Patents by Inventor Shigenori Sakikawa
Shigenori Sakikawa 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: 7316287Abstract: There is provided a working vehicle having first and second hydraulic pump units operatively driven by a driving source and arranged away to each other in a width direction of the vehicle. In the working vehicle, each of the first and second hydraulic pump units includes a pump body; a port block formed with an oil passage for supplying/discharging an operating fluid to/from said pump body; a pump case connected to the port block so as to define a pump body accommodating space for surrounding the pump body; and a pump shaft for rotatably driving the pump body, the pump shaft having an input end operatively connected to said driving source. A drain port for opening the pump body accommodating space outward and a charge suction port for drawing in an oil from an oil tank in order to supply a charge oil to a hydraulic circuit fluidly connecting with the corresponding hydraulic motor unit are provided respectively in first and second assemblies formed by the corresponding pump case and port block.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2005Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryota Ohashi, Manabu Kawakami, Shigenori Sakikawa, Takeaki Nozaki
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Publication number: 20070249455Abstract: In a working vehicle, a variable output HST and a planetary gear unit are connected with an engine, which is supported on a vehicle frame closer to a first side of a fore and aft direction of the vehicle in vibration free manner so as to together constitute a driving-side unit, which is integrally supported on the vehicle frame in vibration free manner. A transmission case of a transmission is fixedly supported on the vehicle frame closer to a second side of the fore and aft direction of the vehicle with a distance from the driving-side unit. An output element of the planetary gear unit is operatively connected with a wheel drive train of the transmission via a shaft coupling extending along the fore and aft direction of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2007Publication date: October 25, 2007Inventors: Toshiyuki Hasegawa, Atsuo Yoshina, Shigenori Sakikawa
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Patent number: 7275372Abstract: A hydrostatic transmission for vehicle interposed in a drive-power transmission path between a driving power source and a driving axle for non-stepwisely changing the speed of the vehicle includes an HST housing; a hydraulic pump unit having a pump shaft with first and second ends extending in a fore-aft direction of the vehicle away from each other; a hydraulic motor unit having a motor shaft for outputting the drive power from the motor shaft whose speed is non-stepwisely varied in cooperation with the hydraulic pump unit; a PTO unit having a PTO shaft extending in the fore-aft direction of the vehicle, the PTO shaft being operatively connected to the pump shaft; a charge pump unit for replenishing pressurized hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic circuit, the hydraulic circuit hydraulically connecting the hydraulic pump unit with the hydraulic motor unit, the charge pump unit including a charge pump body, and a charge pump case connected to the HST housing through its wall closer to the driving axle for supportinType: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Inventors: Yoshitaka Ishimaru, Shigenori Sakikawa, Shinya Sakakura
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Patent number: 7269948Abstract: A flywheel housing is partitioned by a partition wall disposed at an intermediate position in the lengthwise direction thereof to form a pair of housing portions in which a flywheel is accommodated in one housing portion, and an HST unit that receives power from the flywheel is installed in the other housing portion, the HST unit comprising an oil hydraulic motor, an oil hydraulic pump, an oil hydraulic circuit block containing an oil hydraulic circuit therein and supporting one end of an oil hydraulic motor shaft and one end of an oil hydraulic pump shaft, and a cover housing secured to the oil hydraulic circuit block to cover the oil hydraulic motor and the oil hydraulic pump and support the other end of the oil hydraulic motor shaft and the other end of the oil hydraulic pump shaft; the oil hydraulic circuit block being secured to the flywheel housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2007Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shigenori Sakikawa
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Publication number: 20070207021Abstract: A tractor of the present invention can reduce a manufacturing cost of a lift arm support body. The tractor is configured such that a lift arm is mounted on an upper portion of a transmission casing by way of a lift arm support body, the lift arm is hydraulically controllable by a hydraulic control valve by way of a hydraulic circuit body, and the hydraulic circuit body and the hydraulic control valve are fixed to the transmission casing as bodies separate from a lift arm support body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2005Publication date: September 6, 2007Applicant: Yanmar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuo Yamaguchi, Noboru Yamamoto, Toshiyuki Shin, Shigenori Sakikawa, Shingo Araki
