Patents by Inventor Takuya NISHIKUBO

Takuya NISHIKUBO 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: 11897381
    Abstract: A working vehicle includes a vehicle body, an obstacle detector to detect an obstacle in a vicinity of the vehicle body, at least one lamp to be lighted on a peripheral portion of the vehicle body, and an attachment bracket attached to the vehicle body. The attachment bracket includes an attachment body including a detector-attaching portion to which the obstacle detector is attached, and at least one lamp-attaching portion to which the at least one lamp is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Nishikubo, Hiroshi Miyake
  • Patent number: 11884141
    Abstract: A protection mechanism for a working vehicle includes a roof above an operator's seat and including a cutout extending along a top-bottom direction, and an electric device at least partially located in the cutout. The cutout has a dimension along a vehicle-body-width direction that is uniform or substantially uniform along a front-to-rear direction or increases in the front-to-rear direction. The cutout has a thickness along the top-bottom direction that decreases in the front-to-rear direction. The roof include, in an upper surface thereof, a first groove located on an opposite side of the cutout from the electric device and extending in a direction away from the cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Horai, Takuya Nishikubo, Taiki Furuki, Megumi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 11871690
    Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a vehicle body including a front wheel and a rear wheel, a hood at a front portion of the vehicle body, a protector provided to the vehicle body to protect an operator seat, and an obstacle detector to detect an obstacle, the obstacle detector being located in front of the protector outwardly in a width direction of the hood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Nishikubo, Hiroshi Miyake
  • Patent number: 11724652
    Abstract: A protection mechanism for a working vehicle includes a roof provided above an operator's seat, a pillar extending upward from a vehicle body and supporting the roof, a camera with a predetermined viewing direction, and a support stay which is connected to the pillar, orients the predetermined viewing direction of the camera sideways, and supports the camera below a peripheral portion of the roof. The protection mechanism includes a front pillar supporting a front portion of the roof and a rear pillar supporting a rear portion of the roof. The support stay is connected to the rear pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Horai, Takuya Nishikubo
  • 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: 20220276656
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body including wheels, a controller to cause the vehicle body to perform automatic travel along a travel route set in advance, a driver seat mounted on the vehicle body, a driver seat protective body provided around the driver seat, first obstacle detectors provided at side portions of the driver seat protective body, and capable of detecting an obstacle; and second obstacle detectors provided at positions differing from positions of the first obstacle detectors in a front-back direction, and capable of detecting an obstacle. At a time of start of the automatic travel, the controller is configured or programmed to put each first obstacle detector in a detection state of detecting an obstacle, and, during automatic travel after the start of the automatic travel, the controller is configured or programmed to put each first obstacle detector in a non-detection state of not detecting the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Takuya NISHIKUBO, Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Koichi SHINTANI
  • Publication number: 20220266841
    Abstract: A working vehicle includes a vehicle body, a linkage provided on the vehicle body to link a working device, a controller to cause the vehicle body to perform automatic travel, a rear obstacle detector to detect obstacles behind the vehicle body, and a setting changer to change rear setting information regarding obstacle detection performed by the rear obstacle detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Koichi SHINTANI, Fumiya YOSHIMURA, Takuya NISHIKUBO, Takafumi MORISHITA, Kotaro YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220097494
    Abstract: A protection mechanism for a working vehicle includes a roof above an operator's seat and including a cutout extending along a top-bottom direction, and an electric device at least partially located in the cutout. The cutout has a dimension along a vehicle-body-width direction that is uniform or substantially uniform along a front-to-rear direction or increases in the front-to-rear direction. The cutout has a thickness along the top-bottom direction that decreases in the front-to-rear direction. The roof include, in an upper surface thereof, a first groove located on an opposite side of the cutout from the electric device and extending in a direction away from the cutout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Satoru HORAI, Takuya NISHIKUBO, Taiki FURUKI, Megumi MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220097626
    Abstract: A protection mechanism for a working vehicle includes a roof provided above an operator's seat, a pillar extending upward from a vehicle body and supporting the roof, a camera with a predetermined viewing direction, and a support stay which is connected to the pillar, orients the predetermined viewing direction of the camera sideways, and supports the camera below a peripheral portion of the roof. The protection mechanism includes a front pillar supporting a front portion of the roof and a rear pillar supporting a rear portion of the roof. The support stay is connected to the rear pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Satoru HORAI, Takuya NISHIKUBO
  • Publication number: 20210394836
    Abstract: A working vehicle includes a vehicle body, an obstacle detector to detect an obstacle in a vicinity of the vehicle body, at least one lamp to be lighted on a peripheral portion of the vehicle body, and an attachment bracket attached to the vehicle body. The attachment bracket includes an attachment body including a detector-attaching portion to which the obstacle detector is attached, and at least one lamp-attaching portion to which the at least one lamp is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Takuya NISHIKUBO, Hiroshi MIYAKE
  • 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: 20210124365
    Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a vehicle body including a front wheel and a rear wheel, an obstacle detector to detect an obstacle, and a position changer to change a position of the obstacle detector. The position changer moves the obstacle detector between a detection position that is a predetermined position to detect an obstacle and an evacuation position to evacuate from the detection position toward the vehicle body side. The position changer moves the obstacle detector to various detection positions allowing detection of the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventor: Takuya NISHIKUBO
  • Publication number: 20210120728
    Abstract: An agricultural machine includes a vehicle body including a front wheel and a rear wheel, a hood at a front portion of the vehicle body, a protector provided to the vehicle body to protect an operator seat, and an obstacle detector to detect an obstacle, the obstacle detector being located in front of the protector outwardly in a width direction of the hood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Takuya NISHIKUBO, Hiroshi MIYAKE