KUBOTA CORPORATION Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160109885 | Work Vehicle Cooperation System - A work vehicle cooperation system includes: a master traveling tack calculation unit that calculates a traveling track of a master work vehicle ( | 04-21-2016 |
20160102792 | PIPE JOINT - An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part. | 04-14-2016 |
20160102790 | PIPE JOINT - An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part. | 04-14-2016 |
20160091078 | WORK VEHICLE WITH IMPROVED TRANSMISSION HYDRAULICS - A work vehicle that includes: a transmission system decreasing or changing a speed of a driving force from an engine and outputting the driving force. A transmission case houses the transmission system. A hydraulic circuit supplies oil collected in the transmission case to hydraulic equipment. The transmission case is divided to form a storage space housing a minimum speed transmission portion of the transmission system. The hydraulic circuit connects a suction intake oil passage of the hydraulic circuit to a bottom portion of the storage space and supplies the oil collected in the storage space to the hydraulic equipment. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091002 | FLOW RATE SETTING SYSTEM OF WORKING MACHINE - A flow rate setting system of a working machine, includes: an attachment configured to be attached to the working machine; a control part configured to control a flow of hydraulic operation fluid based on a maximum flow rate of the hydraulic operation fluid being to be supplied to the attachment, the control part being mounted on the working machine; and a mobile terminal configured to communicate in wireless communication, the mobile terminal including: a first obtaining part configured to obtain identification information, the identification information being used for identifying the attachment; a second obtaining part configured to obtain the maximum flow rate of the attachment; and an output part configured to output the identification information and the maximum flow rate to the working machine in the wireless communication, the identification information being obtained by the first obtaining part, the maximum flow rate being obtained by the second obtaining part. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090713 | CABIN OF WORKING MACHINE, WORKING MACHINE HAVING CABIN, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CABIN - A cabin includes: a panel disposed on a side of an operator seat, the panel including: a plurality of cross members extending in a first direction; and a plurality of transverse members intersecting with the plurality of cross members each other and extending in a second direction; a glass panel disposed on a side of the panel; a window frame disposed on the glass panel; a window panel disposed on the window frame, the window panel being configured to move in the first direction or in the second direction; a projecting member disposed on a side of the window panel, the side being an identical side to the operator seat, the projecting member being configured to move together with the window panel; and a guide portion configured to accept insertion of the projecting member and to limit a moving distance of the window panel. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090712 | WORKING MACHINE - The present invention intends to provide a working machine capable of improving the heat exchange efficiency of the radiator and of suppressing degradation of performance of the radiator even when the oil cooler is clogged up, in the working machine arranging the radiator and the oil cooler above the engine. A working machine includes: a motor; a fan arranged above the motor, the fan being configured to generate an air flow downward; a radiator arranged above the fan; and an oil cooler arranged adjacent to the radiator. In addition, the working machine includes: a shroud disposed around fan, the shroud including: a rim portion forming an air vent hole, the air vent hole being for passage of the air flow generated by the fan; and a support member attached to an upper portion of the shroud, the support member being configured to support the radiator and the oil cooler. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090711 | WORKING MACHINE - The present invention intends to allow a good layout of and an easy maintenance of parts disposed around a rear portion of the motor. A working machine includes a machine body; a motor mounted on the machine body; an output shaft protruding from a rear portion of the motor; a rear attachment portion disposed on the rear portion of the motor, the rear attachment portion facing backward; and a mount member configured to support the motor to suppress vibration of the motor, the mount member including: a first support member having an opposite attachment portion, the opposite attachment portion being attached opposite to the rear attachment portion; an elastic member attached to the first support member; and a second support member disposed on the machine body, the second support member being configured to support the elastic member. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090710 | WORKING MACHINE - A working machine includes: a boom base portion including: an inner side wall; and an outer side wall disposed opposite to the inner side wall; a lift link disposed on a rear portion of the boom base portion; and a boom cylinder disposed in front of the lift link. One end side of the lift link is inserted between the inner side wall and the outer side wall and is pivotally supported on the boom base portion. The other end side of the lift link is pivotally supported on the machine body. One end of the boom cylinder is inserted between the inner side wall and the outer side wall in front of the lift link and is pivotally supported on the boom base portion. The other end of the boom cylinder is pivotally supported on the machine body by below the lift link. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090130 | WORK VEHICLE - A work vehicle includes a driver's seat in a front section of the vehicle body. A rear seat is behind the driver's seat and includes a seat portion and a back portion. A link member is supported by the vehicle body to allow switching between a seating mode and a storage mode. The seating mode arranges the back portion behind the seat portion. The storage mode arranges the back portion in a position anterior to the position in the seating mode. A carrier bed is in a rear section of the vehicle body. The link member is disposed on an outer side and can act or function as an arm rest. | 03-31-2016 |
20160090057 | WORK VEHICLE - A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame. A cockpit section or platform is arranged at a front section of the vehicle. A carrier bed is provided at a rear section of the vehicle. A ROPS includes a pair of left and right front supporting columns, a pair of left and right rear supporting columns, and a rearward overhanging frame extending rearward from upper part of the rear supporting columns. | 03-31-2016 |
20160089974 | WORK VEHICLE WITH IMPROVED FUEL TANK MOUNTING - The present invention includes a vehicle body frame. A cabin is mounted to the vehicle body frame so as to be isolated from vibration. A fuel tank is located below the cabin. The vehicle body frame includes a bracket extending laterally outward in a cantilever from at least one of a left side and a right side. The bracket includes: a cabin support portion carrying and supporting one front-back direction side of the cabin from below via a vibration isolation member; and a tank support portion supporting one front-back direction side of the fuel tank. The tank support portion is arranged at a position further toward an extended end than the cabin support portion of the bracket. | 03-31-2016 |
20160069309 | DIESEL WORK VEHICLE WITH DUEL FUEL TANKS - A work vehicle is provided with fuel supply lines that include a first fuel supply line that connects a first fuel tank and a junction. A second fuel supply line connects a second fuel tank and the junction. A common supply line connects the junction and a diesel engine. A fuel pump is provided on the common supply line. A first check valve is installed on the first fuel supply line and opens in accordance with a pressure differential between a pressure in the first fuel tank and a pressure in the junction. A second check valve is installed on the second fuel supply line and opens in accordance with a pressure differential between a pressure in the second fuel tank and a pressure in the junction. A fuel return line returns excess fuel from the diesel engine to the first fuel tank and the second fuel tank. | 03-10-2016 |
20160057924 | RIDING MOWER - A riding mower is provided with a front frame, a rear frame on which a drive unit is mounted, a rollover protective structure (ROPS). A first coupling part couples one front frame and one rear frame. A second coupling part couples a rear end of the front frame and a supporting column of the ROPS. A third coupling part couples the supporting column and the rear frame. The riding mower utilizes at least one triangular structural element defined in part by the first, second and third coupling parts. | 03-03-2016 |
20160055688 | DATA COLLECTION DEVICE, WORKING MACHINE HAVING DATA COLLECTION DEVICE, AND SYSTEM USING DATA COLLECTION DEVICE - To properly manage data collected by a data collection device even when the data collection device is attached to an agricultural machine different from a specified agricultural machine. | 02-25-2016 |
20160053779 | OPERATION CONTROL SYSTEM - An operation control system for a work apparatus equipped to a work vehicle includes a controller controlling the work apparatus. A first hydraulic valve and a second hydraulic valve control hydraulic pressure supply to the work apparatus. An operation unit provides an operation input signal to the controller. A first mounting base and a second mounting base are provided adjacently to each other in the operation unit. A first single-operation tool is formed mountable on the first mounting base and a second single-operation tool is formed mountable on the second mounting base. Further, a multi-operation tool is mountable so as to straddle both the first mounting base and the second mounting base. | 02-25-2016 |
20160046278 | Vehicle - Disclosed is a hybrid work vehicle capable of smooth work travel using a work device with a low output internal combustion engine, while avoiding battery exhaustion. The vehicle includes an internal combustion engine that supplies drive power to a travel device and a work device via power transmission means, a motor generator that is driven by a battery, a load information generation part that generates load information representing a sudden increase in rotational load, an assist characteristic determination part that determines motor assist characteristics defining an assist amount and an assist time period of assist control based on load information, and a motor control unit that controls the motor generator based on the motor assist characteristics. | 02-18-2016 |
20160043393 | TITANIUM OXIDE COMPOUND, AND ELECTRODE AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY EACH MANUFACTURED USING SAME - A titanium oxide compound according to the present invention comprises bronze-type titanium oxide or titanium oxide mainly composed of bronze-type titanium oxide, and contains calcium and/or silicon. The titanium oxide compound contains 0.005 to 2.5 mass % inclusive of calcium or 0.15 to 0.55 mass % inclusive of silicon, or contains 0.005 to 1.2 mass % inclusive of calcium and 0.15 to 0.2 mass % inclusive of silicon, or contains 0.005 to 0.1 mass % inclusive of calcium and 0.15 to 0.5 mass % inclusive of silicon. | 02-11-2016 |
20160033038 | SPEED DATA DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR A WORK VEHICLE - A speed change display control device includes a display screen generator generating a first display screen and a second display screen. The first display screen includes: an auxiliary speed change stage display area displaying auxiliary speed change stages; a main speed change stage display area displaying main speed change stages assigned to the auxiliary speed change stages; and an engaged speed change stage display area displaying engaged speed change stages. The second display screen includes: the auxiliary speed change stage display area; the main speed change stage display area; a lower limit selection area where the speed change stage defining a lower limit of a vehicle speed change ratio is selected; an upper limit selection area where the speed change stage defining an upper limit of the vehicle speed change ratio is selected; and a selected speed change stage display area displaying the currently selected upper limit and lower limit speed change stages. | 02-04-2016 |
20160033033 | TRAVELING WORK VEHICLE - A traveling work vehicle includes a gear-shifting control unit that outputs a gear-shifting control command to a main gear-shifting apparatus for shifting gears without cutting off power transmission, a sub gear-shifting apparatus for shifting gears by cutting off power transmission, and a first operation unit and a second operation unit that provide gear-shifting, upshifting or downshifting, operation commands to the gear-shifting control unit. The gear-shifting control unit has a first travel control section that generates a gear-shifting control command for shifting gears in the main gear-shifting apparatus in response to the gear-shifting operation command from the first operation unit in a work traveling mode, and a second travel control section that generates a gear-shifting control command for shifting gears in the sub gear-shifting apparatus in response to the gear-shifting operation command from the second operation unit in the work traveling mode. | 02-04-2016 |
20160032555 | FRONT LOADER FRAME, FRONT LOADER EQUIPPED WITH FRONT LOADER FRAME, AND WORK VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH FRONT LOADER - A front loader frame includes a first attachment having a first attachment surface that can be oriented on a first virtual plane and is fixable to one portion a vehicle body. A second attachment has a second attachment surface that can be oriented on a different virtual plane from the first virtual plane and is fixable to another portion of the vehicle body. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031447 | DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM - A driving support system includes a device control unit that outputs operation control signals to a travel operation device causing a traveling vehicle body to travel and a work operation device causing a ground work apparatus to operate. A recorder records control data in execution processing order as a work/travel sequence. A reproducer reads out the control data recorded by the recorder and transmits the control data to the device control unit. A screen processor converts the control data for each execution processing unit to an icon and displays in a display a work/travel sequence screen displaying the icon in the execution processing order. The system manages a plurality of the work/travel sequences on the same work/travel sequence screen. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031443 | SPEED CONTROL FOR WORKING VEHICLE - A speed control device in a traveling work vehicle changes a speed of rotational drive power from an engine to drive vehicle wheels and includes: a target speed calculator determining a target speed, based on operation deflection of a speed change device. A vehicle speed controller adjusting a speed change ratio based on the target speed. A vehicle speed obtainer obtaining an actual vehicle speed. A forcible target speed modifier forcibly modifying the target speed to a lower speed based on operation of a braking device. A release can treat an operation of the speed change device as a trigger to cancel the target speed forcibly modified by the forcible target speed modifier, and conforming the target speed to the actual vehicle speed. | 02-04-2016 |
20160031311 | WORK VEHICLE - A work vehicle includes an engine mounted to a vehicle body frame. A cooling fan unit is arranged on one side of the engine. A coolant fluid radiator is arranged on an opposite side of the cooling fan unit. A cooling unit is arranged on an opposite side of the coolant fluid radiator. A link mechanism connects the cooling unit such that a distance between the cooling unit and the coolant fluid radiator can be changed. The link mechanism can utilize a four-link mechanism having a pair of upper links and a pair of lower links. | 02-04-2016 |
20160029559 | Combine - The present invention provides a combine that can accurately measure the weight of grain retained in a grain tank. When a weight measurement signal is output from a measurement switch | 02-04-2016 |
20160029546 | LIFT CONTROL APPARATUS FOR GROUND WORK APPARATUS - A lift control apparatus includes a height sensor that outputs a height detection signal after a height of a ground work apparatus is detected. The ground work apparatus is coupled to a traveling work vehicle via a lift mechanism. An upper limit manager sets an upper limit position of the ground work apparatus based on an operation input signal from an input operation device for an upper limit setting USD. A setting prohibitor prohibits, when the upper limit position being set by the operation input signal is lower than the height of the ground work apparatus based on the height detection signal, the setting of the upper limit position from the operation input signal, and setting the upper limit position to the height of the ground work apparatus based on the height detection signal. | 02-04-2016 |
