Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Ishioka

Tetsuo Ishioka 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: 5560277
    Abstract: A variable displacement hydraulic motor having a swash plate angle adjusting structure. This hydraulic motor has a main case, a rotary shaft rotatably supported in the main case, a plurality of cylinder blocks rotatable with the rotary shaft and including axial plungers, a swash plate member for contacting distal ends of the plungers, pivot shafts for pivotally connecting the swash plate member to the main case such that the swash plate member has a pivoting angle adjustable relative to the main case, and a first and a second hydraulic cylinders arranged at opposite sides of the pivot shafts as seen in a direction parallel to the rotary shaft. The first and second hydraulic cylinders are secured in a region of the main case opposed to the cylinder blocks across the swash plate member. The hydraulic cylinders are operable to contact the swash plate member to adjust the pivoting angle thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1996
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Nomura, Manabu Yamanishi, Syunryou Hayashida, Akira Tsuda, Tetsuo Ishioka, Hiroya Hanano
  • Patent number: 4340128
    Abstract: An offset type tractor with attachment of a first working implement longitudinally between front and rear wheels and of a second working implement rearwardly of the rear wheels, with the possibility of separate, independent maneuvering as well as common, simultaneous maneuvering modes of raising and lowering the first and the second implements. A mechanism for raising and lowering the first implement is disposed so as not to impair a clear front view from the offset type tractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1982
    Assignee: Kubota, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunobu Yamaue, Tetsuo Ishioka
  • Patent number: 4172503
    Abstract: An offset type tractor having a driving assembly such as an engine and a transmission case, and a supporting frame therefor are eccentrically disposed at either side with respect to the center line of the tractor body width, while a control wheel and a driver's seat are disposed on the center line of the tractor body width. A control wheel, a supporting post of a turned structure for supporting the control wheel, and an adjusting structure for adjusting the control wheel in the direction close to and away from the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1979
    Assignee: Kubota, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ishioka, Yasunobu Yamaue, Hisao Kawagoe
  • Patent number: 4167982
    Abstract: An offset type tractor, especially for agricultural work, comprising a structural unit including an engine and transmission casing directly connected to the engine, the unit being offset to one lateral side of the longitudinal center line of the tractor. The rear drive wheels of the tractor are mounted on the transmission casing. A reinforcement frame is securely affixed on a continuing lateral surface both of the engine and the transmission casing, on the side thereof nearer to the longitudinal center line of the tractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1979
    Assignee: Kubota, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Ishioka, Tomeaki Tama, Taichi Fujihara, Yasunobu Yamaue