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Publication number: 20070204609Abstract: A hydraulic transmission comprises a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor, which are mounted onto a center section to be fluidly connected to each other through a closed fluid circuit formed in the center section. A neutral valve is connected to the closed fluid circuit. The neutral valve is fitted into an outward opened end of a vertical slanted oil hole of the closed fluid circuit. Alternatively, the neutral valve is fitted into an outward opened end of a straight oil hole having an opposite outward opened end into which a charge check valve is fitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2007Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventors: Hironori Sumomozawa, Shigenori Sakikawa, Ryota Ohashi
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Patent number: 7247113Abstract: In a working vehicle, a variable output HST and a planetary gear unit are connected with an engine, which is supported on a vehicle frame closer to a first side of a fore and aft direction of the vehicle in vibration free manner so as to together constitute a driving-side unit, which is integrally supported on the vehicle frame in vibration free manner. A transmission case of a transmission is fixedly supported on the vehicle frame closer to a second side of the fore and aft direction of the vehicle with a distance from the driving-side unit. An output element of the planetary gear unit is operatively connected with a wheel drive train of the transmission via a shaft coupling extending along the fore and aft direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2005Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Kanzaki Kokýukoki Mfg. Co. Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Hasegawa, Atsuo Yoshina, Shigenori Sakikawa
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Publication number: 20070158129Abstract: A transmission for a working vehicle for transmitting drive power from an engine to a driving axle that includes: a flywheel including a flywheel body operatively connected with the engine and a flywheel housing for accommodating the flywheel body; a main-speed-change unit including a main-input shaft operatively connected with the engine via the flywheel body and a main-output shaft for outputting drive power to be transmitted to the driving axle; and a sub-speed-change unit including a sub-input shaft and a sub-output shaft, and disposed at a distance from the main-speed-change unit. The engine, the flywheel and the main-speed-change unit are integrally connected with each other so as to vibrate freely relative to a vehicle frame, and the main-output shaft of the main-speed-change unit is operatively coupled with the sub-input shaft of the sub-speed-change unit via a vibration-absorbing shaft coupling.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2006Publication date: July 12, 2007Inventors: Toshiyuki HASEGAWA, Norihiro ISHII, Shigenori SAKIKAWA
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Publication number: 20070137972Abstract: There is provided a hydraulic fluid supply structure including: a discharge line fluidly connected to a discharge port of a hydraulic pump body and regulated to have a first pressure value; an external hydraulic fluid extraction line for supplying the hydraulic fluid to an actuator for raising and lowering a working machine, the external hydraulic fluid extraction line being fluidly connected to the discharge line through a resistance valve; a PTO hydraulic fluid line for supplying the hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic operating type clutch mechanism for engaging or disengaging power transmission to the working machine, the PTO hydraulic line being fluidly connected to the discharge line through a throttle valve and regulated to have a second pressure value lower than the first pressure value; and a PTO switching valve interposed in the PTO hydraulic fluid line so as to turn ON/OFF the supply of the hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic clutch mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2006Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventor: Shigenori Sakikawa
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Patent number: 7228685Abstract: An axle driving apparatus comprises: a common housing; a pair of coaxial axles disposed in the housing; a common input shaft for receiving power from a prime mover, the common input shaft being extended perpendicular to the axles in the housing and passed through a gap between the axles; and a pair of stepless transmissions sharing power from the common input shaft, and transmitting power to the respective axles. The pair of stepless transmissions are arranged in the housing symmetrically centered on an axis of the common input shaft. The axle driving apparatus further comprises: a PTO shaft disposed coaxially to the common input shaft; a clutch disposed in the housing and interposed between the common input shaft and the PTO shaft; and a brake which is applied simultaneously to disengagement of said clutch so as to prevent inertial rotation of said PTO shaft.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2006Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Inventor: Shigenori Sakikawa
