Patents by Inventor Tokio SAKATA

Tokio SAKATA 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: 20250012048
    Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body; a seat on the machine body; a console located outward of the seat in a machine-body width direction; a meter provided at a front portion of the console; a communication unit located forward of the meter; and a unit support to support the communication unit. The unit support includes a unit bracket to which the communication unit is attached, a support bracket located outward of the meter in the machine-body width direction and attached directly or indirectly to the machine body, and an attachment tool to attach the unit bracket to the support bracket. The unit bracket includes an attached section. The support bracket includes an attaching section with which the attached section overlaps in the machine-body width direction. The attachment tool attaches the attached section to the attaching section in the machine-body width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki TAKADA, Takuya SAKUTA, Hironobu KONISHI, Yusuke MITSUI, Takuto MIMURA, Shohei TANAKA, Shintaro NAKABAYASHI, Atsushi KASHIWAGI, Issei YANAGISAWA, Yuta YAMADA, Tokio SAKATA
  • Publication number: 20250003185
    Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body; a prime mover mounted on the machine body; a peripheral device disposed in a periphery of the prime mover; and an attachment bracket to support the peripheral device. The attachment bracket includes a base member to support the peripheral device in a vicinity of a driven unit to be driven with power of the prime mover, and a pressing member coupled to the base member, to hold the peripheral device between the pressing member and the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi MIURA, Tokio SAKATA
  • Patent number: 11866101
    Abstract: A floor mat arranged in a working machine includes a floor portion, a wall portion arranged on a circumferential portion of the floor portion, and an opening portion arranged on a part of a connecting portion of the wall portion, the connecting portion connecting to the floor portion. The floor mat includes a mat main body arranged on the floor portion, a covering portion configured to cover the opening portion, and an connecting portion configured to connect the covering portion flexibly to a circumferential portion of the mat main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Aihara, Hironobu Konishi, Shohei Tanaka, Yuta Yamada, Yoshiki Takizawa, Tokio Sakata
  • Publication number: 20230024613
    Abstract: Provided is a waterproof structure to prevent water ingress through an air hole in a casing of a communication device. A waterproof structure for a communication device, the communication device including a casing that houses an electronic substrate and has an air hole, includes a plate member facing the casing and attached to the casing such that the plate member covers the air hole, and a sealing member interposed between the plate member and the casing to prevent ingress of water into the air hole through a gap between the plate member and the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko ARAI, Keisuke MIURA, Tokio SAKATA
  • Publication number: 20220097585
    Abstract: A floor mat arranged in a working machine includes a floor portion, a wall portion arranged on a circumferential portion of the floor portion, and an opening portion arranged on a part of a connecting portion of the wall portion, the connecting portion connecting to the floor portion. The floor mat includes a mat main body arranged on the floor portion, a covering portion configured to cover the opening portion, and an connecting portion configured to connect the covering portion flexibly to a circumferential portion of the mat main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro AIHARA, Hironobu KONISHI, Shohei TANAKA, Yuta YAMADA, Yoshiki TAKIZAWA, Tokio SAKATA
  • Patent number: 11230212
    Abstract: A floor mat arranged in a working machine includes a floor portion, a wall portion arranged on a circumferential portion of the floor portion, and an opening portion arranged on a part of a connecting portion of the wall portion, the connecting portion connecting to the floor portion. The floor mat includes a mat main body arranged on the floor portion, a covering portion configured to cover the opening portion, and an connecting portion configured to connect the covering portion flexibly to a circumferential portion of the mat main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Ichihara, Kenzo Kusama, Kasumi Inagaki, Hironobu Konishi, Kazuya Oi, Tadayoshi Umemoto, Shota Sakamoto, Shohei Tanaka, Masahiro Aihara, Yuta Yamada, Yoshiki Takizawa, Takuya Sakuta, Kenichi Saiki, Tokio Sakata
  • Publication number: 20190119883
    Abstract: A floor mat arranged in a working machine includes a floor portion, a wall portion arranged on a circumferential portion of the floor portion, and an opening portion arranged on a part of a connecting portion of the wall portion, the connecting portion connecting to the floor portion. The floor mat includes a mat main body arranged on the floor portion, a covering portion configured to cover the opening portion, and an connecting portion configured to connect the covering portion flexibly to a circumferential portion of the mat main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro ICHIHARA, Kenzo KUSAMA, Kasumi INAGAKI, Hironobu KONISHI, Kazuya OI, Tadayoshi UMEMOTO, Shota SAKAMOTO, Shohei TANAKA, Masahiro AIHARA, Yuta YAMADA, Yoshiki TAKIZAWA, Takuya SAKUTA, Kenichi SAIKI, Tokio SAKATA
  • Patent number: 9382926
    Abstract: An oil passage change-over valve allows an alternate communication from a first opening portion in one side a second and a third opening portion provided in another side to be changed over. A first opening portion is formed in one side of a valve body and the second and third opening portions are formed in another side of the valve body; a valve element within a valve hole of the valve body; and a communicating oil passage is formed in the valve element for alternately communicating the three opening portions. Inside the valve body, there are formed a first oil passage for connecting the valve hole with the first opening portion, a second oil passage for connecting the valve hole with the second opening portion, and a third oil passage for connecting the valve hole with the third opening portion deviated by 120 degrees from the first oil passage, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Arai, Toshiki Ichikawa, Tokio Sakata
  • Publication number: 20130263952
    Abstract: An oil passage change-over valve allows an alternate communication from a first opening portion in one side a second and a third opening portion provided in another side to be changed over. A first opening portion is formed in one side of a valve body and the second and third opening portions are formed in another side of the valve body; a valve element within a valve hole of the valve body; and a communicating oil passage is formed in the valve element for alternately communicating the three opening portions. Inside the valve body, there are formed a first oil passage for connecting the valve hole with the first opening portion, a second oil passage for connecting the valve hole with the second opening portion, and a third oil passage for connecting the valve hole with the third opening portion deviated by 120 degrees from the first oil passage, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko ARAI, Toshiki ICHIKAWA, Tokio SAKATA