Patents by Inventor Yoshiyasu Umezu

Yoshiyasu Umezu 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: 8405328
    Abstract: There is provided a slewing control device that enables to detect breakdown of a driving system of a mechanical brake, and generate a torque for holding a slewing body in a stopped state to thereby prevent movement of the slewing body when an anomaly has occurred. In a working machine for driving a slewing body by an electric motor 1, judgment is made as to whether a mechanical brake 4 is in an inconsistent state, based on a command to be outputted to a brake circuit B, and a pressure detected by a brake pressure sensor 17. The inconsistent state is a state that the mechanical brake 4 is in a brake released state when an activation command for switching the mechanical brake 4 to a brake activated state is outputted. If it is judged that the mechanical brake 4 is in the inconsistent state, a command for obtaining a braking torque for holding the slewing body in a stopped state is outputted to the electric motor 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Komiyama, Natsuki Yumoto, Yoshiyasu Umezu, Masayuki Kogashima
  • Publication number: 20110227512
    Abstract: There is provided a slewing control device that enables to detect breakdown of a driving system of a mechanical brake, and generate a torque for holding a slewing body in a stopped state to thereby prevent movement of the slewing body when an anomaly has occurred. In a working machine for driving a slewing body by an electric motor 1, judgment is made as to whether a mechanical brake 4 is in an inconsistent state, based on a command to be outputted to a brake circuit B, and a pressure detected by a brake pressure sensor 17. The inconsistent state is a state that the mechanical brake 4 is in a brake released state when an activation command for switching the mechanical brake 4 to a brake activated state is outputted. If it is judged that the mechanical brake 4 is in the inconsistent state, a command for obtaining a braking torque for holding the slewing body in a stopped state is outputted to the electric motor 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Masayuki KOMIYAMA, Natsuki Yumoto, Yoshiyasu Umezu, Masayuki Kagoshima
  • Patent number: 7818968
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device of construction machine is provided with a control valve lying between a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic actuator for opening and closing a meter-in control flow path, and a flow rate control valve lying between a pump discharge line on the upstream side of the above control valve and a tank. The above flow rate control valve receives a pump pressure and a load sensing pressure corresponding to a pressure on the downstream side of the meter-in control flow path as a pilot pressure, and is activated for opening and closing so as to maintain a constant differential pressure therebetween. The above flow rate control valve is maintained in a closed state by a pilot pressure switching valve when the load sensing pressure is low. The above control valve opens a bypass line when the meter-in control flow path is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Umezu, Yutaka Toji
  • Patent number: 7523804
    Abstract: The present small swing type excavator is characterized by comprising an engine (81) disposed in the rear section of a rotating frame (8) in such a condition that the longitudinal direction thereof is directed to the lateral direction of the rotating frame (8), a hydraulic oil tank (82) disposed on one lateral side in front of the engine (81), a cabin (83) disposed on the other lateral side, an air conditioner (85) disposed under a floor (84) of the cabin (83) and having two surfaces facing to, respectively, the front side and the left outer side of the rotating frame (8), and a fuel tank (86) formed so as to be arranged along at least two surfaces of the front and left side surfaces of the air conditioner (85) and detachably attached to the rotating frame (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyokazu Tanaka, Shintaro Sakitani, Takayuki Okunishi, Hiroshi Morita, Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi, Yoshiyasu Umezu
  • Patent number: 7500535
    Abstract: A control device for a construction machine according to the present invention is configured so that in the construction machine provided with an automatic stop function which automatically stops an engine by an engine controller upon a predetermined automatic stop condition being met, and a hydraulic lock function which sets a hydraulic actuator locked in an inactive state by a hydraulic lock controller, there is provided a restart switch, where after an automatic stop of the engine, when the restart switch is operated, a restart command is transmitted to the engine controller via a route independently of that of an engine switch and independently of a hydraulic unlock condition, and the engine is restarted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Kamon, Yoshiyasu Umezu, Tomohiko Asakage, Norihiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7497195
    Abstract: An engine control device for a construction machine of the present invention is configured so that the engine control device comprises an engine as a power source, a controller for performing an automatic stop control to automatically stop the engine when a predetermined automatic stop condition is met, a water temperature sensor for detecting a cooling water temperature of the engine, and that after start-up of the engine, even if the automatic stop condition is met, the engine is not automatically stopped until the detected water temperature reaches a predetermined value or more to complete a warm-up operation. The engine control device is also configured so that before the engine is automatically stopped, a cool-down operation of the engine is performed as required and after the engine is stopped, the engine is restarted as required and the warm-up operation is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Umezu, Yoshiki Kamon
  • Publication number: 20080173014
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device of construction machine is provided with a control valve lying between a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic actuator for opening and closing a meter-in control flow path, and a flow rate control valve lying between a pump discharge line on the upstream side of the above control valve and a tank. The above flow rate control valve receives a pump pressure and a load sensing pressure corresponding to a pressure on the downstream side of the meter-in control flow path as a pilot pressure, and is activated for opening and closing so as to maintain a constant differential pressure therebetween. The above flow rate control valve is maintained in a closed state by a pilot pressure switching valve when the load sensing pressure is low. The above control valve opens a bypass line when the meter-in control flow path is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Umezu, Yutaka Toji
  • Patent number: 7191758
