Patents by Inventor Taira IJI

Taira IJI 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).

  • Construction machine
    Patent number: 11808008
    Abstract: A construction machine is capable of reducing a decrease in work efficiency due to maintenance for capturing dust. The construction machine includes: an engine; a heat exchanger; a cooling fan that sucks air into an engine chamber to pass the air through the heat exchanger; an intake chamber independent of the engine chamber; an intake tube connected to the intake chamber; and a dust receiving part. The intake tube has a curved part, which has an outside inner wall surface allowing dust in the air to contact it. The dust receiving part is located downstream of the outside inner wall surface to be capable of receiving dust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hideki Hayashi, Ryota Nakahara, Michio Hirayama, Kenjiro Kumitani, Taira Iji, Manabu Shimada
  • CONSTRUCTION MACHINE
    Publication number: 20220098823
    Abstract: A construction machine is capable of reducing a decrease in work efficiency due to maintenance for capturing dust. The construction machine includes: an engine; a heat exchanger; a cooling fan that sucks air into an engine chamber to pass the air through the heat exchanger; an intake chamber independent of the engine chamber; an intake tube connected to the intake chamber; and a dust receiving part. The intake tube has a curved part, which has an outside inner wall surface allowing dust in the air to contact it. The dust receiving part is located downstream of the outside inner wall surface to be capable of receiving dust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicants: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD., HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hideki HAYASHI, Ryota NAKAHARA, Michio HIRAYAMA, Kenjiro KUMITANI, Taira IJI, Manabu SHIMADA