Patents by Inventor Tetsuo Nishiguchi

Tetsuo Nishiguchi 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).

  • Storage structure for working machine
    Patent number: 12358432
    Abstract: PROBLEM: To provide a toolbox of a working machine capable of storing a long object. SOLUTION: A toolbox has a plurality of storage sections each having an opening that permits access to an interior, and successively adjacently arranged. The toolbox comprises a storage space section that makes any ones of a plurality of interiors adjoining one another of the plurality of storage sections communicate with one another, and permits access from an access opening different from each opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Tetsuo Nishiguchi, Kazumasa Matsumura
  • Systems, assemblies, and methods for locking cab to main body of work machine
    Patent number: 12275460
    Abstract: A work machine comprises a main body, a cab riser, and a shaft. The cab riser includes a cab and a frame, the cab being uprightly positioned on the work machine in a first position, and being tilted forward in a second position, and the frame comprising a first plate to contact a second plate provided on the main body in the first position. The cab riser is rotatable about the shaft in clockwise and counterclockwise directions to and from the first position and the second position. The first plate and the second plate can be clamped together by a clamping assembly in the first position, the clamping assembly including one or more clamps to clamp the first plate and the second plate, and the clamping assembly is mounted on the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Tetsuji Takaoka, Masaya Yorifuji, Tomohiro Fujii, Kimikage Tanaka, Kazumasa Matsumura, Takeshi Tsuneyoshi, Takayuki Naito, Tetsuo Nishiguchi, Kunitomo Shimizu, Eiji Akahane, Shuji Kidoguchi
  • SYSTEMS, ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS FOR LOCKING CAB TO MAIN BODY OF WORK MACHINE
    Publication number: 20230081006
    Abstract: A work machine comprises a main body, a cab riser, and a shaft. The cab riser includes a cab and a frame, the cab being uprightly positioned on the work machine in a first position, and being tilted forward in a second position, and the frame comprising a first plate to contact a second plate provided on the main body in the first position. The cab riser is rotatable about the shaft in clockwise and counterclockwise directions to and from the first position and the second position. The first plate and the second plate can be clamped together by a clamping assembly in the first position, the clamping assembly including one or more clamps to clamp the first plate and the second plate, and the clamping assembly is mounted on the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Tetsuji TAKAOKA, Masaya YORIFUJI, Tomohiro FUJII, Kimikage TANAKA, Kazumasa MATSUMURA, Takeshi TSUNEYOSHI, Takayuki NAITO, Tetsuo NISHIGUCHI, Kunitomo SHIMIZU, Eiji AKAHANE, Shuji KIDOGUCHI
  • STORAGE STRUCTURE FOR WORKING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20220153198
    Abstract: PROBLEM: To provide a toolbox of a working machine capable of storing a long object. SOLUTION: A toolbox has a plurality of storage sections each having an opening that permits access to an interior, and successively adjacently arranged. The toolbox comprises a storage space section that makes any ones of a plurality of interiors adjoining one another of the plurality of storage sections communicate with one another, and permits access from an access opening different from each opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Tetsuo NISHIGUCHI, Kazumasa MATSUMURA
  • Construction machine
    Patent number: D855081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Takashi Yoneda, Niladri Manna, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Tetsuo Nishiguchi, Kenichi Mori, Hidenori Furutani
  • Side cover of construction machine
    Patent number: D855083
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Takashi Yoneda, Niladri Manna, Shuji Tokuda, Tetsuo Nishiguchi, Yuki Takemoto, Hidenori Furutani
  • Forestry machine
    Patent number: D974414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Tetsuo Nishiguchi, Tetsuji Takaoka, Kazumasa Matsumura, Yoshitaka Uchiyama, Kengo Hashimoto