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).

  • Patent number: 11565643
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Nadaoka, Takahiro Yonekura, Daniel Underwood
  • Publication number: 20220234532
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi NADAOKA, Takahiro YONEKURA, Daniel UNDERWOOD
  • Patent number: 10724205
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Nadaoka, Yuta Ozeki, Masaki Abe, Koshiro Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 10519623
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Nadaoka, Yuta Ozeki, Koshiro Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20190323202
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Nadaoka, Yuta Ozeki, Koshiro Hirakawa
  • Publication number: 20190194903
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi NADAOKA, Yuta OZEKI, Masaki ABE, Koshiro HIRAKAWA
  • Patent number: 9238900
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Ryuichi Nadaoka, Kosuke Oyama, Masahiro Sugioka
  • Patent number: 9238899
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Matsumoto, Ryuichi Nadaoka, Masahiro Sugioka
  • Publication number: 20150275470
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi MATSUMOTO, Ryuichi NADAOKA, Masahiro SUGIOKA
  • Publication number: 20150275471
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi MATSUMOTO, Ryuichi NADAOKA, Kosuke OYAMA, Masahiro SUGIOKA