Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Ebata

Yoshihiro Ebata 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: 11885107
    Abstract: A hose support structure includes a first round bar and a second round bar provided on a mounting surface of a first plate and extending in a first direction. A first restraint and a second restraint face the mounting surface in a second direction and are provided between the first round bar and the second round bar in a third direction. The first restraint extends from a first proximal end toward a first distal end in a fourth direction, and the second restraint extends in a fifth direction opposite to the fourth direction from a second proximal end connected to the first proximal end. A third restraint is provided opposite to the second restraint with respect to the first restraint in the first direction. At least a part of the second restraint is separated from the mounting surface by a second distance shorter than the first distance in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Kubo, Toyoharu Hashima, Yoshihiro Ebata
  • Patent number: 11713558
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a cab frame attached to the vehicle body frame so as to be rotatable around a pivot axis, a support provided on the cab frame, a fastener provided on the cab frame and between the support and the pivot axis in a radial direction from the pivot axis, a hydraulic hose, and a hose installation member. The hose installation member includes an engaging portion connected to the fastener, an extending portion configured to be supported on the support, a beam portion connecting the engaging portion and the extending portion, and a first hose holding member provided on the beam portion and having a first opening through which the hydraulic hose passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Inaoka, Yoshihiro Ebata, Shun Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20230042733
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a cover having a center cover portion, a first side cover portion, and a second side cover portion. The center cover portion includes a punching metal and has a substantially rectangular shape. A first side and a second side of the rectangular shape face each other in a width direction, and a third side and a fourth side of the rectangular shape face each other in a front-rear direction. The first side cover includes a punching metal, has a substantially rectangular shape, is connected to the center cover portion at the first side, and is inclined downward in the height direction relative to the center cover portion. The second side cover includes a punching metal, has a substantially rectangular shape, is connected to the center cover portion at the second side, and is inclined downward in the height direction relative to the center cover portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro USAMI, Kosuke HATTORI, Yoshihiro EBATA, Shinsuke HISATAKE
  • Publication number: 20230034690
    Abstract: A hose support structure includes a first round bar and a second round bar provided on a mounting surface of a first plate and extending in a first direction. A first restraint and a second restraint face the mounting surface in a second direction and are provided between the first round bar and the second round bar in a third direction. The first restraint extends from a first proximal end toward a first distal end in a fourth direction, and the second restraint extends in a fifth direction opposite to the fourth direction from a second proximal end connected to the first proximal end. A third restraint is provided opposite to the second restraint with respect to the first restraint in the first direction. At least a part of the second restraint is separated from the mounting surface by a second distance shorter than the first distance in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro KUBO, Toyoharu HASHIMA, Yoshihiro EBATA
  • Patent number: 11371216
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a first hydraulic pump that supplies hydraulic oil to a first hydraulic motor so as to drive a first travel device forward when hydraulic pressure applied to a first port is higher than hydraulic pressure applied to a second port, and a second hydraulic pump to drive a second travel device forward when hydraulic pressure applied to a third port is higher than hydraulic pressure applied to a fourth port. A first pilot oil passage, a second pilot oil passage, a third pilot oil passage, and a fourth pilot oil passage connect the operation device to first, second, third, and fourth ports, respectively. A first bypass oil passage connects the first pilot oil passage and the fourth pilot oil passage. A second bypass oil passage connects the second pilot oil passage and the third pilot oil passage. A first throttle is provided in the first bypass oil passage. A second throttle is provided in the second bypass oil passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Inaoka, Yoshihiro Ebata, Shun Tsuruta, Daiki Abe
  • Publication number: 20220112689
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a first hydraulic pump that supplies hydraulic oil to a first hydraulic motor so as to drive a first travel device forward when hydraulic pressure applied to a first port is higher than hydraulic pressure applied to a second port, and a second hydraulic pump to drive a second travel device forward when hydraulic pressure applied to a third port is higher than hydraulic pressure applied to a fourth port. A first pilot oil passage, a second pilot oil passage, a third pilot oil passage, and a fourth pilot oil passage connect the operation device to first, second, third, and fourth ports, respectively. A first bypass oil passage connects the first pilot oil passage and the fourth pilot oil passage. A second bypass oil passage connects the second pilot oil passage and the third pilot oil passage. A first throttle is provided in the first bypass oil passage. A second throttle is provided in the second bypass oil passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki INAOKA, Yoshihiro EBATA, Shun TSURUTA, Daiki ABE
