Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Morimoto

Tetsuya Morimoto 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: 20240120664
    Abstract: An antenna device includes an array antenna configured to radiate a radio wave. The array antenna includes at least four radiating elements arranged substantially parallel to a beam scanning plane of the radio wave. The at least four radiating elements are arranged substantially parallel to a first principal surface of window glass for a building, with the antenna device arranged such that the array antenna is arranged at the first principal surface of the window glass in a non-contact manner and such that the radio wave is radiated toward a second principal surface of the window glass opposite from the first principal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo MORIMOTO, Fuminori WATANABE, Shimpei NAGAE, Ryuta SONODA, Tetsuya HIRAMATSU
  • Patent number: 9400020
    Abstract: An inching control device reliably protects the clutch during inching operation while not interfering with workability during inching operation. The device includes an allowable heat generation rate acquiring means for acquiring the allowable heat generation rate for the clutch plate, an operation amount detecting means for detecting the amount of the operation of the inching operation member, a heat generation rate calculating means for calculating the heat generation rate of the clutch plate during inching from the amount of the operation of the inching operation member, and an oil pressure controlling means for controlling the clutch oil pressure so that the heat generation rate obtained by the heat generation rate calculating means during inching does not exceed the allowable heat generation rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Morimoto
  • Patent number: 9334628
    Abstract: A motor grader is provided with an engine, front and rear travel wheels, a transmission, a work implement, a control unit, and a vehicle speed adjusting knob. The transmission has hydraulic clutches for switching between forward and reverse travel and for switching between speed stages. The transmission changes the speed of power from the engine, and transmits the power to either the front travel wheels and/or to the rear travel wheels. The work implement includes a blade for grading. During travel at a forward first speed, the control unit causes one of the hydraulic clutches of the transmission to operate as a braking clutch such that the motor grader travels at a very low speed. The vehicle speed adjusting knob is a member for setting the vehicle speed during very low-speed travel to an arbitrary speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonao Nagamura, Tetsuya Morimoto, Michihiro Aida
  • Publication number: 20150019092
    Abstract: An inching control device reliably protects the clutch during inching operation while not interfering with workability during inching operation. The device includes an allowable heat generation rate acquiring means for acquiring the allowable heat generation rate for the clutch plate, an operation amount detecting means for detecting the amount of the operation of the inching operation member, a heat generation rate calculating means for calculating the heat generation rate of the clutch plate during inching from the amount of the operation of the inching operation member, and an oil pressure controlling means for controlling the clutch oil pressure so that the heat generation rate obtained by the heat generation rate calculating means during inching does not exceed the allowable heat generation rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Tetsuya Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20140345890
    Abstract: A motor grader is provided with an engine, front and rear travel wheels, a transmission which has hydraulic clutches for switching between forward and reverse travel and for switching between speed stages, changes the speed of power from the engine, and transmits the power to either the front travel wheels and/or to the rear travel wheels; a work implement which includes a blade for grading; a very low-speed travel controlling means; and a vehicle speed adjusting knob. During travel at a forward first speed, the very low-speed travel controlling means causes one of the hydraulic clutches of the transmission to operate as a braking clutch, causing the motor grader to travel at a very low speed. The vehicle speed adjusting knob is a member for setting the vehicle speed during very low-speed travel to an arbitrary speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Tomonao Nagamura, Tetsuya Morimoto, Michihiro Aida
  • Patent number: 8430787
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a first planetary gear reducer, a second planetary gear reducer and a hydraulic clutch mechanism. The first planetary gear reducer includes: a first sun gear receiving torque inputted thereto; a first carrier supporting plural first planet gears; and a first ring gear coupled to a wheel. The second planetary gear reducer includes: a second sun gear coupled to the first carrier; a second carrier, coupled to the hydraulic clutch mechanism while supporting plural second planet gears; and a second ring gear coupled to the first ring gear and the wheel. The hydraulic clutch mechanism includes a rotary part coupled to the second carrier and a stationary part configured to be coupled/decoupled to/from the rotary part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20120202640