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Publication number: 20070107422Abstract: A flywheel housing is partitioned by a partition wall disposed at an intermediate position in the lengthwise direction thereof to form a pair of housing portions in which a flywheel is accommodated in one housing portion, and an HST unit that receives power from the flywheel is installed in the other housing portion, the HST unit comprising an oil hydraulic motor, an oil hydraulic pump, an oil hydraulic circuit block containing an oil hydraulic circuit therein and supporting one end of an oil hydraulic motor shaft and one end of an oil hydraulic pump shaft, and a cover housing secured to the oil hydraulic circuit block to cover the oil hydraulic motor and the oil hydraulic pump and support the other end of the oil hydraulic motor shaft and the other end of the oil hydraulic pump shaft; the oil hydraulic circuit block being secured to the flywheel housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2007Publication date: May 17, 2007Inventor: Shigenori Sakikawa
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Publication number: 20070105683Abstract: A steering transaxle comprises: left and right drive shafts drivingly connected to respective steerable wheels; a differential gear unit differentially connecting the drive shafts to each other; a transaxle casing having an opening, the transaxle casing incorporating the differential gear unit and the drive shafts; a cover for covering the opening of the transaxle casing; a variable hydraulic motor having a movable swash plate, the hydraulic motor being provided on the inside of the cover; a motor control mechanism for controlling the movable swash plate, the motor control mechanism being provided on the outside of the cover; and a hydraulic oil port for oil supply and delivery to and from the hydraulic motor, the hydraulic oil port being provided on the outside of the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2006Publication date: May 10, 2007Inventors: Koji Irikura, Norihiro Ishii, Shigenori Sakikawa
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Patent number: 7204779Abstract: A steering transaxle comprises: left and right drive shafts drivingly connected to respective steerable wheels; a differential gear unit differentially connecting the drive shafts to each other; a transaxle casing having an opening and incorporating the differential gear unit and the drive shafts; a cover for covering the opening of the transaxle casing; a variable hydraulic motor having a movable swash plate; a motor control mechanism for controlling the movable swash plate; and a hydraulic oil port for oil supply and delivery to and from the hydraulic motor, the hydraulic oil port being provided on the outside of the cover. The hydraulic motor is provided on the inside of the cover, and the motor control mechanism is provided on the outside of the cover.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2004Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Inventors: Koji Irikura, Norihiro Ishii, Shigenori Sakikawa
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Publication number: 20070072728Abstract: A hydrostatic transmission for vehicle interposed in a drive-power transmission path between a driving power source and a driving axle for non-stepwisely changing the speed of the vehicle includes an HST housing; a hydraulic pump unit having a pump shaft with first and second ends extending in a fore-aft direction of the vehicle away from each other; a hydraulic motor unit having a motor shaft for outputting the drive power from the motor shaft whose speed is non-stepwisely varied in cooperation with the hydraulic pump unit; a PTO unit having a PTO shaft extending in the fore-aft direction of the vehicle, the PTO shaft being operatively connected to the pump shaft; a charge pump unit for replenishing pressurized hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic circuit, the hydraulic circuit hydraulically connecting the hydraulic pump unit with the hydraulic motor unit, the charge pump unit including a charge pump body, and a charge pump case connected to the HST housing through its wall closer to the driving axle for supportinType: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2006Publication date: March 29, 2007Inventors: Yoshitaka Ishimaru, Shigenori Sakikawa, Shinya Sakakura
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Publication number: 20070051102Abstract: An axle driving apparatus comprises: a common housing; a pair of coaxial axles disposed in the housing; a common input shaft for receiving power from a prime mover, the common input shaft being extended perpendicular to the axles in the housing and passed through a gap between the axles; and a pair of stepless transmissions sharing power from the common input shaft, and transmitting power to the respective axles. The pair of stepless transmissions are arranged in the housing symmetrically centered on an axis of the common input shaft. The axle driving apparatus further comprises: a PTO shaft disposed coaxially to the common input shaft; a clutch disposed in the housing and interposed between the common input shaft and the PTO shaft; and a brake which is applied simultaneously to disengagement of said clutch so as to prevent inertial rotation of said PTO shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2006Publication date: March 8, 2007Inventor: Shigenori Sakikawa
