Patents by Inventor Yoshitaka Onodera
Yoshitaka Onodera 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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Publication number: 20230304255Abstract: A control system of a loading machine, having working equipment including a bucket, includes a control device. The control device detects a first surface of an excavated object excavated by the bucket during excavation work, calculates an under-excavation load angle indicating an angle of the first surface with respect to the horizontal plane on the basis of detection data of the first surface, and estimates the weight of the excavated object on the basis of the under-excavation load angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Takahisa Oasa, Koji Aoshima, Yasuhiro Igarashi, Yoshitaka Onodera, Takehiro Komatsu, Shozo Kikuchi
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Patent number: 9637126Abstract: A work vehicle has a running motor and includes a first controller generating a speed command value to control the motor and adding an actual running speed of the work vehicle to a relationship between a torque command value for a torque in the motor and a running speed of the work vehicle to generate a first torque command value and a second controller generating a second torque command value based on the speed command value and the actual running speed, controls the motor using a smaller one of the first and second torque command values when the work vehicle moves forward, and controls the motor using a greater one of them when the work vehicle moves backward. The first controller determines the speed command value based on an accelerator opening used to regulate the running speed, the actual running speed, and an actual movement direction of the work vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Yuji Kikuyama, Yoshitaka Onodera
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Patent number: 9593002Abstract: A work vehicle includes an accelerator operation amount generator receiving an actual accelerator operation amount of an accelerator operator to generate a control accelerator operation amount; an engine controller controlling the engine according to the control accelerator operation amount; and a storage storing a table in which an increasing speed for the control accelerator operation amount is set, wherein the accelerator operation amount generator obtains a difference between a converted accelerator operation amount of the accelerator operator converted from a rotating speed of the engine in a current control cycle and a control accelerator operation amount obtained in the last control cycle, determines an increasing speed of the control accelerator operation amount from the difference by referring to the table, and changes the control accelerator operation amount to an actual operation amount in the current control cycle with the determined increasing speed.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Kaneko, Yoshitaka Onodera, Yoshifumi Shitara, Taishi Oiwa, Jun Hashimoto
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Patent number: 9540011Abstract: A work vehicle includes a variable displacement hydraulic pump driven by an engine, a hydraulic motor forming a closed circuit with the pump and driven by hydraulic fluid discharged from the pump, wheels driven by the motor to allow the work vehicle to travel, a selector detecting an operating state of a switch switching the traveling of the work vehicle between forward and backward, and a controller. When the selector detects a reversal operation of the switch to reverse the traveling direction when the work vehicle travels, the controller sets relationship between the vehicle speed of the work vehicle and the upper limit of the rotational speed of the engine such that the upper limit increases as the absolute value of the vehicle speed approaches zero. The controller obtains an upper limit of the rotational speed from the relationship and a vehicle speed of the work vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Kaneko, Yoshitaka Onodera, Yoshifumi Shitara, Taishi Oiwa, Jun Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20160257539Abstract: A work vehicle includes an accelerator operation amount generator receiving an actual accelerator operation amount of an accelerator operator to generate a control accelerator operation amount; an engine controller controlling the engine according to the control accelerator operation amount; and a storage storing a table in which an increasing speed for the control accelerator operation amount is set, wherein the accelerator operation amount generator obtains a difference between a converted accelerator operation amount of the accelerator operator converted from a rotating speed of the engine in a current control cycle and a control accelerator operation amount obtained in the last control cycle, determines an increasing speed of the control accelerator operation amount from the difference by referring to the table, and changes the control accelerator operation amount to an actual operation amount in the current control cycle with the determined increasing speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Shinji Kaneko, Yoshitaka Onodera, Yoshifumi Shitara, Taishi Oiwa, Jun Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20160084275Abstract: