Patents by Inventor Teppei Saitoh

Teppei Saitoh 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: 11970838
    Abstract: Provided is a construction machine in which travel operability is not impaired when a combined operation is performed in which a single-rod hydraulic cylinder is driven during a travel operation. A hydraulic excavator includes a controller that controls the delivery direction and delivery flow rate of a closed-circuit pump, opens and closes a travel switching valve and an assist switching valve, and controls the delivery flow rate of the open-circuit pump, according to a travel operation lever and a work operation lever. The controller holds the assist switching valve in a closed position irrespective of whether or not the work operation lever is operated in a case where the travel operation lever is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Shohei Sugiki, Kenji Hiraku, Hiromasa Takahashi, Teppei Saitoh, Juri Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20240071327
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device with an optical sensor includes a display panel and a driver IC. The display panel includes first to third signal lines, an optical sensor including a photoelectric conversion element, and a sensor signal line that is connected to the optical sensor and transmits a detection signal to the driver IC. One first wiring line drawn from one terminal of the driver IC is connected to four switching elements. Three of the four switching elements are electrically connected to one of the first to third signal lines, respectively. One of the four switching elements, different from the three switching elements, is electrically connected to the sensor signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ABE, Akihiko SAITOH, Teppei YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11859367
    Abstract: Provided is a construction machine on which a hydraulic closed circuit for driving a single rod-type hydraulic cylinder and a swing hydraulic motor is mounted and that has good swing deceleration responsiveness. In this construction machine that drives each of a single rod-type hydraulic cylinder and a swing hydraulic motor in a closed circuit, a minimum passage area from a second flushing valve to a tank in a case the second flushing valve is fully open is smaller than a minimum passage area from a first flushing valve to the tank in a case the first flushing valve is fully open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Saitoh, Hiromasa Takahashi, Kenji Hiraku
  • Publication number: 20230366178
    Abstract: A work machine includes a second pilot line that introduces a hydraulic fluid from a pilot hydraulic fluid source to a pilot valve bypassing a first gate lock valve, a second gate lock valve that is disposed on the second pilot line and that is configured to be switched to an open position for allowing the supply of the hydraulic fluid to the pilot valve or a closed position for interrupting the supply of the hydraulic fluid, and a controller that controls the second gate lock valve on the basis of a second remote operation signal transmitted from a remote operation apparatus and that controls the pilot valve according to a first remote operation signal transmitted from the remote operation apparatus. In a state where the first gate lock valve is at a closed position, the second gate lock valve is allowed to be controlled by the controller when stairs are in a retracted state, and is kept at the closed position irrespective of the second remote operation signal when the stairs are in an extended state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Teppei SAITOH, Kouji FUJITA, Hideaki ITOU, Hidefumi ISHIMOTO, Ryu NARIKAWA, Tadashi NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230358014
    Abstract: Provided is a work machine that allows assisting a loading work without giving uncomfortable feeling to an operator. The control device 40 of the work machine 1 includes an allowable range calculation section 46 that calculates an allowable range indicating a range in which the front work device 2 is movable in a height direction allowed in a swing operation; an operation determining section 45 that determines whether the work machine 1 is under a convey operation; and an operation control section 4 that controls a turn operation of a boom 8 such that the position of the front work device 2 in the height direction remains within the allowable range when the work machine 1 is determined to be under the convey operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ryu NARIKAWA, Kouji FUJITA, Hideaki ITOU, Hidefumi ISHIMOTO, Teppei SAITOH, Tadashi NISHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230349132
    Abstract: Provided is a construction machine in which travel operability is not impaired when a combined operation is performed in which a single-rod hydraulic cylinder is driven during a travel operation. A hydraulic excavator includes a controller that controls the delivery direction and delivery flow rate of a closed-circuit pump, opens and closes a travel switching valve and an assist switching valve, and controls the delivery flow rate of the open-circuit pump, according to a travel operation lever and a work operation lever. The controller holds the assist switching valve in a closed position irrespective of whether or not the work operation lever is operated in a case where the travel operation lever is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Shohei SUGIKI, Kenji HIRAKU, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Teppei SAITOH, Juri SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230257963
    Abstract: Provided is an unmanned work machine capable of reliably coordinating with a manned work machine and smoothly executing work. An excavating machine 100 is an unmanned work machine capable of working in coordination with a hauling machine 200 that is a manned work machine. The excavating machine 100 includes sound collectors 31a and 31b that are a receiver receiving a notification regarding the operating status of the hauling machine 200 or an operating instruction to the excavating machine 100, which are transmitted from the hauling machine 200 in response to the operation by an operator aboard the hauling machine 200, and a controller 10 that controls the operation of the excavating machine 100 in accordance with the received notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Juri SHIMIZU, Teppei SAITOH, Shinya IMURA
