Patents by Inventor Taiga Sasaki

Taiga Sasaki 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: 10532621
    Abstract: A suspension arm A-shaped in a plan view includes legs receiving therebetween front and rear surfaces of a vertical member arranged in a travel direction of a working vehicle. The legs of the suspension arm and the surfaces of the vertical member each have a hole. An attaching structure includes: a cantilevered pin inserted into the hole of each of the legs and the corresponding hole of the vertical member to hold the leg of the suspension arm such that the suspension arm is pivotable; and a retaining mechanism provided to a frame to prevent the pin from coming off the vertical member. The pin includes a projection extending radially outward at a base end in an insertion direction. The retaining mechanism includes: a holding portion holding the projection in a rotation direction of the pin; and a cover portion covering the projection in the insertion direction of the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Taiga Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20180244118
    Abstract: A suspension arm A-shaped in a plan view includes legs receiving therebetween front and rear surfaces of a vertical member arranged in a travel direction of a working vehicle. The legs of the suspension arm and the surfaces of the vertical member each have a hole. An attaching structure includes: a cantilevered pin inserted into the hole of each of the legs and the corresponding hole of the vertical member to hold the leg of the suspension arm such that the suspension arm is pivotable; and a retaining mechanism provided to a frame to prevent the pin from coming off the vertical member. The pin includes a projection extending radially outward at a base end in an insertion direction. The retaining mechanism includes: a holding portion holding the projection in a rotation direction of the pin; and a cover portion covering the projection in the insertion direction of the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventor: Taiga Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9889882
    Abstract: A dump truck includes a suspension and a steering mechanism. The suspension includes: a suspension arm in a form of an upper arm having an up-and-down movable proximal end supported on a vehicle body frame; and a tire support in a form of a casing rotatably attached to a distal end of the upper arm. The steering mechanism includes a steering cylinder having a proximal end attached to the upper arm and a distal end attached to a knuckle arm provided to the tire support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Taiga Sasaki, Kouichi Okamoto, Takeo Ootsuka
  • Patent number: 9868343
    Abstract: A dump truck includes: a vehicle body frame; a body supported by the vehicle body frame and configured to be raised or lowered; a plurality of tires provided to the vehicle body frame via a suspension; and a driving unit in a form of an electric motor configured to drive the tires, in which the vehicle body frame includes: supports respectively supporting an upper arm and a lower arm of a suspension arm of the suspension; and a hollow part at least partially in the vicinity of the supports, and the electric motor is fixed to the vehicle body frame while being housed in the hollow part of the vehicle body frame and supported by an inner surface of the hollow part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Takeo Ootsuka, Taiga Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9643527
    Abstract: A suspension of a dump truck includes: an upper arm and a lower arm each having a proximal end supported on a vehicle body frame and configured to be up-and-down pivotally movable; a tire support in a form of a casing having an upper portion rotatably connected to a distal end of the upper arm and a lower portion rotatably connected to a distal end of the lower arm; and a suspension cylinder having an upper end rotatably connected to the vehicle body frame and a lower end rotatably connected to the upper arm, in which a king pin shaft connecting a rotation center of the upper arm and the casing with a rotation center of the lower arm and the casing intersects with an axial line of the suspension cylinder in the vicinity of a connecting portion of the upper arm and the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Kouichi Okamoto, Taiga Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20170015167
    Abstract: A suspension of a dump truck includes: an upper arm and a lower arm each having a proximal end supported on a vehicle body frame and configured to be up-and-down pivotally movable; a tire support in a form of a casing having an upper portion rotatably connected to a distal end of the upper arm and a lower portion rotatably connected to a distal end of the lower arm; and a suspension cylinder having an upper end rotatably connected to the vehicle body frame and a lower end rotatably connected to the upper arm, in which a king pin shaft connecting a rotation center of the upper arm and the casing with a rotation center of the lower arm and the casing intersects with an axial line of the suspension cylinder in the vicinity of a connecting portion of the upper arm and the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Kouichi Okamoto, Taiga Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20170015185
    Abstract: A dump truck includes: a vehicle body frame; a body supported by the vehicle body frame and configured to be raised or lowered; a plurality of tires provided to the vehicle body frame via a suspension; and a driving unit in a form of an electric motor configured to drive the tires, in which the vehicle body frame includes: supports respectively supporting an upper arm and a lower arm of a suspension arm of the suspension; and a hollow part at least partially in the vicinity of the supports, and the electric motor is fixed to the vehicle body frame while being housed in the hollow part of the vehicle body frame and supported by an inner surface of the hollow part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Takeo Ootsuka, Taiga Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20170015352
    Abstract: A dump truck includes a suspension and a steering mechanism. The suspension includes: a suspension arm in a form of an upper arm having an up-and-down movable proximal end supported on a vehicle body frame; and a tire support in a form of a casing rotatably attached to a distal end of the upper arm. The steering mechanism includes a steering cylinder having a proximal end attached to the upper arm and a distal end attached to a knuckle arm provided to the tire support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kyouji Uranaka, Taiga Sasaki, Kouichi Okamoto, Takeo Ootsuka