in the vehicle width direction and the posture of which can be changed between a standing posture and a forward leaning posture by swinging with respect to the lower frame. The upper frame has: a left part that is pivotally supported by a left portion of the lower frame and extends upward; a right part that is pivotally supported by a right portion of the lower frame and extends upward; and an upper part that couples an upper portion of the left part and an upper portion of the right part. The upper part is provided with a protruding portion that protrudes downward.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuichi NADAOKA, Takahiro YONEKURA, Daniel UNDERWOOD
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Patent number: 10724205Abstract: A front loader includes a working tool and an attachment body to which the working tool is attached, including a lock pin configured to attach and fix the working tool, a lock lever configured to move the lock pin between a releasing position and an attaching position, and a latching portion having a retaining mechanism configured to retain the lock lever at the releasing position and another mechanism configured to move the lock lever to the attaching position.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuichi Nadaoka, Yuta Ozeki, Masaki Abe, Koshiro Hirakawa
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Patent number: 10519623Abstract: A stand of a front loader includes: a main body that is disposed on a boom and swings between a supporting position in which the main body supports a front loader and a storage position in which the main body is stored; a grounding-member swing shaft that is disposed on the main body and engages with the boom to hold the main body in the storage position; a swinging member swingably disposed on the boom; and an engagement lever disposed on the swinging member, wherein the main body has a guiding hole that guides the engagement lever to regulate a swinging range of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Ryuichi Nadaoka, Yuta Ozeki, Koshiro Hirakawa
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Publication number: 20190323202Abstract: A stand of a front loader includes: a main body that is disposed on a boom and swings between a supporting position in which the main body supports a front loader and a storage position in which the main body is stored; a grounding-member swing shaft that is disposed on the main body and engages with the boom to hold the main body in the storage position; a swinging member swingably disposed on the boom; and an engagement lever disposed on the swinging member, wherein the main body has a guiding hole that guides the engagement lever to regulate a swinging range of the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: Kubota CorporationInventors: Ryuichi Nadaoka, Yuta Ozeki, Koshiro Hirakawa
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Publication number: 20190194903Abstract: A front loader includes a working tool and an attachment body to which the working tool is attached, including a lock pin configured to attach and fix the working tool, a lock lever configured to move the lock pin between a releasing position and an attaching position, and a latching portion having a retaining mechanism configured to retain the lock lever at the releasing position and another mechanism configured to move the lock lever to the attaching position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: June 27, 2019Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuichi NADAOKA, Yuta OZEKI, Masaki ABE, Koshiro HIRAKAWA
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Patent number: 9238900Abstract: The front loader includes a boom actuator configured to pivotally drive a boom along a vertical direction relative to a traveling vehicle body about a first pivot axis which is oriented along a right/left direction, a bucket actuator configured to pivotally drive a bucket along the vertical direction relative to the boom about a second pivot axis which is oriented along the right/left direction, a manual controlling section for controlling operations of the boom actuator and the bucket actuator based on a manual operation of an operational tool, a boom angle detector for detecting a vertical pivot angle of the boom, a bucket angle detector for detecting a vertical pivot angle of the bucket relative to the boom, a calculating section for calculating a ground pivot angle of the bucket based on an output from the boom angle detector and an output from the bucket angle detector.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Ryuichi Nadaoka, Kosuke Oyama, Masahiro Sugioka
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Patent number: 9238899Abstract: When maintaining a ground pivot angle of the bucket constant irrespective of any vertical pivotal movement of the boom, a ground angle maintaining controlling section stops a bucket actuator when it is detected that a vertical pivot angle of the bucket has reached an elevation restricted angle which is set smaller by a set angle than an elevation limit angle of the bucket 15 or a lowering restricted angle which is set greater by a set angle than a lowering limit angle of the bucket.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Ryuichi Nadaoka, Masahiro Sugioka
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Publication number: 20150275470Abstract: When maintaining a ground pivot angle of the bucket constant irrespective of any vertical pivotal movement of the boom, a ground angle maintaining controlling section stops a bucket actuator when it is detected that a vertical pivot angle of the bucket has reached an elevation restricted angle which is set smaller by a set angle than an elevation limit angle of the bucket 15 or a lowering restricted angle which is set greater by a set angle than a lowering limit angle of the bucket.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi MATSUMOTO, Ryuichi NADAOKA, Masahiro SUGIOKA
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Publication number: 20150275471Abstract: The front loader includes a boom actuator configured to pivotally drive a boom along a vertical direction relative to a traveling vehicle body about a first pivot axis which is oriented along a right/left direction, a bucket actuator configured to pivotally drive a bucket along the vertical direction relative to the boom about a second pivot axis which is oriented along the right/left direction, a manual controlling section for controlling operations of the boom actuator and the bucket actuator based on a manual operation of an operational tool, a boom angle detector for detecting a vertical pivot angle of the boom, a bucket angle detector for detecting a vertical pivot angle of the bucket relative to the boom, a calculating section for calculating a ground pivot angle of the bucket based on an output from the boom angle detector and an output from the bucket angle detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi MATSUMOTO, Ryuichi NADAOKA, Kosuke OYAMA, Masahiro SUGIOKA