Patents by Inventor Tsutomu AIZAWA

Tsutomu AIZAWA 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).

  • Patent number: 11746503
    Abstract: A state determination method for a work vehicle includes detecting a rotation speed of an engine of the work vehicle during a first predetermined time period. A maximum rotation speed and a minimum rotation speed during the first predetermined time period are obtained. A parameter representing a fuel injection amount of the engine during the first predetermined time period is obtained. A variation amount that is a difference between a maximum value of the parameter during the first predetermined time period and a minimum value of the parameter during the first predetermined time period is obtained. It is determined that the work vehicle is in an operating state when a difference between the maximum rotation speed and the minimum rotation speed exceeds a rotation speed threshold value, or the variation amount exceeds a variation amount threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Tomita, Tsutomu Aizawa
  • Patent number: 11505922
    Abstract: The working machine includes a traveling device, a traveling motor, a hydraulic pump including a swashplate, a prime mover to drive the hydraulic pump, a first servo-cylinder to set an angle of the swashplate, a charge pump to supply pilot fluid to the first servo-cylinder, a switching valve shiftable between a traveling position to supply the pilot fluid from the charge pump to the first servo-cylinder and a neutral position to stop the pilot fluid supply to the first servo-cylinder, a switching operation member operable to select either a traveling mode or a neutral mode, and a controller to shift the switching valve between the traveling position and the neutral position. The controller holds the switching valve at the neutral position after the switching operation member is operated to select the traveling mode until a rotation speed of the prime mover becomes not less than a first predetermined rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuki Nishimoto, Teruhiko Iwamoto, Tsutomu Aizawa, Makoto Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20220018094
    Abstract: The working machine includes a traveling device, a traveling motor, a hydraulic pump including a swashplate, a prime mover to drive the hydraulic pump, a first servo-cylinder to set an angle of the swashplate, a charge pump to supply pilot fluid to the first servo-cylinder, a switching valve shiftable between a traveling position to supply the pilot fluid from the charge pump to the first servo-cylinder and a neutral position to stop the pilot fluid supply to the first servo-cylinder, a switching operation member operable to select either a traveling mode or a neutral mode, and a controller to shift the switching valve between the traveling position and the neutral position. The controller holds the switching valve at the neutral position after the switching operation member is operated to select the traveling mode until a rotation speed of the prime mover becomes not less than a first predetermined rotation speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuki NISHIMOTO, Teruhiko IWAMOTO, Tsutomu AIZAWA, Makoto NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220018089
    Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body, a traveling device travelably supporting the machine body, a hydraulic driving device to hydraulically drive the traveling device, a floor frame supported on the machine body via a mounting member, a pedal operable to brake the traveling device, the inching valve to change a flow rate of hydraulic fluid supplied to the hydraulic driving device according to operation of the pedal, and a cable operably connecting the pedal to the inching valve. The pedal and the inching valve are attached to the floor frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki TAKANO, Tsutomu AIZAWA, Tetsuji MATSUSHITA
  • Patent number: 9772018
    Abstract: There is provided a working machine which is capable of vehicle speed control through accelerator pedal operation even during execution of work under a condition where engine rotational speed is maintained constant. The working machine has the normal mode for exercising vehicle speed control by controlling engine rotational speed on the basis of the amount of depression of the accelerator pedal and by controlling the swash plate of the HST pump on the basis of the engine rotational speed, and the attachment mode for exercising vehicle speed control by controlling the swash plate of the HST pump on the basis of the amount of depression of the accelerator pedal irrespective of engine rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Aizawa, Makoto Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20140290236
    Abstract: There is provided a working machine which is capable of vehicle speed control through accelerator pedal operation even during execution of work under a condition where engine rotational speed is maintained constant. The working machine has the normal mode for exercising vehicle speed control by controlling engine rotational speed on the basis of the amount of depression of the accelerator pedal and by controlling the swash plate of the EST pump on the basis of the engine rotational speed, and the attachment mode for exercising vehicle speed control by controlling the swash plate of the HST pump on the basis of the amount of depression of the accelerator pedal irrespective of engine rotational speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu AIZAWA, Makoto NOGUCHI