Patents by Inventor Yasuaki Morioka
Yasuaki Morioka 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).
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Patent number: 11958553Abstract: A working vehicle includes a steering device to steer a vehicle body, a working device connected to the vehicle body, an automatic steering controller to perform automatic steering of the steering device based on a difference between a scheduled traveling line and a position of the vehicle body, and a parameter changer to change a control parameter of the automatic steering depending on the working device connected to the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsuke Miyashita, Yasuaki Morioka, Kunihiko Nishino, Kumiko Kobayashi, Misako Kawai
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Patent number: 11917933Abstract: A working vehicle includes a steering handle, a vehicle body to travel with either manual steering by the steering handle or automatic steering of the steering handle based on a traveling reference line, an operator provided to the vehicle body, and a controller to terminate the automatic steering when the operator is operated under the automatic steering.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsuke Miyashita, Yasuaki Morioka, Kunihiko Nishino, Kumiko Kobayashi, Misako Kawai
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Patent number: 11866094Abstract: A working vehicle includes a steering handle, a vehicle body to travel by manual steering via the steering handle or automatic steering for the steering handle based on a scheduled traveling line, a setting switch to switch between valid and invalid, a setting mode to set at least the automatic steering before the automatic steering is started, and a display including a driving display portion to display driving information of the vehicle body during traveling. When the setting mode is switched to be valid, the display changes a displaying state of the driving display portion to another different displaying state different from the displaying state where the setting mode is invalid.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Misako Kawai, Kumiko Kobayashi, Yasuaki Morioka, Kunihiko Nishino, Shunsuke Miyashita, Shunsuke Edo, Manabu Togo
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Publication number: 20230339557Abstract: To reduce complexity of operation when a working vehicle performs automatic steering, the working vehicle includes a vehicle body to be manually steered with a steering wheel or automatically steered to travel forward or rearward, an operator's seat on the vehicle body, a console located forward of the operator's seat or located on one side of the operator's seat, a first manual operator for automatic steering provided in or on the console, and a second manual operator for automatic steering attachable at a location rearward of the operator's seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Toru TAMBO, Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Kunihiko NISHINO, Misako KIKUMOTO
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Publication number: 20230331301Abstract: A working vehicle includes a steering handle, a vehicle body to travel with either manual steering by the steering handle or automatic steering of the steering handle based on a traveling reference line, and a display including a line orientation display portion to indicate an orientation of the traveling reference line, and a vehicle orientation display portion to indicate an orientation of the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Kunihiko NISHINO, Kumiko KOBAYASHI, Misako KAWAI
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Publication number: 20230320248Abstract: To stably and safely perform automatic steering during rearward travel of a working vehicle, the working vehicle includes a vehicle body to be manually steered with a steering wheel or automatically steered to travel forward or rearward, a prime mover on the vehicle body, a working implement supported on the vehicle body, a power take-off (PTO) shaft to transmit power from the prime mover to the working implement, and a controller to control automatic steering of the vehicle body and driving of the PTO shaft. The controller is configured or programmed to allow the automatic steering during rearward travel of the vehicle body when the PTO shaft is in a stopped state, and prohibit the automatic steering during rearward travel of the vehicle body when the PTO shaft is in a driven state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Toru TAMBO, Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Kunihiko NISHINO, Misako KIKUMOTO
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Patent number: 11780499Abstract: A working vehicle includes an inertia detector to measure inertia information of a vehicle body, a rear axle supporting a rear wheel, and a transmission case rotatably supporting the rear wheel. The inertia detector overlaps with at least a portion of the transmission case in a plan view and is capable of accurately measuring inertia information when a vehicle body changes attitude.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Kumiko Kobayashi, Kunihiko Nishino, Yasuaki Morioka, Shunsuke Miyashita, Yuki Kubota, Misako Kawai
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Publication number: 20230303167Abstract: A working vehicle includes an inertia detector to measure inertia information of a vehicle body, a rear axle supporting a rear wheel, and a transmission case rotatably supporting the rear wheel. The inertia detector overlaps with at least a portion of the transmission case in a plan view and is capable of accurately measuring inertia information when a vehicle body changes attitude.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Kumiko KOBAYASHI, Kunihiko NISHINO, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Yuki KUBOTA, Misako KAWAI, Shigeo SHOEN
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Patent number: 11760293Abstract: A tractor includes: a driver seat on which a driver can sit; a hood 5 provided in front of the driver seat; and an antenna unit that receives satellite positioning information. When viewed from the front, an upper end portion of a ROPS and at least part of the antenna unit overlap with each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Kubota CorporationInventors: Kumiko Kobayashi, Misako Kawai, Kunihiko Nishino, Yasuaki Morioka, Shunsuke Miyashita, Yuki Kubota, Manabu Togo, Kenichi Iwami, Hiroki Suga, Toru Tambo
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Patent number: 11713078Abstract: A working vehicle includes a steering device including a steering handle, a vehicle body to travel with either manual steering by the steering handle or automatic steering of the steering handle based on a traveling reference traveling line, and a controller to permit automatic steering based on steering angles of the steering device obtained when the vehicle body travels a predetermined distance while being steered by the manual steering.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsuke Miyashita, Toru Tambo, Kenichi Iwami, Hiroki Suga, Yasuaki Morioka, Kunihiko Nishino, Kumiko Kobayashi, Misako Kawai
