Patents by Inventor Isao Katano

Isao Katano 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).

  • Publication number: 20130089413
    Abstract: A screw compressor includes a compressor body and a shell and tube heat exchanger for cooling of a compressed air discharged from the compressor body. A tube provided in the shell and tube heat exchanger has both ends each having a cylindrical shape, and a center part formed as a multi-lobate tube to have a corrugated shape with crest portions and trough portions alternately arranged in a circumferential direction. The multi-lobate tube provided at the center part of the tube is formed to have a multi-lobate spiral shape through twisting. Size reduction of the shell and tube heat exchanger may make the screw compressor compact as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki FUJIMOTO, Michinobu Tachibana, Isao Katano
  • Patent number: 7825988
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device is configured to execute a predetermined function as a foreground process and a TV function as a background process. The vehicle-mounted device is provided with a displaying device. An image corresponding to the predetermined function is displayed on the displaying device when the predetermined function is executed. The device further includes a TV program switching system, a small image generating system that generates a small image when the program switching system is operated to switch the TV programs. The small image is superimposed on the image corresponding to the predetermined function. The device further includes a display control system that displays the small image on the displaying devices such that the small image is superimposed on the image corresponding to the predetermined function, the display control system extinguishing the small image at a predetermined timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Clarion Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Manae Suwa, Takao Yahiro, Yusaku Yoshitani, Masashi Watanabe, Isao Katano
  • Publication number: 20060066762
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device is configured to execute a predetermined function as a foreground process and a TV function as a background process. The vehicle-mounted device is provided with a displaying device. An image corresponding to the predetermined function is displayed on the displaying device when the predetermined function is executed. The device further includes a TV program switching system, a small image generating system that generates a small image when the program switching system is operated to switch the TV programs. The small image is superimposed on the image corresponding to the predetermined function. The device further includes a display control system that displays the small image on the displaying devices such that the small image is superimposed on the image corresponding to the predetermined function, the display control system extinguishing the small image at a predetermined timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Manae Suwa, Takao Yahiro, Yusaku Yoshitani, Masashi Watanabe, Isao Katano