Patents by Inventor Shinji Akino
Shinji Akino 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: 9643495Abstract: A pantograph device of a trolley-type truck includes: a base frame; a bottom frame rockably attached to the base frame; a top frame rockably attached to the vicinity of the top end portion of the bottom frame through a connecting shaft; a collector shoe rockably supported in proximity to the top end portion of the top frame; a hydraulic cylinder for raising and lowering the bottom frame, attached to the base frame; and a spring which acts so as to rotate the top frame upward through the connecting shaft. By erecting the bottom frame by the hydraulic cylinder, the tensile force produced in the spring is increased and the top frame is rotated upward through the connecting shaft. This makes it possible to obtain a wide movable range without use of a long and strong spring and enhance the followability to overhead wires without increasing pressing force.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignees: HITACHI POWER SOLUTIONS CO., LTD., HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kanazawa, Shinji Akino, Toshio Shikama
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Publication number: 20150136555Abstract: A pantograph device of a trolley-type truck includes: a base frame; a bottom frame rockably attached to the base frame; a top frame rockably attached to the vicinity of the top end portion of the bottom frame through a connecting shaft; a collector shoe rockably supported in proximity to the top end portion of the top frame; a hydraulic cylinder for raising and lowering the bottom frame, attached to the base frame; and a spring which acts so as to rotate the top frame upward through the connecting shaft. By erecting the bottom frame by the hydraulic cylinder, the tensile force produced in the spring is increased and the top frame is rotated upward through the connecting shaft. This makes it possible to obtain a wide movable range without use of a long and strong spring and enhance the followability to overhead wires without increasing pressing force.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Hiroyuki Kanazawa, Shinji Akino, Toshio Shikama
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Patent number: 8967310Abstract: An opening through which air is delivered to a radiator for an engine installed in a haulage vehicle is split into separate portions via a support frame. Sound absorbing ducts are each mounted over one of the partitioned opening areas formed by splitting the opening via the support frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Ogawara, Shinji Akino
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Patent number: 8960345Abstract: A cooling air supply device (22) for supplying cooling air to an alternator (19) and an electric motor (20) for traveling is provided with a cooling air inlet port (24B) for taking in outside air as cooling air; a cooling air supply line (23) for establishing connection between the cooling air inlet port (24B), and the alternator (19) and the electric motor (20), and an alternator side cooling fan (36) and an electric motor side cooling fan (37) for sucking cooling air from the cooling air inlet port (24B) into the cooling air supply line (23). A dust separator (28) is provided in the halfway section of the cooling air supply line (23) to spirally circulate the cooling air and centrifugally separate the dust from the cooling air, and the dust in the cooling air is separated by the dust separator (28).Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hironori Uozu, Shinji Akino
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Publication number: 20140332295Abstract: A cooling air supply device (22) for supplying cooling air to an alternator (19) and an electric motor (20) for traveling is provided with a cooling air inlet port (24B) for taking in outside air as cooling air; a cooling air supply line (23) for establishing connection between the cooling air inlet port (24B), and the alternator (19) and the electric motor (20), and an alternator side cooling fan (36) and an electric motor side cooling fan (37) for sucking cooling air from the cooling air inlet port (24B) into the cooling air supply line (23). A dust separator (28) is provided in the halfway section of the cooling air supply line (23) to spirally circulate the cooling air and centrifugally separate the dust from the cooling air, and the dust in the cooling air is separated by the dust separator (28).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2013Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Hironori Uozu, Shinji Akino
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Patent number: 8690193Abstract: Rear wheel tires of a vehicle body are spaced apart from each other in the vehicle width direction. A foreign object removing device is provided between an outer tire and an inner tire of the rear wheels on one side of the vehicle for removing foreign objects between the tires. The foreign object removing device includes a bar-shaped member inserted in a suspended state between the tires, and a shoe provided in a lower end side of the bar-shaped member to collide with foreign objects such as earth and sand, and stones getting in between the tires for flicking out the foreign objects from between the tires. The shoe is replaceably attached to the lower end side of the bar-shaped member by using a bolt. In a case where the shoe wears down, only the shoe is replaced.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeo Yamamoto, Yasuki Kita, Takayuki Sato, Kazunori Ishihara, Atsushi Kitaguchi, Takehito Ikema, Michio Fushiki, Tomohiko Yasuda, Shinji Akino, Yoshifumi Nabeshima
