Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi Gono

Tsuyoshi Gono 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: 11965495
    Abstract: A working vehicle includes: a vehicle body provided with a traveling device; a hydraulic pump including a swashplate configured to change an output of the hydraulic pump according to a swashplate angle; a traveling motor including an output shaft having a rotation speed variable according to the output of the hydraulic pump and capable of transmitting power of the output shaft to the traveling device; an angle detector configured to detect the swashplate angle that is an angle of the swashplate; and a swashplate control unit configured to control the swashplate angle on the basis of control information relating to control of the swashplate angle and an actual swashplate angle that is the swashplate angle detected by the angle detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Gono, Naoya Nihei, Yuji Hirase, Susumu Takeoka, Keiji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11951827
    Abstract: The work vehicle includes a vehicle body provided with a travel device; a prime mover provided in the vehicle body; a transmission device capable of speed-changing a driving force from the prime mover and transmitting the driving force to the travel device; a transmission case housing the transmission device and being filled with lubricating oil; and a controller capable of switching between a warm-up operation mode in which a gear of the transmission device is rotated in a state in which transmission of power from the transmission device to the travel device is blocked and a travel operation mode in which the gear is rotated in a state in which the power is transmitted from the transmission device to the travel device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Gono, Naoya Nihei, Keiji Takahashi, Susumu Takeoka, Shusaku Yamaguchi, Yoichi Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20230403967
    Abstract: A support system for a working vehicle includes a working vehicle including a vehicle body to travel selectively under manual steering or automatic steering, a controller, and a communicator, the controller is configured or programmed to define a planned travel line for and control the automatic steering based on a reference line, the communicator receiving a replacement line for replacing the reference line, and a server to transmit the replacement line to the communicator. The controller includes a status acquirer to acquire a status of a device provided in or on the working vehicle, and is configured or programmed to, in accordance with the status acquired by the status acquirer, switch between a first mode in which the controller replaces the reference line with the replacement line transmitted from the server and a second mode in which the controller does not replace the reference line with the replacement line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yuki KUBOTA, Yoshiaki HIRUTA, Tsuyoshi GONO, Ryosuke KINUGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230389461
    Abstract: A management system includes a working vehicle and a server. The working vehicle includes a setting switch to enable or disable a setting mode of performing setting before a start of automatic steering, a first memory to store correspondence information in which setting mode information indicating whether the setting mode is enabled or disabled, time information measured by a timer, and position information of a vehicle body are associated with each other, and a first communicator to transmit the correspondence information stored in the first memory to the server. The server includes a second communicator to receive the correspondence information transmitted by the first communicator, a second memory to store the correspondence information received by the second communicator, and an information manager to manage the correspondence information stored in the second memory, based on the setting mode information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Katsuhiko WATANABE, Tsuyoshi GONO, Atsushi MIMA, Ryuzo FUJITA, Ryosuke KINUGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230392540
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a diesel engine, a heater to heat a gas to be supplied to a combustion chamber of the diesel engine, and a controller to execute an afterglow routine to cause the heater to operate. The controller is configured or programmed to execute the afterglow routine in response to the diesel engine being started, an elapse of a predetermined stop time since an end of a previous execution of the afterglow routine, and the work vehicle being in a warming-up state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Shota NAKANO, Keiji TAKAHASHI, Tsuyoshi GONO, Keita ONO, Norita TOTTORI, Naoya OKAMOTO, Ryosuke TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230394893
    Abstract: A management system includes a working vehicle and a server. The working vehicle includes a working device, a vehicle body capable of traveling by either automatic steering based on a reference line or manual steering, a position detector to detect a position of the vehicle body, a first memory to store, in a case where the vehicle body is automatically steered, correspondence information in which setting information of the working vehicle and position information of the vehicle body are associated with each other, and a first communicator to transmit the correspondence information stored in the first memory to the server. The server includes a second communicator to receive the correspondence information transmitted by the first communicator, and a second memory to store the correspondence information received by the second communicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Katsuhiko WATANABE, Tsuyoshi GONO, Atsushi MIMA, Ryuzo FUJITA, Ryosuke KINUGAWA
  • Patent number: 11815168