20150373545 | WORKING MACHINE AND SETTING CHANGE SYSTEM FOR WORKING MACHINE - In addition to improving security of data communication between a control device and a mobile terminal, to make it possible to easily make the data communication. A working machine of the present invention is provided with a control device that can make wireless communication with a mobile terminal | 12-24-2015 |
20150367761 | SEAT DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - A seat device includes a seat part that is capable of changing a posture to a use posture that allows sitting on the seat part and to a non-use posture that does not allow sitting on the seat part. A seat support can support the seat part in a state in which the seat part has been changed to the use posture. A guide member has a free groove that slidably guides a sliding part of the seat support and a regulation groove that regulates sliding of the sliding part in a state in which the seat part has been changed to the use posture. The guide member can be fixed on the seat part. A spring biases the seat support so that the sliding part is held in the regulation groove in the state in which the seat part has been changed to the use posture. A lever may cause the sliding part to slide from the regulation groove to the free groove and allow the seat support to swing downward. | 12-24-2015 |
20150359174 | MOWER WITH MOTOR COOLING - A mower includes a rotary blade cutting grass due to being rotationally driven. A work motor rotationally drives the rotary blade. A mower deck houses the rotary blade in an interior thereof. A first shroud forms an air flow passage along the work motor. The air flow passage connects the interior and exterior of the mower deck. | 12-17-2015 |
20150359170 | MOWER WITH MOWER DECK MOUNTED MOTOR - A mower includes a rotary grass cutting blade. A mower deck houses the rotary blade in an interior thereof. A motor has at least a portion thereof positioned or extending into the interior of the mower deck. The motor rotationally drives the rotary blade. A guide member can be utilized to form an air flow passage along the motor, with the air flow passage connecting the interior and exterior of the mower deck. | 12-17-2015 |
20150359168 | RIDING MOWER - A riding mower is provided with a mower assembly supported on a vehicle body frame between front wheels and rear wheels. A steering assembly is configured to be operated by a driver. A driver seat is supported on the vehicle body frame. A floor panel extends from an area including the driver seat toward the front. The floor panel is provided with a main panel located in front of the driver seat, as well as left and right footrests extending further forward from the main panel. A recessed portion is formed on at least one side edge of the floor panel and includes a side edge drop off point. | 12-17-2015 |
20150345352 | WORK VEHICLE - A work vehicle includes an engine, a fuel tank that has a fuel supply inlet and stores engine fuel, and a liquid tank that has a liquid supply inlet and stores purification liquid that is used in purification of engine exhaust gas. The liquid tank is protected by the fuel tank so that the liquid tank is not directly exposed to hot air from the engine. | 12-03-2015 |
20150344084 | WORK VEHICLE - The present invention is a work vehicle having a first operation tool which is rockable or movable in a front/back direction arranged on a one side of a driver's seat. A second operation tool is rockable or movable in the front/back direction and is arranged forward of the first operation tool. A third operation tool is depressible and is arranged between the first operation tool and the second operation tool in the front/back direction. | 12-03-2015 |
20150292656 | SEALING MATERIAL, PRESSING RING, COUPLING, AND VALVE - A first projection is formed on the outer periphery of a bulb part, a second projection is formed on the socket rear end of the bulb part, a tapered part is formed with a decreasing diameter from the inner periphery of a heel part to the inner periphery of the second projection, and a third projection is formed on the tapered part. A first dimension B from the first projection to the third projection in an inclination direction opposite to an inclination direction G of the tapered part is smaller than a second dimension C from the first projection to the second projection in a radial direction A. | 10-15-2015 |
20150289444 | RIDING WORK VEHICLE - The present invention provides a riding work vehicle that includes a vehicle body having a driver seat; a driving wheel unit supporting the vehicle body; a working electric motor that drives a work unit having a work device; an electric motor controller controlling an operation of the working electric motor in a steady mode or a power saving mode in which consumed power is smaller than the steady mode; and a work load evaluator that evaluates load of the working electric motor. In the riding work vehicle, the electric motor controller operates the working electric motor in the power saving mode in a case where the load of the working electric motor evaluated by the work load evaluator is low load lower than a threshold value. | 10-15-2015 |
20150275480 | WORKING MACHINE - A working machine includes: a right side panel; a left side panel; and a joint structure configured to joint an upper portion of an intermediate portion of the right side panel and an upper portion of an intermediate portion of the left side panel to each other. The joint structure includes: a lower member configured to joint upper portions of the right side panel and the left side panel to each other; a upper member arranged above the lower member with a clearance kept from the lower member; a front joint member configured to joint a side of a front end of the upper member and a side of a front end of the lower member to each other; a rear joint member configured to joint a side of a rear end of the upper member and a side of a rear end of the lower member to each other. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275471 | FRONT LOADER - The front loader includes a boom actuator configured to pivotally drive a boom along a vertical direction relative to a traveling vehicle body about a first pivot axis which is oriented along a right/left direction, a bucket actuator configured to pivotally drive a bucket along the vertical direction relative to the boom about a second pivot axis which is oriented along the right/left direction, a manual controlling section for controlling operations of the boom actuator and the bucket actuator based on a manual operation of an operational tool, a boom angle detector for detecting a vertical pivot angle of the boom, a bucket angle detector for detecting a vertical pivot angle of the bucket relative to the boom, a calculating section for calculating a ground pivot angle of the bucket based on an output from the boom angle detector and an output from the bucket angle detector. | 10-01-2015 |
20150275470 | FRONT LOADER - When maintaining a ground pivot angle of the bucket constant irrespective of any vertical pivotal movement of the boom, a ground angle maintaining controlling section stops a bucket actuator when it is detected that a vertical pivot angle of the bucket has reached an elevation restricted angle which is set smaller by a set angle than an elevation limit angle of the bucket | 10-01-2015 |
20150275468 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR WORKING MACHINE - A hydraulic system includes: hydraulic actuators; a control valve for controlling the hydraulic actuators; a tank for storing a hydraulic operation fluid; a variable displacement pump for supplying the hydraulic operation fluid to the hydraulic actuators; a regulator for controlling the variable displacement pump; a pilot pump for discharging a hydraulic pilot fluid; a load sensing system for maintaining a differential pressure to be a constant pressure, the differential pressure being obtained by subtracting a second signal pressure from a first signal pressure that is the discharge pressure of the variable displacement pump, the second signal pressure being the maximum one of the load pressures generated in the hydraulic actuators; a signal tube for sending the second signal pressure to the regulator; a throttle provided on the signal tube; and a warm-up circuit for supplying the hydraulic pilot fluid to a downstream side of the throttle. | 10-01-2015 |
20150232000 | ARMREST - An armrest apparatus includes an armrest arranged on one lateral side of a driver seat. A height adjustment mechanism adjusts a height of the armrest relative to the driver seat. A flip-up mechanism swingably supports the armrest about a swing shaft center oriented in a lateral direction relative to the driver seat, whereby the armrest can be flipped up from a use position to a non-use position. The armrest apparatus also allows for height adjustment based on the physique of a driver and has an armrest that is movable to a position unlikely to interfere with boarding and unboarding. | 08-20-2015 |
20150231943 | Hydraulic Suspension System for Work Vehicle - The hydraulic suspension system comprises a suspension mechanism for a traveling vehicle body, a suspension reference position variation mechanism for varying a reference position of a suspension stroke of the suspension mechanism, and a stopped state detector for detecting a state in which operation of the suspension mechanism has stopped. The control management unit controls the suspension reference position variation mechanism so that when operation of the suspension mechanism is detected by the stopped state detector to be in a stopped state, the operation of the suspension mechanism moves toward a target range, in preference to control based on a suspension stroke position obtained from a suspension stroke position sensor. | 08-20-2015 |
20150137984 | OPERATION MACHINE - To accurately grasp a generation situation of a warning generated in an operation machine, the operation machine is provided with: warning generation means | 05-21-2015 |
20150132095 | WORKING MACHINE - A working machine includes: a machine frame; an operator seat provided on the machine frame; a boom arranged on each side of the operator seat; a boom base portion being a part of the boom, the boom base portion being provided to a position corresponding to a rear portion side of the machine frame and being pivotally supported to enable the boom to swing upward and downward; a hose insertion hole provided in the boom base portion, the hose insertion hole being opened upward and downward; and a hydraulic hose internally installed into an inside of the boom through the hose insertion hole, the hydraulic hose being used for passage of a hydraulic operation fluid. | 05-14-2015 |
20150132094 | WORKING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING WORKING MACHINE - A working machine includes: a first switch operable to set an operation amount; a second switch operable by being pressed; a control unit capable of detecting an operation of the first switch and an operation of the second switch, the control unit outputting a control signal based on the operation amount of the first switch and continuously outputting the control signal when the operation of the first switch is detected after detecting a release of the operation of the second switch under a state where the operation of the second switch is detected; an actuator configured to be activated by a hydraulic operation fluid; a solenoid valve capable of controlling, based on the control signal, a pilot pressure; and a control valve configured to supply, based on the pilot pressure, the hydraulic operation fluid to the actuator. | 05-14-2015 |
20150084321 | Utility Vehicle with ROPS and Loading Platform - A utility vehicle includes a front boarding section, a rear boarding section having a rear seat unit, a ROPS delimiting space including a front boarding space acting as a ride-in space of the front boarding section and a rear boarding space acting as a ride-in space of the rear boarding section, and a loading platform mounted rearward of the vehicle body. The ROPS includes a plurality of posts and an upper frame supported to the posts and delimiting upper space of the front boarding space and the rear boarding space. The loading platform is switchable between a first position in which a front end of the loading platform is positioned rearward of the rear boarding space and a second position in which the front end of the loading platform enters the rear boarding space. | 03-26-2015 |
20150083506 | VEHICLE - Vehicle according to the present invention includes a traveling vehicle body and left and right drive wheels. Left and right propulsion motors drive the left and right drive wheels. A battery supplies electric power to the left and right propulsion motors. The left and right drive wheels are positioned on two width-direction ends of the traveling vehicle body. The left and right propulsion motors are positioned on the traveling vehicle body so as to align with the left and right drive wheels in the width direction of the vehicle body. The battery is positioned in a battery installation space of the traveling vehicle body. The battery installation space is located in at least a space located below the left and right propulsion motors. | 03-26-2015 |
20150082763 | Cutter Blade for Mower - A cutter blade for a mower is driven to rotate about a vertical axis inside a housing. The cutter blade includes a blade body, a blade portion formed in the blade body and a wind generating portion formed in the blade body on its side opposite in a width direction thereof to the side where the blade portion is formed, the wind generating portion being formed by being raised and bent from the blade body over a predetermined area from an end in a longitudinal direction thereof. At an outer end portion of the wind generating portion in the longitudinal direction of the blade body, there is formed at least one recessed portion recessed more inwards than the remaining portion of the outer end portion. | 03-26-2015 |
20150052591 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR WORKING MACHINE - A management server includes a user management database in which mobile terminal identification information on the mobile terminal and working machine identification information on a sold working machine are registered in association with each other, a user registration determination unit adapted to determine whether or not the mobile terminal and the working machine are registered in association with each other on the basis of the mobile terminal identification information and the working machine identification information outputted from the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal identification information and the working machine identification information stored in the user management database, and an authorization information output unit adapted to output an authorization key necessary for wireless communication between the mobile terminal and the working machine in the case where the user registration determination unit determines that the mobile terminal and the working machine are registered in association with each other. | 02-19-2015 |
20150052581 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINE - Data on agricultural machines can be outputted to mobile terminals easily and properly. A data collection device is provided separately from a control device that controls the operation of an agricultural machine and is connected to a vehicle communication network installed in the agricultural machine, and is removably connected to the vehicle communication network. The data collection device includes a data collection unit for collecting agricultural machine data outputted to the vehicle communication network, an authorization determination unit for implementing authentication with a mobile terminal to determine whether or not the collected data is transmitted to the mobile terminal by wireless communication, and a data communication unit for transmitting data to the mobile terminal by wireless communication when the authorization determination unit authorizes data transmission. | 02-19-2015 |
20150034043 | SUBCHAMBER TYPE COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR DIESEL ENGINE - A subchamber type combustion chamber for a diesel engine, which reduces fuel consumption rate and combustion noise. To achieve the object, a subchamber type combustion chamber is communicated with a main combustion chamber through a nozzle hole, a fuel injection nozzle faces into the subchamber, and a glow plug extends into the subchamber. A heat generating portion of the glow plug includes a rod-shaped portion and a projecting portion projecting from an end of the rod-shaped portion. The projecting portion is provided with a convex curved surface projecting from a circular peripheral edge at the end of the rod-shaped portion while the convex curved surface is reduced in diameter. The percentage of value P/D obtained by dividing projection dimension P of the projecting portion from the end of the rod-shaped portion by diameter dimension D at the end of the rod-shaped portion is 3% to 23%. | 02-05-2015 |
