Patents by Inventor Tarou AKITA

Tarou AKITA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230304262
    Abstract: A work machine includes a flow control valve that controls a flow rate of a hydraulic fluid supplied to a hydraulic actuator, a center bypass line that introduces the hydraulic fluid from a pump through a center bypass passage section of the flow control valve into the tank, a bypass cutoff valve that controls an opening of the center bypass line, a solenoid proportional valve that generates a pilot pressure for controlling the bypass cutoff valve, a pilot valve that generates a pilot pressure for controlling the flow control valve on the basis of an amount of operation of an operation device, and a controller that controls the solenoid proportional valve on the basis of the amount of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Tarou AKITA, Yoshihiro SHIRAKAWA, Kohei OGURA, Mitsuhiko KANEHAMA
  • Patent number: 11466435
    Abstract: A work machine (1) having a controller (40) that can perform area limiting control, the work machine further includes a machine control ON/OFF switch (17) that alternatively selects an ON position permitting execution of the area limiting control and an OFF position prohibiting execution of the area limiting control. The controller (40) has an engine control section (63) that performs automatic idling control when a predetermined period of time (T1) has elapsed after a point in time when all of operation levers (1, 23) have attained a neutral state. The engine control section (63) is configured to execute the automatic idling control during when the switch (17) is in the OFF position and not to execute the automatic idling control during when the switch (17) is in the ON position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shiho Izumi, Shuuichi Meguriya, Ryuu Narikawa, Kouji Ishikawa, Tarou Akita
  • Publication number: 20220186458
    Abstract: When an operation amount of an operation lever corresponding to a boom cylinder is equal to or smaller than an operation amount of an operation lever corresponding to an arm cylinder, an estimated velocity of the arm cylinder used for region limiting control is computed on the basis of a first condition defining, in advance, a relation between the operation amount of the operation lever and the estimated velocity of the arm cylinder. When the operation amount of the operation lever corresponding to the boom cylinder is larger than the operation amount of the operation lever corresponding to the arm cylinder, the estimated velocity of the arm cylinder used for the region limiting control is computed as a velocity higher than the estimated velocity of the arm cylinder computed on the basis of the first condition. The behavior of the work device can thereby be stabilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Tarou AKITA, Takahiro KOBAYASHI, Akihiro NARAZAKI, Masamichi ITO
  • Patent number: 11066808
    Abstract: A work machine includes: control valves that control flows of a hydraulic operating oil supplied to actuators; operation lever devices that generate hydraulic signals to be output to the corresponding control valves according to an operation; solenoid proportional valves that reduce pressure of the hydraulic signals generated by the corresponding operation lever devices; and a front implement control section that controls the solenoid proportional valves. The work machine further includes: operation signal lines connected to the operation lever devices; signal input lines connected to the control valves; pressure reducing lines provided with the solenoid proportional valves; and selector valves that have a first position that interrupts connection of the operation signal lines and the pressure reducing lines and directly connects the operation signal lines to the signal input lines, and a second position that connects the operation signal lines to the signal input lines via the pressure reducing lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Takeuchi, Kouji Ishikawa, Shiho Izumi, Shuuichi Meguriya, Tarou Akita
  • Patent number: 10858804
    Abstract: A work machine including a front control section configured to calculate a limit command value for restricting an operation of a front work implement includes: for example, a bypass line that bypasses, for example, the proportional solenoid valve in, for example, the pilot line; for example, a bypass valve disposed in, for example, the bypass line; a switch configured to output a signal to turn on or off control by the front control section; an on/off determining part configured to determine whether the signal from the switch is an on signal that brings front control into an on state or an off signal that brings the front control into an off state; an open/close command part configured to generate an open/close command signal to open the bypass valve when the signal is determined to be the off/off signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Takeuchi, Kouji Ishikawa, Shiho Izumi, Shuuichi Meguriya, Tarou Akita
  • Publication number: 20200332497
    Abstract: A work machine (1) having a controller (40) that can perform area limiting control, the work machine further includes a machine control ON/OFF switch (17) that alternatively selects an ON position permitting execution of the area limiting control and an OFF position prohibiting execution of the area limiting control. The controller (40) has an engine control section (63) that performs automatic idling control when a predetermined period of time (T1) has elapsed after a point in time when all of operation levers (1, 23) have attained a neutral state. The engine control section (63) is configured to execute the automatic idling control during when the switch (17) is in the OFF position and not to execute the automatic idling control during when the switch (17) is in the ON position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Shiho IZUMI, Shuuichi MEGURIYA, Ryuu NARIKAWA, Kouji ISHIKAWA, Tarou AKITA
