Patents by Inventor Yasuhiko Shimazu

Yasuhiko Shimazu 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: 20220340395
    Abstract: In a work machine suspension device, each of a plurality of retention devices includes a support member that is supported by a first leg portion main body so as to be movable between an entry allowed position and a retention position. The entry allowed position is a position where the support member retracts from a second leg portion main body to allow a retained portion to enter between the first leg portion main body and the second leg portion main body, and the retention position is a position where the retained portion is retained on the support member while the support member is supported by the first leg portion main body and the second leg portion main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teppei MAEDO, Yasuhiko SHIMAZU, Nobuhiro TAKAMATSU, Kazufumi KUDARA
  • Publication number: 20220177278
    Abstract: Provided is a holding apparatus capable of holding a holding object with sufficient holding force from either of the outside and the inside. The holding apparatus includes a holding-apparatus body, a first and second arms, an opening and closing mechanism, a driving device, and a first and second holding elements. The opening and closing mechanism interconnects each of the first and second arms and the holding apparatus main bodies so as to allow the first and second arms to be moved in the opening and closing direction while kept in the holding posture. The first and second holding elements is pivotably connected to the arm lower region, having respective inner contact surfaces opposed to each other in the opening and closing direction and respective outer contact surfaces facing the opposite side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko SHIMAZU, Ryunosuke MIYAZAKI, Nobuhiro FUKUO, Koji YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 9217237
    Abstract: The present invention aims to reduce the costs of construction machine by providing a side frame that can be shared by a plurality of construction machines of different models. A left side frame has: a cab support portion for supporting a cab; a cooler support portion provided behind the cab support portion to support a cooler; and a tank support portion provided between the cab support portion and the cooler support portion to support a tank. The tank support portion is configured to allow one of a first tank and a second tank that is different from the first tank in size in the right-and-left direction to be selectively attached to the tank support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Shimomura, Yasuhiko Shimazu
  • Publication number: 20150191895
    Abstract: The present invention aims to reduce the costs of construction machine by providing a side frame that can be shared by a plurality of construction machines of different models. A left side frame has: a cab support portion for supporting a cab; a cooler support portion provided behind the cab support portion to support a cooler; and a tank support portion provided between the cab support portion and the cooler support portion to support a tank. The tank support portion is configured to allow one of a first tank and a second tank that is different from the first tank in size in the right-and-left direction to be selectively attached to the tank support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke SHIMOMURA, Yasuhiko SHIMAZU
  • Publication number: 20140145471
    Abstract: A set of members forming an upper frame of a construction machine includes a center section, a left side deck, and a right side deck. The left side deck has a left deck beam. The right side deck has a right deck beam. At least one of the left deck beam or the right deck beam is adjustment deck beams. The adjustment deck beam has a contacting part that is adapted to be brought into contact with and is also adapted to be welded to an external side surface of an adjustment-side longitudinal plate, a first opposing part that is adapted to be opposed to a side surface of the bottom plate and is also adapted to be welded to the side surface, and a second opposing part that is adapted to be opposed to an upper surface of the bottom plate with a height-adjustment gap therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke SHIMOMURA, Yasuhiko Shimazu