20150033693 | LAWN MOWER - A lawn mower includes a mower deck including a blade rotationally driven to cut grass and generate an air flow to feed the cut grass. A cutting chamber houses the blade. An ejection outlet is open to the cutting chamber and ejects the cut grass. A grass collection container collects the cut grass ejected from the ejection outlet. An air chamber is provided in a vicinity of the cutting chamber and receives the air flow generated by rotation of the blade through the grass collection container. A first passage connects the ejection outlet and the grass collection container. A second passage connects the grass collection container and the air chamber. The air flow supplied from the grass collection container to the air chamber through the second passage is supplied to the cutting chamber. | 02-05-2015 |
20140345964 | WORK/UTILITY VEHICLE - A work or utility vehicle utilizing a drive source, a vehicle body frame, left and right front wheels supported on the vehicle body frame and left and right rear wheels supported on the vehicle body frame. A transmission case is supported on the vehicle body frame and transmits a driving force from the drive source to at least the left and right rear wheels. A guard member protects the transmission case. A stabilizer is supported at two ends by suspension arms of the left and right rear wheels. The guard member is arranged on a rear side of the transmission case and the stabilizer is arranged forwardly of the guard member. | 11-27-2014 |
20140292034 | CABIN DEVICE OF WORKING MACHINE - A cabin is mounted on a device frame, and hydraulic equipment is placed on a pedestal of the device frame. In this configuration, an attachment body of a front lower part of the cabin is disposed and attached onto an installation part on a front part of the pedestal; providing a front cover between the front part of the pedestal and the front lower part of the cabin for covering forward and outward of the hydraulic equipment; and providing a front plate on the front lower part of the cabin for supporting a lower edge of a front glass. A vertically intermediate portion of an inner surface of the front plate is fixed to the attachment body, and a lower part of the front plate is placed on an upper side of the cover to thereby cover forward and upward of the installation part of the pedestal. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290399 | Work Vehicle - A power transmission apparatus for a work vehicle comprises a speed change device for shifting power from an engine and transmitting the power to a propelling line, a forward/reverse drive switching device for switching power from the engine between forward drive and reverse drive, a PTO shaft for taking off working power, a working transmission line for transmitting power from the engine to the PTO shaft, a clutch element for establishing and breaking power transmission from the engine to the PTO shaft, and a transmission case. The transmission case includes a first housing space for housing the speed change device, and a second housing space defined rearward of the first housing space for housing the forward/reverse drive switching device. The clutch element is housed in the first housing space. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290236 | WORKING MACHINE - There is provided a working machine which is capable of vehicle speed control through accelerator pedal operation even during execution of work under a condition where engine rotational speed is maintained constant. The working machine has the normal mode for exercising vehicle speed control by controlling engine rotational speed on the basis of the amount of depression of the accelerator pedal and by controlling the swash plate of the EST pump on the basis of the engine rotational speed, and the attachment mode for exercising vehicle speed control by controlling the swash plate of the HST pump on the basis of the amount of depression of the accelerator pedal irrespective of engine rotational speed. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290226 | EXHAUST TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR ENGINE - An engine exhaust treatment apparatus, which suppresses thermal damage to an electrothermal ignition apparatus, includes: an exhaust passage; an oxidation catalyst disposed in the exhaust passage; a combustible gas generator; a combustible gas supplying passage; a heat dissipation port opened upstream in the exhaust passage from the oxidation catalyst and in a downstream part of the combustible gas supplying passage, the exhaust passage and the combustible gas supplying passage communicating with each other through the heat dissipation port; and an electrothermal ignition apparatus disposed in the combustible gas supplying passage. Heat of flaming combustion of the combustible gas ignited by the electrothermal ignition apparatus is supplied to the exhaust passage, to raise the temperature of exhaust in the exhaust passage. A heat dissipation plate is attached to an outer projecting portion of the electrothermal ignition apparatus. The outer projecting portion projects outside a wall of the exhaust treatment apparatus. | 10-02-2014 |
20140287871 | Vehicle Speed Operating Device for Work Vehicle - A vehicle speed operating device for a work vehicle has a shift pedal that is disposed on a first lateral surface side of a body frame and is linked to an operating shaft of a continuously variable transmission via a first mechanical linkage mechanism, and a brake pedal, a speed maintenance mechanism and a second mechanical linkage mechanism are arranged on a second lateral surface side of the body frame. | 09-25-2014 |
20140277968 | Tractor - Provided is a tractor which allows continuation of a plowing work by appropriately elevating a plow when slip occurs in wheels. The tractor includes draft controlling means ( | 09-18-2014 |
20140277899 | Work Vehicle Coordinating System - Disclosed is a work vehicle coordinating system configured to carry out a ground work by a main work vehicle and an un-manned controlled sub work vehicle that follows up the main work vehicle. This system includes a main-vehicle position detection module, a sub-vehicle position detection module, a main-vehicle traveling path calculation section, a turning detection unit, a work traveling target calculation section, a turn traveling target calculation section, and a steering control section. | 09-18-2014 |
20140251713 | Working Vehicle - A working vehicle includes a traveling machine assembly, a drive unit, a bonnet configured to cover the drive unit, and a cover provided below the bonnet and configured to be removably attached to the traveling machine assembly, including a main body portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the traveling machine assembly, a first male engagement portion provided at a front end portion of the main body portion, a second male engagement portion provided at a rear end portion of the main body portion, and a third male engagement portion provided at a lower end portion of the main body portion. | 09-11-2014 |
20140238367 | SPARK-IGNITION ENGINE - A spark-ignition engine capable of reducing the content of hydrocarbon in exhaust gas is provided. When viewed from a direction parallel to a cylinder center axis, given a central virtual line passing a squish area maximum-width section and the center of a combustion chamber recessed section, and one area a and the other area b divided by the central virtual line, an intake valve port or an exhaust valve port is opened in one area of any opposed section of opposed sections of the combustion chamber recessed section. A spark-plug attachment hole is formed in the other area of the opposed section, such that, when viewed from the direction parallel to the cylinder center axis, a spark discharge section at a tip of a spark plug does not overlap the central virtual line. | 08-28-2014 |
20140237973 | Ride-On Lawn Mower - A ride-on lawn mower includes a traveling vehicle body including an operator's seat, and a wheel post for supporting a steering wheel mounted forward of the operator's seat. The lawn mower further includes a mower apparatus connected to a front part of the traveling vehicle body, a roll-over protective structure mounted in a rear part of the operator's seat, and a front guard extending upward from the wheel post and forward of the steering wheel. | 08-28-2014 |
20140234158 | PIPE PROVIDED WITH CORROSION PREVENTION LAYER ON THE OUTSIDE SURFACE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ALLOY WIRES USED FOR THE CORROSION PREVENTION LAYER - Disclosed is a pipe made of an iron-base material, having a corrosion prevention layer formed on the surface thereof. The corrosion prevention layer includes a Zn—Sn sprayed coating including Sn in a content of more than 1% by mass and less than 50% by mass and the balance composed of Zn. Alternatively, the corrosion prevention layer includes a Zn—Sn—Mg sprayed coating including Sn in a content of more than 1% by mass and less than 50% by mass, Mg in a content of more than 0.01% by mass and less than 5% by mass and the balance composed of Zn. Preferably, the sprayed coating of the corrosion prevention layer includes at least any one of Ti, Co, Ni and P, and the content of each of these elements is more than 0.001% by mass and less than 3% by mass. | 08-21-2014 |
20140231691 | HIGH TEMPERATURE GATE VALVE - A high temperature gate valve includes a valve body, a valve element configured to open and close a flow path, and a guide member which is provided in the valve body and guides the valve element in an opening/closing direction. The valve body includes a valve body main portion and a bonnet portion. The valve element slides along the opening/closing direction guided by the guide member. The valve element at a shut-off position blocks the flow path by projecting into the valve body main portion, and at an open position retracts into the bonnet portion. The guide member is divided into a plurality of divided guiding elements along the opening/closing direction, and each of the divided guiding elements are welded to an inside of the valve body. | 08-21-2014 |
20140230948 | PIPE PROVIDED WITH CORROSION PREVENTION LAYER ON THE OUTSIDE SURFACE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ALLOY WIRES USED FOR THE CORROSION PREVENTION LAYER - Disclosed is a pipe made of an iron-base material, having a corrosion prevention layer formed on the surface thereof. The corrosion prevention layer includes a Zn—Sn sprayed coating including Sn in a content of more than 1% by mass and less than 50% by mass and the balance composed of Zn. Alternatively, the corrosion prevention layer includes a Zn—Sn—Mg sprayed coating including Sn in a content of more than 1% by mass and less than 50% by mass, Mg in a content of more than 0.01% by mass and less than 5% by mass and the balance composed of Zn. Preferably, the sprayed coating of the corrosion prevention layer includes at least any one of Ti, Co, Ni and P, and the content of each of these elements is more than 0.001% by mass and less than 3% by mass. | 08-21-2014 |
20140208734 | WORK MACHINE - Provided is a load sensing system for controlling a discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump so as to render a differential pressure obtained by subtracting a maximum load pressure among the hydraulic actuators from a discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump to be a constant pressure, and there are provided: a first load pressure flow passage which introduces load pressures of the hydraulic actuators to be outputted to a PLS transmission line which transmits the maximum load pressure among the hydraulic actuators at the time of activating the hydraulic actuators; and a second load pressure flow passage which is a flow path for introducing the load pressures of the hydraulic actuators to be outputted to the PLS transmission line during operation after activations of the hydraulic actuators, and wherein a flow rate of the pressure oil therein is reduced than that in the first load pressure flow passage. | 07-31-2014 |
20140205802 | CAST PRODUCT HAVING ALUMINA BARRIER LAYER - To provide a cast product having an alumina barrier layer and method for producing the same. A cast product having an alumina barrier layer of the present invention is a cast product in which an alumina barrier layer containing Al | 07-24-2014 |
20140203554 | PIPE JOINT - An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part. | 07-24-2014 |
20140196428 | MOWER BLADE - Mower blade utilizes a blade portion formed on the blade main body and an air circulator portion formed on the blade main body and generating airflow via rotation centered around the vertically-oriented axis of the mower blade. The blade portion is arranged in a length-direction end portion of the blade main body and extends along a predetermined area in the length-direction. The air circulator portion is located opposite the blade portion in a width direction, has a rising upward portion, and extends along a predetermined area in the length-direction. A boundary portion is arranged between the blade main body and a rising upward portion of the air circulator portion has a portion inclined or angled with respect to the blade portion such that, beginning at the length-direction end portion, a distance between the boundary portion and the blade portion increases along the length-direction and moving toward the vertically-oriented axis. A height of an upper end portion of the air circulator portion measured from a surface of the blade main body is a substantially constant height. | 07-17-2014 |
20140188338 | VEHICLE STEERABLE BY MOVEMENT OF CENTER OF GRAVITY - A vehicle steerable by movement of the center of gravity has an auxiliary wheel. A left drive wheel is driven by a left rotary driver. A right drive wheel is driven by a right rotary driver. A gravity center position calculator calculates a position of the center of gravity of a driver on a steering step board based on a detection signal from a load detection module detecting a load distribution of the driver. A travel controller has a first control mode controlling rotary drive of the left and right rotary drivers to achieve straight forward travel or turning. The travel controller also has a second control mode controlling the rotary drive of the left and right rotary drivers to achieve straight forward travel, turning or straight backward travel based on the position of the center of gravity. A driver input operation device can be used to select either the first or the second control mode. | 07-03-2014 |
20140174061 | EXHAUST TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR ENGINE - An exhaust treatment apparatus for an engine including a combustible gas supplying passage; a heat releasing port opened in an upstream side in the exhaust passage from the oxidation catalyst and in a downstream side in the combustible gas supplying passage, the exhaust passage and the combustible gas supplying passage communicating with each other through the heat releasing port; an ignition apparatus beneath the heat releasing port, the heat of flaming combustion of combustible gas ignited by the ignition apparatus being supplied to the exhaust passage to raise the temperature of exhaust in the exhaust passage; a flame holding plate in a downstream side in the combustible gas supplying passage from the ignition apparatus, an exhaust guiding plate at the top portion of the flame holding plate, the exhaust guiding plate having an upward slope toward a downstream side in the exhaust passage. | 06-26-2014 |
20140158451 | WORK VEHICLE WITH ENGINE MOUNTED REARWARDLY - A fuel system for a work vehicle including a fuel tank comprising a main tank body and an auxiliary tank body, a canister, and a fuel-gas introducing passage for connecting a top portion of the auxiliary tank body to the canister. The top portion of the auxiliary tank body is located higher than the main tank body when the fuel tank is installed on the work vehicle. A fuel filling pipe extends through the top portion of the auxiliary tank body and has a first end arranged outside the auxiliary tank body and a second end arranged within the auxiliary tank body. | 06-12-2014 |
20140157747 | MOWER AND GRASS MOWING MACHINE INCLUDING THE SAME - There is provided a mower in which a guide member does not easily protrude on the side of the mower, and a grass mowing machine including the same. A mower for discharging mowed grasses from a discharge port provided in a side part of a mower deck to an exterior of the mower deck includes a flexible rubber sheet formed in a flat plate shape, a pivot frame, support frames, and a pivot shaft for attaching the rubber sheet to the mower deck oscillatably in the up and down direction, and fixing clips for fixing the rubber sheet to the mower deck in a state that the rubber sheet is bent into a shape capable of guiding the mowed grasses discharged from the discharge port. | 06-12-2014 |
