Patents by Inventor Takao Kurosawa

Takao Kurosawa 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: 9808984
    Abstract: The objects of this invention are to set a predetermined height position for the portion of parison or preform that is the first to come in contact with body molding planes of a split mold and to prevent air from being trapped between in-mold labels and the container which is blow molded from the parison or the preform. In-mold labels are fixed to the entire outer surface of body of main container. An annular thinnest wall portion is formed in the wall of the body so that the thinnest wall portion is the first to come in contact with the body molding planes of a split mold. Under this construction, no bulge of air is formed between the body and the in-mold labels fixed to the entire surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Motegi, Shinichi Ishiyama, Takao Kurosawa, Yasuyuki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9435392
    Abstract: A parking brake control device for a transport vehicle is attached to a vehicle body including a parking brake (17) of a negative control type for maintaining a state in which rotation of wheels is stopped, the parking brake control device including a control unit (32) for controlling movement of a spool (21) for magnetizing or demagnetizing a solenoid valve (25) to release or actuate the parking brake (17). The control unit (32) includes a stop determining section (33) that determines whether the vehicle body stops traveling, an actuation command section (34) that actuates the parking brake (17) when the stop determining section (33) determines that the vehicle body is stopped, and a release command section (35) that releases the parking brake (17) after elapse of a preset setting time after the actuation of the parking brake (17) is started by the actuation command section (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Katsumi Tamura, Takao Kurosawa, Yudai Itai
  • Patent number: 9242589
    Abstract: A body hoisting state display device to be mounted on a dump truck includes: an angle detection unit that detects a rotation angle of the body with respect to the frame; a seating detection unit that detects whether or not the body is seated on the frame; a calculation unit that causes an inclination angle of the body at which the body is rotated with respect to the frame from a seated state of the body to be calculated, based on the rotation angle detected by the angle detection unit, as a ratio to an angle of a rotatable range that is defined between the seated state and a state in which the hydraulic cylinder is stopped at the position short of the position at which the hydraulic cylinder is extended to the maximal extent; and a display control unit that causes the ratio of the inclination angle of the body that is calculated by the calculation unit to be displayed on a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yudai Itai, Toshikazu Minoshima, Takashi Yagyu, Takanobu Ikari, Takao Kurosawa
  • Publication number: 20150328820
    Abstract: The objects of this invention are to set a predetermined height position for the portion of parison or preform that is the first to come in contact with body molding planes of a split mold and to prevent air from being trapped between in-mold labels and the container which is blow molded from the parison or the preform. In-mold labels are fixed to the entire outer surface of body of main container. An annular thinnest wall portion is formed in the wall of the body so that the thinnest wall portion is the first to come in contact with the body molding planes of a split mold. Under this construction, no bulge of air is formed between the body and the in-mold labels fixed to the entire surface of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki MOTEGI, Shinichi ISHIYAMA, Takao KUROSAWA, Yasuyuki SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20150025756
    Abstract: A body hoisting state display device to be mounted on a dump truck includes: an angle detection unit that detects a rotation angle of the body with respect to the frame; a seating detection unit that detects whether or not the body is seated on the frame; a calculation unit that causes an inclination angle of the body at which the body is rotated with respect to the frame from a seated state of the body to be calculated, based on the rotation angle detected by the angle detection unit, as a ratio to an angle of a rotatable range that is defined between the seated state and a state in which the hydraulic cylinder is stopped at the position short of the position at which the hydraulic cylinder is extended to the maximal extent; and a display control unit that causes the ratio of the inclination angle of the body that is calculated by the calculation unit to be displayed on a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yudai Itai, Toshikazu Minoshima, Takashi Yagyu, Takanobu Ikari, Takao Kurosawa
  • Publication number: 20140374199
