Patents by Inventor Toshikazu Minoshima

Toshikazu Minoshima 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: 20230297715
    Abstract: A terminal device 100 has a storage unit 180 storing a first personally identifiable information; and an operation unit 121 for inputting second personally identifiable information that is associated with the first personally identifiable information stored in the storage unit, that has lower specificity than the first personally identifiable information, and that can be browsed at a providing destination. The terminal device 100 provides the second personally identifiable information to the providing destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kazumasa SATO, Takashi HAGIWARA, Manabu SAKAMOTO, Hiroshi YASUTOMI, Toshikazu MINOSHIMA
  • Patent number: 10337909
    Abstract: The load measuring apparatus for a working machine includes a front load acquisition unit that acquires a front load applied to front suspension cylinders 18Al, 18Ar, a rear load acquisition unit that acquires a rear load applied to rear suspension cylinders 18Bl, 18Br, a surface resistance detection unit 320 that detects a surface resistance of a travel road for a dump truck 1, an adder 313 that based on the front load acquired by the front load acquisition unit and the rear load acquired by the rear load acquisition unit, computes a total load acting on the suspension cylinders 18Al, 18Ar, 18Bl, 18Br to determine the load of a cargo 14A, and a total load correction unit 321 that corrects the total load, which has been computed by the adder 313, according to the surface resistance detected by the surface resistance detection unit 320.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Minoshima
  • Patent number: 10317273
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a new load measuring apparatus for a construction machine that enables more enhancing measurement precision by monitoring a condition of a suspension cylinder. The load measuring apparatus for a construction machine according to the present invention is provided with a loading weight arithmetic module 111 that calculates a loading weight on the basis of loads of plural suspension cylinders 51 and a loading weight confirmation module 112 that outputs the calculated loading weight when the loads of the suspension cylinders 51 are all equal to or larger than a specified value and makes the calculated loading weight ineffective without outputting the loading weight when any one of the loads is below the specified value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu Minoshima
  • Publication number: 20180052037
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a new load measuring apparatus for a construction machine that enables more enhancing measurement precision by monitoring a condition of a suspension cylinder. The load measuring apparatus for a construction machine according to the present invention is provided with a loading weight arithmetic module 111 that calculates a loading weight on the basis of loads of plural suspension cylinders 51 and a loading weight confirmation module 112 that outputs the calculated loading weight when the loads of the suspension cylinders 51 are all equal to or larger than a specified value and makes the calculated loading weight ineffective without outputting the loading weight when any one of the loads is below the specified value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu MINOSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20180052038
    Abstract: The load measuring apparatus for a working machine includes a front load acquisition unit that acquires a front load applied to front suspension cylinders 18Al, 18Ar, a rear load acquisition unit that acquires a rear load applied to rear suspension cylinders 18Bl, 18Br, a surface resistance detection unit 320 that detects a surface resistance of a travel road for a dump truck 1, an adder 313 that based on the front load acquired by the front load acquisition unit and the rear load acquired by the rear load acquisition unit, computes a total load acting on the suspension cylinders 18Al, 18Ar, 18Bl, 18Br to determine the load of a cargo 14A, and a total load correction unit 321 that corrects the total load, which has been computed by the adder 313, according to the surface resistance detected by the surface resistance detection unit 320.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshikazu MINOSHIMA
  • Patent number: 9764672
    Abstract: An object is to restrain a hoist shaft and a bushing of a hoist cylinder from abrading. A haulage vehicle with a pivoting vessel has a telescoping hoist cylinder provided between the vessel and the vehicle. Supply of hydraulic oil to the hoist cylinder is controlled by a valve provided between the hydraulic power source and the hoist cylinder. The haulage vehicle is provided with a bushing at one end portion of the hoist cylinder; a hoist shaft is mounted in a through bore of the bushing; a lubricant supplier supplies lubricant to a clearance between a surface of the hoist shaft and an internal surface of the through bore of the bushing; and when the vessel is seated on the vehicle, a controller controls the valve to make the hoist cylinder contract and also supply lubricant to the clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Ohno, Hirokazu Shimomura, Toshikazu Minoshima
  • Publication number: 20170259721
    Abstract: An object is to restrain a hoist shaft and a bushing of a hoist cylinder from abrading. A haulage vehicle with a pivoting vessel has a telescoping hoist cylinder provided between the vessel and the vehicle. Supply of hydraulic oil to the hoist cylinder is controlled by a valve provided between the hydraulic power source and the hoist cylinder. The haulage vehicle is provided with a bushing at one end portion of the hoist cylinder; a hoist shaft is mounted in a through bore of the bushing; a lubricant supplier supplies lubricant to a clearance between a surface of the hoist shaft and an internal surface of the through bore of the bushing; and when the vessel is seated on the vehicle, a controller controls the valve to make the hoist cylinder contract and also supply lubricant to the clearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Akira OHNO, Hirokazu SHIMOMURA, Toshikazu MINOSHIMA
  • Patent number: 9435392