20140155212 | Shift Power Transmission Apparatus and Travel Power Transmission Device - Disclosed is a shift power transmission apparatus for readily suppressing or avoiding size increase thereof. The apparatus includes an input shaft ( | 06-05-2014 |
20140148984 | Hybrid Work Vehicle - A hybrid work vehicle is provided with an internal combustion engine for supplying driving force to a running device and a work implement via a transmission shaft, a motor generator for assisting the internal combustion engine by outputting power to the transmission shaft, and a battery for receiving charging electricity from the motor generator and giving driving electricity to the motor generator. A load information generation unit generates load information indicating a rotational load received by the internal combustion engine when in a constant-speed control mode for maintaining a constant number of revolutions of the internal combustion engine, based on an input parameter, and an assistance calculation unit calculates an amount of assistance for internal combustion engine by the motor generator, based on the load information when in the constant-speed control mode. | 05-29-2014 |
20140129106 | Drive Control System for Work Vehicle - A drive control system for a work vehicle is provided with a power transmission device that drives front wheels and rear wheels, a request determination unit, and a drive mode control unit. The power transmission device has a drive mode switching mechanism that performs drive mode switching between a four-wheel drive mode in which drive power is transmitted to front wheels and rear wheels and a two-wheel drive mode in which drive power is transmitted to only the rear wheels. The request determination unit determines a necessity for an increase in drive power on a contact area of the work vehicle, and outputs an increase request based on the determination result. The drive mode control unit outputs a drive mode switching request for switching to the four-wheel drive mode to the drive mode switching mechanism, in response to output of the increase request. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127509 | TITANIUM OXIDE COMPOUND AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME AND POTASSIUM TETRATITANATE AND HYDRATED TETRATITANATE COMPOUND - In a titanium oxide compound according to the present invention, the titanium oxide compound is obtained by eluating potassium of potassium tetratitanate expressed by a general formula K | 05-08-2014 |
20140121952 | Work Vehicle - A work vehicle includes an engine, an authentication processing unit for permitting the engine to be started only when stored authentication information and authentication information inputted by a manual operation are identical to each other, storage means for pre-storing the stored authentication information, a first switch and a second switch for performing the manual operation, authentication information identifying means for comparing the inputted authentication information acquired by the authentication processing unit with the stored authentication information, and power controlling means for allowing power to be supplied to a starter motor of the engine when the inputted authentication information is identical to the stored authentication information at the authentication information identifying means. The authentication processing unit is configured to acquire, as the inputted authentication information, the number of operation iterations of the first switch and the number of operation iterations of the second switch. | 05-01-2014 |
20140113766 | Hybrid Vehicle - A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a motor, and a belt stepless speed changer device having a driving rotary body, a driven rotary body, a first shaft member supporting the driving rotary body with allowing rotation thereof in unison, a second shaft member supporting the driven rotary body with allowing rotation thereof in unison, and an endless belt wound around the driving rotary body and the driven rotary body. The vehicle further includes a transmission case configured to receive the powers from the engine and the motor via the belt stepless speed changer device and a centrifugal clutch incorporated in a power transmission line extending form the engine to the first shaft member. The motor is disposed on the side opposite the engine across the driving rotary body, and the driving power of the motor is inputted to the first shaft member. | 04-24-2014 |
20140109538 | RIDING TYPE MOWER - A cover having a side skirt and an upper face part covers a pulley provided to a mower deck. A latch mechanism removably attaches the cover to a top plate of the mower deck using an elastic deformation of the cover. The latch mechanism includes a first bracket forming a first opening, and a second bracket which is provided to the top plate so as to oppose to the first bracket via the pulley, and forms at least one second opening, a first projection provided to the side skirt of the cover, and for engaging with the first opening when attaching the cover, and at least one second projection provided to the side skirt of the cover, and for engaging with the second opening when attaching the cover. | 04-24-2014 |
20140109535 | RIDING TYPE MOWER - A riding mower includes a mower body frame extending in front-and-rear directions between a pair of left and right rear wheels, a horizontal installation surface defined in an area near the rear wheels, an engine arranged on the installation surface, rearward of axle(s) of the rear wheels, an operator's seat arranged forward of the engine, and a fuel tank. The fuel tank includes a front tank portion extending in the front-and-rear directions below the operator's seat, and a rear tank portion connected with the front tank portion, extending in mower body front-and-rear directions on one side of the engine in mower body transverse directions, and extending higher than the front tank portion. | 04-24-2014 |
20140097591 | Working Vehicle - The cover member has an outer edge portion configured by the upper end extending portion, the front end extending portion, and the rear end extending portion in which a front end of the upper end extending portion and an upper end of the front end extending portion are connect to each other, and a rear end of the upper end extending portion and an upper end of the rear end extending portion are connected to each other. | 04-10-2014 |
20140083791 | Working Vehicle Including Exhaust Gas Treatment Device - A working vehicle includes an engine, a vehicle body frame on which the engine is mounted, an exhaust gas treatment device for treating exhaust gas of the engine, and a fixing base for fixing the exhaust gas treatment device, and the fixing base is separated from the engine by a gap. Furthermore, a support body for connecting the fixing base to the vehicle body frame is also separated from the engine by a gap. A bellows pipe for absorbing solid-borne sound is provided in an area where a suction pipe of the exhaust gas treatment device is connected to an exhaust manifold of the engine. | 03-27-2014 |
20140083784 | Working Vehicle - The present invention provides a working vehicle, including a power source unit, an air intake passage, and an air exhaust passage all of which are arranged inside a roof portion, wherein the power source unit is disposed in a portion close to a center in a vehicle body width direction, the air intake passage guides air taken from an air intake port that is provided in a center portion in the vehicle body width direction, to the power source unit, and the air exhaust passage is bent in a planar view such that air supplied to the power source unit flows in a bent manner toward an air exhaust port that is provided in one end portion in the vehicle body width direction. | 03-27-2014 |
20140072478 | EXHAUST TREATMENT DEVICE OF DIESEL ENGINE - An exhaust treatment device of a diesel engine is provided in which combustible gas is burned with oxygen in exhaust, combustion heat increases a temperature of the exhaust, and heat of the exhaust can burn and remove PM accumulating in a DPF. In order to cause a heater for radiating heat at a start of generation of the combustible gas to enter a catalyst inlet portion, and fit a liquid fuel retaining member over a periphery of the heater, a guide plate is provided to a lower face of the liquid fuel retaining member so that the air-fuel mixture moving down in the liquid fuel retaining member flows along an upper face of the guide plate out to a periphery of the guide plate. | 03-13-2014 |
20140069365 | INTAKE DEVICE OF MULTICYLINDER ENGINE - An intake device of a multicylinder engine includes an intake manifold having a collector portion extending in a front-rear direction, an intake air introducing portion disposed at a center in the front-rear direction of the collector portion, and branch portions led out from front and rear end portions and of the collector portion. The branch portions are connected to an intake port of a cylinder head. A throttle body is disposed at an upper portion of the intake air introducing portion, and has a butterfly-type throttle valve, a valve shaft of which is oriented in the front-rear direction. A blow-by gas inlet portion is provided to the intake air introducing portion | 03-13-2014 |
20140067198 | Display System for Work Vehicle Having Power Take Off (PTO) - A display system for a work vehicle includes a rotation speed display section for selectively displaying an engine rotation speed or a PTO rotation speed in a same display area, a display selection switch for outputting a display selection command, a discrimination display section for displaying a discrimination object for discriminating which of the engine rotation speed and the PTO rotation speed is being displayed and a display control section for selectively providing an engine rotation speed display signal or a PTO rotation speed display signal to the rotation speed display section based on the display selection command and providing the discrimination display section with a display signal for the discrimination object based on the display selection command. | 03-06-2014 |
20140064899 | Loading Work Apparatus - A loading work apparatus includes booms, attachment tools, an implement tool removably attached to the attachment tools, and implement tool cylinders. The implement tool includes an engaged member on a back surface thereof. The attachment tools include an attachment unit having an engaging member engaged with the engaged member, coupling members supporting the transverse shaft, and lock members locking/unlocking engagement between the engaging member and engaged member. Each coupling member includes brackets on lateral opposite sides of the lock member. The transverse shaft is supported at opposite ends thereof by lower portions of the right and left brackets. The support shaft is supported at opposite ends thereof by intermediate portions of the right and left brackets. The transverse shaft and the support shaft bridge across the lock member. | 03-06-2014 |
20140064898 | Front Loader - Disclosed is a front loader provided with an indicator device. The indicator device is configured to indicate that the work implement is in an identical posture irrespective of a height position of the work implement, by aligning a rear end of the indicator rod with a rear end of the guide tube. | 03-06-2014 |
20140062139 | Floor Arrangement of Driver's Section of Vehicle - A floor arrangement of a driver's section of a vehicle includes a floor frame, an acoustic absorbent placed on the floor frame and a floor mat placed on the acoustic absorbent. A wire harness is placed in an acoustic absorbent-free space formed between the floor frame and the floor mat. A protector is provided inside the acoustic absorbent-free space in the vicinity of the wire harness and extends upward from the floor frame. This protector is affixed to the floor frame and configured to receive a load applied to the floor harness from the upper side thereof. | 03-06-2014 |
20140062075 | Work Vehicle with a Ground-Work Unit - A work vehicle has a ground-work unit that is mounted under a frame supported by front wheels and rear wheels and disposed forwardly of the front wheels. The work vehicle includes a steering wheel supported to a steering post and consisting of spokes and a ring. A man-machine interface face formed in the steering post downwardly of the steering wheel and around a rotational axis of the steering wheel includes a display face having a flat panel display and an operation face having an operation input device. The steering wheel is greater in size than the flat panel display as seen in the direction of rotational axis of the steering wheel, and the operation face is greater in length than the flat panel display in the direction of vehicle width. | 03-06-2014 |
20140061981 | CERAMIC FILTER AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING AND USING SAME - A process for manufacturing a ceramic filter includes mixing silicon, yttrium oxide-doped zirconia, magnesium-aluminum spinel, silicon nitride, a pore-forming material, and a binder to form a ceramic precursor; extruding the ceramic precursor into a generally honeycomb shaped monolithic filter precursor or into a single filter tube precursor; drying the filter precursor or filter tube precursor to form a dried ceramic precursor; heating the dried ceramic precursor to remove the binder; and sintering to form the silicon nitride ceramic filter. | 03-06-2014 |
20140059990 | Work Vehicle with a Mower Unit - A work vehicle includes wheels and a mower unit that are driven by power from an engine, and a mower driving detecting section for detecting power transmission condition to the mower unit. An isochronous controlling section controls the engine in an isochronous control mode for maintaining an engine rotational speed at a predetermined fixed value, independently of an engine load. A droop controlling section controls the engine in a droop control mode for varying the engine rotational speed in dependence on the engine load. If power is transmitted to the mower unit, the isochronous control mode is selected. | 03-06-2014 |
20140056751 | CAST AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL - An austenitic stainless cast steel having a volume fraction of a ferrite phase of 0.1-5.0%. | 02-27-2014 |
20140053826 | RADIANT TUBE - A radiant tube formed of a heat resistant metal includes at least one bent tube ( | 02-27-2014 |
20140035282 | PIPE JOINT - An annular sealing material seals a pipe joint between a socket and a spigot. The sealing material includes a bulb part which is composed of a first bulb, a second bulb located closer to the inner side of the socket than the first bulb, and a narrow part present between the first and second bulbs. The first bulb is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the socket. The second bulb is pressed against the outer peripheral surface of the spigot. The second bulb is inclined towards the pipe center from the first bulb in a natural state before it is provided between the socket and the spigot. The inner diameter of the second bulb is smaller than the outer diameter of the spigot in the natural state. The second bulb is extensible in the pipe diameter direction due to elastic deformation of the narrow part. | 02-06-2014 |
20140034409 | Work Vehicle - A work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a seat section and a load-carrying platform disposed rearwardly of the seat section. A storage space is disposed rearwardly of the seat section and downwardly of the load-carrying platform, the storage space extending in a lateral width direction of the vehicle body, and the storage space opening toward a lateral side of the vehicle body. | 02-06-2014 |
20140034408 | WORKING MACHINE - To provide a working machine of which a compressor and an alternator are accessible from a back side of an engine hood. On a machine body, a motor is mounted such that a shaft center of an output shaft thereof coincides with a lateral direction of the machine body; an engine hood covering the motor is provided with an open/close cover that can open the inside of the engine hood backward; on a lateral surface of the motor on an output shaft side, a compressor bracket attached with a compressor at a position behind the output shaft of the motor is attached and fixed; and an alternator that is positioned behind the output shaft of the motor and vertically displaced in position from the compressor is provided. | 02-06-2014 |
20140034403 | WORKING MACHINE - To make it possible to arrange an engine control unit in a narrow arrangement space by, for multiple purposes, using a support member for attaching an operation device. On a machine base supported by a traveling unit, an engine is mounted and a controlling part having an operator's seat is arranged; on one of left and right sides of the controlling part, a vehicle accessory is mounted and covered with an accessory cover; and on a front side of the operator's seat of the controlling part, and near the accessory cover, a support member is provided upright to provide an operation device. Between the accessory cover and the operation device, an engine control unit that controls the engine is arranged, and the engine control unit is attached to the support member. | 02-06-2014 |
