Patents by Inventor Naoki Sonoda

Naoki Sonoda 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: 11415352
    Abstract: An apparatus for melting ice comprising an ice bin structure containing ice. The ice bin structure comprising a housing with four walls, a floor, and optionally four supporting legs, a nozzle assembly structure comprising a pipe as well as a head structure, wherein the head structure is oriented at a downward angle; a drainage means situated at the floor of the housing structure; and a removable cover oriented to comprehensively fit the open top of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: Naoki Sonoda
  • Patent number: 11414849
    Abstract: A wash sink and dump sink assembly comprising: A combination sink, comprising of a housing structure with two full length side walls, a full length back wall, a floor, a shorter front wall and four supporting legs; a drainage means situated at the floor of the housing structure; a faucet located at the head of the back wall of the housing structure; and a tray structure resting on pegs inserted into the side walls of the housing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: Naoki Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20200354934
    Abstract: A wash sink and dump sink assembly comprising: A combination sink, comprising of a housing structure with two full length side walls, a full length back wall, a floor, a shorter front wall and four supporting legs; a drainage means situated at the floor of the housing structure; a faucet located at the head of the back wall of the housing structure; and a tray structure resting on pegs inserted into the side walls of the housing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Naoki Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20200248946
    Abstract: An apparatus for melting ice comprising an ice bin structure containing ice. The ice bin structure comprising a housing with four walls, a floor, and optionally four supporting legs, a nozzle assembly structure comprising a pipe as well as a head structure, wherein the head structure is oriented at a downward angle; a drainage means situated at the floor of the housing structure; and a removable cover oriented to comprehensively fit the open top of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Naoki Sonoda
  • Patent number: 9653924
    Abstract: A battery system includes a power supply device which supplies power, a battery device in which a plurality of substantially identical battery units are connected in parallel, and a control device including a storage unit which stores information about a reference power value corresponding to predetermined conversion efficiency of the power conversion unit, an acquisition unit which acquires information about a supply power amount of the power supplied by the power supply device, and a selection unit which determines the number of battery units capable of distributing the supply power amount at a power amount greater than or equal to the reference power value and selects the battery units to which the power is supplied from the power supply device among the plurality of battery units, wherein the selected battery units are equal in number to the determined number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Hiramura, Naoki Sonoda
  • Patent number: 9596972
    Abstract: An apparatus for rinsing vessels such as but not limited to those used for drink preparation at a bar may include a splash-resistant enclosure within which vessels are rinsed. A nozzle assembly disposed within the stall and coupled to a supply of rinsing media is configured to direct a spray of rinsing media simultaneously at an interior surface and an exterior surface of a vessel to be rinsed when placed within the stall. A method of rinsing such vessels includes simultaneously directing a flow of rinsing media at an interior and an exterior of the vessel in a predetermined quantity and/or for a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventor: Naoki Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20140283877
    Abstract: An apparatus for rinsing vessels such as but not limited to those used for drink preparation at a bar may include a splash-resistant enclosure within which vessels are rinsed. A nozzle assembly disposed within the stall and coupled to a supply of rinsing media is configured to direct a spray of rinsing media simultaneously at an interior surface and an exterior surface of a vessel to be rinsed when placed within the stall. A method of rinsing such vessels includes simultaneously directing a flow of rinsing media at an interior and an exterior of the vessel in a predetermined quantity and/or for a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Naoki Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20140197686
    Abstract: A battery system includes a power supply device which supplies power, a battery device in which a plurality of substantially identical battery units are connected in parallel, and a control device including a storage unit which stores information about a reference power value corresponding to predetermined conversion efficiency of the power conversion unit, an acquisition unit which acquires information about a supply power amount of the power supplied by the power supply device, and a selection unit which determines the number of battery units capable of distributing the supply power amount at a power amount greater than or equal to the reference power value and selects the battery units to which the power is supplied from the power supply device among the plurality of battery units, wherein the selected battery units are equal in number to the determined number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Hiramura, Naoki Sonoda