Patents by Inventor Susumu TAKEOKA

Susumu TAKEOKA 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: 11965495
    Abstract: A working vehicle includes: a vehicle body provided with a traveling device; a hydraulic pump including a swashplate configured to change an output of the hydraulic pump according to a swashplate angle; a traveling motor including an output shaft having a rotation speed variable according to the output of the hydraulic pump and capable of transmitting power of the output shaft to the traveling device; an angle detector configured to detect the swashplate angle that is an angle of the swashplate; and a swashplate control unit configured to control the swashplate angle on the basis of control information relating to control of the swashplate angle and an actual swashplate angle that is the swashplate angle detected by the angle detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Gono, Naoya Nihei, Yuji Hirase, Susumu Takeoka, Keiji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11951827
    Abstract: The work vehicle includes a vehicle body provided with a travel device; a prime mover provided in the vehicle body; a transmission device capable of speed-changing a driving force from the prime mover and transmitting the driving force to the travel device; a transmission case housing the transmission device and being filled with lubricating oil; and a controller capable of switching between a warm-up operation mode in which a gear of the transmission device is rotated in a state in which transmission of power from the transmission device to the travel device is blocked and a travel operation mode in which the gear is rotated in a state in which the power is transmitted from the transmission device to the travel device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Gono, Naoya Nihei, Keiji Takahashi, Susumu Takeoka, Shusaku Yamaguchi, Yoichi Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11815168
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body provided with a travel device; a prime mover provided in the vehicle body; a transmission device capable of speed-changing a driving force from the prime mover and transmitting the driving force to the travel device; a transmission case housing the transmission device and being filled with lubricating oil; and a control device capable of switching between a warm-up operation mode in which a gear of the transmission device is rotated in a state in which transmission of power from the transmission device to the travel device is blocked and a travel operation mode in which the gear is rotated in a state in which the power is transmitted from the transmission device to the travel device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Gono, Yuji Hirase, Atsushi Jinnai, Susumu Takeoka, Masahiro Sakaguchi, Kazuma Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11629781
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a hydrostatic stepless speed changer device configured to speed-change driving power of an engine steplessly, a plurality of planetary gear speed changer devices configured to speed-change the driving power speed-changed by the stepless speed changer device, a plurality of clutch mechanisms corresponding to the plurality of planetary gear speed changer devices in order to take off the driving powers from these plurality of planetary gear speed changer devices individually, and a traveling speed changer device for speed-changing and transmitting the driving powers transmitted from the plurality of clutch mechanisms to a traveling mechanism. The plurality of planetary gear speed changer devices the plurality of clutch mechanisms and the traveling speed changer device are accommodated in a transmission case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Hirase, Ryoma Iwase, Tsuyoshi Gono, Takuya Nishikubo, Susumu Takeoka, Tsubasa Kawazoe, Atsushi Jinnai
  • Publication number: 20220290748
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body provided with a travel device; a prime mover provided in the vehicle body; a transmission device capable of speed-changing a driving force from the prime mover and transmitting the driving force to the travel device; a transmission case housing the transmission device and being filled with lubricating oil; and a control device capable of switching between a warm-up operation mode in which a gear of the transmission device is rotated in a state in which transmission of power from the transmission device to the travel device is blocked and a travel operation mode in which the gear is rotated in a state in which the power is transmitted from the transmission device to the travel device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi GONO, Yuji HIRASE, Atsushi JINNAI, Susumu TAKEOKA, Masahiro SAKAGUCHI, Kazuma ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220281315
    Abstract: The work vehicle includes a vehicle body provided with a travel device; a prime mover provided in the vehicle body; a transmission device capable of speed-changing a driving force from the prime mover and transmitting the driving force to the travel device; a transmission case housing the transmission device and being filled with lubricating oil; and a controller capable of switching between a warm-up operation mode in which a gear of the transmission device is rotated in a state in which transmission of power from the transmission device to the travel device is blocked and a travel operation mode in which the gear is rotated in a state in which the power is transmitted from the transmission device to the travel device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi GONO, Naoya NIHEI, Keiji TAKAHASHI, Susumu TAKEOKA, Shusaku YAMAGUCHI, Yoichi SUGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220281540
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a body; left and right front wheels provided for the body; and left and right rear crawler units provided for the body. The rear crawler units each include: a drive wheel provided for a rear axle of the work vehicle; a front idler wheel forward of the drive wheel; a rear idler wheel backward of the drive wheel; a plurality of roller wheels between the front idler wheel and the rear idler wheel; a crawler belt wound around the drive wheel, the front idler wheel, the rear idler wheel, and the plurality of roller wheels; a track frame swingable about a swing shaft that extends in a left-right direction of the body and holding the front idler wheel, the rear idler wheel, and the plurality of roller wheels; and a position change mechanism configured to move the swing shaft in a front-back direction of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi GONO, Susumu TAKEOKA, Kazutaka FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220281537