20140034160 | OPERATION PATTERN SWITCHING DEVICE - To improve operability of a switching operation and locking operation of an operation pattern switching valve for switching the operation pattern of controlling devices for actuator control valves. An operation pattern switching device has a rotating operation member that rotates around a shaft center of a rotating support shaft, and thereby performs a switching operation of the operation pattern switching valve; and an operation lever that is provided rotatably integrally with the rotating operation member and performs a rotating operation of the rotating operation member. The rotating support shaft is, at each pattern switching position of the operation pattern switching valve, in a circumferential direction, provided with a plurality of lock engagement parts each with which the operation lever engages. The operation lever moves in a direction orthogonal to the shaft center of the rotating support shaft, and be thereby made engageable/removable with/from each of the lock engagement parts. | 02-06-2014 |
20140020972 | Work Vehicle Having an Exhaust Treatment Apparatus in an Engine Room - A board-like division member is provided that extends in a vehicle body transverse direction so as to divide a portion of the engine room into an upper region and a lower region along in an engine room height direction. An engine is mounted downwardly of the division member. An exhaust treatment apparatus is mounted upwardly of the division member for treating exhaust gas from the engine. An air discharge portion is formed in a lateral face region of the hood which corresponds to a position of the division member in the engine room height direction. Air present inside the engine room is discharged to the outside through this air discharge portion. | 01-23-2014 |
20140014577 | Wastewater Treatment Method and Wastewater Treatment System - This wastewater treatment system is constituted by being provided with a solid-liquid separator | 01-16-2014 |
20140014429 | WORK VEHICLE - A work vehicle includes a fixed hood covering a rear area of an engine compartment housing an engine and an engine accessory, a swing axis extending through the rear area of the engine compartment in a transverse direction of the vehicle, and a swing hood swinging around the swing axis between a closed position and an open position. The swing hood tucks the fixed hood inside the swing hood and thus covers the fixed hood in the open position, and covers a front area and a middle area of the engine compartment and overlaps with a front end portion of the fixed hood in the closed position. | 01-16-2014 |
20140007551 | RIDE-ON MOWER HAVING HEADLIGHT - A ride-on mower with a mower unit attached to a frame unit includes a headlight housing extending in a transverse direction of the vehicle body over the width of the frame unit and fixed to the frame unit forwardly of a front end of the mower deck. A right and left pair of headlight units are housed in the headlight housing. Light passage portions are formed in opposite end portions of the headlight housing for directing light coming from each of the headlight unit to the side and/or to the rear toward a direction of the front end of the mower deck. | 01-09-2014 |
20130336843 | ENGINE EXHAUST TREATMENT DEVICE - An engine exhaust treatment device is capable of combusting PM accumulated in a DPF or activating an exhaust purification catalyst even immediately after engine startup or at the time of light load operation. A combustible gas supply passage ( | 12-19-2013 |
20130330158 | WORKING MACHINE - The present invention is intended to provide a working machine allowing to form a large opening angle of an equipment cover while avoiding an obstacle even existing in front thereof. A rotating base is installed on a travelling machine body which includes right and left travelling devices, wherein an operation seat and vehicle equipment are arranged in the right and left, an equipment cover for covering the vehicle equipment is openably and closably provided, and a front lower portion of the equipment cover is pivotally supported on the rotating base via a lateral shaft. The lateral shaft of the equipment cover is inclined rearward from one end which is positioned in a side of the operation seat to the other end which is positioned in a side of a side portion of the rotating base. | 12-12-2013 |
20130312402 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE - Provided is a hydraulic system for a work machine, which can ensure low temperature responsiveness of remote control valves that perform pilot operations of pilot operated directional control valves for controlling hydraulic actuators, respectively. In order to, with bringing an unloading valve V | 11-28-2013 |
20130305694 | EXHAUST GAS PROCESSING DEVICE FOR DIESEL ENGINE - An exhaust gas processing device for a diesel engine includes a DPF, a PM deposition amount estimating unit for PM deposited in the DPF, a DPF regenerating unit, a DPF regeneration control unit, a storage unit, an acceleration regeneration request information notifying unit, an acceleration regeneration start operating unit, and a mode selecting unit. When a normal regeneration process is selected, the time at which acceleration regeneration request determination reserve period T | 11-21-2013 |
20130305688 | ENGINE WITH EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT APPARATUS - An engine has an exhaust gas treatment apparatus attached thereto, wherein an exhaust pipe can be prevented from being damaged by a vibration of the engine body. An exhaust gas treatment apparatus is supported by an engine body and the engine body and the exhaust gas treatment apparatus communicate with each other through an exhaust pipe. The casing of the exhaust gas treatment apparatus consists of a plurality of casing units separable from each other. Connection flanges are disposed in respective end portions of the casing units. The casing units are coupled together by a connection of the connection flanges, and the exhaust gas treatment apparatus is supported by the engine body through the connection flanges. | 11-21-2013 |
20130298546 | Work Vehicle - A hydraulic actuator is arranged such that the hydraulic actuator operates a swash plate of a hydraulic motor by a first pilot pressure and a second pilot pressure, the first pilot pressure being branched from a high-speed oil passage and applied to the hydraulic actuator for operating the swash plate of the hydraulic motor to a low speed side, the second pilot pressure being branched from a charge pump and applied to the hydraulic actuator for operating the swash plate of the hydraulic motor to a high speed side. | 11-14-2013 |
20130294944 | Pressure Exchanger and Performance Adjustment Method of Pressure Exchanger - A pressure exchanger includes a rotator disposed with pressure transmission sections around a rotation axis, each pressure transmission section being so formed that a first flow path and a second flow path are communicated with each other; a first lateral member formed with first fluid inflow paths guiding the first fluid to the first flow paths, second fluid outflow paths guiding, from the second flow paths, second fluid obtained after pressure exchange with the first fluid, second fluid inflow paths guiding the second fluid to the second flow paths, and first fluid outflow paths guiding, from the first flow paths, first fluid obtained after pressure exchange with the second fluid in the thickness direction; and a second lateral member rotatably sandwiching the rotator between the second lateral member and the first lateral member. | 11-07-2013 |
20130263952 | OIL PASSAGE CHANGE-OVER VALVE - An oil passage change-over valve allows an alternate communication from a first opening portion in one side a second and a third opening portion provided in another side to be changed over. A first opening portion is formed in one side of a valve body and the second and third opening portions are formed in another side of the valve body; a valve element within a valve hole of the valve body; and a communicating oil passage is formed in the valve element for alternately communicating the three opening portions. Inside the valve body, there are formed a first oil passage for connecting the valve hole with the first opening portion, a second oil passage for connecting the valve hole with the second opening portion, and a third oil passage for connecting the valve hole with the third opening portion deviated by 120 degrees from the first oil passage, respectively. | 10-10-2013 |
20130256054 | WORK VEHICLE WITH DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER - A work vehicle includes a cooling fan, an engine, and a diesel particulate filter (DPF) purifying exhaust gas of the engine, placed under a hood in that order, beginning at the front. Exhaust gas from the engine is exhausted through an exhaust passage after passing through the DPF. The cooling fan supplies cooling air to the rear. The DPF is placed such that a length direction thereof follows a width direction of a vehicle body. The exhaust passage includes a first passage, a second passage, and a third passage. The first passage extends forward and upward from the DPF before extending along the length direction thereof on a front side of the DPF. The second passage extends downward from a downstream portion of the first passage. The third passage extends to the rear from a downstream portion of the second passage and also includes an exhaust outlet. | 10-03-2013 |
20130255911 | WORKING MACHINE - The present invention is aimed to provide a working machine provided with: a condenser unit including a condenser of an air conditioner and a cooling fan for cooling the condenser, the condenser unit being disposed in a side of a cabin; and a protection cover covering above the condenser unit, capable of reducing propagation to an operator side of an air intake sound caused by inhalation of air in the protection cover through an air intake vent when the cooling fan causes a wind. In this working machine, each of air intake vents for taking cooling air into the protection cover is formed in an upper surface side of the protection cover and in each of wall parts oriented in a direction opposite to a direction visible from an operator in the cabin. | 10-03-2013 |
20130255236 | EXHAUST GAS PROCESSING DEVICE FOR DIESEL ENGINE - Provided is an exhaust gas processing device for a diesel engine which can carry out sufficient regeneration processing of a DPF. A DPF regeneration control section continues normal regeneration processing by a DPF regeneration control section when an accelerated regeneration starting operation section does not perform accelerated regeneration starting operation after notification of accelerated regeneration requiring information is started. The DPF regeneration control section prohibits the normal regeneration processing, and an accelerated regeneration re-requirement notification section starts notification of accelerated regeneration re-requiring information, when a PM accumulation amount estimate becomes equal to or higher than an accelerated regeneration re-requirement determination value J | 10-03-2013 |
20130255211 | Ceramic Filter and Method for Manufacturing the Same - [Problem] To provide a filter whose initial collection efficiency can be increased and whose pressure loss increase can be suppressed. | 10-03-2013 |
20130251490 | WORKING MACHINE - A working machine rendered to change in setting a maximum value of an absorption torque of hydraulic pump to a rather high value when the working machine is in a specified state, solves problems that, when an operation lever is being operated in an intermediate position of a lever stroke, there occurs a swinging in a machine body due to change-over of a maximum absorption torque setting value so that the operation lever is relatively moved with respect to the machine body to exert an influence on operability and the machine body acting violently. When the maximum absorption torque setting value is E2 position which is good fuel efficiency, upon detection of a full operation of either one or both of the travelling operation member and the boom operation member, controlling to automatically switch to E1 position of a maximum absorption torque larger than that of E2 position is performed. | 09-26-2013 |
20130247528 | WORK VEHICLE WITH STROKE ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM FOR SUSPENDED WORK IMPLEMENT UNIT - A work vehicle including a control device for moving an implement through a mechanism including an adjustment mechanism for locking the work implement unit with a predetermined stroke position including a rod, a cam engaging unit mounted on the rod and a cam for producing rotation with the cam engaging unit. The cam retains the work implement in a retaining position through first operational movement of the control device for moving the work implement unit from a basic position to a far side position beyond the retaining position and then returning the work implement unit to the retaining position, and allows the work implement unit to return to the basic position through a second movement control device. | 09-26-2013 |
20130241228 | Work Vehicle - A work vehicle includes a vehicle body, a seat section including a forward driver's seat and a rear seat, a rear seat posture changing mechanism for changing the rear seat in its position between a first posture where the rear seat is in a non-use condition and a second posture where the rear seat is in a use condition, a load-carrying platform disposed rearwardly of the seat section, and a partitioning member for partitioning the seat section from a space behind the seat section. The load-carrying platform includes a forward platform and a rearward platform and is switchable in its state between an extended state where a fore/aft length of the load-carrying platform is increased after the forward platform is moved forward, and a contracted state where the fore/aft length of the load-carrying platform is decreased after the forward platform is moved rearward. | 09-19-2013 |
20130240286 | Tractor - A tractor includes: a driver's compartment; an engine compartment; a partitioning member that partitions the driver's compartment and engine compartment and has a through-hole; a steering wheel provided in the driver's compartment; a power steering unit disposed on the engine compartment side; a steering shaft that extends from the steering wheel and is connected to the power steering unit; an elastic sealing member provided in an inner circumferential portion of the through-hole; and an anti-vibration member. The elastic sealing member includes a supported portion supported to the inner circumferential portion and a ring-shaped lip portion protruding downward from one end of the supported portion. The power steering unit is mounted to the partitioning member via the anti-vibration member, the ring-shaped lip portion is elastically clamped to the upper face of the power steering unit, and the steering shaft is connected to the power steering unit while inserted in the through-hole. | 09-19-2013 |
20130240283 | WORK VEHICLE WITH ENGINE MOUNTED REARWARDLY - A work vehicle includes a vehicle frame extending between a right and left pair of rear wheels. An engine is mounted in a vertical position on a horizontal mounting surface defined in the vehicle frame in a peripheral area of the rear wheels in a central portion of a transverse direction of the vehicle. A fuel tank includes a main tank body mounted under a driver's seat and an auxiliary tank body mounted on the mounting surface on one lateral side of the engine in the transverse direction of the vehicle. A canister is mounted adjacent to the engine on one lateral side of the engine and rearwardly of and adjacent to the auxiliary fuel tank. | 09-19-2013 |
20130240066 | Device for Supplying Fuel to Engine - A merge and discharge unit has: a reservoir unit in which fuel can be collected; a first merge unit for merging into the reservoir unit the fuel from an upstream site upstream of the merge and discharge unit on a fuel supply route; a second merge unit for merging into the reservoir unit the fuel from a first fuel return route; a first discharge unit for discharging a portion of the fuel of the reservoir unit into a downstream site downstream of the merge and discharge unit on the fuel supply route; and a second discharge unit for discharging a remaining portion of the fuel of the reservoir unit into a second fuel return route. | 09-19-2013 |
20130239731 | SELF-PROPELLING WORK VEHICLE FOR FORWARD AND REVERSE DRIVE - A self-propelling work vehicle for forward and reverse drive includes a handle unit attached to the vehicle body for a first shift movement along a first direction with a neutral position and a second shift movement from the neutral position along a second direction intersecting the first direction. Forward drive speed or reverse drive speed is determined based on the first shift movement. A guide unit attached to the vehicle body includes a maximum forward speed guide member for defining a shift movement end of the handle unit determining a maximum forward speed of the forward drive speed, and a neutral guide member for guiding the second shift movement of the handle unit from the neutral position defined as a starting position. The maximum forward speed guide member and the neutral guide member are positionally adjustable independently of each other. | 09-19-2013 |