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Patent number: 11399454Abstract: A working vehicle includes a vehicle body to travel, a steering handle to be turned to steer the vehicle body, and a steering switch to steer the vehicle body separately from the steering handle. The steering switch may be a switch to be operated in a pressing manner or in a sliding manner to steer the vehicle body. In addition, the steering switch may be arranged around the steering handle.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsuke Miyashita, Kenichi Iwami, Hiroki Suga, Yuki Kubota, Toru Tambo, Kunihiko Nishino, Yasuaki Morioka, Kumiko Kobayashi, Misako Kawai, Manabu Togo, Yoshihiko Kuroshita
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Publication number: 20220109224Abstract: A riding management machine includes a traveling vehicle including a vehicle body, an operator's seat provided on the vehicle body, and a hood provided in front of the operator's seat, a working device attached to the traveling vehicle, a position detector to detect a position of the vehicle body based on a signal from a positioning satellite, and a support body to support the position detector above the hood. The support body includes a pair of struts on opposite sides of the vehicle body in a vehicle-width direction, a connector to connect tops of the pair of struts to each other, and reinforcements to connect the respective struts to the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Misako KIKUMOTO, Kunihiko NISHINO, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Hideaki EZAKI, Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Toru TAMBO
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Publication number: 20220108566Abstract: A working vehicle, includes a vehicle body travelable by selectively using either manual steering including a manual operation of a steering wheel or automatic steering including an automatic operation of the steering wheel based on a traveling reference line, a steering switch to selectively start or terminate the automatic steering after determination of the traveling reference line, and a calculator to calculate a number of works defined as a number of completed ground works.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventor: Yasuaki MORIOKA
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Publication number: 20220104423Abstract: A working vehicle includes a vehicle body capable of traveling either by either manual steering with a steering wheel or by automatic steering with the steering wheel, a reference registration controller configured or programmed to register a traveling reference line based on a position of the vehicle body caused to travel by the manual steering, an automatic steering controller configured or programmed to perform control by the automatic steering on a set scheduled traveling line based on the traveling reference line, a display to display information about the automatic steering when forward traveling by the automatic steering is to be performed, and a notifier to issue a notification of the information about the automatic steering aside from the information displayed on the display when rearward traveling by the automatic steering is to be performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Misako KIKUMOTO, Kunihiko NISHINO, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Hideaki EZAKI, Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Toru TAMBO
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Publication number: 20220107649Abstract: A working vehicle includes a vehicle body to travel either by manual steering with a steering wheel or by automatic steering with the steering wheel, a reference registration controller configured or programmed to register a traveling reference line based on a position of the vehicle body caused to travel by the manual steering, a traveling line setter configured or programmed to set, based on the traveling reference line, scheduled traveling lines for traveling using the automatic steering, and an automatic steering controller to control the automatic steering based on the scheduled traveling lines. The traveling line setter is configured or programmed to change an adjacency width between the scheduled traveling lines adjoining each other among the plurality of scheduled traveling lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Misako KIKUMOTO, Kunihiko NISHINO, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Hideaki EZAKI, Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Toru TAMBO
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Publication number: 20210146995Abstract: A working vehicle includes a steering device to steer a vehicle body, a working device connected to the vehicle body, an automatic steering controller to perform automatic steering of the steering device based on a difference between a scheduled traveling line and a position of the vehicle body, and a parameter changer to change a control parameter of the automatic steering depending on the working device connected to the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Kunihiko NISHINO, Kumiko KOBAYASHI, Misako KAWAI
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Publication number: 20210120729Abstract: A working vehicle includes a steering handle, a vehicle body to travel with either manual steering by the steering handle or automatic steering of the steering handle based on a traveling reference line, an operator provided to the vehicle body, and a controller to terminate the automatic steering when the operator is operated under the automatic steering.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2021Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Kunihiko NISHINO, Kumiko KOBAYASHI, Misako KAWAI
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Publication number: 20210114659Abstract: A working vehicle includes a steering device including a steering handle, a vehicle body to travel with either manual steering by the steering handle or automatic steering of the steering handle based on a traveling reference traveling line, and a controller to permit automatic steering based on steering angles of the steering device obtained when the vehicle body travels a predetermined distance while being steered by the manual steering.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Toru TAMBO, Kenichi IWAMI, Hiroki SUGA, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Kunihiko NISHINO, Kumiko KOBAYASHI, Misako KAWAI
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Publication number: 20210105929Abstract: A working vehicle includes a steering handle, a vehicle body to travel with either manual steering by the steering handle or automatic steering of the steering handle based on a traveling reference line, a steering switch to switch the automatic steering between to be started and to be terminated, and a notifier to provide notification that the vehicle body is approaching a shifting position that shifts in a width direction of the vehicle body with respect to a switching position of the vehicle body where the steering switch is operated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Shunsuke MIYASHITA, Kumiko KOBAYASHI, Misako KAWAI, Yasuaki MORIOKA, Kunihiko NISHINO
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Publication number: 20200398780Abstract: A tractor includes: a driver seat on which a driver can sit; a hood 5 provided in front of the driver seat; and an antenna unit that receives satellite positioning information. When viewed from the front, an upper end portion of a ROPS and at least part of the antenna unit overlap with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Kumiko Kobayashi, Misako Kawai, Kunihiko Nishino, Yasuaki Morioka, Shunsuke Miyashita, Yuki Kubota, Manabu Togo, Kenichi Iwami, Hiroki Suga, Toru Tambo