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body provided with a travel device; a prime mover provided in the vehicle body; a transmission device capable of speed-changing a driving force from the prime mover and transmitting the driving force to the travel device; a transmission case housing the transmission device and being filled with lubricating oil; and a control device capable of switching between a warm-up operation mode in which a gear of the transmission device is rotated in a state in which transmission of power from the transmission device to the travel device is blocked and a travel operation mode in which the gear is rotated in a state in which the power is transmitted from the transmission device to the travel device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Gono, Yuji Hirase, Atsushi Jinnai, Susumu Takeoka, Masahiro Sakaguchi, Kazuma Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11801840
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes an engine, a transmission to change a received rotational force to a rotational force at a gear ratio that corresponds to a desired vehicle speed and output the changed rotational force, a first operating tool to change the rotation speed of the engine and a deceleration rate of the transmission, a rotation speed controller to control the rotation speed of the engine based on an input provided to the first operating tool, and a second operating tool to receive a holding instruction to hold the rotation speed of the engine constant. In response to the holding instruction being inputted to the second operating tool, the rotation speed controller is configured or programmed to disable control of the rotation speed of the engine which control is based on the input provided to the first operating tool, and hold the rotation speed of the engine constant in accordance with the holding instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Takahashi, Tatsuya Sakai, Naoya Okamoto, Ryuji Kitagawa, Tsuyoshi Gono
  • Patent number: 11745584
    Abstract: A PTO shaft driving device in a working machine, includes a parking switch to detect parking of a vehicle body, a first switch located on a manipulator located on the vehicle body to output a PTO shaft control command that is either a driving command to drive a PTO shaft located on the vehicle body or a stopping command to stop the PTO shaft, a second switch located at a position different from the manipulator to output a PTO shaft control command that is either a driving command to drive the PTO shaft or a stopping command to stop the PTO shaft, a first permission switch to selectively permit or prohibit a stationary work when the parking switch detects the parking, and a controller configured or programmed to control driving of the PTO shaft. The controller is configured or programmed to selectively drive or stop the PTO shaft according to the PTO shaft control command from the first switch or the second switch when the stationary work is permitted by the first permission switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keiji Takahashi, Tatsuya Sakai, Tsuyoshi Gono, Norita Tottori
  • Patent number: 11629781
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a hydrostatic stepless speed changer device configured to speed-change driving power of an engine steplessly, a plurality of planetary gear speed changer devices configured to speed-change the driving power speed-changed by the stepless speed changer device, a plurality of clutch mechanisms corresponding to the plurality of planetary gear speed changer devices in order to take off the driving powers from these plurality of planetary gear speed changer devices individually, and a traveling speed changer device for speed-changing and transmitting the driving powers transmitted from the plurality of clutch mechanisms to a traveling mechanism. The plurality of planetary gear speed changer devices the plurality of clutch mechanisms and the traveling speed changer device are accommodated in a transmission case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Hirase, Ryoma Iwase, Tsuyoshi Gono, Takuya Nishikubo, Susumu Takeoka, Tsubasa Kawazoe, Atsushi Jinnai
  • Patent number: 11541925
    Abstract: A working machine includes a machine body capable of traveling, a working device to be attached to the machine body, a steering handle provided to the machine body and capable of being rotatably operated, an assist grip attached to the steering handle to assist a rotating operation of the steering handle, and an operation tool provided to the assist grip to operate devices provided to the machine body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Yuasa, Tsuyoshi Gono
  • Patent number: 11497160
    Abstract: A display device for a working machine, includes: a plurality of candidate boxes in which candidate setting information to be set to the working machine is represented, the candidate boxes being displayed on a screen; and a contents display portion in which a setting item relating to the working machine is displayed. The display device includes a display control portion to move a display box to a position corresponding to the contents display portion in performing the setting to the working machine, the display box being one of the plurality of candidate boxes in which candidate setting information corresponding to the setting is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Wataya, Tsuyoshi Gono
  • Patent number: 11472285
    Abstract: A drive device for a PTO shaft includes a parking switch to detect a parking state of a vehicle body, a permission switch constituted of a self-returning switch and connected to the parking switch, the permission switch being configured to be switched to permit driving a PTO shaft, the PTO shaft being configured to be driven by a power of a prime mover disposed on the vehicle body, and a first switch device to be switched to enable the PTO shaft to be driven when the permission switch is switched to permit driving the PTO shaft under a state where the parking switch detects the parking state of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Togo, Hiroshi Miyake, Ryuji Kataoka, Tsuyoshi Gono
  • Publication number: 20220290748