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Patent number: 7171809Abstract: A flywheel housing 13 is partitioned by a partition wall 14 disposed at an intermediate position in the lengthwise direction thereof to form a pair of housing portions in which a flywheel 13 is accommodated in one housing portion 13X, and an HST unit that receives power from the flywheel is installed in the other housing portion 13Y, the HST unit 5 comprising an oil hydraulic motor 9, an oil hydraulic pump 10, an oil hydraulic circuit block 17 containing an oil hydraulic circuit therein and supporting one end of an oil hydraulic motor shaft and one end of an oil hydraulic pump shaft, and a cover housing 18 secured to the oil hydraulic circuit block to cover the oil hydraulic motor and the oil hydraulic pump and support the other end of the oil hydraulic motor shaft and the other end of the oil hydraulic pump shaft; the oil hydraulic circuit block 17 being secured to the flywheel housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2005Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shigenori Sakikawa
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Patent number: 7150693Abstract: A hydrostatic transmission for vehicle interposed in a drive-power transmission path between a driving power source and a driving axle for non-stepwisely changing the speed of the vehicle includes an HST housing; a hydraulic pump unit having a pump shaft with first and second ends extending in a fore-aft direction of the vehicle away from each other; a hydraulic motor unit having a motor shaft for outputting the drive power from the motor shaft whose speed is non-stepwisely varied in cooperation with the hydraulic pump unit; a PTO unit having a PTO shaft extending in the fore-aft direction of the vehicle, the PTO shaft being operatively connected to the pump shaft; a charge pump unit for replenishing pressurized hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic circuit, the hydraulic circuit hydraulically connecting the hydraulic pump unit with the hydraulic motor unit, the charge pump unit including a charge pump body, and a charge pump case connected to the HST housing through its wall closer to the driving axle for supportinType: GrantFiled: September 17, 2004Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Inventors: Yoshitaka Ishimaru, Shigenori Sakikawa, Shinya Sakakura
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Patent number: 7143858Abstract: A transmission for a working vehicle for transmitting drive power from an engine to a driving axle that includes: a flywheel including a flywheel body operatively connected with the engine and a flywheel housing for accommodating the flywheel body; a main-speed-change unit including a main-input shaft operatively connected with the engine via the flywheel body and a main-output shaft for outputting drive power to be transmitted to the driving axle; and a sub-speed-change unit including a sub-input shaft and a sub-output shaft, and disposed at a distance from the main-speed-change unit. The engine, the flywheel and the main-speed-change unit are integrally connected with each other so as to vibrate freely relative to a vehicle frame, and the main-output shaft of the main-speed-change unit is operatively coupled with the sub-input shaft of the sub-speed-change unit via a vibration-absorbing shaft coupling.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2005Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Inventors: Toshiyuki Hasegawa, Norihiro Ishii, Shigenori Sakikawa
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Publication number: 20060269421Abstract: There is provided an axial piston device with which a pair of first oil passages and a drain oil passage for allowing at least one of the first oil passages to communicate with an oil sump. The axial piston device includes a rotary valve rotated around its axis so as to take a shutoff position/a communication position at which the drain oil passage is respectively shut off and communicated. The rotary valve includes a main body, a small-diameter portion that is contracted with a step from the main body, a flange portion that is enlarged from the small-diameter portion with a step, and a communication groove formed on the outer peripheral surface of the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2006Publication date: November 30, 2006Inventors: Shigenori Sakikawa, Manabu Kawakami
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Patent number: 7140457Abstract: A transmission mechanism and a pressure oil supply system therefor are provided for use in work vehicles provided with a work device externally of the body of the vehicle at longitudinal one side thereof, the transmission mechanism being simple in construction and serving to shorten the overall length of the vehicle while holding a transmission shaft interconnecting a PTO shaft and an input shaft for the work device close to a horizontal. A work vehicle provided with a work device in front of the vehicle body comprises a transmission 30 disposed between a differential gear unit 10 and an HST 20 and providing a travel cooperative mechanism, a PTO shaft projecting from the housing of the HST 20, and a PTO cooperative mechanism disposed in the housing for dividedly deriving power for the PTO shaft from the travel cooperative mechanism for the transmission of the power.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2004Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka Ishimaru, Shusuke Nemoto, Shigenori Sakikawa, Kenichi Takada