    Abstract: A parking brake control device for a transport vehicle is attached to a vehicle body including a parking brake (17) of a negative control type for maintaining a state in which rotation of wheels is stopped, the parking brake control device including a control unit (32) for controlling movement of a spool (21) for magnetizing or demagnetizing a solenoid valve (25) to release or actuate the parking brake (17). The control unit (32) includes a stop determining section (33) that determines whether the vehicle body stops traveling, an actuation command section (34) that actuates the parking brake (17) when the stop determining section (33) determines that the vehicle body is stopped, and a release command section (35) that releases the parking brake (17) after elapse of a preset setting time after the actuation of the parking brake (17) is started by the actuation command section (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Katsumi Tamura, Takao Kurosawa, Yudai Itai
  • Patent number: 8840189
    Abstract: In case a burden is discharged from a vessel (3), the vessel (3) is raised obliquely backward with respect to a vehicle body (2) by a hoist cylinder (10). However, when discharging work is stopped on the way, the vessel (3) is temporarily lowered to a position at which this sits on the vehicle body (2). When the vessel (3) lowers, a weight of the burden left loaded thereon acts on the hoist cylinder (10) as a load in addition to the weight of the vessel (3). A controller (35) determines whether the vessel (3) lowers in a burden loading state based on various detection signals. When the vessel (3) lowers in the burden loading state, switching of directional control valves (20) and (21) is controlled so as to decrease a contracting speed of the hoist cylinder (10), thereby prevent the vessel (3) from colliding against the vehicle body (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Michio Fushiki, Katsumi Tamura, Takao Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 8731787
    Abstract: A control valve device comprises two direction control valves. The direction control valve includes an expansion side variable throttle portion and a contraction side variable throttle portion. The direction control valve includes an expansion side variable throttle portion and a contraction side variable throttle portion. When a hoist cylinder is telescopically operated to raise or lower a vessel, as the hoist cylinder approaches a stop position, a controller determines that the hoist cylinder gets close to the stop position. Based upon this determination, the controller variably adjusts a flow passage area of the direction control valve using the variable throttle portions or variably adjusts a flow passage area of the direction control valve using the variable throttle portions in such a manner as to slow down or speed up the telescopic speed of the hoist cylinder corresponding to the weight in the side of vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Tamura, Toshikazu Minoshima, Michio Fushiki, Takao Kurosawa
  • Publication number: 20130185019
    Abstract: A load measuring device for a construction machine includes a processing unit for acquiring signals indicative of cylinder pressure of front and rear suspension cylinders via pressure sensors and computing a weight value of a load put on a dump body of the construction machine. When the construction machine is traveling on a curvilinear route, the construction machine makes the output of the weight value ineffective. In particular, when the differential speed value between the rear wheels, received from a speed difference detector, is below a preset value, the arithmetic unit outputs a loading weight W computed by the processing unit, as final loading weight, and so that when the differential speed exceeds the preset value, the arithmetic unit makes ineffective the computed loading weight W as the final loading weight output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Toshikazu MINOSHIMA, Takao KUROSAWA, Shinji AKINO, Takashi YAGYUU
  • Patent number: 8437982
    Abstract: A load measuring device for a construction machine includes a processing unit for acquiring signals indicative of cylinder pressure of front and rear suspension cylinders via pressure sensors and computing a weight value of a load put on a dump body of the construction machine. When the construction machine is traveling on a curvilinear route, the construction machine makes the output of the weight value ineffective. In particular, when the differential speed value between the rear wheels, received from a speed difference detector, is below a preset value, the arithmetic unit outputs a loading weight W computed by the processing unit, as final loading weight, and so that when the differential speed exceeds the preset value, the arithmetic unit makes ineffective the computed loading weight W as the final loading weight output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Takao Kurosawa, Shinji Akino, Takashi Yagyuu
  • Patent number: 8428818