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a first planetary gear reducer, a second planetary gear reducer and a hydraulic clutch mechanism. The first planetary gear reducer includes: a first sun gear receiving torque inputted thereto; a first carrier supporting plural first planet gears; and a first ring gear coupled to a wheel. The second planetary gear reducer includes: a second sun gear coupled to the first carrier; a second carrier, coupled to the hydraulic clutch mechanism while supporting plural second planet gears; and a second ring gear coupled to the first ring gear and the wheel. The hydraulic clutch mechanism includes a rotary part coupled to the second carrier and a stationary part configured to be coupled/decoupled to/from the rotary part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Morimoto
  • Patent number: 7074149
    Abstract: A transmission for a wheel type working vehicle which makes it possible to reduce a size of a transmission mechanism for transmitting a mechanical driving force and a hydraulic driving force from the transmission to a front and rear wheel driving output shaft that is along a vehicle longitudinal direction. For this purpose, a bevel gear (49) and a cylindrical gear (50) are included at a front and rear wheel driving output shaft (20) for transmitting the mechanical driving force and the hydraulic driving force to front and rear wheels, and the front and rear wheel driving output shaft (20) is connected to an output shaft (21) of a mechanical transmission mechanism (15) via a bevel gear transmission mechanism (22), and is also connected to a hydraulic power transmission mechanism (24) connected to a hydraulic motor (17) via a cylindrical gear transmission mechanism (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Morimoto
  • Patent number: 6902026
    Abstract: A wheel traveling and operating vehicle includes a tire wheel traveling apparatus having axles in front and rear portions of a chassis frame body, an engine providing a traveling power, and a transmission. The transmission is provided with a transmission portion arranged so that an input shaft and an output shaft transverse an axis (X—X) in a vehicle longitudinal direction in parallel to each other at forward and backward positions of the axis and a bevel gear output portion outputting a tire wheel driving power to the output shaft toward a direction of the axis. The input shaft of the transmission portion is connected to the engine horizontally mounted to one side surface of right and left sides of the chassis frame body on the same axis as the engine output shaft and the bevel gear output portion is connected to front and rear tire wheel driving propeller shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Kinoshita, Youjirou Ohbatake, Tetsuya Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20040142784
    Abstract: A transmission for a wheel type working vehicle which makes it possible to reduce a size of a transmission mechanism for transmitting a mechanical driving force and a hydraulic driving force from the transmission to a front and rear wheel driving output shaft that is along a vehicle longitudinal direction. For this purpose, a bevel gear (49) and a cylindrical gear (50) are included at a front and rear wheel driving output shaft (20) for transmitting the mechanical driving force and the hydraulic driving force to front and rear wheels, and the front and rear wheel driving output shaft (20) is connected to an output shaft (21) of a mechanical transmission mechanism (15) via a bevel gear transmission mechanism (22), and is also connected to a hydraulic power transmission mechanism (24) connected to a hydraulic motor (17) via a cylindrical gear transmission mechanism (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20020139597
    Abstract: A wheel type traveling and operating vehicle can reduce a height and a length in a longitudinal direction of a lower traveling body on which an engine is mounted, and can secure an improved operability and a traveling property. Accordingly, this vehicle is provided with a tire wheel traveling apparatus having axles (2, 3) in front and rear portions of a chassis frame body (1), an engine (11) providing a traveling power, and a transmission (12). The transmission is provided with a transmission portion arranged so that an input shaft (21) and an output shaft (23) transverse an axis (X-X) in a vehicle longitudinal direction in parallel to each other at forward and backward positions of the axis, and a bevel gear output portion (15) outputting a tire wheel driving power to the output shaft toward a direction of the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Yukio Kinoshita, Youjirou Ohbatake, Tetsuya Morimoto