Patents by Inventor Yoichi Sugihara

Yoichi Sugihara 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: 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: 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
  • Patent number: 7469534
    Abstract: A load control structure for a work vehicle comprises: a device for detecting operating position of a manually operated speed change operating element; an engine load detection device for detecting load on an engine of the work vehicle; a swash plate position detecting device for detecting an operating position of a swash plate of a variable displacement pump of a hydrostatic continuously variable speed change device; a pump operating device for steplessly operating the swash plate of the variable displacement pump; a motor operating device for operating a swash plate of a variable displacement motor of the hydrostatic continuously variable speed change device between at least two speed change positions including a higher speed position and a lower speed position; a control device for controlling the operations of the pump operating device and the motor operating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Nishi, Keishiro Nishi, Atsushi Shinkai, Yasunobu Nakatani, Muneji Okamoto, Yoichi Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20070068152
    Abstract: A load control structure for a work vehicle comprises: a device for detecting operating position of a manually operated speed change operating element; an engine load detection device for detecting load on an engine of the work vehicle; a swash plate position detecting device for detecting an operating position of a swash plate of a variable displacement pump of a hydrostatic continuously variable speed change device; a pump operating device for steplessly operating the swash plate of the variable displacement pump; a motor operating device for operating a swash plate of a variable displacement motor of the hydrostatic continuously variable speed change device between at least two speed change positions including a higher speed position and a lower speed position; a control device for controlling the operations of the pump operating device and the motor operating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: Kuboto Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Nishi, Keishiro Nishi, Atsushi Shinkai, Yasunobu Nakatani, Muneji Okamoto, Yoichi Sugihara
  • Patent number: 6250414
    Abstract: To provide a working vehicle with a simple body structure, an HST case containing a hydraulic stepless transmission is disposed between an engine adjacent one end in a fore and aft direction of a vehicle body, and a propelling transmission case disposed adjacent the other end in the fore and aft direction. The HST case, with the engine and propelling transmission case, forms the vehicle body. With this construction, a driving deck is located at a relatively low level so that the driver may board and alight from the deck with ease. Despite the low level of the deck, the bottom of the vehicle body is at a relatively high level to be free from contact with projections on unleveled terrain. Frame strength may be increased where the HST case is connected between a main clutch housing connected to the rear of the engine and the propelling transmission case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Sato, Yasunobu Nakatani, Hiroshi Miyake, Keishiro Nishi, Akiyoshi Ono, Motonobu Nishii, Yoichi Sugihara, Shota Nagasawa, Kiyoshi Hanamoto