  • Publication number: 20220364337
    Abstract: A construction machine that makes it possible for an operator to linearly push a bucket simply by operating an arm in a pushing direction is provided. A controller 50 is configured to, in a case where a straight locus is selected by a bucket locus selecting device 52, calculate a constant flow rate ratio ? according to a boom initial angle that is an angle of a boom 2 sensed by a boom angle sensor 33 at a time point when an arm 4 is operated in a pushing direction by an operation device 51, and control the delivery flow rate of a first hydraulic pump 12 such that a hydraulic fluid is discharged from a cap chamber 1a of a boom cylinder 1 at a flow rate Qb obtained by multiplying a flow rate Qa of a flow supplied to a cap chamber 3a of an arm cylinder 3 by the flow rate ratio ? while the arm 4 is operated in the pushing direction by the operation device 51 and there is not an instruction for operation of the boom 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Juri SHIMIZU, Kenji HIRAKU, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Teppei SAITOH
  • Publication number: 20220282448
    Abstract: Provided is a construction machine configured such that a hydraulic actuator is driven by a hydraulic pump for a closed circuit, by which oil film breakage of the hydraulic pump for a closed circuit is prevented to improve the reliability and a high operation rate can be obtained. The construction machine includes a switching valve that is provided in a branch hydraulic line connecting one of suction/delivery ports of a closed circuit pump and a charge line to each other and is opened and closed according to a control signal from a controller. The controller is configured to, in a case where a state in which a delivery volume of the closed circuit pump is kept to zero continues for a predetermined time period or more, open the switching valve and keep the delivery volume of the closed circuit pump to a predetermined delivery volume or more, the predetermined delivery volume being greater than zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Kenji HIRAKU, Akira NAKAYAMA, Teppei SAITOH
  • Patent number: 11319693
    Abstract: To make it possible to prevent a decrease in work speed due to a decrease in the speed of a given actuator when an operator unintentionally performs a fine operation of the control lever of the other actuator in a state in which the given actuator is driven by the hydraulic fluid delivered from a plurality of pumps, a controller (41) sets, as a composite dead zone line serving as a boundary of a composite dead zone, a composite dead zone line such that as an operation amount in one direction of a control lever (12L) or (13L) of a control lever device (12) or (13) is increased, the width of the composite dead zone corresponding to an operation amount in the other direction of the control lever is widened, and corrects the operation amount in the other direction such that the demanded flow rate of an actuator increases from zero, when the control lever is operated in the other direction in a state in which the operation amount in the one direction of the control lever remains within a range of the composite dea
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Takahashi, Kenji Hiraku, Teppei Saitoh, Syouhei Sugiki
  • Publication number: 20220056667
    Abstract: Provided is a construction machine on which a hydraulic closed circuit for driving a single rod-type hydraulic cylinder and a swing hydraulic motor is mounted and that has good swing deceleration responsiveness. In this construction machine that drives each of a single rod-type hydraulic cylinder and a swing hydraulic motor in a closed circuit, a minimum passage area from a second flushing valve to a tank in a case the second flushing valve is fully open is smaller than a minimum passage area from a first flushing valve to the tank in a case the first flushing valve is fully open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Teppei SAITOH, Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Kenji HIRAKU
  • Publication number: 20220042279
    Abstract: To make it possible to prevent a decrease in work speed due to a decrease in the speed of a given actuator when an operator unintentionally performs a fine operation of the control lever of the other actuator in a state in which the given actuator is driven by the hydraulic fluid delivered from a plurality of pumps, a controller (41) sets, as a composite dead zone line serving as a boundary of a composite dead zone, a composite dead zone line such that as an operation amount in one direction of a control lever (12L) or (13L) of a control lever device (12) or (13) is increased, the width of the composite dead zone corresponding to an operation amount in the other direction of the control lever is widened, and corrects the operation amount in the other direction such that the demanded flow rate of an actuator increases from zero, when the control lever is operated in the other direction in a state in which the operation amount in the one direction of the control lever remains within a range of the composite dea
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Hiromasa TAKAHASHI, Kenji HIRAKU, Teppei SAITOH, Syouhei SUGIKI
  • Patent number: 11214941