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Publication number: 20130199862Abstract: An opening through which air is delivered to a radiator for an engine installed in a haulage vehicle is split into separate portions via a support frame. Sound absorbing ducts are each mounted over one of the partitioned opening areas formed by splitting the opening via the support frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Ogawara, Shinji Akino
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Publication number: 20130185019Abstract: A load measuring device for a construction machine includes a processing unit for acquiring signals indicative of cylinder pressure of front and rear suspension cylinders via pressure sensors and computing a weight value of a load put on a dump body of the construction machine. When the construction machine is traveling on a curvilinear route, the construction machine makes the output of the weight value ineffective. In particular, when the differential speed value between the rear wheels, received from a speed difference detector, is below a preset value, the arithmetic unit outputs a loading weight W computed by the processing unit, as final loading weight, and so that when the differential speed exceeds the preset value, the arithmetic unit makes ineffective the computed loading weight W as the final loading weight output.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2012Publication date: July 18, 2013Inventors: Toshikazu MINOSHIMA, Takao KUROSAWA, Shinji AKINO, Takashi YAGYUU
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Patent number: 8437982Abstract: A load measuring device for a construction machine includes a processing unit for acquiring signals indicative of cylinder pressure of front and rear suspension cylinders via pressure sensors and computing a weight value of a load put on a dump body of the construction machine. When the construction machine is traveling on a curvilinear route, the construction machine makes the output of the weight value ineffective. In particular, when the differential speed value between the rear wheels, received from a speed difference detector, is below a preset value, the arithmetic unit outputs a loading weight W computed by the processing unit, as final loading weight, and so that when the differential speed exceeds the preset value, the arithmetic unit makes ineffective the computed loading weight W as the final loading weight output.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2010Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Takao Kurosawa, Shinji Akino, Takashi Yagyuu
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Patent number: 8328291Abstract: In the course of largely tilting a vessel (3) backward of a vehicle body (2) by a hoist cylinder (10), occasionally the rear end portion of the vessel (3) runs into an embankment (4A) of dumped earth and sand. In consequence, a load by a vehicle weight to be applied to a rear suspension (8A) suspending the side of a rear wheel (8) of a vehicle is rapidly reduced. Therefore, an inner pressure (P) in the rear suspension (8A) detected by a pressure sensor (25) is rapidly lowered. In this case, a controller (27) controls the hoist cylinder (10) according to the inner pressure (P) in the rear suspension (8A) to stop an extension operation of the hoist cylinder (10). This can suppress occurrence of a state where the side of the rear wheel (8) of the vehicle body (2) is raised upward, that is, a jack-up state.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yohei Nakate, Shinji Akino
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Publication number: 20120205961Abstract: Rear wheel tires of a vehicle body are spaced apart from each other in the vehicle width direction. A foreign object removing device is provided between an outer tire and an inner tire of the rear wheels on one side of the vehicle for removing foreign objects between the tires. The foreign object removing device includes a bar-shaped member inserted in a suspended state between the tires, and a shoe provided in a lower end side of the bar-shaped member to collide with foreign objects such as earth and sand, and stones getting in between the tires for flicking out the foreign objects from between the tires. The shoe is replaceably attached to the lower end side of the bar-shaped member by using a bolt. In a case where the shoe wears down, only the shoe is replaced.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeo YAMAMOTO, Yasuki KITA, Takayuki SATO, Kazunori ISHIHARA, Atsushi KITAGUCHI, Takehito IKEMA, Michio FUSHIKI, Tomohiko YASUDA, Shinji AKINO, Yoshifumi NABESHIMA
