Patents by Inventor Yohei SETO
Yohei SETO 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: 10584465Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body that includes a heat exchange room in which an opening portion facing a rear side is formed, and a rear passage extending in a width direction along a lower edge portion of the opening portion behind the opening portion, a cooling unit that is provided in the heat exchange room and includes a rear surface facing the rear side, and a blower unit that includes a fan rotationally driven and a movable shroud covering the fan from an outer peripheral side, and that is movable with respect to the vehicle body so that a movement region of the blower unit overlaps the rear passage between a closed position at which the blower unit faces the rear surface of the cooling unit from the rear side and an open position at which the blower unit exposes the rear surface of the cooling unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Yu Sakon, Yohei Seto, Hirofumi Miyamoto
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Patent number: 10577775Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body which has a passage including a rear passage, and a movable fence rotatably supported to the vehicle body around a rotation axis which extends in a vertical direction between a normal position which extends in a width direction of the vehicle body along a rear edge of the rear passage and a retreat position which extends backward from the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Miyamoto, Yohei Seto
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Patent number: 10458309Abstract: A work vehicle includes a blower unit that includes a movable bracket rotatably supported to a vehicle body, a fan supported to the movable bracket and rotationally driven around an axis, and a movable shroud covering the fan from an outer peripheral side. The movable shroud includes a shroud body supported so as to face the movable bracket and surrounding the fan, a ring shroud formed in an annular shape and provided between the shroud body and an outer peripheral end of the fan, and a bolt fixing the ring shroud to the shroud body from a side opposite to a side on which is supported to the movable bracket when viewed from the shroud body.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventor: Yohei Seto
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Patent number: 10308289Abstract: A front fender includes: a first member, at least a part of which is disposed upward with respect to a front tire of a wheel loader; a second member which includes an upper plate having an upper surface facing a lower surface of the first member, and a rear plate which is connected to a rear end of the upper plate and disposed rearward with respect to the front tire; an inclined plate which is connected to a lower surface of the upper plate and a front surface of the rear plate; and a connecting member which connects the upper plate and the first member. The inclined plate includes: a through hole which is provided immediately below the connecting member and through which the connecting member can pass; and a notch hole which is provided at a lower end of the inclined plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Yuichiro Aoyama, Yohei Seto
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Publication number: 20180334193Abstract: A front fender includes: a first member, at least a part of which is disposed upward with respect to a front tire of a wheel loader; a second member which includes an upper plate having an upper surface facing a lower surface of the first member, and a rear plate which is connected to a rear end of the upper plate and disposed rearward with respect to the front tire; an inclined plate which is connected to a lower surface of the upper plate and a front surface of the rear plate; and a connecting member which connects the upper plate and the first member. The inclined plate includes: a through hole which is provided immediately below the connecting member and through which the connecting member can pass; and a notch hole which is provided at a lower end of the inclined plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2016Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Yuichiro Aoyama, Yohei Seto
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Publication number: 20180266076Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body that includes a heat exchange room in which an opening portion facing a rear side is formed, and a rear passage extending in a width direction along a lower edge portion of the opening portion behind the opening portion, a cooling unit that is provided in the heat exchange room and includes a rear surface facing the rear side, and a blower unit that includes a fan rotationally driven and a movable shroud covering the fan from an outer peripheral side, and that is movable with respect to the vehicle body so that a movement region of the blower unit overlaps the rear passage between a closed position at which the blower unit faces the rear surface of the cooling unit from the rear side and an open position at which the blower unit exposes the rear surface of the cooling unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Yu SAKRON, Yohei SETO, Hirofumi MIYAMOTO
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Publication number: 20180266075Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body which has a passage including a rear passage, and a movable fence rotatably supported to the vehicle body around a rotation axis which extends in a vertical direction between a normal position which extends in a width direction of the vehicle body along a rear edge of the rear passage and a retreat position which extends backward from the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi MIYAMOTO, Yohei SETO
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Publication number: 20180258831Abstract: A work vehicle includes a blower unit that includes a movable bracket rotatably supported to a vehicle body, a fan supported to the movable bracket and rotationally driven around an axis, and a movable shroud covering the fan from an outer peripheral side. The movable shroud includes a shroud body supported so as to face the movable bracket and surrounding the fan, a ring shroud formed in an annular shape and provided between the shroud body and an outer peripheral end of the fan, and a bolt fixing the ring shroud to the shroud body from a side opposite to a side on which is supported to the movable bracket when viewed from the shroud body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.Inventor: Yohei SETO