Patents by Inventor Yoshikazu Aota

Yoshikazu Aota 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: 7328760
    Abstract: A semicrawler-type working vehicle is provided having a vehicle body (3), a front steering control wheel (7) arranged at a front side of the vehicle body, a drive shaft (26) and a pivot shaft (22) arranged at a rear side of the vehicle body, and a semicrawler unit (2) driven by the drive shaft. The semicrawler-type working vehicle comprises: a track frame (16) by which the semicrawler unit (2) is supported via the pivot shaft (22) so as to be pivotable relative to the vehicle body (3); a drive wheel (11) arranged on the drive shaft (26); a front driven wheel (12) and a rear driven wheel (13) that are supported by the track frame (16) such that a horizontal distance from the drive wheel (11) to the front driven wheel (12) is longer than a horizontal distance from the drive wheel (11) to the rear driven wheel (13); and a crawler belt (15) that is wound around the drive wheel (11), the front driven wheel (12), and the rear driven wheel (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Motonari Inaoka, Takeshi Imamura, Yuji Tomiyama, Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshikazu Aota
  • Patent number: 6890042
    Abstract: A crawler traveling apparatus includes a rubber crawler belt having a plurality of driving projections formed with a predetermined peripheral pitch on an inner peripheral face of the belt, a drive wheel rotatable when engaged with the driving projections of the crawler belt for driving the belt, and a plurality of free wheels rotatable for laterally guiding the driving projections under movement. Each driving projection has an upper half having a lateral face including an upper half lateral face portion and a lower half having a lower half lateral face portion, the upper half lateral face portion having an erect inclination angle smaller than an erect inclination angle of the lower half lateral face portion. Each free wheel has an inner lateral face opposed to the driving projection, the inner lateral face having an inclined guide face having an inclination parallel to the lower half lateral face portion of the driving projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Motonari Inaoka, Yuji Tomiyama, Yoshikazu Aota, Takashi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050060918
    Abstract: A semicrawler-type working vehicle is provided having a vehicle body (3), a front steering control wheel (7) arranged at a front side of the vehicle body, a drive shaft (26) and a pivot shaft (22) arranged at a rear side of the vehicle body, and a semicrawler unit (2) driven by the drive shaft. The semicrawler-type working vehicle comprises: a track frame (16) by which the semicrawler unit (2) is supported via the pivot shaft (22) so as to be pivotable relative to the vehicle body (3); a drive wheel (11) arranged on the drive shaft (26); a front driven wheel (12) and a rear driven wheel (13) that are supported by the track frame (16) such that a horizontal distance from the drive wheel (11) to the front driven wheel (12) is longer than a horizontal distance from the drive wheel (11) to the rear driven wheel (13); and a crawler belt (15) that is wound around the drive wheel (11), the front driven wheel (12), and the rear driven wheel (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Motonari Inaoka, Takeshi Imamura, Yuji Tomiyama, Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshikazu Aota
  • Publication number: 20040135433
    Abstract: A crawler traveling apparatus includes a rubber crawler belt having a plurality of driving projections formed with a predetermined peripheral pitch on an inner peripheral face of the belt, a drive wheel rotatable when engaged with the driving projections of the crawler belt for driving the belt, and a plurality of free wheels rotatable for laterally guiding the driving projections under movement. Each driving projection has an upper half having a lateral face including an upper half lateral face portion and a lower half having a lower half lateral face portion, the upper half lateral face portion having an erect inclination angle smaller than an erect inclination angle of the lower half lateral face portion. Each free wheel has an inner lateral face opposed to the driving projection, the inner lateral face having an inclined guide face having an inclination parallel to the lower half lateral face portion of the driving projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motonari Inaoka, Yuji Tomiyama, Yoshikazu Aota, Takashi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 5186297
    Abstract: A hydraulic operating apparatus includes a release hub for supporting a release bearing, a piston formed separately from the release hub, and an abutting plate disposed between the piston and release hub as a power transmission relay member for absorbing shocks. The abutting plate may itself be formed of an elastic material or may include an elastic element to suppress shocks transmitted between the piston and release hub. The release hub and piston are formed annular, and the release hub is supported slidable on an outer surface of an outer wall section of a cylinder defining an annular piston chamber. The release hub includes a supporting surface having a smaller diameter than the outer wall section for supporting the release bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Toshinobu Owada, Akio Inamori, Yoshikazu Aota, Shigeo Sakamoto, Seiichi Takahashi
  • Patent number: D497621
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Motonari Inaoka, Yoshikazu Aota, Takashi Kobayashi, Takeshi Imamura