    Abstract: When the drive of a lubricant pump (46) is stopped to prevent the lubricant pump (46) from assuming an idling state, a determination is made as to whether or not a temperature difference (?T) between the temperature (T) of a lubricant oil detected earlier by a temperature sensor (51) and a warning temperature (Toh) is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold value (?). When the temperature difference (?T) is within the threshold value (?), an “overheat” warning is issued to an operator of a dump truck (1). In consequence, even in a case where a temperature sensor (51) is provided on the output side of the lubricant pump (46) by being located on an outer side of a wheel mounting case (19), planetary gear reduction mechanisms (23), (31) inside the wheel mounting case (19) can be prevented from overheating by warning the operator of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Murahashi, Toshikazu Minoshima, Takao Kurosawa
  • Publication number: 20130035828
    Abstract: A control valve device comprises two direction control valves. The direction control valve includes an expansion side variable throttle portion and a contraction side variable throttle portion. The direction control valve includes an expansion side variable throttle portion and a contraction side variable throttle portion. When a hoist cylinder is telescopically operated to raise or lower a vessel, as the hoist cylinder (10) approaches a stop position, a controller determines that the hoist cylinder gets close to the stop position. Based upon this determination, the controller variably adjusts a flow passage area of the direction control valve using the variable throttle portions or variably adjusts a flow passage area of the direction control valve using the variable throttle portions in such a manner as to slow down or speed up the telescopic speed of the hoist cylinder corresponding to the weight in the side of vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumi Tamura, Toshikazu Minoshima, Michio Fushiki, Takao Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 8333509
    Abstract: A bag container including a synthetic-resin container body shaped by using a mold and including a spout-forming portion and a filling inlet portion that project outward therefrom. Contents are first filled through the filling inlet portion, and then fusion-bond sealing is applied to the filling inlet portion. The filling inlet portion has, at its sealing base portion, a square cross-sectional shape. A tip-end-side cross-section-changing portion and a cylindrical portion are provided on the tip-end side with respect to the sealing base portion. Four triangular panels each isosceles triangle shaped are connectedly provided on the side of the container body with respect to the sealing base portion along a circumferential direction of the filling inlet portion, a base of each isosceles triangle formed of one of sides of the square cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignees: Kao Corporation, Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Sagara, Shigeyuki Kawamata, Yoshinori Inagawa, Takao Kurosawa, Shigeo Kamata
  • Publication number: 20120274121
    Abstract: In case a burden is discharged from a vessel (3), the vessel (3) is raised obliquely backward with respect to a vehicle body (2) by a hoist cylinder (10). However, when discharging work is stopped on the way, the vessel (3) is temporarily lowered to a position at which this sits on the vehicle body (2). When the vessel (3) lowers, a weight of the burden left loaded thereon acts on the hoist cylinder (10) as a load in addition to the weight of the vessel (3). A controller (35) determines whether the vessel (3) lowers in a burden loading state based on various detection signals. When the vessel (3) lowers in the burden loading state, switching of directional control valves (20) and (21) is controlled so as to decrease a contracting speed of the hoist cylinder (10), thereby prevent the vessel (3) from colliding against the vehicle body (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Michio Fushiki, Katsumi Tamura, Takao Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 8108101
    Abstract: A traveling speed reduction gear lubricating oil cooling device has a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of lubricating oil to be installed outside a wheel mounting sleeve without running the risk of damage to a lubricating oil pump in a cold work environment. A startup operation reference speed lower than a reference speed for normal operation is set so as to ensure that air intake does not occur. A startup operation comparison device compares the speed detected by a speed sensor with the startup operation reference speed. If the detected speed is lower than the startup operation reference speed, a drive motor for the lubricating oil pump is engaged in operation at a speed lower than a normal operation speed. If the detected speed is higher than the startup operation reference speed, the drive motor for the lubricating oil pump is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Murahashi, Toshikazu Minoshima, Takao Kurosawa
  • Publication number: 20110026859
