Patents by Inventor Yuya KONISHI
Yuya KONISHI 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: 20240117879Abstract: A working machine includes: a first fluid passage fluidly connecting a traveling operation device to an actuation valve; a first traveling fluid passage; a second traveling fluid passage; a third traveling fluid passage; a fourth traveling fluid passage; a second fluid passage fluidly connecting the first fluid passage to the first traveling fluid passage; and a third fluid passage fluidly connecting the first fluid passage to the third traveling fluid passage. Each of the first, second, third, and fourth traveling fluid passages is configured so that operation fluid to be applied to a first, second, third, and fourth pressure-receiving portions flows through the first, second, third, and fourth traveling fluid passages, respectively, when a traveling operation member is operated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Daiki ABE, Kohei KURACHI, Yudai KOGA, Yuya KONISHI, Yuya TANABE
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Patent number: 11891780Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a traveling pump configured to deliver hydraulic fluid at a flow rate corresponding to an angle of the swashplate, a traveling motor configured to be rotated by the hydraulic fluid delivered from the traveling pump so as to have a rotation speed shiftable between a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a traveling change-over valve shiftable between a first state to set the rotation speed of the traveling motor to the first speed and a second state to set the rotation speed of the traveling motor to the second speed, an operation device, an operation valve configured to change the angle of the swashplate of the traveling pump according to operation of the operation device, an actuation valve provided upstream or downstream of the operation valve and fluidly connected to the operation valve, and a controller configured or programmed to output a control signal to control the actuation valve in such a way that, when the traveling change-over valve iType: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Fukuda, Ryota Hamamoto, Jun Tomita, Yuya Konishi, Kazuki Ueda
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Patent number: 11873894Abstract: A working machine includes a first traveling fluid passage connected to a first pressure-receiving portion, a second traveling fluid passage connected to a second pressure-receiving portion, a third traveling fluid passage connected to a third pressure-receiving portion, a fourth traveling fluid passage fluidly connected to a fourth pressure-receiving portion, and a connection fluid passage connecting at least two of the first, second, third and fourth pressure-receiving portions to each other. When a traveling operation member is operated, operation fluid flows to the first pressure receiving portion through the first traveling fluid passage, to the second pressure receiving portion through the second traveling fluid passage, to the third pressure receiving portion through the third traveling fluid passage, and to the fourth pressure receiving portion through the fourth traveling fluid passage.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Fukuda, Jun Tomita, Yuya Konishi, Fumitaka Fujisawa, Daiki Abe, Kohei Kurachi, Yudai Koga, Yuya Tanabe
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Patent number: 11753798Abstract: In a hydraulic system for a working machine, a controller is configured or programmed to increase an output-port pressure of one activation valve for one hydraulic device and an output-port pressure of another activation valve for another hydraulic device to a normal pressure higher than a preloading pressure from a state where the output-port pressure of the one activation valve is equal to the preloading pressure and the output-port pressure of the other activation valve is lower than the preloading pressure, by causing the output-port pressure of the one activation valve to be lower than the preloading pressure and increasing the output-port pressure of the other activation valve to the normal pressure.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Fukuda, Ryota Hamamoto, Jun Tomita, Yuya Konishi
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Patent number: 11725364Abstract: A hydraulic system of a working machine includes a hydraulic pump to output a hydraulic fluid, at least one proportional valve to deliver the hydraulic fluid to a supply target, a valve body including the proportional valve, a heat-up fluid passage in the valve body and into which the hydraulic fluid flows, a switching valve switchable between an open position in which the hydraulic fluid passing through the heat-up fluid passage is supplied to a hydraulic device and a closed position in which the hydraulic fluid is not supplied thereto and the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic device is to be returned, a controller to operate the switching and proportional valves, and a return circuit through which the hydraulic fluid flowing into the heat-up fluid passage is returned as a result of at least one of the switching and proportional valves being operated by the controller.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Fukuda, Jun Tomita, Yuya Konishi, Toshiya Tani, Daisuke Sakurai
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Publication number: 20230092677Abstract: In a hydraulic system for a working machine, a controller is configured or programmed to increase an output-port pressure of one activation valve for one hydraulic device and an output-port pressure of another activation valve for another hydraulic device to a normal pressure higher than a preloading pressure from a state where the output-port pressure of the one activation valve is equal to the preloading pressure and the output-port pressure of the other activation valve is lower than the preloading pressure, by causing the output-port pressure of the one activation valve to be lower than the preloading pressure and increasing the output-port pressure of the other activation valve to the normal pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Ryota HAMAMOTO, Jun TOMITA, Yuya KONISHI
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Publication number: 20220389680Abstract: A hydraulic system of a working machine includes a hydraulic pump to output a hydraulic fluid, at least one proportional valve to deliver the hydraulic fluid to a supply target, a valve body including the proportional valve, a heat-up fluid passage in the valve body and into which the hydraulic fluid flows, a switching valve switchable between an open position in which the hydraulic fluid passing through the heat-up fluid passage is supplied to a hydraulic device and a closed position in which the hydraulic fluid is not supplied thereto and the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic device is to be returned, a controller to operate the switching and proportional valves, and a return circuit through which the hydraulic fluid flowing into the heat-up fluid passage is returned as a result of at least one of the switching and proportional valves being operated by the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Jun TOMITA, Yuya KONISHI, Toshiya TANI, Daisuke SAKURAI