20130234452 | Locking Apparatus for Openable Window - A locking apparatus for an openable window disposed in a cabin provided with a beam that has a first face and a second face includes a lock main body that is attached to the first face so as to be swingable between a closed position and a half-closed position, and a half-lock striker that is disposed on the lock main body. The half-lock striker is engageable with an operation piece provided on the openable window when the lock main body is at the half-closed position. The half-lock striker is positioned on a second face side of the beam at the closed position. | 09-12-2013 |
20130233432 | Exhaust Device for Work Vehicle - An exhaust device for a work vehicle including: an exhaust pipe for guiding exhaust to a vehicle exterior. The exhaust pipe includes: an exhaust guide pipe into which exhaust from an engine is introduced, a bending section for changing an exhaust direction; an external protective pipe that externally fits onto a downstream-side guide pipe; an ejector section for suctioning and introducing external air between an outer periphery of the exhaust guide pipe and an inner periphery of the external protective pipe; and an external air introduction section provided to an upstream-side end section of the external protective pipe. | 09-12-2013 |
20130233431 | Exhaust Device for Work Vehicle - A curved-pipe portion curved so as to change the exhaust direction is provided to the downstream-side end section of the exhaust guide pipe and the external protective pipe, and the spacing between an end-section outer periphery of the exhaust guide pipe and an end-section inner periphery of the external protective pipe in the curved-pipe portion is configured so as to be greater on the side opposite the center of curvature of the curved-pipe portion than the side nearer thereto. | 09-12-2013 |
20130228390 | Work Vehicle - When an operation lever is operated to either a speed changing path or a neutral path, a second link mechanism establishes no operative coupling between the operation lever and a parking brake mechanism. When the operation lever is operated from the neutral path to a linking path, the second link mechanism establishes operative coupling between the operation lever and the parking brake mechanism. Further, when the operation lever is operated to a braking path, the parking brake mechanism is activated. When the lever is operated to a locking path, a locking mechanism is activated. | 09-05-2013 |
20130228246 | Work Vehicle Having Hydraulic Apparatus - Disclosed is a work vehicle having a hydraulic apparatus which can reliably prevent erroneous operation of the valve of the hydraulic apparatus even when the operating lever is moved inadvertently. With this hydraulic apparatus, with operations of a single operating lever in two directions, two valves are operated respectively. Two valve operating links for operating the two valves respectively are pivotally supported to a support shaft provided to a pair of frame plates and a lock pin is provided to the frame plates. The two valve operating links form pin holes. When the two valves are at the neutral positions, the lock pin is inserted into the pin holes with a locking operation of a lock operating tool, thus fixing the valve operating links and locking the valves. | 09-05-2013 |
20130225364 | Work Vehicle - A work vehicle includes a target rotational speed calculation section for obtaining a target rotational speed of an engine corresponding to an operation of an accelerator, a high-speed-rotation rotational speed setting section for the engine rotational speed, an engine rotational speed control section for controlling the engine rotational speed, and a high-speed-rotation instruction operation section for providing a high-speed-rotation instruction for the engine rotational speed. The engine section effects an accelerator control for controlling the engine rotational speed to the target rotational speed when the high-speed-rotation instruction operation section does not so provide. The engine rotational speed control section effects a high-speed-rotation control for controlling the engine rotational speed to the higher of the target rotational speed and the high-speed-rotation rotational speed when the rotational speed instruction operation section provides the high-speed-rotation instruction. | 08-29-2013 |
20130213725 | Work Vehicle having an Exhaust Gas Treatment Unit - An improvement in a work vehicle having an exhaust gas treatment unit is disclosed. An engine is disposed in an engine room formed in a vehicle body and supported by the vehicle body. A support unit includes right and left vertical struts mounted on the vehicle body across the engine along a vehicle body transverse direction. The exhaust gas treatment unit is disposed inside the engine room and attached to the support unit upwardly of the engine, under a posture elongate along the vehicle body transverse direction. | 08-22-2013 |
20130213178 | Control Lever System - A work vehicle includes a frame structure between an operator-side space adjacent to the operator and a device-side space adjacent controlled devices. The control lever system for the work vehicle comprises a pivotal shaft mounted in the vicinity of a lever opening formed in the frame structure; a boss portion supported to the pivotal shaft to be rotatable about the pivotal shaft; a control lever portion radially extending from the boss portion to the operator-side space; a controlled lever portion radially extending from the boss portion to the device-side space; and a seal member for closing a gap between the boss portion and an area of the frame structure where the lever opening is formed. | 08-22-2013 |
20130213158 | Power Transmission Device of Tractor - The arrangement of driven gears on a countershaft in a main speed change mechanism is shortened in an axial direction, whereby the main speed change mechanism can be made compact in the axial direction. Driven gears on a countershaft of a main speed change mechanism are successively arranged from front to rear in descending order of speed. A sub-low-speed drive gear for a sub-speed change mechanism is provided in front of the highest-speed driven gear on the countershaft, and the next-highest-speed driven gear serves as a sub-high-speed drive gear for the sub-speed change mechanism. A sub-low-speed driven gear and a sub-high-speed driven gear for the sub-speed change mechanism are provided on an output shaft to be engaged with the sub-low-speed drive gear and the next-highest-speed driven gear, respectively, and the highest-speed driven gear, the sub-low-speed drive gear, and the next-highest-speed driven gear are caused to overlap in a fore-and-aft direction. | 08-22-2013 |
20130207350 | ENGINE - An engine in which an oil consumption and a leakage of blow-by gas can be stably reduced for a long period of time. The engine includes a first land ( | 08-15-2013 |
20130186077 | Work Vehicle Having Exhaust Apparatus - An exhaust gas purifying device is disposed in a portion of a motor section rearwardly of a vehicle body. A cylindrical mixing exhaust pipe is provided in a distal end portion of an exhaust pipe, through which exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust gas purifying device flows. The mixing exhaust pipe has a larger diameter than the exhaust pipe to overlap the exhaust pipe in a radial direction for drawing ambient air by the exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust pipe and mixing drawn air with the exhaust gas to discharge the mixed gas to the outside from a discharge opening. The mixing exhaust pipe is arranged in a lower side position of the motor section on one side of the vehicle width direction with the exhaust gas being discharged toward the front of the vehicle body. | 07-25-2013 |
20130176134 | OPERATION MACHINE - To accurately grasp a generation situation of a warning generated in an operation machine, the operation machine is provided with: warning generation means | 07-11-2013 |
20130167227 | WORKING MACHINE, DATA COMMUNCATION SYSTEM FOR WORKING MACHINE, OPERATION SYSTEM FOR WORKING MACHINE, AND SETTING CHANGE SYSTEM FOR WORKING MACHINE - A working machine is provided with a control device that can make wireless communication with a mobile terminal storing a mobile-use ID code and stores a working machine-use ID code, wherein the control device is provided with: ID code checking means adapted to check the mobile-use ID code obtained by ID code obtaining means and the working machine-use ID code with each other; data communication means adapted, in the case where as a result of the checking by the checking means, matching between the ID codes is established, to allow data communication between the mobile terminal and the control device, and in the case where the matching is not established, not to allow the data communication; and ID code registration means adapted to register the working machine-use ID code in the mobile terminal as the mobile-use ID code. | 06-27-2013 |
20130160428 | ENGINE WITH EXHAUST TREATMENT DEVICE AND ATTACHMENT METHOD FOR EXHAUST TREATMENT DEVICE - An engine with an exhaust treatment device ( | 06-27-2013 |
20130146619 | POWDER/GRANULAR MATERIAL FEEDING DEVICE - A provided powder/granular material feeding device fully satisfies the function of sufficiently preventing bridges and ratholes and the function of favorably stabilizing the filling rate of an outlet portion. Moreover, the powder/granular material feeding device does not require consumable items such as a flexible chute or leave a large amount of powder/granular material in a specific region inside a chute. The powder/granular material feeding device includes: a hopper | 06-13-2013 |
20130133315 | Work Machine - A work machine, comprising:
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20130125703 | WORK VEHICLE - A fuel pump supplying reservoir oil reservoired in an input case to devices to be supplied with the reservoir oil and a filter for filtering the reservoir oil circulating in the input case are provided in the input case. A fuel pump supplying reservoir oil in each of left and right axle cases to a hydraulic continuously variable transmission provided in each of the axle cases and a filter filtering the reservoir oil circulating in each of the left and right axle cases are provided in each of the left and right axle cases. | 05-23-2013 |
20130118708 | Cabin for Work Vehicle - A cabin for a work vehicle comprises: a driver's seat positioned within the cabin; cabin frames including at least a transverse frame located in a rear region of the cabin; a roof supported by at least some of the cabin frames; at least one air-conditioning duct located within the roof; an air-conditioning unit located rearwardly with respect to a rearward end of a seat portion of the driver's seat and adjacent the transverse frame for conditioning air and for feeding air-conditioned air into the at least one air-conditioning duct. | 05-16-2013 |
20130111868 | Climb-Up Assist Structure for Mower Unit - A mower unit configured to be supported to a work vehicle at a position between front wheels and rear wheels, comprises a mower deck; at least one blade supported by the mower deck; a climb-up assist member in which an inclined surface is formed for assisting the wheels in climbing over the mower unit; and a connecting device for detachably connecting the climb-up assist member to the mower unit in a service position in which the inclined surface assists the wheels in climbing over the mower unit. | 05-09-2013 |
20130087421 | Hydraulic Suspension System for Work Vehicle - The hydraulic suspension system comprises a suspension mechanism ( | 04-11-2013 |
20130087398 | Mounting Arrangement for Mounting Cooler Unit to Work Machine - A mounting arrangement for mounting a cooler unit to a work machine has a traveling device, a machine body frame, an engine and the cooler unit disposed adjacent the engine. The arrangement includes a support deck provided in the machine body frame for supporting the cooler unit, an attachment unit for releasably fixing the cooler unit to the machine body frame and a movement mechanism provided between the cooler unit and the support deck, the movement mechanism allowing the cooler unit to effect a translational movement to change a distance relative to the engine. | 04-11-2013 |
20130061834 | SPARK IGNITION ENGINE - A spark ignition engine capable of fixing an ignition coil case even in a small engine includes an intake manifold | 03-14-2013 |
20130048445 | WORKING VEHICLE - An operating system is formed in which an engagement shaft supported on an end portion of a brake piston is inserted through an engagement hole portion of a balance member; an operation wire is connected to the balance member via a coupling pin; and brake operating arms of rear wheel brake mechanisms are operated by a pair of arm portions of the balance member. A broad area is formed in the engagement hole portion in a manner allowing the balance member to swing about the coupling pin when the operation wire is pulled. | 02-28-2013 |
20130042584 | EXHAUST TREATMENT DEVICE FOR A DIESEL ENGINE - The disclosed exhaust treatment device for a diesel engine can prevent heat damage to a DPF when regenerating said DPF. If a selection device ( | 02-21-2013 |
20130030667 | Speed Change Control System for a Vehicle - A speed change control system includes a speed change control section for setting a speed change value of a stepless speed change device; a speed change operational tool for providing the speed change control section with a speed change command the stepless speed change device; a constant speed travel operational device for providing the speed change control section with a changing command for changing a constant speed mode speed change value which is a speed change value at the time of the constant speed mode, a shifting command for shifting to the constant speed mode and a departing command for departing from the constant speed mode; and a constant speed travel management section which causes the speed change control section to execute the constant speed mode with the constant speed mode speed change value, based on the shifting command from the constant speed travel operational device. | 01-31-2013 |
20130030660 | Work Vehicle - A work vehicle is disclosed with an information displaying device preventing set information corresponding to a setting screen displayed on a display from being erroneously changed even while permitting an operation for switching to and displaying one among a plurality of set screens on the display. A setting information processing unit of the information displaying device includes setting screen displaying means for switching the setting screen by the input of a first operation information item and displaying same in a transition display mode, and setting information changing means for performing a process in an information change mode for permitting a change to the set information corresponding to the setting screen, by inputting of a second operation information item. When it is determined that the second operation information item is inputted in the information change mode, a process for restoring the transition display mode from the information change mode is performed. | 01-31-2013 |
20130017049 | BOOM ASSEMBLYAANM NISHI; RyoichiAACI Sakai-CityAACO JPAAGP NISHI; Ryoichi Sakai-City JP - A boom has a central connection plate attached between a pair of side plates, and a rear portion side of a cover plate on a front boom portion and a front portion side of a cover plate on a rear boom portion are connected thereby. A pivoting support for a working tool cylinder used to move a working tool connected to a foremost portion of the front boom portion is provided on a front side of a top portion on each of the left and right side plates. The central connection plate is formed with a connection plate projection projecting from a front portion attached to the rear portion of the cover plate toward a midway portion so as to approach the pivoting support. | 01-17-2013 |
20120323420 | Vehicle Having Independently Driven and Controlled Right and Left Drive Wheels - A self-propelled vehicle includes a maneuvering unit, a drive unit including first and second drive sections, which are driven and controlled by drive wheel control commands, a drive wheel unit including left and right drive wheels driven by the first and second drive sections, respectively, at least one caster wheel which is controlled by a caster wheel control command, a bank detector for detecting a degree of bank of the vehicle and a control unit including a drive wheel control section for generating the drive wheel control commands. The control unit further includes a caster wheel control section which generates the caster wheel control command for controlling the steering angle of the caster wheel during a bank traversing travel, based on the bank degree so as to resolve a difference between a target travel and the actual travel which occurs during the bank traversing travel. | 12-20-2012 |