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Publication number: 20110175427Abstract: In the course of largely tilting a vessel (3) backward of a vehicle body (2) by a hoist cylinder (10), occasionally the rear end portion of the vessel (3) runs into an embankment (4A) of dumped earth and sand. In consequence, a load by a vehicle weight to be applied to a rear suspension (8A) suspending the side of a rear wheel (8) of a vehicle is rapidly reduced. Therefore, an inner pressure (P) in the rear suspension (8A) detected by a pressure sensor (25) is rapidly lowered. In this case, a controller (27) controls the hoist cylinder (10) according to the inner pressure (P) in the rear suspension (8A) to stop an extension operation of the hoist cylinder (10). This can suppress occurrence of a state where the side of the rear wheel (8) of the vehicle body (2) is raised upward, that is, a jack-up state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2010Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yohei Nakate, Shinji Akino
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Publication number: 20100211356Abstract: A load measuring device for a construction machine includes a processing unit for acquiring signals indicative of cylinder pressure of front and rear suspension cylinders via pressure sensors and computing a weight value of a load put on a dump body of the construction machine. When the construction machine is traveling on a curvilinear route, the construction machine makes the output of the weight value ineffective. In particular, when the differential speed value between the rear wheels, received from a speed difference detector, is below a preset value, the arithmetic unit outputs a loading weight W computed by the processing unit, as final loading weight, and so that when the differential speed exceeds the preset value, the arithmetic unit makes ineffective the computed loading weight W as the final loading weight output.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Takao Kurosawa, Shinji Akino, Takashi Yagyuu
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Patent number: 7587264Abstract: A diagnostic information presenting apparatus comprises sensors 40, etc. for detecting status variables regarding operating status or ambient environments of a construction machine, and a controller 2 for outputting, to a display unit 50, a basic data display signal to display basic data necessary for an initial screen 100 in accordance with detected signals from the sensors 40, etc., and for outputting, to the display unit 50, an alarm display signal or a failure display signal to present alarm display or failure display in accordance with alarm information regarding the status variables detected by the sensors 40, etc. or failure information from the sensors 40, etc. This enables information regarding an abnormality in the construction machine to be presented to an operator with an alarm in the least necessary way without giving nuisances to the operator.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2004Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Furuno, Koji Fujita, Takanobu Ikari, Shinji Akino, Yoshinori Ohwada
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Patent number: 7433777Abstract: An engine protection system for a construction machine can individually diagnose the exhaust temperature specific to each cylinder of an engine corresponding to an engine revolution speed in order to find an abnormal condition of each engine cylinder in advance. A revolution speed sensor 14 detects revolution speed of an engine mounted in the construction machine and, a plurality, e.g., 16, cylinder temperature sensors 20a-20p detect exhaust temperatures of respective cylinders of the engine. A data recording unit 26 and a display controller 24 store the detected engine revolution speed and the detected exhaust temperatures of the respective cylinders. Trend data, which is produced based on the stored data, is sent to an office via a portable terminal and the display controller 24 outputs, a signal for playing back and displaying snapshots based on the stored data to a display unit 23 disposed in the cab 5.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2005Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takanobu Ikari, Yoshinori Ohwada, Yoshinori Furuno, Shinji Akino, Daisuke Takagi
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Publication number: 20070171035Abstract: An engine protection system for a construction machine can individually diagnose the exhaust temperature specific to each cylinder of an engine corresponding to an engine revolution speed in order to find an abnormal condition of each engine cylinder in advance. A revolution speed sensor 14 detects revolution speed of an engine mounted in the construction machine and a plurality, e.g., 16, cylinder temperature sensors 20a-20p detect exhaust temperatures of respective cylinders of the engine. A data recording unit 26 and a display controller 24 store the detected engine revolution speed and the detected exhaust temperatures of the respective cylinders. Trend data, which is produced based on the stored data, is sent to an office via a portable terminal and the display controller 24 outputs a signal for playing back and displaying snapshots based on the stored data to a display unit 23 disposed in the cab 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2005Publication date: July 26, 2007Inventors: Takanobu Ikari, Yoshinori Ohwada, Yoshinori Furuno, Shinji Akino, Daisuke Takagi
