Patents by Inventor Shinji Misaki

Shinji Misaki 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: 11951910
    Abstract: A working vehicle includes a position detector to detect a position of a vehicle body based on a signal transmitted from a positioning satellite. A mounting stay pivotally supported by a base stay includes a counter surface that opposes an upper surface of the base stay when the position detector is in a first position. The position detector is movable from the first position to a second position according to rotation of the mounting stay causing the counter surface to face upward. When the position detector is in the second position, a front portion of the mounting stay is higher than an upper end of the roof and a rear portion of the mounting stay is lower than the upper end of the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Misaki, Sayaka Masaki
  • Patent number: 11912350
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes an automatic steering mechanism to automatically steer a vehicle body so that the vehicle body travels on a target travel path. The automatic steering mechanism includes a motor to drive a steering shaft to rotate, and is in a steering tower. The motor is under a steering wheel and laterally adjacent to the steering shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Misaki
  • Patent number: 11889779
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes an automatic steering switching tool to start or end automatic steering of a vehicle body and a setting operation tool to select a setting for the automatic steering of the vehicle body. The automatic steering switching tool and the setting operation tool are positioned at an upper portion of a steering tower and below a steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Misaki
  • Patent number: 11535172
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cabin covering a driver section, a receiver to receive positional information from a satellite, and a stay to support the receiver. The receiver is above a roof of the cabin and supported at a cabin framework of the cabin via the stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Misaki
  • Patent number: 11529920
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a rollover protection structure (ROPS) around a driver's seat and a receiver supported at an upper portion of the ROPS to receive positional information from a satellite. A harness for the receiver is routed along an outer peripheral surface of the ROPS. A cover is provided to cover the harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Misaki
  • Publication number: 20220297614
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cabin covering a driver section, a receiver to receive positional information from a satellite, and a stay to support the receiver. The receiver is above a roof of the cabin and supported at a cabin framework of the cabin via the stay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Shinji MISAKI
  • Patent number: 11383655
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cabin covering a driver section, a receiver to receive positional information from a satellite, and a stay to support the receiver. The receiver is above a roof of the cabin and supported at a cabin framework of the cabin via the stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Misaki
  • Publication number: 20220105875
    Abstract: A working vehicle includes a position detector to detect a position of a vehicle body based on a signal transmitted from a positioning satellite. A mounting stay pivotally supported by a base stay includes a counter surface that opposes an upper surface of the base stay when the position detector is in a first position. The position detector is movable from the first position to a second position according to rotation of the mounting stay causing the counter surface to face upward. When the position detector is in the second position, a front portion of the mounting stay is higher than an upper end of the roof and a rear portion of the mounting stay is lower than the upper end of the roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Shinji MISAKI, Sayaka MASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220104422
    Abstract: A working vehicle includes an operator's seat, a vehicle body to travel selectively using either manual steering performed manually by the operator or automatic steering performed based on a position of the vehicle body detected by a position detector without manual operation by the operator, and a first operation actuator on a lateral side of the operator's seat to selectively start or terminate the automatic steering during rearward traveling of the vehicle body or to correct the position of the vehicle body during rearward traveling of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Shunya TAKASE, Hiroki SUGA, Shinji MISAKI, Koji MATSUDA, Yuto SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20220030758
    Abstract: An agricultural field work vehicle includes a move-off recorder to record, as move-off information, a move-off position or a move-off travel path, the move-off information being information related to the vehicle body having moved off a target travel path while performing agricultural field work during autonomous travel, the move-off position being a position at which the vehicle body moved off the target travel path, the move-off travel path being the target travel path off which the vehicle body moved, and a work return manager to (i) select a resumption travel path based on the move-off information, the resumption travel path being a travel path on which the agricultural field work vehicle, after the vehicle body moved off the target travel path, resumes performing agricultural field work, and (ii) manage a return of the 1vehicle body to the resumption travel path or the move-off position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunya TAKASE, Shinji MISAKI
  • Publication number: 20210397189
    Abstract: A traveling work machine includes a machine body provided with a travel apparatus, a position detector capable of detecting position information of the machine body based on a positioning signal of a navigation satellite, a travel trajectory determiner capable of determining a travel trajectory of the machine body based on detection, over time, of the position information, a target heading calculator to calculate a target heading based on the travel trajectory, a maneuvering controller capable of controlling the travel apparatus to maneuver along the target heading, and a single operating tool capable of setting both a start point and an end point of the travel trajectory obtained when calculating the target heading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Shunya TAKASE, Shinji MISAKI
  • Publication number: 20210362666
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a rollover protection structure (ROPS) around a driver's seat and a receiver supported at an upper portion of the ROPS to receive positional information from a satellite. A harness for the receiver is routed along an outer peripheral surface of the ROPS. A cover is provided to cover the harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Shinji MISAKI
  • Publication number: 20210360843
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes an automatic steering switching tool to start or end automatic steering of a vehicle body and a setting operation tool to select a setting for the automatic steering of the vehicle body. The automatic steering switching tool and the setting operation tool are positioned at an upper portion of a steering tower and below a steering wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Shinji MISAKI
  • Publication number: 20210300460
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes an automatic steering mechanism to automatically steer a vehicle body so that the vehicle body travels on a target travel path. The automatic steering mechanism includes a motor to drive a steering shaft to rotate, and is in a steering tower. The motor is under a steering wheel and laterally adjacent to the steering shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji MISAKI
  • Publication number: 20210300483
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cabin covering a driver section, a receiver to receive positional information from a satellite, and a stay to support the receiver. The receiver is above a roof of the cabin and supported at a cabin framework of the cabin via the stay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Shinji MISAKI
  • Patent number: 7205494
    Abstract: A switching device includes a light emitting unit 11 for applying light to an operational button 1 having a side that is supported by a hinge 3 so that the operational button can shake is arranged in the vicinity of the hinge, and a light diffusion prism member 5 for diffusively reflecting the light emitted out of the light emitting unit 11 toward the operational button 1. As a result, a downsizing of the whole of the switching device can be achieved, and the switching device is suitable for providing uniform brightness over the whole surface of the operational button without any unevenness of the brightness of the operational button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinji Misaki, Makoto Umekawa, Keishi Fujii
  • Publication number: 20060054483
    Abstract: A switching device includes a light emitting unit 11 for applying light to an operational button 1 having a side that is supported by a hinge 3 so that the operational button can shake is arranged in the vicinity of the hinge, and a light diffusion prism member 5 for diffusively reflecting the light emitted out of the light emitting unit 11 toward the operational button 1. As a result, a downsizing of the whole of the switching device can be achieved, and the switching device is suitable for providing uniform brightness over the whole surface of the operational button without any unevenness of the brightness of the operational button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Shinji Misaki, Makoto Umekawa, Keishi Fujii
  • Patent number: D948552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dai Kadota, Shunya Takase, Shinji Misaki