    Abstract: A parking brake control device for a transport vehicle is attached to a vehicle body including a parking brake (17) of a negative control type for maintaining a state in which rotation of wheels is stopped, the parking brake control device including a control unit (32) for controlling movement of a spool (21) for magnetizing or demagnetizing a solenoid valve (25) to release or actuate the parking brake (17). The control unit (32) includes a stop determining section (33) that determines whether the vehicle body stops traveling, an actuation command section (34) that actuates the parking brake (17) when the stop determining section (33) determines that the vehicle body is stopped, and a release command section (35) that releases the parking brake (17) after elapse of a preset setting time after the actuation of the parking brake (17) is started by the actuation command section (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Katsumi Tamura, Takao Kurosawa, Yudai Itai
  • Patent number: 9272729
    Abstract: Front wheels (6L, 6R) a steering operation of which is possible by a steering mechanism (12) are mounted on a vehicle body (2). Steering cylinders (22L, 22R) of the steering mechanism (12) extend and contract in response to an operation of a steering handle (27) provided in a cab (5) to perform the steering operation of the front wheels (6L, 6R). The steering mechanism (12) is provided with a rotation angle sensor (28) for detecting a steering angle ? of the left front wheel (6L) and a proximity switch (29) for detecting whether or not the front wheel (6L) is in a straight-ahead state. A controller (30) determines that the rotation angle sensor (28) or the proximity switch (29) is abnormal when the steering angle (?) detected by the rotation angle sensor (28) is different from the detection result by the proximity switch (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Yuusuke Shibue, Yohei Nakate, Takanobu Ikari
  • Patent number: 9242589
    Abstract: A body hoisting state display device to be mounted on a dump truck includes: an angle detection unit that detects a rotation angle of the body with respect to the frame; a seating detection unit that detects whether or not the body is seated on the frame; a calculation unit that causes an inclination angle of the body at which the body is rotated with respect to the frame from a seated state of the body to be calculated, based on the rotation angle detected by the angle detection unit, as a ratio to an angle of a rotatable range that is defined between the seated state and a state in which the hydraulic cylinder is stopped at the position short of the position at which the hydraulic cylinder is extended to the maximal extent; and a display control unit that causes the ratio of the inclination angle of the body that is calculated by the calculation unit to be displayed on a display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yudai Itai, Toshikazu Minoshima, Takashi Yagyu, Takanobu Ikari, Takao Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 9120416
    Abstract: A loading platform is capable of tilting on a vehicle body. In accordance with a position of an operating lever for operating a hoist cylinder for tilting the loading platform and ON/OFF of a limit change switch operated by an operator, a running speed of the vehicle body is limited. If the loading platform is not seated and the limit change switch is OFF, the running speed is limited to a first speed limit or less which is low speed running. If the loading platform is not seated and the limit change switch is ON, when the operating lever is at a lowering position or a floating position, change of the speed limit to a second speed limit faster than the first speed limit is allowed. When the operating lever is at a raising or holding position, the change of the speed limit from the first speed limit is prohibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Takanobu Ikari, Takashi Yagyuu
  • Publication number: 20150025756
    Abstract: A body hoisting state display device to be mounted on a dump truck includes: an angle detection unit that detects a rotation angle of the body with respect to the frame; a seating detection unit that detects whether or not the body is seated on the frame; a calculation unit that causes an inclination angle of the body at which the body is rotated with respect to the frame from a seated state of the body to be calculated, based on the rotation angle detected by the angle detection unit, as a ratio to an angle of a rotatable range that is defined between the seated state and a state in which the hydraulic cylinder is stopped at the position short of the position at which the hydraulic cylinder is extended to the maximal extent; and a display control unit that causes the ratio of the inclination angle of the body that is calculated by the calculation unit to be displayed on a display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yudai Itai, Toshikazu Minoshima, Takashi Yagyu, Takanobu Ikari, Takao Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 8925661
    Abstract: Wheel drive motors (8) constituted of electric motors for driving rear wheels (7) are provided on a vehicle body (2) of a dump truck (1). Each wheel drive motor (8) is connected to a main power generator (12) through a bidirectional converter (20) and the like and driven by power supplied from the main power generator (12). A resistor (21) that consumes regenerative power from each wheel drive motor (8) is connected to the bidirectional converter (20). Cooling air is supplied to the resistor (21) from a blower (24). Operations of a switch (23) of the resistor (21) and the blower (24) are controlled by a controller (28). A mode selecting switch (29) for selecting a heating mode (A), a blowing mode (B), and a heating and blowing mode (C) is connected to the controller (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Kichio Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20140374199
    Abstract: A parking brake control device for a transport vehicle is attached to a vehicle body including a parking brake (17) of a negative control type for maintaining a state in which rotation of wheels is stopped, the parking brake control device including a control unit (32) for controlling movement of a spool (21) for magnetizing or demagnetizing a solenoid valve (25) to release or actuate the parking brake (17). The control unit (32) includes a stop determining section (33) that determines whether the vehicle body stops traveling, an actuation command section (34) that actuates the parking brake (17) when the stop determining section (33) determines that the vehicle body is stopped, and a release command section (35) that releases the parking brake (17) after elapse of a preset setting time after the actuation of the parking brake (17) is started by the actuation command section (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Katsumi Tamura, Takao Kurosawa, Yudai Itai