20120322615 | Work Vehicle - Controlling means of a work vehicle includes, as speed change output setting data indicative of relationship between operational positions of the operational pedal and outputs from a stepless speed change device, first data for setting a deceleration completion position of the operational pedal where the output from the stepless speed change device is zero to provide a larger operational amount of the operational pedal from a stepping release position and second data for setting the deceleration completion position to provide a smaller operational amount of the operational pedal from the stepping release position. | 12-20-2012 |
20120312000 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT DEVICE FOR DIESEL ENGINE - An exhaust gas treatment device for a diesel engine capable of starting the generation of a combustible gas is provided. The device includes a combustible gas generator. A core member is fitted in the center portion of an annular wall to form an air-fuel mixing chamber between the inner peripheral surface of the annular wall and the outer peripheral surface of the core member. An air-fuel mixture gas in the air-fuel mixing chamber is adapted to be supplied from the end of the air-fuel mixing chamber to a combustible gas generating catalyst to a portion near the center thereof. A heater is used as the core member. The heat dissipating outer peripheral surface of the heater is exposed to the air-fuel mixing chamber. Heat is dissipated directly from the heat dissipating outer peripheral surface of the heater to the air-fuel mixing chamber when starting the generation of the combustible gas. | 12-13-2012 |
20120307863 | ENGINE EXHAUST HEAT TEMPERATURE DETECTION DEVICE - An exhaust gas temperature detection sensor is arranged at a predetermined position outside a muffler, or at a predetermined position outside an exhaust pipe constituting an exhaust gas flow passage on a more downstream side than the muffler in an exhaust direction. The sensor detects that an atmosphere temperature at the predetermined position outside the muffler has reached a predetermined temperature based on an increase in a temperature inside the muffler, or detects that an atmosphere temperature at the predetermined position outside the exhaust pipe has reached a predetermined temperature based on an increase in a temperature of an exhaust gas inside the exhaust pipe. | 12-06-2012 |
20120271519 | Speed Control Structure and Method for Work Vehicle - A load control system for a work vehicle including set rotation speed detection means for detecting a set rotation speed of an engine of the work vehicle, actual rotation speed detection means that senses an actual rotation speed of the engine, a continuously variable speed change device that receives power from the engine of the work vehicle, speed change position detecting means for detecting a speed change operating position of the continuously variable speed change device, operating means for speed-shifting the continuously variable speed change device, and control means for controlling the operation of the operating means. | 10-25-2012 |
20120251285 | FRONT LOADER - A detection link of a spill guard link mechanism is pivoted and connected to a bucket bracket in a position proximate to a bucket pivot support axis rotatably supporting a bucket and above a lower surface of a boom. | 10-04-2012 |
20120248813 | Door Attached to Cabin for Work Vehicle - In a door ( | 10-04-2012 |
20120247846 | Work Vehicle - A work vehicle comprising, a power unit, an electric motor activated by electric power from the power unit, a propelling transmission system for receiving drive power from the electric motor, a cabin including a roof portion the driver rides, an air conditioner for adjusting air temperature in the interior of the cabin. the power unit and the air conditioner are provided in the roof portion of the cabin. | 10-04-2012 |
20120247077 | RIDING MOWER - A riding mower includes a pair of right and left front wheels; a pair of right and left rear wheels; a driver's seat provided between the rear wheels and the front wheels; an engine provided in the rear of the driver's seat; and a mower provided under the driver's seat. The riding mower is capable of being mounted with a fuel gas cylinder sideways on a side of the engine in which an operation section of the fuel gas cylinder faces backward. The riding mower further includes a guard member that is opposed to a rear surface of the fuel gas cylinder and is switchable between a protection position to cover the rear side of the operation section and an open position to open the rear surface of the fuel gas cylinder. | 10-04-2012 |
20120245795 | Tractor - A tractor is improved for suppressing pitching in which a front part of a traveling vehicle body is lifted upward, while a suspension mechanism effectively functions when work is carried out with a ground implement. When a raise control signal for raising the plow is detected in draft control for elevating/lowering the plow based on a draw load value detected by a draw load sensor, mode switching means suppresses or limits the suspension function, via control of the suspension control means to suppress an adverse event in which the front part of the traveling vehicle body is lifted upward. When the raise control signal is not detected, the mode switching means causes the suspension mechanism to effectively function via control of the suspension control means. | 09-27-2012 |
20120240879 | ENGINE - An exhaust manifold is covered by a manifold heat shield cover and an exhaust pipe is directed downward from the exhaust manifold. In such an engine, a cooling fan is disposed on a front portion of the engine and the exhaust pipe is positioned on the air flow path of the cooling fan. An auxiliary component heat shielding plate is directed from the manifold heat shield cover along a back side of the exhaust pipe. An auxiliary engine component is disposed beneath the manifold heat shield cover on a back side of the auxiliary component heat shielding plate. Between the exhaust pipe and a cylinder block, an air flow guide plate provides an air flow space between the air flow guide plate and the cylinder block. A cooling air flow passing through the air flow space is thus supplied to the auxiliary engine component. | 09-27-2012 |
20120239260 | Tractor - Provided is a tractor which allows continuation of a plowing work by appropriately elevating a plow when slip occurs in wheels. The tractor includes draft controlling means ( | 09-20-2012 |
20120238403 | WORK VEHICLE - A work vehicle includes a pair of electric motors independently running and driving right and left running wheels in a state of being able to create straight running state and turning running; a pair of right and left change speed operation tools independently manually operated and performing a change speed operation to the right and left running wheels; and a controller controlling operation. The controller controls the operation of the respective electric motors by setting target speeds with regard to the respective electric motors such that the speed difference in the target speeds is smaller than the speed difference corresponding to the difference in the operation positions of the respective change speed operation tools by a set amount in a case where the operation positions of the respective change speed operation tools are different between right and left. | 09-20-2012 |
20120234754 | ORGANIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT DEVICE AND ORGANIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT METHOD - An organic wastewater treatment apparatus comprises a biological treatment tank provided with a whole floor aeration section in which a first aerator is disposed so as to perform whole floor aeration, a solid-liquid separation section formed above the whole floor aeration section and provided with a membrane separation device immersed in activated sludge, and a flow path narrowing section formed between the whole floor aeration section and the solid-liquid separation section so as to vertically separate the whole floor aeration section and the solid-liquid separation section, wherein the flow path narrowing section includes a flow path narrowing device configured to narrow a cross-sectional area of the flow path from the whole floor aeration section to the solid-liquid separation section so as to combine fine air bubbles discharged from the first aeration device to each other and discharge the combined bubbles to an area below the membrane separation device. | 09-20-2012 |
20120227369 | RIDING WORK VEHICLE - The present invention provides a riding work vehicle that includes a vehicle body having a driver seat; a driving wheel unit supporting the vehicle body; a working electric motor that drives a work unit having a work device; an electric motor controller controlling an operation of the working electric motor in a steady mode or a power saving mode in which consumed power is smaller than the steady mode; and a work load evaluator that evaluates load of the working electric motor. In the riding work vehicle, the electric motor controller operates the working electric motor in the power saving mode in a case where the load of the working electric motor evaluated by the work load evaluator is low load lower than a threshold value. | 09-13-2012 |
20120227368 | WORKING VEHICLE - The present invention provides a riding work vehicle that includes a running electric motor unit running and driving a driving wheel unit; a speed setting operation unit operated by a driver to set a target running speed; a working electric motor driving a work device that performs work on a worked object around a vehicle body corresponding to running of the vehicle body; and an exceptional speed controller that performs exceptional speed control to control the running electric motor unit at an exceptional speed lower than the target running speed in a case where load of the working electric motor evaluated by a work load evaluator that evaluates load of the working electric motor is abnormal load higher than a threshold value. | 09-13-2012 |
20120225746 | Transmission Apparatus for a Tractor - Disclosed is a transmission apparatus for a tractor which is operable to transmit a forward drive force in a wide speed changing range to the traveling device and which is operable also to transmit a reverse drive force to the traveling device in an inexpensive manner and with good transmission efficiency. A planetary transmission section ( | 09-06-2012 |
20120198832 | Hydraulic System for a Work Vehicle - A hydraulic system for a work vehicle is disclosed. A preferential flow-dividing valve supplies a fixed amount of oil discharged from a variable displacement pump preferentially to a preferential hydraulic oil section and a surplus oil flow from the pump to a non-preferential hydraulic oil section. A plurality of electromagnetic proportional control valves are provided in the non-preferential hydraulic oil section for controlling oil flows relative to a plurality of hydraulically operated devices provided in the non-preferential hydraulic oil section. A necessary flow rate calculating module calculates a necessary oil flow rate in each of the preferential hydraulic oil section and the non-preferential hydraulic oil section based on a preferential oil flow rate of the preferential flow-dividing valve supplied to the preferential hydraulic oil section and an amount of current distributed to each of the plurality of electromagnetic proportional control valves in the non-preferential hydraulic oil section. | 08-09-2012 |
20120193818 | DIFFUSER TUBE - A diffuser tube is capable of preventing sludge from entering the tube when a diffusion operation is not performed, thereby preventing clogging of diffusion holes and inside of the tube and reducing a pressure loss during the diffusion operation. The diffuser tube is formed of an elastic tubular body, and slit cutting surfaces of a diffusion slit are slanted with respect to a radial direction of a membrane member in a slanted surface portion. | 08-02-2012 |
20120191307 | Speed Changing Control System for a Vehicle - A speed changing control system for a vehicle including a speed changing device for speed changing a rotational power from an engine and outputting the resultant power, a speed changing control unit for setting a speed change ratio of the speed changing device, and an engine control unit for setting an engine rotational speed of the engine. Based on an operational instruction in response to a driver's operation, a rotational speed reducing instruction is given to the engine control unit for reducing an engine rotational speed set by the engine control unit by a predetermined amount. Also, a speed changing ratio changing instruction is given to the engine control unit for requesting, to a speed changing control unit, a change of the speed change ratio for compensating for the reduction in the engine rotational speed by the rotational speed reducing instruction so as to maintain the vehicle speed. | 07-26-2012 |
20120160215 | APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING FUEL AMOUNT OF DIESEL ENGINE - An apparatus for adjusting the fuel amount of a diesel engine is capable of preventing a decrease in the accuracy of the adjustment of the fuel amount. An engine stop operation input portion | 06-28-2012 |
20120159937 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT DEVICE FOR DIESEL ENGINE - An exhaust gas treatment device for a diesel engine is capable of smoothly starting the generation of a combustible gas and is provided with a small combustible gas generator. A core material is fitted in the center portion of an annular wall to form an air-fuel mixing chamber between the inner peripheral surface of the annular wall and the outer peripheral surface of the core material. An air-fuel mixture gas in the air-fuel mixing chamber is adapted to be supplied from the end of the air-fuel mixing chamber to a combustible gas generating catalyst to a portion near the center thereof. A heater is used as the core material, the heat dissipating outer peripheral surface of the heater is exposed to the air-fuel mixing chamber. Heat is dissipated directly from the heat dissipating outer peripheral surface of the heater to the air-fuel mixing chamber when starting the generation of the combustible gas. | 06-28-2012 |
20120144811 | EXHAUST TREATMENT DEVICE FOR A DIESEL ENGINE - Provided is an exhaust-treatment device for a diesel engine, said device being capable of suppressing engine noise. In a first stage P | 06-14-2012 |
20120073895 | Work Vehicle - A speed changer lever and a lift lever are supported to a lever supporting structure that extends from the front end of an armrest disposed laterally of a driver's eat to the forward side of the vehicle body. A speed changer lever guide face portion is provided at a transversely inner portion of an upwardly oriented face of the lever supporting structure. A lift lever guide face portion is provided at a transversely outer portion of the upwardly oriented face of the ever supporting structure. The lift lever guide face portion is set at a disposing height lower than the speed changer lever guide face portion. An upper end of the lift lever is set at a disposing height lower than the upper end of the speed changer lever. A speed changer lever guide groove and a lift lever guide groove are disposed parallel to each other. | 03-29-2012 |
20120067658 | Swiveling Work Machine - A swiveling work machine includes: a swivel deck; an engine disposed rearward of the swivel deck; a suction type radiator disposed rearward of the swivel deck; a bonnet covering the engine and the radiator and forming an engine room; a cabin disposed frontward of the engine room; a partition wall standing on the swivel deck between the cabin and the engine room and forming a front portion of the bonnet; an air conditioner main body disposed frontward of the partition wall and in a lower portion of the cabin; an ambient air inlet for supplying ambient air to the air conditioner main body, the ambient air inlet being formed in a portion of the partition wall facing a radiator suction space; and a filter provided in the ambient air inlet. | 03-22-2012 |
20120067443 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR WORKING MACHINE - A pair of dozer control valves V | 03-22-2012 |
20120056411 | Work Vehicle - A pick-up style work vehicle includes a rollover protection structure (ROPS), a seat section including a forward driver's seat and a rear seat, and a rear seat posture changing mechanism for changing the rear seat in its position between a first posture where the rear seat is in a non-use condition and a second posture where the rear seat is in a use condition. A fore/aft length of the rear seat in the first posture is shorter than the fore/aft length of the rear seat in the second posture. The work vehicle also includes a partitioning member for partitioning the seat section from a space behind the seat section with the partitioning member being supported by the ROPS. The partitioning member is movable with being supported by the ROPS between a rearwardly displaced position immediately behind the rear seat and a forwardly displaced position moved forward from the rearwardly displaced position. | 03-08-2012 |