  • Patent number: 10626578
    Abstract: A work machine has a controller which has an area limiting control section correcting the pilot pressures of pilot lines, a regeneration control section adjusting the flow rate of the hydraulic fluid caused to flow from a tank side line of an arm cylinder into a pump side line thereof between zero and a predetermined upper limit value, and a regeneration control switching section that issues an order to the regeneration control section to set the predetermined upper limit value to a first set value when the function of the area limiting control section is invalid and that issues an order to the regeneration control section to set the predetermined upper limit value to a second set value that is smaller than the first set value when the function of the area limiting control section is effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiho Izumi, Ryuu Narikawa, Shuuichi Meguriya, Tarou Akita, Kouji Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20200095748
    Abstract: A work machine including a front control section configured to calculate a limit command value for restricting an operation of a front work implement includes: for example, a bypass line that bypasses, for example, the proportional solenoid valve in, for example, the pilot line; for example, a bypass valve disposed in, for example, the bypass line; a switch configured to output a signal to turn on or off control by the front control section; an on/off determining part configured to determine whether the signal from the switch is an on signal that brings front control into an on state or an off signal that brings the front control into an off state; an open/close command part configured to generate an open/close command signal to open the bypass valve when the signal is determined to be the off/off signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki TAKEUCHI, Kouji ISHIKAWA, Shiho IZUMI, Shuuichi MEGURIYA, Tarou AKITA
  • Publication number: 20200024821
    Abstract: A work machine includes: control valves that control flows of a hydraulic operating oil supplied to actuators; operation lever devices that generate hydraulic signals to be output to the corresponding control valves according to an operation; solenoid proportional valves that reduce pressure of the hydraulic signals generated by the corresponding operation lever devices; and a front implement control section that controls the solenoid proportional valves. The work machine further includes: operation signal lines connected to the operation lever devices; signal input lines connected to the control valves; pressure reducing lines provided with the solenoid proportional valves; and selector valves that have a first position that interrupts connection of the operation signal lines and the pressure reducing lines and directly connects the operation signal lines to the signal input lines, and a second position that connects the operation signal lines to the signal input lines via the pressure reducing lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki TAKEUCHI, Kouji ISHIKAWA, Shiho IZUMI, Shuuichi MEGURIYA, Tarou AKITA
  • Publication number: 20190106861
    Abstract: A work machine has a controller which has an area limiting control section correcting the pilot pressures of pilot lines, a regeneration control section adjusting the flow rate of the hydraulic fluid caused to flow from a tank side line of an arm cylinder into a pump side line thereof between zero and a predetermined upper limit value, and a regeneration control switching section that issues an order to the regeneration control section to set the predetermined upper limit value to a first set value when the function of the area limiting control section is invalid and that issues an order to the regeneration control section to set the predetermined upper limit value to a second set value that is smaller than the first set value when the function of the area limiting control section is effective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Shiho IZUMI, Ryuu NARIKAWA, Shuuichi MEGURIYA, Tarou AKITA, Kouji ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190063041
    Abstract: A work machine (1) having a controller (40) that can perform area limiting control, the work machine further includes a machine control ON/OFF switch (17) that alternatively selects an ON position permitting execution of the area limiting control and an OFF position prohibiting execution of the area limiting control. The controller (40) has an engine control section (63) that performs automatic idling control when a predetermined period of time (T1) has elapsed after a point in time when all of operation levers (1, 23) have attained a neutral state. The engine control section (63) is configured to execute the automatic idling control during when the switch (17) is in the OFF position and not to execute the automatic idling control during when the switch (17) is in the ON position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Shiho IZUMI, Shuuichi MEGURIYA, Ryuu NARIKAWA, Kouji ISHIKAWA, Tarou AKITA