  • Publication number: 20140367189
    Abstract: Front wheels (6L, 6R) a steering operation of which is possible by a steering mechanism (12) are mounted on a vehicle body (2). Steering cylinders (22L, 22R) of the steering mechanism (12) extend and contract in response to an operation of a steering handle (27) provided in a cab (5) to perform the steering operation of the front wheels (6L, 6R). The steering mechanism (12) is provided with a rotation angle sensor (28) for detecting a steering angle ? of the left front wheel (6L) and a proximity switch (29) for detecting whether or not the front wheel (6L) is in a straight-ahead state. A controller (30) determines that the rotation angle sensor (28) or the proximity switch (29) is abnormal when the steering angle (?) detected by the rotation angle sensor (28) is different from the detection result by the proximity switch (29).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Yuusuke Shibue, Yohei Nakate, Takanobu Ikari
  • Patent number: 8840189
    Abstract: In case a burden is discharged from a vessel (3), the vessel (3) is raised obliquely backward with respect to a vehicle body (2) by a hoist cylinder (10). However, when discharging work is stopped on the way, the vessel (3) is temporarily lowered to a position at which this sits on the vehicle body (2). When the vessel (3) lowers, a weight of the burden left loaded thereon acts on the hoist cylinder (10) as a load in addition to the weight of the vessel (3). A controller (35) determines whether the vessel (3) lowers in a burden loading state based on various detection signals. When the vessel (3) lowers in the burden loading state, switching of directional control valves (20) and (21) is controlled so as to decrease a contracting speed of the hoist cylinder (10), thereby prevent the vessel (3) from colliding against the vehicle body (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Michio Fushiki, Katsumi Tamura, Takao Kurosawa
  • Publication number: 20140159466
    Abstract: A loading platform is capable of tilting on a vehicle body. In accordance with a position of an operating lever for operating a hoist cylinder for tilting the loading platform and ON/OFF of a limit change switch operated by an operator, a running speed of the vehicle body is limited. If the loading platform is not seated and the limit change switch is OFF, the running speed is limited to a first speed limit or less which is low speed running. If the loading platform is not seated and the limit change switch is ON, when the operating lever is at a lowering position or a floating position, change of the speed limit to a second speed limit faster than the first speed limit is allowed. When the operating lever is at a raising or holding position, the change of the speed limit from the first speed limit is prohibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Takanobu Ikari, Takashi Yagyuu
  • Patent number: 8731787
    Abstract: A control valve device comprises two direction control valves. The direction control valve includes an expansion side variable throttle portion and a contraction side variable throttle portion. The direction control valve includes an expansion side variable throttle portion and a contraction side variable throttle portion. When a hoist cylinder is telescopically operated to raise or lower a vessel, as the hoist cylinder approaches a stop position, a controller determines that the hoist cylinder gets close to the stop position. Based upon this determination, the controller variably adjusts a flow passage area of the direction control valve using the variable throttle portions or variably adjusts a flow passage area of the direction control valve using the variable throttle portions in such a manner as to slow down or speed up the telescopic speed of the hoist cylinder corresponding to the weight in the side of vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Tamura, Toshikazu Minoshima, Michio Fushiki, Takao Kurosawa
  • Publication number: 20130185019
    Abstract: A load measuring device for a construction machine includes a processing unit for acquiring signals indicative of cylinder pressure of front and rear suspension cylinders via pressure sensors and computing a weight value of a load put on a dump body of the construction machine. When the construction machine is traveling on a curvilinear route, the construction machine makes the output of the weight value ineffective. In particular, when the differential speed value between the rear wheels, received from a speed difference detector, is below a preset value, the arithmetic unit outputs a loading weight W computed by the processing unit, as final loading weight, and so that when the differential speed exceeds the preset value, the arithmetic unit makes ineffective the computed loading weight W as the final loading weight output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Toshikazu MINOSHIMA, Takao KUROSAWA, Shinji AKINO, Takashi YAGYUU
  • Patent number: 8437982
    Abstract: A load measuring device for a construction machine includes a processing unit for acquiring signals indicative of cylinder pressure of front and rear suspension cylinders via pressure sensors and computing a weight value of a load put on a dump body of the construction machine. When the construction machine is traveling on a curvilinear route, the construction machine makes the output of the weight value ineffective. In particular, when the differential speed value between the rear wheels, received from a speed difference detector, is below a preset value, the arithmetic unit outputs a loading weight W computed by the processing unit, as final loading weight, and so that when the differential speed exceeds the preset value, the arithmetic unit makes ineffective the computed loading weight W as the final loading weight output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Minoshima, Takao Kurosawa, Shinji Akino, Takashi Yagyuu