20120055729 | Work Vehicle having Engine and Belt-Type Continuously Variable Transmission Device - A work vehicle includes: a muffler which flows exhaust from an engine and extends in a transverse direction so as to allow the exhaust from the engine to flow in the transverse direction; and a CVT case for covering a belt-type CVT positioned frontward of the muffler in a longitudinal direction. The CVT case includes a cooling structure for introducing cooling air from outside, cooling the belt-type CVT, and discharging the cooling air from a discharge part. An exhaust duct includes an inflow opening to be connected to the discharge part for allowing the cooling air to flow into the exhaust duct, and an exhaust opening for allowing the cooling air to flow out rearward. The exhaust opening is elongated in an extending direction of the muffler and oriented in a direction that allows the cooling air flowing out to hit the muffler. | 03-08-2012 |
20120055728 | Work Vehicle having Drive Wheels - A work vehicle having drive wheels includes: an engine having an output shaft oriented in a transverse direction of a vehicle body; a transmission having an input shaft oriented in the transverse direction, which includes a transmission case arranged next to the engine in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body; and a CVT which extends between a lateral side of the engine and a lateral side of the transmission case and is configured to transmit a driving force from the output shaft to the input shaft. A connecting plate is configured to connect an upper part of the engine and an upper part of the transmission case and has a cover part. An electric component is disposed in a space defined by the engine, the transmission case and the connecting plate and is covered by the cover part from above. | 03-08-2012 |
20120046138 | Power Train for Work Vehicle - A power train for a tractor includes an engine power transmission shaft extending along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body rearwardly of an engine, and a hydrostatic stepless speed changer unit (HST) configured to input power from the engine. A pump and a motor of the HST are juxtaposed along the transverse direction of the vehicle body. A planetary gear unit is disposed rearwardly of the HST in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body. The planetary gear unit is configured to input power from the engine via the engine power transmission shaft and power from the HST and to output a traveling power. A branch transmission mechanism is disposed forwardly of the HST in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and configured to transmit the power from the engine to an input shaft of the pump and to the engine power transmission shaft in distribution. | 02-23-2012 |
20120024100 | Speed Change Operation Apparatus for Stepless Speed Changer Device - A speed change operation apparatus includes a pivotal body operatively connected to a trunnion shaft to be pivotally displaced in response to an operational displacement by an operational tool, a positioning body operatively coupled with the pivotal body so as to be pivotally displaced in response to a pivotal displacement of the pivotal body, a main urging mechanism for applying an urging force to the pivotal body via the positioning body for returning the pivotal body from an operational position to the neutral position, and an auxiliary urging mechanism for applying an auxiliary urging force to the pivotal body for returning the pivotal body from the operational position to the neutral position. The returning urging force by the main urging mechanism when the trunnion shaft is located at the neutral position is stronger than the returning urging force by the main urging mechanism when the trunnion shaft is located at the operational position. And, the auxiliary urging force by the auxiliary urging mechanism when the trunnion shaft is located at the neutral position is weaker than the auxiliary urging force by the auxiliary urging mechanism when the trunnion shaft is located at the operational position. | 02-02-2012 |
20120023886 | RIDING MOWER - A riding mower having left and right driving rear wheels independently drivable forward and backward and a pair of left and right steerable front wheels is provided with a support device capable of being mounted with a cylindrical gas cylinder in a horizontal position on an external side of a rollover projection frame. The support device is provided such that the mounted gas cylinder is positioned along front and rear of the rollover protection frame and is mounted in a tilted state in which the central axis of the cylindrical gas cylinder is closer to a central side in a lateral direction of a vehicle body toward a rear side from a plan view. | 02-02-2012 |
20120018973 | Suspension Arm Unit for Vehicle - A suspension arm unit for vehicle includes: a pair of profile beams each having a U-shaped cross section with an opening oriented in a horizontal direction and including: a base end part formed on one end side of the profile beam and vertically swingably supported on a vehicle body side about an axis extending in a front-rear direction; and a distal end part formed on the other end side, to which a knuckle arm unit of a wheel is attached. The pair of the profile beams are arranged in the front-rear direction so that the openings face each other in the front-rear direction and a gap between the profile beams becomes larger from the distal end part to the base end part, and the pair of the profile beams are connected to each other at the distal end part and to the knuckle arm unit through a rotary joint. | 01-26-2012 |
20120018367 | MEMBRANE SEPARATOR - A plurality of membrane elements | 01-26-2012 |
20120017573 | EXHAUST TREATMENT DEVICE OF DIESEL ENGINE - An object of the present invention is to provide the exhaust treatment device of a diesel engine which is capable of prohibiting the execution of DPF regenerating processing in a situation in which the DPF regenerating processing is inappropriate. | 01-26-2012 |
20120016659 | Display Apparatus for Work Machine and Language Rewriting System for Display Apparatus - The invention provides for making it possible to readily display information relating to a work machine, even when the mode of national language differs between the user and the vendor. The invention is characterized by a user information displaying means for displaying user information relating to the work machine to a user who is operating this work machine and a vendor information displaying means for displaying vendor information relating to the work machine, separately from the user information. The user information displaying means includes a plurality of national languages corresponding to said user information so that the user information can be displayed in a plurality of national languages. The vendor information displaying means includes a plurality of national languages corresponding to the vendor information so that the vendor information can be displayed in a plurality of national languages. | 01-19-2012 |
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20110318593 | CAST PRODUCT HAVING ALUMINA BARRIER LAYER - A cast product for use in high temperature atmosphere comprising a cast body of a heat-resistant alloy comprising of, in mass percent, 0.05 to 0.7% of C, over 0% to up to 2.5% of Si, over 0% to up to 3.0% of Mn, 15 to 50% of Cr, 18 to 70% of Ni, 2 to 4% of Al, 0.005 to 0.4% of rare-earth elements, and 0.5 to 10% of W and/or 0.1 to 5% of Mo, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, and a barrier layer formed at a surface of the cast body to be brought into contact with said high temperature atmosphere, said barrier layer comprising an Al | 12-29-2011 |
20110314953 | Tiltable Steering Wheel Apparatus for Work Vehicle - A tiltable steering wheel apparatus comprises a tilting mechanism provided under a grip portion of a steering wheel. The tilting mechanism includes a steering wheel support member for supporting the steering wheel to be tiltable about a pivotal axis extending along a transverse direction of a vehicle body, and a control lever switchable between a tilting allowing mode for allowing tilting movement of the steering wheel and a tilting preventing mode for preventing tilting movement of the steering wheel. The control lever has an extension extending toward the grip portion with a manual control portion provided in a distal end thereof to be operable with the fingers of the operator holding the grip portion of the steering wheel. | 12-29-2011 |
20110303045 | Control Lever Device for Work Vehicle - A control lever device for a work vehicle. The control lever device comprises a plurality of control levers to be movable along paths arranged in parallel with each other, a vertical limit member including lever openings formed therein for the plurality of control levers and extending to allow the movement of the control levers, dust-proof members movable along the back surface of the vertical limit member following the movement of the control levers to close the lever openings, lateral limit members for limiting displacement of the dust-proof members in a lateral direction relative to the moving direction of the control levers, and a base defining a movable surface for the dust-proof members. The vertical limit member and the lateral limit members are formed as a single cover to cover the dust-proof members. | 12-15-2011 |
20110290710 | MEMBRANE SEPARATION DEVICE - Disclosed is a membrane separation device comprising a plurality of flat membrane elements ( | 12-01-2011 |
20110264351 | Speed Control Structure and Method for Work Vehicle - A load control structure for a work vehicle comprises: set rotation speed detection device for detecting a set rotation of an engine of the work vehicle; actual rotation speed detection device that senses an actual rotational speed of the engine; continuously variable speed change device that receives power from an engine of the work vehicle; speed change position detecting device for detecting a speed change operation position of the continuously variable speed change device; operating device for speed-shifting the continuously variable speed change device; control device for controlling the operation of the operating device; wherein the control device calculates a drop amount of the actual engine rotation speed from the set rotation speed based on the detected information from the set rotation speed detection device and the actual rotation speed detection device, and sets a limit operation position for the continuously variable speed change device based on the calculated drop amount and a correlation data that correlates the actual engine rotation speeds with operating positions of the continuously variable speed change device, and controls the operating device such that the operating position of the continuously variable speed change device moves to the limit operating position based on the set limit operating position and detected information from the speed change position detecting device, and wherein the control device has command device for commanding a change of the correlation data. | 10-27-2011 |
20110259012 | WORKING VEHICLE - A working vehicle has a cooling fan provided on a first side of an engine to blow air to the engine; a muffler main body provided on a second side thereof in a position lower than an upper surface of a head cover of the engine; and an exhaust pipe exposed in a position facing an air blowing path of the cooling fan higher than the upper surface of the head cover of the engine to discharge exhaust from the muffler main body. | 10-27-2011 |
20110252911 | Work Vehicle - There are provided a forward/reverse switchover lever pivotally operably about, as a pivotal center, a position which is inwardly of an outer periphery of a steering wheel and laterally outer side of vehicle body of a rotational axis of the steering wheel as seen in a direction along the rotational axis and a pivotal support shaft pivotally supporting the forward/reverse switchover lever at a position lower than the steering wheel such that a pivotal end of the forward/reverse switchover lever projects to the laterally outer side beyond the outer periphery of the steering wheel. | 10-20-2011 |
20110241379 | Cabin System - A cabin system to be mounted on a vehicle body is disclosed. The cabin system includes a driver's seat, an air conditioner body for indoor air conditioning disposed downwardly of the drive's seat, a plurality of support pillars constituting a cabin framework, a ceiling portion, and a main duct having a hollow tubular construction, the main duct forming therein an air passageway for the indoor air conditioning. The main duct includes, at a lower portion thereof, a duct connecting opening to be connected to the air conditioner body and also includes, at a lateral portion thereof, a support pillar engaging face. The main duct is attached through the support pillar engaging face to one of the support pillars along an indoor side peripheral face of the one support pillar. The support pillar engaging face of the main duct and the indoor side peripheral face of the one support pillar have profiles complementary with each other. | 10-06-2011 |
20110233963 | Cabin Unit for Work Machine - A cabin unit for a work machine comprises a cabin frame including a ceiling frame forming a top portion of the cabin frame, and a door open frame forming a front portion of the cabin frame; a door provided in the door open frame; a door opening/closing mechanism for supporting the door from the door open from to the ceiling frame to be moved rearward and upward from a closed position for closing the door to an open position in which a front surface of the door in the closed position is directed upward; a locking mechanism provided above the door for limiting movement of the door when in the closed position or the open position; and a first unlocking mechanism provided in the door for unlocking the locking mechanism. The first unlocking mechanism includes an internal control member for releasing the locked state from the inside of the door, and an external control member for releasing the locked state from the outside of the door. | 09-29-2011 |
20110233909 | Tractor - A tractor includes a ROPS frame having right and left leg portions connected to either a transmission case or rear axle cases, a front frame connected to a portion of the transmission case forwardly of the ROPS frame and extending in the right/left direction, a right attaching frame connected to and between the right leg portion of the ROPS frame and a right side portion of the front frame and extending in the fore/aft direction, a left attaching frame connected to and between the left leg portion of the ROPS frame and a left side portion of the front frame and extending in the fore/aft direction, and right and left fenders. The right fender is attached to the right attaching frame and the left fender is attached to the left attaching frame. | 09-29-2011 |
20110232250 | Mower Unit Suspended from a Grass Mower - A mower unit is disclosed, including a mower deck mounting therein in parallel layout first, second and third rotary blades rotatably driven about vertical axes and a washing device. The mower deck includes a top wall, side walls and first, second and third auxiliary side walls for evacuation, the auxiliary side walls having shapes along at least a machine body rear portion of the rotary path of each rotary blade. The washing device includes a single water supplying unit disposed upwardly of the top wall for supplying washing water and first, second and third water discharging units disposed through the first, second and third auxiliary side walls for discharging water to the first, second and third rotary blades respectively. The washing device includes also a water supplying pipe unit interconnecting and communicating the water supplying unit to the first, second and third water discharging units. The water supplying pipe unit is disposed within a mower deck rear space delimited by outer faces of the first, second and third auxiliary side walls. The first, second and third water discharging units are configured to discharge the washing water in such a manner that the center flow portion of the discharged water respectively therefrom is confined within the inner space of the mower deck. | 09-29-2011 |
20110178684 | Speed Change System for Work Vehicle - A speed change system for work vehicle having a continuously variable transmission device selects a first change gear ratio which is set larger than a smallest change gear ratio, when an engine rotational speed is a first set rotational speed which is set equal or close to an idling rotational speed of an engine; retains the change gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission device at the smallest change gear ratio, when the engine rotational speed is equal to or above a second set rotational speed set on a high-speed side relative to the first set rotational speed; and makes the change gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission device larger between the first change gear ratio and the smallest change gear ratio, as the engine rotational speed at that moment becomes lower, when the engine rotational speed is between the first and second set rotational speeds. | 07-21-2011 |
20110172895 | Condition Evaluation System for Engine-Driven Traveling Vehicle - A fuel consumption amount evaluation system is disclosed. The system includes a rotational speed detecting section ( | 07-14-2011 |