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Patent number: 11353048Abstract: A working machine includes a fan motor driven with hydraulic fluid, the fan motor including a first port and a second port, a bypass fluid passage connecting the first port of the fan motor and the second port to each other, a flow rate control valve provided on the bypass fluid passage to control a flow rate of the hydraulic fluid flowing in the bypass fluid passage, a drain passage configured to drain the hydraulic fluid upstream of the flow rate control valve, and an unloading valve shiftable between a full-closing position to close the drain passage and a full-opening position to open the drain passage.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Fukuda, Daiki Abe, Ryota Hamamoto, Kazuki Ueda, Kohei Kurachi, Yuya Konishi, Masaki Inaoka, Yasushi Otagaki, Yuya Tanabe
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Publication number: 20220049465Abstract: A working machine includes a prime mover, a traveling pump configured to deliver hydraulic fluid at a flow rate corresponding to an angle of the swashplate, a traveling motor configured to be rotated by the hydraulic fluid delivered from the traveling pump so as to have a rotation speed shiftable between a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a traveling change-over valve shiftable between a first state to set the rotation speed of the traveling motor to the first speed and a second state to set the rotation speed of the traveling motor to the second speed, an operation device, an operation valve configured to change the angle of the swashplate of the traveling pump according to operation of the operation device, an actuation valve provided upstream or downstream of the operation valve and fluidly connected to the operation valve, and a controller configured or programmed to output a control signal to control the actuation valve in such a way that, when the traveling change-over valve iType: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Ryota HAMAMOTO, Jun TOMITA, Yuya KONISHI, Kazuki UEDA
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Publication number: 20220049727Abstract: A working machine includes a first traveling fluid passage connected to a first pressure-receiving portion, a second traveling fluid passage connected to a second pressure-receiving portion, a third traveling fluid passage connected to a third pressure-receiving portion, a fourth traveling fluid passage fluidly connected to a fourth pressure-receiving portion, and a connection fluid passage connecting at least two of the first, second, third and fourth pressure-receiving portions to each other. When a traveling operation member is operated, operation fluid flows to the first pressure receiving portion through the first traveling fluid passage, to the second pressure receiving portion through the second traveling fluid passage, to the third pressure receiving portion through the third traveling fluid passage, and to the fourth pressure receiving portion through the fourth traveling fluid passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Jun TOMITA, Yuya KONISHI, Fumitaka FUJISAWA, Daiki ABE, Kohei KURACHI, Yudai KOGA, Yuya TANABE
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Publication number: 20220049464Abstract: A working machine includes a fan motor driven with hydraulic fluid, the fan motor including a first port and a second port, a bypass fluid passage connecting the first port of the fan motor and the second port to each other, a flow rate control valve provided on the bypass fluid passage to control a flow rate of the hydraulic fluid flowing in the bypass fluid passage, a drain passage configured to drain the hydraulic fluid upstream of the flow rate control valve, and an unloading valve shiftable between a full-closing position to close the drain passage and a full-opening position to open the drain passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Daiki ABE, Ryota HAMAMOTO, Kazuki UEDA, Kohei KURACHI, Yuya KONISHI, Masaki INAOKA, Yasushi OTAGAKI, Yuya TANABE
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Patent number: 11168462Abstract: A hydraulic system for a work machine includes a travel hydraulic device which changes a travel speed in accordance with switching positions of a hydraulic switch valve. A controller controls a proportional valve so as to change a pressure of an operation fluid at an increasing rate over a time while the hydraulic switch valve is switched from a first switching position to a second switching position to increase the travel speed from a first speed to a second speed, and at a decreasing rate over the time while the hydraulic switch valve is switched from the second switching position to the first switching position to decrease the travel speed from the second speed to the first speed. A magnitude of the increasing rate is different from one of the decreasing rate to output an operation fluid.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Fukuda, Daiki Abe, Jun Tomita, Yuya Konishi, Ryosuke Kinugawa
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Patent number: 10920881Abstract: A hydraulic device includes a braking device to brake a traveling device and release braking of the traveling device, a traveling pump to drive the traveling device with pressure of operation fluid, a brake-operation valve to control operation fluid flowing to the brake device, a traveling operation valve to control operation fluid flowing to the traveling pump, a first discharge fluid tube to discharge operation fluid flowing through the brake-operation valve, the first discharge fluid tube being connected to the brake operation valve, and a second discharge fluid tube to discharge operation fluid flowing through the traveling operation valve, the second discharge fluid tube being connected to the traveling operation valve. The traveling operation valve has a set pressure that is set to be higher than a brake set pressure set by the brake operation valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Fukuda, Daiki Abe, Jun Tomita, Yuya Konishi, Fumitaka Fujisawa, Yudai Koga
