Patents by Inventor Wataru Isaka

Wataru Isaka 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: 20140109715
    Abstract: A tilt-up mechanism for tilting up an upper column of a steering column from a drive position to a tilt-up position is configured independently from a tilt angle adjusting mechanism and a column length adjusting mechanism. When an operator who is to get on/off an operator's seat steps on and operates a pedal of the tilt-up mechanism, an engaged state of a lock pin with respect to a tilt-up member is disengaged. The tilt-up member is rotated around a support shaft, by a spring force of a tilt-up spring, whereby the upper column is tilted up together with a steering wheel in a direction (A) away from the operator's seat. At this time, the tilt angle and the column length can be held at positions adjusted in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Isaka, Ei Takahashi, Kazunori Komatsu, Shigeru Kitagami, Yuichi Koshizaka
  • Publication number: 20140003900
    Abstract: A wheel loader includes a vehicle body having wheels a work implement including an arm, a bucket, and an arm cylinder and a bucket cylinder that drive the arm and the bucket, respectively, and a work implement control device that directs an operation of the work implement. The work implement control device includes an arm control lever disposed on the right of a driver's seat, the arm control lever controlling operations of the arm, and two kickdown switches disposed at an upper surface and a left side surface, respectively, of a grip of the arm control lever. Operability can thereby be improved even further.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Hyodo, Masaki Yoshikawa, Ei Takahashi, Wataru Isaka
  • Patent number: 8550198
    Abstract: In a heat exchanger cover (17) covering upper sides of heat exchanger (13), an inlet port (21) is provided on a left side which is an upstream side of cooling air, and one exhaust port (22) for exhausting the cooling air which has passed through the heat exchanger (13) is provided on a right side opposite to this inlet port (21). An engine cover (15) is provided with another exhaust port (23) at a position opposing the one exhaust port (22) in a left-right direction. The cooling air which has passed through the heat exchanger (13) can be exhausted horizontally from the exhaust port (22) provided in the heat exchanger cover (17) toward the exhaust port (23) provided in the engine cover (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wataru Isaka, Nozomu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7967094
    Abstract: A machine room (15) is provided between a cab (14) and a counterweight (6) which are mounted on a revolving frame (5) to accommodate an engine (7). The machine room (15) is built of a left front support member (20), a rear support member (21), a connecting support member (22) and a left side housing door (25). A horizontal grip portion (22B) and an inclined grip portion (22C) are provided in intermediate portions of the connecting support member (22) which connects the left front support member (20) and the rear support member (21). By opening the left side housing door (25), the inclined grip portion (22C) of the connecting support member (22) comes out, permitting a servicing worker to hold on thereto helping him or her perform a cleaning job of a rear face portion (14B) of a cab (14) in an efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Matsushita, Takeshi Takei, Wataru Isaka, Katsutoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100236855
    Abstract: A machine room (15) is provided between a cab (14) and a counterweight (6) which are mounted on a revolving frame (5) to accommodate an engine (7). The machine room (15) is built of a left front support member (20), a rear support member (21), a connecting support member (22) and a left side housing door (25). A horizontal grip portion (22B) and an inclined grip portion (22C) are provided in intermediate portions of the connecting support member (22) which connects the left front support member (20) and the rear support member (21). By opening the left side housing door (25), the inclined grip portion (22C) of the connecting support member (22) comes out, permitting a servicing worker to hold on thereto helping him or her perform a cleaning job of a rear face portion (14B) of a cab (14) in an efficient manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Matsushita, Takeshi Takei, Wataru Isaka, Katsutoshi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20100219008
    Abstract: In a heat exchanger cover (17) covering upper sides of heat exchanger (13), an inlet port (21) is provided on a left side which is an upstream side of cooling air, and one exhaust port (22) for exhausting the cooling air which has passed through the heat exchanger (13) is provided on a right side opposite to this inlet port (21). An engine cover (15) is provided with another exhaust port (23) at a position opposing the one exhaust port (22) in a left-right direction. The cooling air which has passed through the heat exchanger (13) can be exhausted horizontally from the exhaust port (22) provided in the heat exchanger cover (17) toward the exhaust port (23) provided in the engine cover (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Isaka, Nozomu Tanaka
  • Patent number: D490359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Wataru Isaka
  • Patent number: D490770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Wataru Isaka
  • Patent number: D652063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., KCM Corporation
    Inventors: Akitaka Takeuchi, Wataru Isaka, Kazunori Komatsu, Ei Takahashi, Hiroki Nakazono, Koji Hyodo, Masaki Yoshikawa, Hirofumi Oouchi
  • Patent number: D652433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., KCM Corporation
    Inventors: Akitaka Takeuchi, Wataru Isaka, Kazunori Komatsu, Ei Takahashi, Hiroki Nakazono, Hirofumi Oouchi
  • Patent number: D693853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Hiraoka, Kouji Kimijima, Akira Shimohira, Hiroaki Yada, Kouji Takehi, Katsuhisa Onoguchi, Seiji Nakagawa, Yuuji Akutsu, Tadashi Koseki, Wataru Isaka, Hirofumi Oouchi