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a body frame; a front weight at a front end portion of the body frame; a support mechanism supporting the front weight in such a manner that the front weight is movable in a front-back direction relative to the body frame; and a drive actuator configured to move the front weight in the front-back direction relative to the body frame between (i) a back position, at which the front weight is close to the body frame, and (ii) a front position, at which the front weight is far from the body frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi GONO, Susumu TAKEOKA, Kazutaka FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220192073
    Abstract: A working vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a lifting device provided on the vehicle body; a first setting member to set a reference position in a height direction of the working device coupled to the lifting device; a lifting operation member to be operated to raise and lower the lifting device; a first lifting control unit to perform reference lifting control to raise or lower the lifting device so that the working device is located at the reference position; and a second lifting control unit to stop the reference lifting control when the lifting operation member is operated during work by the working device and to raise or lower the lifting device in response to the operation of the lifting operation member. The first lifting control unit performs control to return the lifting device to a position corresponding to the reference position when the operation of the lifting operation member is released after the reference lifting control is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi GONO, Susumu TAKEOKA, Toshiya TSUJI, Kazutaka FUJIMOTO, Keiji TAKAHASHI, Shinya YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220196147
    Abstract: A working vehicle includes: a vehicle body provided with a traveling device; a hydraulic pump including a swashplate configured to change an output of the hydraulic pump according to a swashplate angle; a traveling motor including an output shaft having a rotation speed variable according to the output of the hydraulic pump and capable of transmitting power of the output shaft to the traveling device; an angle detector configured to detect the swashplate angle that is an angle of the swashplate; and a swashplate control unit configured to control the swashplate angle on the basis of control information relating to control of the swashplate angle and an actual swashplate angle that is the swashplate angle detected by the angle detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi GONO, Naoya NIHEI, Yuji HIRASE, Susumu TAKEOKA, Keiji TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11332008
    Abstract: A working machine has a display device including: an area display portion to display a setting area for setting the first priority value, the second priority value, and the third priority value; a first axis display portion including a first scale portion indicating the first priority value depending on a distance from the reference point; a second axis display portion including a second scale portion indicating the second priority value depending on a distance from the reference point; a third axis display portion including a third scale portion indicating the third priority value depending on a distance from the reference point; and a marker display portion to be indicated in a partial area corresponding to at least two of the first axis display portion, the second axis display portion, and the third axis display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Wataya, Tsuyoshi Gono, Susumu Takeoka
  • Publication number: 20210364074
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a hydrostatic stepless speed changer device configured to speed-change driving power of an engine steplessly, a plurality of planetary gear speed changer devices configured to speed-change the driving power speed-changed by the stepless speed changer device, a plurality of clutch mechanisms corresponding to the plurality of planetary gear speed changer devices in order to take off the driving powers from these plurality of planetary gear speed changer devices individually, and a traveling speed changer device for speed-changing and transmitting the driving powers transmitted from the plurality of clutch mechanisms to a traveling mechanism. The plurality of planetary gear speed changer devices the plurality of clutch mechanisms, and the traveling speed changer device are accommodated in a transmission case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji HIRASE, Ryoma IWASE, Tsuyoshi GONO, Takuya NISHIKUBO, Susumu TAKEOKA, Tsubasa KAWAZOE, Atsushi JINNAI
  • Publication number: 20190375294
    Abstract: A working machine has a display device including: an area display portion to display a setting area for setting the first priority value, the second priority value, and the third priority value; a first axis display portion including a first scale portion indicating the first priority value depending on a distance from the reference point; a second axis display portion including a second scale portion indicating the second priority value depending on a distance from the reference point; a third axis display portion including a third scale portion indicating the third priority value depending on a distance from the reference point; and a marker display portion to be indicated in a partial area corresponding to at least two of the first axis display portion, the second axis display portion, and the third axis display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo WATAYA, Tsuyoshi GONO, Susumu TAKEOKA
  • Publication number: 20190373806
    Abstract: A display device for a working machine, includes a plurality of setting boxes, each of the setting boxes including: an item display portion representing a setting item relating to the working machine; and a setting display portion representing setting information of the setting item. The plurality of setting boxes are displayed on a screen, and a setting input portion to input the setting information corresponding to the setting item of each of the setting boxes is displayed on the screen in addition to the plurality of setting boxes displayed on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo WATAYA, Tsuyoshi GONO, Dai KADOTA, Gen FUTAGAMI, Shinya UKAI, Kazutaka FUJIMOTO, Kazuma ISHIHARA, Susumu TAKEOKA, Kiyokazu FUJIBAYASHI, Tetsuo YAMAGUCHI, Hitoshi AZUMA