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a construction machine having a good engine starting property in a low temperature environment. The construction machine of the present invention includes: an electric pump having a delivery port connected to a line part of a pilot line, the line part connecting a pilot pump with a pilot control valve; a motor that drives the electric pump; and a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of a hydraulic working fluid delivered from the pilot pump. A controller starts driving of the motor in the case where a key switch is operated from a key OFF state to a key ON state and where the temperature of the hydraulic working fluid measured by the temperature sensor is lower than a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Saitoh, Kenji Hiraku, Mitsuo Aihara
  • Publication number: 20210262201
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a construction machine having a good engine starting property in a low temperature environment. The construction machine of the present invention includes: an electric pump having a delivery port connected to a line part of a pilot line, the line part connecting a pilot pump with a pilot control valve; a motor that drives the electric pump; and a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of a hydraulic working fluid delivered from the pilot pump. A controller starts driving of the motor in the case where a key switch is operated from a key OFF state to a key ON state and where the temperature of the hydraulic working fluid measured by the temperature sensor is lower than a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Teppei SAITOH, Kenji HIRAKU, Mitsuo AIHARA
  • Patent number: 10947699
    Abstract: A construction machine incorporates a hydraulic closed circuit system capable of suppressing, even where a selector valve is stuck in an open state by a failure of the selector valve or a control system therefor, unintended operation of a hydraulic actuator and continuing operation of a machine body. The construction machine includes first sensors that detect open-closed states of a plurality of switching valves, first compulsory valve closing devices that change over the plurality of switching valves to a closed position irrespective of open-close control by a machine body controller, and a valve device controller that controls, when it is detected based on the open-closed states of the plurality of selector values detected by the first sensors that one of the plurality of selector values is stuck in an open state, the first compulsory valve closing device such that other selector valve connected to one of the plurality of closed circuit pumps to which the one selector valve is connected is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Saitoh, Takamasa Kai, Kenji Hiraku, Hiromasa Takahashi, Juri Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10858805
    Abstract: A construction machine is provided which includes a hydraulic closed circuit in which a single rod hydraulic cylinder is driven directly by a bidirectionally tiltable variable displacement pump and can stably speed up the contraction action of the single rod hydraulic cylinder. In the case where a contraction action of a hydraulic cylinder 10 is instructed through an operation lever 30, when a differential pressure obtained by subtracting the pressure of a cap chamber 10a from the pressure of a rod chamber 10b is equal to or lower than a first threshold value a set to a level equal to or higher than a selection setting pressure of a flushing valve 14, a controller 20 closes a rod side selector valve 12b to disable rod assist action for supplying hydraulic fluid from a second hydraulic pump 8 to the rod chamber, and when the differential pressure is higher than the first threshold value, the controller 20 opens the rod side selector valve to enable the rod assist action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Takahashi, Shohei Sugiki, Kenji Hiraku, Juri Shimizu, Teppei Saitoh
  • Patent number: 10829908
    Abstract: This construction machine includes a first hydraulic drive device that is driven by a first prime mover and a second hydraulic drive device that is driven by a second prime mover. The first hydraulic drive device has a first closed circuit that connects a first hydraulic actuator and a first closed-circuit pump and a first assist flow path that connects the first closed circuit and a first open-circuit pump and that supplies pressure oil from the first open-circuit pump to the first closed circuit. The second hydraulic drive device is provided with a second closed circuit that connects a second hydraulic actuator and a second closed-circuit pump. The present invention also includes a first emergency flow path that branches from the first assist flow path and connects to the second closed circuit and that supplies pressure oil from the first open-circuit pump to the second closed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Saitoh, Kenji Hiraku, Juri Shimizu, Hiromasa Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10767674
    Abstract: A construction machine includes a bidirectionally tiltable type hydraulic pump 2, a hydraulic cylinder 1 having a cap chamber 1e and a rod chamber 1f, a first flow path 11 connecting the hydraulic pump 2 and the cap chamber 1e, a second flow path 12 connecting the hydraulic pump 2 and the rod chamber 1f, a discharge flow path 16 branched from the first flow path 11, a discharge valve 32 that is disposed in the discharge flow path 16 and controls a discharge rate of hydraulic working oil from the cap chamber 1e to the discharge flow path 16, an operation device 54 that instructs an action of the hydraulic cylinder 1, and a controller 56.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takamasa Kai, Hiromasa Takahashi, Teppei Saitoh, Juri Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10677272
    Abstract: Provided is a construction machine capable of detecting a stuck-open state of a surplus flow control valve in real time during operation without involving a reduction in the operational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teppei Saitoh, Juri Shimizu, Kenji Hiraku, Hiromasa Takahashi, Shouhei Sugiki
  • Patent number: 10655740
    Abstract: A work machine includes a closed circuit system in which there is provided a flushing valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Juri Shimizu, Teppei Saitoh, Kenji Hiraku, Yuki Akiyama, Hiromasa Takahashi