Patents by Inventor Terutaka Takei

Terutaka Takei 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: 5295553
    Abstract: A working vehicle comprises front wheels, steerable rear wheels steerable up to a minimum radius turning region lying in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body, and a rear wheel control device for steering the rear wheels. A restraining device is provided for preventing the rear wheels from being steered to the minimum radius turning region by the rear wheel control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Morita, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Yoshikazu Togoshi, Terutaka Takei
  • Patent number: 5239812
    Abstract: A front mower having a grass cutting unit connectable to a front portion and a grass catcher connectable to a rear portion thereof, comprises a main frame structure extending longitudinally of a mower body. The main frame structure includes a pair of right and left front frames and a pair of right and left rear frames. The rear frames have front ends thereof connected to rear ends of the front frames, respectively, such that the rear frames are lower in level than the front frames. A lower auxiliary frame structure is suspended from the main frame structure. Front wheels and rear wheels are supported by the main frame structure. Axles of the rear wheels are swivelable about a vertical axis in a caster-like way to steer the mower. An engine is disposed in a region of the front frames between the front wheels and rear wheels and supported by the lower auxiliary frame structure. The engine and oil pan are disposed above the lower auxiliary frame structure. A driver's seat is disposed above the front frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Samejima, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Shigeru Morita, Terutaka Takei, Yoshikazu Togoshi
  • Patent number: 5231891
    Abstract: A change speed pedal mechanism for controlling a transmission of a working vehicle comprises a first pedal pivotable on an axis extending transversely of a vehicle body, and a second pedal disposed adjacent the first pedal and pivotable on an axis extending longitudinally of the vehicle body. The first pedal is connected to the transmission such that its depression shifts the transmission in a forward accelerating direction. The second pedal includes a linkage arm extending to a position under the first pedal. When the second pedal is depressed, the linkage arm lifts the first pedal, thereby shifting the transmission in a backward accelerating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Kubota Corp.
    Inventors: Shigeru Morita, Terutaka Takei, Yoshikazu Togoshi, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Nobuhide Yanagawa
  • Patent number: 5199521
    Abstract: A lawn mower having a driver's section and a grass cutting unit forwardly of a vehicle body; an engine mounted between front and rear wheels; and a pair of main frames extending longitudinally of the vehicle body, each of the main frames including a front frame member, and a rear frame member connected to the front frame member and disposed at a lower level than the front frame member. The engine is mounted below the main frames between the front and rear wheels, and has a radiator disposed rearwardly of the engine and having an upper portion projecting upwardly of the rear frame members. The engine is surrounded by a first cover assembly including side covers depending respectively from the main frames, lower covers connecting the respective side covers to lower positions of the engine, and a front cover for closing an area forwardly of the engine. The first cover assembly defines first ambient air intake openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Samejima, Shigeru Morita, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Hideya Umemoto, Terutaka Takei, Yoshikazu Togoshi, Akiyoshi Takemoto
  • Patent number: 5016722
    Abstract: A cab structure for a working vehicle comprising a driver's seat, and a steering wheel attached to a free end of a curved steering column. The steering column extends forwardly from a front fender located laterally of the driver's seat and then inwardly toward longitudinal centerline of the vehicle body. The steering wheel is pivotable, for positional adjustment, about an axis of the inwardly extending portion of the steering column. The steering column further carries a steering valve at the free end thereof, which is connected to a steering cylinder and a hydraulic pump through hydraulic rubber pipes extending through the steering column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: Kubota Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Morita, Terutaka Takei, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Yoshikazu Togoshi
  • Patent number: 4930296
    Abstract: A four wheel drive front mower having a grass cutting unit connected to the front of a vehicle body. This mower comprises a hydrostatic transmission, an auxiliary change speed gearing, and a propelling drive transmission. The propelling drive transmission includes a center differential for distributing output of the auxiliary change speed device to front wheels and rear wheels, a clutch for making and breaking drive transmission from the center differential to the front wheels, and a front differential for transmitting the drive from the clutch to right and left front axles. The center differential, clutch and front differential are arranged vertically and serially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Assignee: Kubota Ltd.
    Inventors: Terutaka Takei, Shigeru Morita, Yoshikazu Togoshi, Yoshihiro Kawahara
  • Patent number: 4899525
    Abstract: A frame has mounted thereon an engine and a speed change unit arranged adjacent to each other widewise of the frame to provide a vehicle body. The vehicle body has a front axle supporting a pair of front wheels thereon, a rear axle supporting at least one steering rear wheel, a mount assembly at its front portion for attaching thereto a mower having at least one cutter, and a clipping container mounted on its rear portion. From a clipping outlet formed in the rear portion of the mower, a duct extends rearward generally horizontally under the front axle, is bent upward behind one of the front wheels and is connected to the clipping container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Kubota, Ltd.
    Inventors: Terutaka Takei, Shigeru Morita, Hiroaki Kawakita
  • Patent number: 4887686
    Abstract: A working vehicle comprising a vehicle body having a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels, at least the rear wheels being drivingly rotatable and steerable, a working machine provided at the front end of the vehicle body, and a steering wheel and a seat which are disposed in the vicinity of the front wheels at the front portion of the body. The rear wheels can be steered between a forwardly directed position and a laterally directed position about a vertical axis approximately at the midportion between the pair of front wheels. The vehicle can make a quick turn with a small radius without subjecting the operator to a great centrifugal force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1989
    Assignee: Kubota ltd.
    Inventors: Terutaka Takei, Shigeru Morita, Hiroaki Kawakita
  • Patent number: 4738327
    Abstract: A riding type mower, having a vehicle body with a front and a rear end, includes a bonnet disposed rearwardly of an operator's seat and having top and bottom sides, opposite lateral sides and a rear side. The bonnet houses a fuel tank, an engine, an oil cooler, a cooling fan and a radiator, positioned on the vehicle body in that order rearwardly of the operator's seat. The cooling fan forces cooling air from the front rearward. The bonnet is formed with a cooling air discharge opening in its rear side and a cooling air intake opening in its bottom side and lateral sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Assignee: Kubota, Ltd.
    Inventor: Terutaka Takei
  • Patent number: D340459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1993
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kawakita, Toshihiko Hamada, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Akiyoshi Takemoto, Terutaka Takei