A work vehicle including: a traveling hydraulic pump of a variable displacement type driven by engine; a hydraulic motor forming a closed circuit with the traveling hydraulic pump and driven by operating oil discharged from the traveling hydraulic pump; a drive wheel driven by the hydraulic motor; and a control device determining whether an operator of the work vehicle has an intention of decelerating the work vehicle, and when the operator has an intention of decelerating the work vehicle and when the work vehicle starts to increase its speed, the control device causes a capacity ratio obtained by dividing a capacity of the hydraulic motor by a capacity of the traveling hydraulic pump, to be equal to or larger than a value when the work vehicle starts to increase its speed, according to an increasing amount in the speed of the work vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Shinji Kaneko, Yoshitaka Onodera, Yoshifumi Shitara, Taishi Oiwa, Jun Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20160082966Abstract: A work vehicle includes a variable displacement hydraulic pump driven by an engine, a hydraulic motor forming a closed circuit with the pump and driven by hydraulic fluid discharged from the pump, wheels driven by the motor to allow the work vehicle to travel, a selector detecting an operating state of a switch switching the traveling of the work vehicle between forward and backward, and a controller. When the selector detects a reversal operation of the switch to reverse the traveling direction when the work vehicle travels, the controller sets relationship between the vehicle speed of the work vehicle and the upper limit of the rotational speed of the engine such that the upper limit increases as the absolute value of the vehicle speed approaches zero. The controller obtains an upper limit of the rotational speed from the relationship and a vehicle speed of the work vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Shinji Kaneko, Yoshitaka Onodera, Yoshifumi Shitara, Taishi Oiwa, Jun Hashimoto
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Patent number: 9091342Abstract: A control device controls a hydrostatic transmission vehicle having a hydrostatic transmission including a variable displacement pump and a variable displacement hydraulic motor. The control device is configured to set a set vehicle speed based on a forward/rearward travel command and a gear stage command instructed by an operator, to set a torque limit usable for the hydrostatic transmission based on an engine speed, to set a vehicle speed limit based on a pressure in the hydraulic circuit and the torque limit, to select a lower one of the set vehicle speed and the vehicle speed limit, and to control respective displacements of the variable displacement pump and the variable displacement hydraulic motor based on the selected vehicle speed.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Masayuki Mukaino, Shigeru Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Onodera, Takao Ishihara
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Patent number: 9045045Abstract: A work vehicle is provided with a traveling motor, and includes a first control unit generating a speed command value for controlling the motor and changing the speed command value according to passage of time when an opening of an accelerator that adjusts a traveling speed is larger than 0, and assigning an actual traveling speed of the work vehicle to a relationship between a torque command value that is a command value of torque to be generated by the motor and the traveling speed of the work vehicle to generate a first torque command value; and a second control unit generating a second torque command value based on the speed command value generated by the first control unit and the actual traveling speed, and controlling the motor based on the first torque command value or the second torque command value.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka Onodera, Yuji Kikuyama, Yoshiaki Nagashima, Hiroyuki Kijima
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Patent number: 8996259Abstract: An engine control device for a forklift that suppresses an increase in fuel consumption amount and noise by limiting an engine rotation speed when the forklift is driven without the need to increase the engine speed according to the accelerator operation even when the accelerator is depressed hard. Determining means in a controller determines whether all of the following conditions are satisfied: a neutral position of the traveling direction instructing means; a lift raising switch and first, second and third attachment switches are turned off. When all of the above conditions are satisfied, it is determined whether the forklift is driven in any of a plurality of states. An engine control means generates and outputs a control command to obtain the engine speed based on the accelerator pedal depression with the upper limit value of the engine speed set as an upper limit value of the engine speed.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Shinji Kaneko, Yoshitaka Onodera, Jun Hashimoto, Hideyuki Hiraiwa, Kazunori Nishimura