  • Publication number: 20220034063
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a cab frame attached to the vehicle body frame so as to be rotatable around a pivot axis, a support provided on the cab frame, a fastener provided on the cab frame and between the support and the pivot axis in a radial direction from the pivot axis, a hydraulic hose, and a hose installation member. The hose installation member includes an engaging portion connected to the fastener, an extending portion configured to be supported on the support, a beam portion connecting the engaging portion and the extending portion, and a first hose holding member provided on the beam portion and having a first opening through which the hydraulic hose passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki INAOKA, Yoshihiro EBATA, Shun TSURUTA
  • Patent number: 10704232
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a working machine includes an fluid cooler including an input port and an output port, the fluid cooler being configured to cool an operation fluid, an outputting portion to output the operation fluid, a traveling hydraulic device to be activated by the operation fluid, an operating hydraulic device to be activated by the operation fluid, a first output fluid tube connecting the operating hydraulic device to a tank, a second output fluid tube branching from the first output fluid tube and being connected to the input port of the fluid cooler, a third output fluid tube connecting the outputting portion to the output port of the fluid cooler, a fourth output fluid tube connected to the traveling hydraulic device, the fourth output fluid tube being connected to the second output fluid tube, and a first check valve disposed on the fourth output fluid tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Fukuda, Keigo Honda, Hiroaki Nakagawa, Daisuke Sakurai, Toshiya Tani, Taisuke Shinohara, Yoshihiro Ebata
  • Publication number: 20180163375
    Abstract: A hydraulic system for a working machine includes an fluid cooler including an input port and an output port, the fluid cooler being configured to cool an operation fluid, an outputting portion to output the operation fluid, a traveling hydraulic device to be activated by the operation fluid, an operating hydraulic device to be activated by the operation fluid, a first output fluid tube connecting the operating hydraulic device to a tank, a second output fluid tube branching from the first output fluid tube and being connected to the input port of the fluid cooler, a third output fluid tube connecting the outputting portion to the output port of the fluid cooler, a fourth output fluid tube connected to the traveling hydraulic device, the fourth output fluid tube being connected to the second output fluid tube, and a first check valve disposed on the fourth output fluid tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Keigo HONDA, Hiroaki NAKAGAWA, Daisuke SAKURAI, Toshiya TANI, Taisuke SHINOHARA, Yoshihiro EBATA
  • Patent number: 4857486
    Abstract: Disclosed are an adhesive for oxide ceramics, which comprises as its effective ingredient a crystallized glass mainly comprising SiO.sub.2, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, Li.sub.2 O, MgO and/or ZnO, and TiO.sub.2 and/or ZrO.sub.2, and also a method of bonding oxide ceramics together, which comprises heating oxide ceramics to be bonded together at 1200.degree. to 1600.degree. C. with the adhesive placed between the ceramics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Japan as represented by Director General of Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ebata, Masanori Kouyama, Nobuyuki Tamari, Takamichi Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 4761317
    Abstract: Disclosed is an abrasion resistant adherend, which comprises a vulcanized rubber layer and ceramic pieces juxtaposed and embedded in the rubber layer and in which the ceramic pieces are at least partly exposed out of the rubber layer and are provided with a penetrative sintering layer in such a portion thereof as being in contact with the rubber layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignee: Agency of Industrial Science & Technology
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ebata, Tohru Komiyama, Ryozo Hayami, Masanori Koyama
  • Patent number: 4724020
    Abstract: A method for jointing ceramic elements is disclosed. Ceramic elements to be joined are arranged between a pair of torces each having a nozzle for spouting combustion gas.The joint line of ceramic elements is first heated by flames of combustion gas spouted from each nozzle and, then, a high voltage is applied between said pair of torches. Ceramic elements are joined by said heating and applying a high voltage between torches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1988
    Assignee: Japan as represented by Director General, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ebata, Masanori Kohyama, Nobuyuki Tamari, Makoto Kinoshita, Ryozo Hayami, Susumu Mori, Masahiko Nozawa, Tokuzo Nishi
  • Patent number: 4707416
    Abstract: A composite material composed of a non-oxide type ceramic and iron or an alloy thereof is disclosed, wherein the non-oxide type ceramic is formed with a copper metallized surface and bonded to the iron or alloy thereof with an intermediate layer of Invar steel, Kovar or copper disposed between the copper metallized surface and the iron or alloy thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ebata, Ryozo Hayami, Nobuyuki Tamari, Yasuo Toibana, Makoto Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 4631099