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Patent number: 10837157Abstract: A hydraulic system for a work machine includes a first control cylinder to move a boom and a second control cylinder to move a bucket. A body of the first control cylinder has a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber. A first control valve is connected to the first fluid chamber via a first fluid path and connected to the second fluid chamber via a second fluid path to control the first hydraulic cylinder. A bucket positioning valve is connected to the second fluid path and a third fluid path to control a second hydraulic cylinder so as to rotate the bucket. A discharge fluid path is connected to the second fluid path between the bucket positioning valve and the first control valve. A discharge control valve is provided in the discharge fluid path to be opened and closed.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Tomita, Yuji Fukuda, Yuya Konishi
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Patent number: 10787787Abstract: A hydraulic system for a working machine, includes an operation member, an operation valve to change an output pressure of an operation fluid in accordance with operation of the operation member, a hydraulic device to be activated by the operation fluid outputted from the operation valve, a first fluid tube coupling the operation valve to the hydraulic device, and a bleed circuit connected to the first fluid tube and configured to output the operation fluid in the first fluid tube. The first fluid tube includes a first section fluid tube arranged in a section between the operation valve and a coupling portion coupling the first fluid tube to the bleed circuit, and a second section fluid tube arranged in a section between the coupling portion and the hydraulic device, the second section fluid tube having an inner diameter different from an inner diameter of the first section fluid tube.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Daiki Abe, Yuji Fukuda, Yuya Konishi, Keigo Honda, Hiroya Hanano, Jun Tomita
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Publication number: 20200240113Abstract: A hydraulic system for a work machine includes a travel hydraulic device which changes a travel speed in accordance with switching positions of a hydraulic switch valve. A controller controls a proportional valve so as to change a pressure of an operation fluid at an increasing rate over a time while the hydraulic switch valve is switched from a first switching position to a second switching position to increase the travel speed from a first speed to a second speed, and at a decreasing rate over the time while the hydraulic switch valve is switched from the second switching position to the first switching position to decrease the travel speed from the second speed to the first speed. A magnitude of the increasing rate is different from one of the decreasing rate to output an operation fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Daiki ABE, Jun TOMITA, Yuya KONISHI, Ryosuke KINUGAWA
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Patent number: 10648156Abstract: A hydraulic system for a work machine includes a hydraulic bump to output an operation fluid, a hydraulic switch valve to be switched among switching positions in accordance with a pressure of the operation fluid, a proportional valve to change the pressure of the operation fluid applied to the hydraulic switch valve, a travel hydraulic device to change a thrust power in accordance with the switching positions of the hydraulic switch valve. And, the hydraulic system includes a controller to control the proportional valve in accordance with a state of the travel hydraulic device.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji Fukuda, Daiki Abe, Jun Tomita, Yuya Konishi, Ryosuke Kinugawa
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Publication number: 20200048859Abstract: A hydraulic system for a working machine, includes an operation member, an operation valve to change an output pressure of an operation fluid in accordance with operation of the operation member, a hydraulic device to be activated by the operation fluid outputted from the operation valve, a first fluid tube coupling the operation valve to the hydraulic device, and a bleed circuit connected to the first fluid tube and configured to output the operation fluid in the first fluid tube. The first fluid tube includes a first section fluid tube arranged in a section between the operation valve and a coupling portion coupling the first fluid tube to the bleed circuit, and a second section fluid tube arranged in a section between the coupling portion and the hydraulic device, the second section fluid tube having an inner diameter different from an inner diameter of the first section fluid tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Daiki ABE, Yuji FUKUDA, Yuya KONISHI, Keigo HONDA, Hiroya HANANO, Jun TOMITA
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Publication number: 20200002922Abstract: A hydraulic device includes a braking device to brake a traveling device and release braking of the traveling device, a traveling pump to drive the traveling device with pressure of operation fluid, a brake-operation valve to control operation fluid flowing to the brake device, a traveling operation valve to control operation fluid flowing to the traveling pump, a first discharge fluid tube to discharge operation fluid flowing through the brake-operation valve, the first discharge fluid tube being connected to the brake operation valve, and a second discharge fluid tube to discharge operation fluid flowing through the traveling operation valve, the second discharge fluid tube being connected to the traveling operation valve. The traveling operation valve has a set pressure that is set to be higher than a brake set pressure set by the brake operation valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Yuji FUKUDA, Daiki ABE, Jun TOMITA, Yuya KONISHI, Fumitaka FUJISAWA, Yudai KOGA
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Publication number: 20190249390Abstract: A hydraulic system for a work machine includes a first control cylinder to move a boom and a second control cylinder to move a bucket. A body of the first control cylinder has a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber. A first control valve is connected to the first fluid chamber via a first fluid path and connected to the second fluid chamber via a second fluid path to control the first hydraulic cylinder. A bucket positioning valve is connected to the second fluid path and a third fluid path to control a second hydraulic cylinder so as to rotate the bucket. A discharge fluid path is connected to the second fluid path between the bucket positioning valve and the first control valve. A discharge control valve is provided in the discharge fluid path to be opened and closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventors: Jun TOMITA, Yuji FUKUDA, Yuya KONISHI