    Abstract: A bag container including a synthetic-resin container body shaped by using a mold and including a spout-forming portion and a filling inlet portion that project outward therefrom. Contents are first filled through the filling inlet portion, and then fusion-bond sealing is applied to the filling inlet portion. The filling inlet portion has, at its sealing base portion, a square cross-sectional shape. A tip-end-side cross-section-changing portion and a cylindrical portion are provided on the tip-end side with respect to the sealing base portion. Four triangular panels each isosceles triangle shaped are connectedly provided on the side of the container body with respect to the sealing base portion along a circumferential direction of the filling inlet portion, a base of each isosceles triangle formed of one of sides of the square cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicants: KAO CORPORATION, YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Sagara, Shigeyuki Kawamata, Yoshinori Inagawa, Takao Kurosawa, Shigeo Kamata
  • Publication number: 20110019945
    Abstract: A bag container includes a synthetic-resin container body shaped by using a mold and including a body portion including a bottom portion and a spout-forming portion. A spout is formed by tearing an easy-to-tear portion of the spout-forming portion and removing a to-be-torn-off portion. The spout-forming portion is provided projecting upward, perpendicular to a placing surface formed by the bottom portion, from the body portion. An opening tab piece including an engagement hole with which the ball of a finger is to engage is provided projecting on one side of the spout-forming portion. The engagement hole has a shape that guides the finger such that, when the easy-to-tear portion is to be torn, the ball of the finger engages with a circumferential edge portion of the engagement hole from the inner side thereof while being oriented toward the circumferential direction centering about an end of the easy-to-tear portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicants: KAO CORPORATION, YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Sagara, Shigeyuki Kawamata, Yoshinori Inagawa, Susumu Fujinami, Takao Kurosawa, Shigeo Kamata
  • Publication number: 20110011874
    Abstract: A thermal effect from a bottom cutoff portion of parison is dispersed and reduced by forming at least three pinch-off lines in an outer surface of a bottom and laying out these pinch-off lines radially from a center of the bottom of a bottle-like direct blow molded product made of a synthetic resin, which prevents a deeply dented portion from developing in an inner bottom surface. In the case of a square body, four pinch-off lines are disposed in the shape of a cross and are positioned along diagonal lines on the bottom surface and one of the diagonal lines is located on the parting line. Each outermost end of the pinch-off line is placed near bottom foot where parison walls are locally drawn and molded, which reduces the drawing rate at the foot to prevent the walls from getting extremely thin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takao Kurosawa
  • Publication number: 20100211356
    Abstract: A load measuring device for a construction machine includes a processing unit for acquiring signals indicative of cylinder pressure of front and rear suspension cylinders via pressure sensors and computing a weight value of a load put on a dump body of the construction machine. When the construction machine is traveling on a curvilinear route, the construction machine makes the output of the weight value ineffective. In particular, when the differential speed value between the rear wheels, received from a speed difference detector, is below a preset value, the arithmetic unit outputs a loading weight W computed by the processing unit, as final loading weight, and so that when the differential speed exceeds the preset value, the arithmetic unit makes ineffective the computed loading weight W as the final loading weight output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Takao Kurosawa, Shinji Akino, Takashi Yagyuu
  • Publication number: 20100191417
    Abstract: When the drive of a lubricant pump (46) is stopped to prevent the lubricant pump (46) from assuming an idling state, a determination is made as to whether or not a temperature difference (?T) between the temperature (T) of a lubricant oil detected earlier by a temperature sensor (51) and a warning temperature (Toh) is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold value (?). When the temperature difference (?T) is within the threshold value (?), an “overheat” warning is issued to an operator of a dump truck (1). In consequence, even in a case where a temperature sensor (51) is provided on the output side of the lubricant pump (46) by being located on an outer side of a wheel mounting case (19), planetary gear reduction mechanisms (23), (31) inside the wheel mounting case (19) can be prevented from overheating by warning the operator of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi MURAHASHI, Toshikazu MINOSHIMA, Takao KUROSAWA