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Publication number: 20150066317Abstract: A control device controls a hydrostatic transmission vehicle having a hydrostatic transmission including a variable displacement pump and a variable displacement hydraulic motor. The control device is configured to set a set vehicle speed based on a forward/rearward travel command and a gear stage command instructed by an operator, to set a torque limit usable for the hydrostatic transmission based on an engine speed, to set a vehicle speed limit based on a pressure in the hydraulic circuit and the torque limit, to select a lower one of the set vehicle speed and the vehicle speed limit, and to control respective displacements of the variable displacement pump and the variable displacement hydraulic motor based on the selected vehicle speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Eiji ISHIBASHI, Masayuki MUKAINO, Shigeru YAMAMOTO, Yoshitaka ONODERA, Takao ISHIHARA
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Publication number: 20150039164Abstract: A work vehicle is provided with a traveling motor, and includes a first control unit generating a speed command value for controlling the motor and changing the speed command value according to passage of time when an opening of an accelerator that adjusts a traveling speed is larger than 0, and assigning an actual traveling speed of the work vehicle to a relationship between a torque command value that is a command value of torque to be generated by the motor and the traveling speed of the work vehicle to generate a first torque command value; and a second control unit generating a second torque command value based on the speed command value generated by the first control unit and the actual traveling speed, and controlling the motor based on the first torque command value or the second torque command value.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventors: Yoshitaka Onodera, Yuji Kikuyama, Yoshiaki Nagashima, Hiroyuki Kijima
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Publication number: 20140350799Abstract: A work vehicle has a running motor and includes a first controller generating a speed command value to control the motor and adding an actual running speed of the work vehicle to a relationship between a torque command value for a torque in the motor and a running speed of the work vehicle to generate a first torque command value and a second controller generating a second torque command value based on the speed command value and the actual running speed, controls the motor using a smaller one of the first and second torque command values when the work vehicle moves forward, and controls the motor using a greater one of them when the work vehicle moves backward. The first controller determines the speed command value based on an accelerator opening used to regulate the running speed, the actual running speed, and an actual movement direction of the work vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Yuji Kikuyama, Yoshitaka Onodera
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Patent number: 8855871Abstract: In an engine-overrun-preventing control device, if an engine speed exceeds a maximum speed, a minimum value of an inching rate is set such that higher the actual engine speed results in a higher minimum value of an inching rate. The hydraulic pump displacement is adjusted to obtain a higher inching rate between the minimum value of the inching rate and an inching rate set based on a brake stroke. If the engine speed exceeds a commanded speed and a pressure time-rate-of-change at the pump intake exceeds a prescribed value, the minimum value of the inching rate is set such that the higher the pressure time-rate-of-change, the higher the minimum value of the inching rate. The pump displacement is adjusted to obtain a higher inching rate between the minimum value of the inching rate set based on the pressure time-rate-of-change and the inching rate set based on the brake stroke.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka Onodera, Jun Hashimoto, Hideyuki Hiraiwa, Shinji Kaneko
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Patent number: 8725364Abstract: A control device controls a hydrostatic transmission vehicle having a hydrostatic transmission including a variable displacement pump and a variable displacement hydraulic motor. The control device is configured to set a set vehicle speed based on a forward/rearward travel command and a gear stage command instructed by an operator, to set a torque limit usable for the hydrostatic transmission based on an engine speed, to set a vehicle speed limit based on a pressure in the hydraulic circuit and the torque limit, to select a lower one of the set vehicle speed and the vehicle speed limit, and to control respective displacements of the variable displacement pump and the variable displacement hydraulic motor based on the selected vehicle speed.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2009Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Masayuki Mukaino, Shigeru Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Onodera, Takao Ishihara
