Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Hirashita

Toshiyuki Hirashita 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: 20130146384
    Abstract: In order to decrease the number of handling components of a parking brake unit without increasing a length of a wheel base, there is provided a forklift including a main input shaft which is rotationally driven by a hydraulic motor, a differential input shaft which rotates by the rotation of the main input shaft, and a differential mechanism which is provided between the differential input shaft and a front axle, the forklift being configured to run by transmitting power of the hydraulic motor to the front axle through the main input shaft, the differential input shaft, and the differential mechanism, wherein an idle shaft is disposed so as to be parallel to the differential input shaft, a power transmission mechanism obtained by meshing gears and is interposed between the differential input shaft and the idle shaft, and then a parking brake unit is provided in the idle shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hirashita, Shinichi Naito, Tsutomu Komatsu, Yuuichi Fukata, Hitoshi Miyamoto, Kaoru Hasegawa