    Abstract: A method for the adhesion of oxide type ceramics and copper or a copper alloy is provided by this invention, which method comprises placing the oxide type ceramics and the copper or copper alloy in mutual contact, heating them in an oxidative atmosphere thereby effecting adhesion thereof, and rapidly cooling the resultant composite of adhesion. The adhesive strength of the composite of adhesion so produced is about 40% higher than the adhesive strength of a similar composite of adhesion obtained by the conventional method involving gradual cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1986
    Assignee: Agency of Industrial Science & Technology
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ebata, Saburo Kose, Ryozo Hayami
  • Patent number: 4529459
    Abstract: An adhesive agent having, as its active components, copper sulfide and at least one member selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, and kaoline enables the opposed surfaces of two oxide-type ceramic articles to be joined to each other with high adhesive strength, this fast union being accomplished by interposing the adhesive agent between the opposed surfaces of the ceramic articles and heating the adhesive agent to a temperature of not less than 1000.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignees: Agency of Industrial Science & Technology, Ministry of International Trade & Industry
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ebata, Makoto Kinoshita, Ryozo Hayami
  • Patent number: 4525387
    Abstract: A process for metallizing the surface of a ceramic is provided. The surface of a ceramic is coated with a mixture of SiO.sub.2 and at least one copper compound selected from the group consisting of copper carbonate, copper sulfate, copper sulfide, copper oxide, and copper chloride. Thereafter, the film is heated at 900.degree. to 1300.degree. C. in an oxidizing atmosphere to form a baked layer on the surface of the ceramic. The ceramic having the baked layer formed thereon is subjected to a reduction treatment to form a copper-metallized layer on the surface of the ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1985
    Assignee: Agency of Industrial Science & Technology
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ebata, Nobuyuki Tamari, Yasuo Toibana, Ryozo Hayami
  • Patent number: 4486257
    Abstract: A composition of at least one member selected from the group consisting of sodium fluoride and calcium fluoride and optionally containing kaolin is powerful adhesive for ceramic articles which is used by interposing the adhesive intimately between the opposed surfaces for union of the ceramic articles and heating the adhesive to a temperature equal to or higher than the decomposition temperature of the fluoride used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: Agency of Industrial Science & Technology Ministry of International Trade & Technology
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ebata, Saburo Kose, Makoto Kinoshita, Tsutomu Ueno
  • Patent number: 4484972
    Abstract: Adhesion of two silicon nitride parts is accomplished by interposing a layer of calcium fluoride or a mixture of calcium fluoride with kaoline between the two silicon nitride parts and heating the resultant interposed layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1984
    Assignee: Agency of Industrial Science & Technology Ministry of International Trade & Industry
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ebata, Nobuyuki Tamari, Makoto Kinoshita, Yasuo Toibana
  • Patent number: 4447283
    Abstract: An adhesive having as its active component at least one fluoride selected from the group consisting of alkali metal fluorides except for sodium fluoride and alkaline earth metal fluorides except for calcium fluoride or a combination of the aforementioned at least one fluoride with kaolin and an adhesive having as its active component a combination of at least one member selected from the group consisting of yttria and alkaline earth metal compounds except for fluorides, an alkali metal fluoride, and at least one member selected from the group consisting of kaolin and alkaline earth metal fluorides both provide fast adhesion easily between two ceramic articles by a method which comprises the steps of interposing the adhesive between the ceramic articles and heating the ceramic articles with the adhesive therebetween to a temperature equal to or higher than the decomposition temperature of the fluoride in the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1984
    Assignees: Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ebata, Saburo Kose, Ryozo Hayami
  • Patent number: 4293356
    Abstract: A method for providing strong adhesion of two ceramic articles to each other or one ceramic article to an article of metallic copper, which method comprises applying, in the former adhesion, a powder mixture of CuS-LaCrO.sub.3 -SiO.sub.2 -Cu to the opposed surfaces of the two ceramic articles or, in the latter adhesion, a powder mixture of CuS-LaCrO.sub.3 -SiO.sub.2 to the opposed surfaces of the ceramic article and the article of metallic copper and, thereafter, heating the pair of articles in the air at a temperature of from 1000.degree. to 1200.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1981
    Assignees: Agency of Industrial Science & Technology, Ministry of International Trade & Industry
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ebata, Yasuo Toibana, Tsuneo Uetsuki, Saburo Kose, Makoto Kinoshita