Patents by Inventor Takafumi Wada

Takafumi Wada 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: 6886277
    Abstract: A small swivel type working vehicle includes a running device (4), a swivel base (2) mounted on the running device (4) to be swivelable about a vertical swivel axis (X), a driver's seat (5) mounted on the swivel base (2), a control box (6) mounted upright on a top surface of the swivel base (2) forwardly of the driver's seat (5), a swing bracket (18) supported to be swingable about a vertical pivotal axis (19a) by a flange unit (17) provided at a front end of the swivel base (2), a boom (20) attached to the swing bracket to be swingable about a horizontal shaft (22), and a boom cylinder (21) connected at one end thereof to the swing bracket (18) and at the other end to the boom (20) for swinging the boom (20). The boom cylinder (21) is disposed outside the boom (20) to extend along a rear surface thereof. A walk-through space (100) is defined between the control box (6) and the driver's seat (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Yukawa, Takafumi Wada, Masanori Shintani, Junichi Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20030154635
    Abstract: A small swivel type working vehicle includes a running device (4), a swivel base (2) mounted on the running device (4) to be swivelable about a vertical swivel axis (X), a driver's seat (5) mounted on the swivel base (2), a control box (6) mounted upright on a top surface of the swivel base (2) forwardly of the driver's seat (5), a swing bracket (18) supported to be swingable about a vertical pivotal axis (19a) by a flange unit (17) provided at a front end of the swivel base (2), a boom (20) attached to the swing bracket to be swingable about a horizontal shaft (22), and a boom cylinder (21) connected at one end thereof to the swing bracket (18) and at the other end to the boom (20) for swinging the boom (20). The boom cylinder (21) is disposed outside the boom (20) to extend along a rear surface thereof. A walk-through space (100) is defined between the control box (6) and the driver's seat (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Yukawa, Takafumi Wada, Masanori Shintani, Junichi Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 5108253
    Abstract: A hydraulic piping structure for controlling a boom assembly supported through a swing bracket by a swivel deck of a backhoe. The piping structure includes a plurality of hydraulic hoses for supplying oil from a pressure source mounted on the swivel deck to hydrauylic cylinders for controlling a boom and other components of the boom assembly. These hoses are arranged parallel on an upper face of the boom, with hoses connected to a boom cylinder being curved on a vertical plane. The parallel boses extend to the swivel deck through an interior space of the swing bracket and are fixed in position by a clamp mechanism therein. On the swivel deck, these hoses are separated into two batches and fixed in position by further clamp mechanisms, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Kubota, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Kobayashi, Takafumi Wada, Siro Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 4728251
    Abstract: A backhoe vehicle comprising an upper carriage including a driver's section and swivellable 360 degrees on a chassis, and an excavating assembly including a boom, a bucket arm and a bucket. The boom defines a first and a second bent portions so that a distal end of the boom is inclined in a direction in which the boom is lowered. An excavating assembly holder is attached to a front region of the upper carriage and adjacent a transversely mid-position of the vehicle to be pivotable on a vertical axis. The boom is connected to the holder to be pivotable on a horizontal rotary shaft. A boom cylinder for causing pivotal movements of the excavating assembly is connected at one end to the boom and at the other end selectively to a first and a second pivot members defined on the holder. The second pivot member is disposed at a lower rearward position with respect to the first pivot member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Assignee: Kubota, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Takashima, Takafumi Wada