    Abstract: A controller of a engine control device according to the present invention is configured to activate an automatic stop control of an engine when there is met a condition that an open state of a gate lever is detected by a limit switch and a rotation speed of the engine detected by a rotation sensor is equal to or lower than a predetermined engine stop rotational speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiyasu Umezu
  • Patent number: 7174968
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hydraulic excavator provided with a dozer device comprising an arm having a rear end connected to a fulcrum portion provided on a lower frame of a lower traveling body, a dozer blade provided at an extreme end of the arm, and a dozer cylinder for swinging the arm in vertical direction, characterized in that the dozer cylinder and the arm are arranged in a state of forming two sides of a triangle as viewed from the side, the arm swings vertically so that the dozer cylinder does not interfere with a bottom of an upper rotating body rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body, and an approach angle when the dozer blade vertically moved by the arm is placed in the highest position is set to 35 degrees or more, thereby capable of securing travelability equal to an excavator without a dozer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Okunishi, Shinya Nakata, Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi, Hiroshi Morita, Shintaro Sakitani, Yoshiyasu Umezu
  • Publication number: 20060266029
    Abstract: A working machine includes a hydraulic pump and a travel control valve for each of left and right traveling unit. A tank-side fluid channel of the travel control valve includes an actuator control valve for controlling another actuator. When both travel control valves are operated at the same time and when at least one actuator control valve is operated, a merge control valve is opened to merge hydraulic fluid ejected from the two hydraulic pumps. At the same time, a feed switching valve is opened so that a different hydraulic pump supplies hydraulic fluid to the actuator control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Asakage, Yoshiyasu Umezu
  • Publication number: 20060179830
    Abstract: A control device for a construction machine according to the present invention is configured so that in the construction machine provided with an automatic stop function which automatically stops an engine by an engine controller upon a predetermined automatic stop condition being met, and a hydraulic lock function which sets a hydraulic actuator locked in an inactive state by a hydraulic lock controller, there is provided a restart switch, where after an automatic stop of the engine, when the restart switch is operated, a restart command is transmitted to the engine controller via a route independently of that of an engine switch and independently of a hydraulic unlock condition, and the engine is restarted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshiki Kamon, Yoshiyasu Umezu, Tomohiko Asakage, Norihiko Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20060048735
    Abstract: An engine control device for a construction machine of the present invention is configured so that the engine control device comprises an engine as a power source, a controller for performing an automatic stop control to automatically stop the engine when a predetermined automatic stop condition is met, a water temperature sensor for detecting a cooling water temperature of the engine, and that after start-up of the engine, even if the automatic stop condition is met, the engine is not automatically stopped until the detected water temperature reaches a predetermined value or more to complete a warm-up operation. The engine control device is also configured so that before the engine is automatically stopped, a cool-down operation of the engine is performed as required and after the engine is stopped, the engine is restarted as required and the warm-up operation is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2003
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Umezu, Yoshiki Kamon
  • Patent number: 7001135
    Abstract: In a construction machine having a working attachment, an operator's seat disposed on one side of a machine body, a devices receptacle portion disposed on the other side, and an operating member disposed sideways of the seat for operating the attachment, the machine is characterized in that a canopy comprises a front support post disposed in front of the seat, a rear support post disposed behind the seat, a side support post disposed sideways of the seat and on the side where an operator gets on and off the machine body, and a roof which connects the support posts with one another, the front support post being disposed close to the devices receptacle portion and the side support post being disposed outside the operating member to form an open portion obliquely in front of the seat where open portion is for ensuring a working vision for the attachment which is swung to the seat side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Kobelco Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi, Hiroshi Morita, Shintaro Sakitani, Kenta Kojima, Yoshiyasu Umezu, Takayuki Okunishi, Kiyokazu Tanaka, Yukio Hiraoka
  • Publication number: 20040237353
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hydraulic excavator provided with a dozer device comprising an arm having a rear end connected to a fulcrum portion provided on a lower frame of a lower traveling body, a dozer blade provided at an extreme end of the arm, and a dozer cylinder for swinging the arm in vertical direction, characterized in that the dozer cylinder and the arm are arranged in a state of forming two sides of a triangle as viewed from the side, the arm swings vertically so that the dozer cylinder does not interfere with a bottom of an upper rotating body rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body, and an approach angle when the dozer blade vertically moved by the arm is placed in the highest position is set to 35 degrees or more, thereby capable of securing travelability equal to an excavator without a dozer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takayuki Okunishi, Shinya Nakata, Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi, Hiroshi Morita, Shintaro Sakitani, Yoshiyasu Umezu
  • Publication number: 20040163865
    Abstract: In a construction machine having a working attachment, an operator's seat disposed on one side of a machine body, a devices receptacle portion disposed on the other side, and an operating member disposed sideways of the seat for operating the attachment, the machine is characterized in that a canopy comprises a front support post disposed in front of the seat, a rear support post disposed behind the seat, a side support post disposed sideways of the seat and on the side where an operator gets on and off the machine body, and a roof which connects the support posts with one another, the front support post being disposed close to the devices receptacle portion and the side support post being disposed outside the operating member to form an open portion obliquely in front of the seat where open portion is for ensuring a working vision for the attachment which is swung to the seat side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimokakiuchi, Hiroshi Morita, Shintaro Sakitani, Kenta Kojima, Yoshiyasu Umezu, Takayuki Okunishi, Kiyokazu Tanaka, Yukio Hiraoka