Patents by Inventor Etsuko Kato

Etsuko Kato has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8029269
    Abstract: Inner surface strain of a container is reduced by suppressing a temperature drop of blow air, and heat resistance of the container is increased by enhancing the degree of crystallization. A blow air supply unit for a blow molding machine for molding a hollow bottle container 1 by supplying heated blow air into a preform includes: a high-pressure air source 11 for generating high-pressure blow air; a high-pressure gate valve 12 for opening/closing a blow air channel on the downstream of the high-pressure air source 11; a heat exchanger 13 for heating the blow air on the downstream of the high-pressure gate valve 12; a throttle valve 14 for throttling the flow rate of blow air on the downstream side of the heat exchanger 13; and a switchover valve 15 for switching the blow air on the downstream of the throttle valve 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Nemoto, Setsu Matsuhashi, Kouji Maeda, Nobuyuki Kato, Etsuko Kato, legal representative
  • Patent number: 7275793
    Abstract: A seat includes a seat frame, and a cushion material supported by the seat frame and having a three-dimensional knitted fabric which is formed by joining, with connecting threads, a pair of ground knit fabrics which are disposed so as to be separated from one another. The cushion material includes a first region whose elastic compliance when a reaction force is applied to an extending side of the cushion material when an occupant is seated on the seat is substantially equivalent to an elastic compliance of a portion of the occupant's body pressing the cushion material and a second region whose elastic compliance is larger than that of the first region. Accordingly, a thin and light seat can be provided, load concentration on the occupant's tuber ishiadicum bottom portion when seated for a long period of time can be mitigated, and vibration-transmitting characteristics can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignees: Delta Tooling Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Etsunori Fujita, Seiji Kawasaki, Yumi Ogura, Eiichi Yasuda, Shunichi Doi, Etsuko Kato, Katsuya Ibaraki
  • Publication number: 20040145230
    Abstract: A seat comprising a seat frame, and a cushion material supported by the seat frame and having a three-dimensional knitted fabric which is formed by joining, with connecting threads, a pair of ground knit fabrics which are disposed so as to be separated from one another, wherein the cushion material comprising a first region whose elastic compliance when a reaction force is applied to an extending side of the cushion material when an occupant is seated on the seat is substantially equivalent to an elastic compliance of a portion of the occupant's body pressing the cushion material and a second region whose elastic compliance is larger than that of the first region. Accordingly, a thin and light seat can be provided, load concentration on the occupant's tuber ishiadicum bottom portion when seated for a long period of time can be mitigated, and vibration-transmitting characteristics can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Etsunori Fujita, Seiji Kawasaki, Yumi Ogura, Eiichi Yasuda, Shunichi Doi, Etsuko Kato, Katsuya Ibaraki