Patents by Inventor Manabu Kawara

Manabu Kawara 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: 5715601
    Abstract: A reciprocatory dry shaver is capable of providing a drive point of transmitting a reciprocating force to an inner cutter from a drive element at a location as close as to a cutting edge of the inner cutter for enhancing cutting performance, yet making the use of a plastic made drive element to give a detachable connection with the inner cutter. The shaver comprises a housing incorporating a drive source which is connected to move a drive element projecting on top of the housing. An outer cutter is supported to the top of the housing. An inner cutter is detachably connected to the drive element and is driven thereby to reciprocate in hair shearing engagement with the outer cutter. The drive element comprises a stud and a pin which projects beyond the upper end of the stud. The inner cutter is formed with a joint for detachable connection to the stud and with a catch for detachable connection to the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Nakatani, Takashi Yoneda, Yoshinobu Takegawa, Toshio Ikuta, Manabu Kawara
  • Patent number: 5046249
    Abstract: An improved hand-held motor-driven oscillating razor for wet shaving provides a substantially vibration-free gripping during the shaving. The razor comprises a grip housing adapted to be gripped by the hand of a user and a shaver head movably supported on top of the grip housing. The shaver head carries a razor blade element and includes a weight which is driven by a motor to impart oscillatory movement to the shaver head. The motor is mounted within the shaver head together with the weight so as to confine an oscillatory system within the shaver head. A damper member is utilized to singly support the shaver head to the grip housing in order to made the shaver head movable with respect to the grip housing such that the grip housing can be isolated substantially from the oscillatory system in the shaver head, permitting the shaver head to oscillate substantially indpendently of the grip housing, thereby minimizing a counter-vibration transmitted back to the grip housing from the shaver head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Kawara, Masao Tanahashi, Masao Matsumoto