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Patent number: 8532888Abstract: A control device controls a hydrostatic transmission vehicle having a hydrostatic transmission with a variable displacement pump and a variable displacement hydraulic motor. The control device is configured to set a set vehicle speed based on a forward/rearward travel command and a gear stage command instructed by an operator, to set an upper limit of the engine speed with respect to the set vehicle speed for limiting the upper limit of the engine speed to a predetermined partial engine speed set to be lower than a high idle engine speed when the set vehicle speed is in a preliminarily set low and intermediate speed range, and to control respective displacements of the variable displacement pump and the variable displacement hydraulic motor based on the set vehicle speed for allowing a vehicle speed to reach the set vehicle speed even when the engine is rotated at the partial engine speed.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Ishibashi, Masayuki Mukaino, Shigeru Yamamoto, Yoshitaka Onodera, Takao Ishihara
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Publication number: 20130218428Abstract: In an engine-overrun-preventing control device, if an engine speed exceeds a maximum speed, a minimum value of an inching rate is set such that higher the actual engine speed results in a higher minimum value of an inching rate. The hydraulic pump displacement is adjusted to obtain a higher inching rate between the minimum value of the inching rate and an inching rate set based on a brake stroke. If the engine speed exceeds a commanded speed and a pressure time-rate-of-change at the pump intake exceeds a prescribed value, the minimum value of the inching rate is set such that the higher the pressure time-rate-of-change, the higher the minimum value of the inching rate. The pump displacement is adjusted to obtain a higher inching rate between the minimum value of the inching rate set based on the pressure time-rate-of-change and the inching rate set based on the brake stroke.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Yoshitaka Onodera, Jun Hashimoto, Hideyuki Hiraiwa, Shinji Kaneko
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Patent number: 8447477Abstract: A control device of a forklift engine that secures operability by keeping down fuel consumption when the accelerator pedal is floored in an unloaded or lightly loaded state, and once a heavy cargo is loaded, by lifting the cargo at a maximum lifting speed and traveling with maximum travel performance without acceleration problems. At least two maximum torque curves of different magnitudes are set in advance on a torque curve diagram. Then, the weight the cargo loaded on an attachment is measured. A threshold value for selecting at least two maximum torque curves is determined. If the measured weight is less than the threshold value, the maximum torque curve with a smaller maximum torque value is selected. If the measured weight is not less than the threshold value, the maximum torque curve with a larger maximum torque value is selected. The engine is controlled using the selected maximum torque curve.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.Inventors: Yasuo Harada, Yoshitaka Onodera, Jun Hashimoto, Hideyuki Hiraiwa, Kazunori Nishimura
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Publication number: 20130089399Abstract: An engine control device for a forklift that suppresses an increase in fuel consumption amount and noise by limiting an engine rotation speed when the forklift is driven without the need to increase the engine speed according to the accelerator operation even when the accelerator is depressed hard. Determining means in a controller determines whether all of the following conditions are satisfied: a neutral position of the traveling direction instructing means; a lift raising switch and first, second and third attachment switches are turned off. When all of the above conditions are satisfied, it is determined whether the forklift is driven in any of a plurality of states. An engine control means generates and outputs a control command to obtain the engine speed based on the accelerator pedal depression with the upper limit value of the engine speed set as an upper limit value of the engine speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Shinji Kaneko, Yoshitaka Onodera, Jun Hashimoto, Hideyuki Hiraiwa, Kazunori Nishimura
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Publication number: 20130073152Abstract: A control device of a forklift engine that secures operability by keeping down fuel consumption when the accelerator pedal is floored in an unloaded or lightly loaded state, and once a heavy cargo is loaded, by lifting the cargo at a maximum lifting speed and traveling with maximum travel performance without acceleration problems. At least two maximum torque curves of different magnitudes are set in advance on a torque curve diagram. Then, the weight the cargo loaded on an attachment is measured. A threshold value for selecting at least two maximum torque curves is determined. If the measured weight is less than the threshold value, the maximum torque curve with a smaller maximum torque value is selected. If the measured weight is not less than the threshold value, the maximum torque curve with a larger maximum torque value is selected. The engine is controlled using the selected maximum torque curve.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.Inventors: Yasuo Harada, Yoshitaka Onodera, Jun Hashimoto, Hideyuki Hiraiwa, Kazunori Nishimura