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Patent number: 7171295Abstract: An intermediate server 6 or a main server 5 executes the steps of displaying a work site of a construction machine or a predetermined area regarding the work site on a subcontractor's personal computer 62, prompting an input for applying to an order for work of repair/replacement of parts belonging to a predetermined component section of the construction machine, extracting the predetermined qualification requirements, which have been stored in a database 6A beforehand, from the database based on received applying information, producing an examination sheet for determining whether a local subcontractor meets the extracted qualification requirements, transmitting the examination sheet produced in the producing step to the subcontractor's personal computer 62 via a communication network, and prompting an input in predetermined places of the examination sheet.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2003Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Furuno, Fujio Matsuda, Shinji Akino, Yoshinori Ohwada, Takanobu Ikari, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yoshinori Eguchi, Hiroyuki Adachi
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Publication number: 20060200283Abstract: A diagnostic information presenting apparatus comprises sensors 40, etc. for detecting status variables regarding operating status or ambient environments of a construction machine, and a controller 2 for outputting, to a display unit 50, a basic data display signal to display basic data necessary for an initial screen 100 in accordance with detected signals from the sensors 40, etc., and for outputting, to the display unit 50, an alarm display signal or a failure display signal to present alarm display or failure display in accordance with alarm information regarding the status variables detected by the sensors 40, etc. or failure information from the sensors 40, etc. This enables information regarding an abnormality in the construction machine to be presented to an operator with an alarm in the least necessary way without giving nuisances to the operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2004Publication date: September 7, 2006Inventors: Yoshinori Furuno, Koji Fujita, Takanobu Ikari, Shinji Akino, Yoshinori Ohwada
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Publication number: 20060047630Abstract: An intermediate server 6 or a main server 5 executes the steps of displaying a work site of a construction machine or a predetermined area regarding the work site on a subcontractor's personal computer 62, prompting an input for applying to an order for work of repair/replacement of parts belonging to a predetermined component section of the construction machine, extracting the predetermined qualification requirements, which have been stored in a database 6A beforehand, from the database based on received applying information, producing an examination sheet for determining whether a local subcontractor meets the extracted qualification requirements, transmitting the examination sheet produced in the producing step to the subcontractor's personal computer 62 via a communication network, and prompting an input in predetermined places of the examination sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2003Publication date: March 2, 2006Inventors: Yoshinori Furuno, Fujio Matsuda, Shinji Akino, Yoshinori Ohwada, Takanobu Ikari, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yoshinori Eguchi, Hiroyuki Adachi
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Publication number: 20050021245Abstract: An information providing system for a construction machine has a plurality of information terminals (4) provided on the side of users or owners of hydraulic excavators (1), a main server (5) provided on the side of a manufacturer of the hydraulic excavators, and an intermediate server (6) provided on the side of a dealer in charge of services presented to the users or the owners. The main server (5) obtains data regarding machine operation of each hydraulic excavator (1) via information communication and stores the obtained data in a database (5A ), and outputs the obtained data regarding the machine operations of the plurality of hydraulic excavators (1), as basic information for services presented to the users or the owners, to the intermediate server (6). The intermediate server (6) outputs, to the corresponding information terminal (4), the basic information directly or after optionally selecting the basic information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2003Publication date: January 27, 2005Inventors: Yoshinori Furuno, Fujio Matsuda, Takanobu Ikari, Shinji Akino, Yoshinori Ohwada, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yoshinori Eguchi, Hiroyuki Adachi