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body provided with a travel device; a prime mover provided in the vehicle body; a transmission device capable of speed-changing a driving force from the prime mover and transmitting the driving force to the travel device; a transmission case housing the transmission device and being filled with lubricating oil; and a control device capable of switching between a warm-up operation mode in which a gear of the transmission device is rotated in a state in which transmission of power from the transmission device to the travel device is blocked and a travel operation mode in which the gear is rotated in a state in which the power is transmitted from the transmission device to the travel device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi GONO, Yuji HIRASE, Atsushi JINNAI, Susumu TAKEOKA, Masahiro SAKAGUCHI, Kazuma ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220281540
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a body; left and right front wheels provided for the body; and left and right rear crawler units provided for the body. The rear crawler units each include: a drive wheel provided for a rear axle of the work vehicle; a front idler wheel forward of the drive wheel; a rear idler wheel backward of the drive wheel; a plurality of roller wheels between the front idler wheel and the rear idler wheel; a crawler belt wound around the drive wheel, the front idler wheel, the rear idler wheel, and the plurality of roller wheels; a track frame swingable about a swing shaft that extends in a left-right direction of the body and holding the front idler wheel, the rear idler wheel, and the plurality of roller wheels; and a position change mechanism configured to move the swing shaft in a front-back direction of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi GONO, Susumu TAKEOKA, Kazutaka FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220281315
    Abstract: The work vehicle includes a vehicle body provided with a travel device; a prime mover provided in the vehicle body; a transmission device capable of speed-changing a driving force from the prime mover and transmitting the driving force to the travel device; a transmission case housing the transmission device and being filled with lubricating oil; and a controller capable of switching between a warm-up operation mode in which a gear of the transmission device is rotated in a state in which transmission of power from the transmission device to the travel device is blocked and a travel operation mode in which the gear is rotated in a state in which the power is transmitted from the transmission device to the travel device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi GONO, Naoya NIHEI, Keiji TAKAHASHI, Susumu TAKEOKA, Shusaku YAMAGUCHI, Yoichi SUGIHARA
  • Publication number: 20220281537
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes: a body frame; a front weight at a front end portion of the body frame; a support mechanism supporting the front weight in such a manner that the front weight is movable in a front-back direction relative to the body frame; and a drive actuator configured to move the front weight in the front-back direction relative to the body frame between (i) a back position, at which the front weight is close to the body frame, and (ii) a front position, at which the front weight is far from the body frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi GONO, Susumu TAKEOKA, Kazutaka FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20220192073
    Abstract: A working vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a lifting device provided on the vehicle body; a first setting member to set a reference position in a height direction of the working device coupled to the lifting device; a lifting operation member to be operated to raise and lower the lifting device; a first lifting control unit to perform reference lifting control to raise or lower the lifting device so that the working device is located at the reference position; and a second lifting control unit to stop the reference lifting control when the lifting operation member is operated during work by the working device and to raise or lower the lifting device in response to the operation of the lifting operation member. The first lifting control unit performs control to return the lifting device to a position corresponding to the reference position when the operation of the lifting operation member is released after the reference lifting control is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi GONO, Susumu TAKEOKA, Toshiya TSUJI, Kazutaka FUJIMOTO, Keiji TAKAHASHI, Shinya YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220196147
    Abstract: A working vehicle includes: a vehicle body provided with a traveling device; a hydraulic pump including a swashplate configured to change an output of the hydraulic pump according to a swashplate angle; a traveling motor including an output shaft having a rotation speed variable according to the output of the hydraulic pump and capable of transmitting power of the output shaft to the traveling device; an angle detector configured to detect the swashplate angle that is an angle of the swashplate; and a swashplate control unit configured to control the swashplate angle on the basis of control information relating to control of the swashplate angle and an actual swashplate angle that is the swashplate angle detected by the angle detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi GONO, Naoya NIHEI, Yuji HIRASE, Susumu TAKEOKA, Keiji TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220185282
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes an engine, a transmission to change a received rotational force to a rotational force at a gear ratio that corresponds to a desired vehicle speed and output the changed rotational force, a first operating tool to change the rotation speed of the engine and a deceleration rate of the transmission, a rotation speed controller to control the rotation speed of the engine based on an input provided to the first operating tool, and a second operating tool to receive a holding instruction to hold the rotation speed of the engine constant. In response to the holding instruction being inputted to the second operating tool, the rotation speed controller is configured or programmed to disable control of the rotation speed of the engine which control is based on the input provided to the first operating tool, and hold the rotation speed of the engine constant in accordance with the holding instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Keiji TAKAHASHI, Tatsuya SAKAI, Naoya OKAMOTO, Ryuji KITAGAWA, Tsuyoshi GONO