Patents by Inventor Noboru Okui

Noboru Okui 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: 8117683
    Abstract: Provided are a toilet seat device saving energy and accurately stabilizing the temperature of a seating section at a predetermined level in a short time, and a toilet apparatus having the same. A control section adjusts the temperature of a toilet seat section to 18° C. when a heating function is turned on, and during a standby period D1, the control section performs low electric power drive of a lamp heater provided at the toilet seat section. The control section starts 600 W drive of the lamp heater at time t1 after the control section detects user's entry into a room, and the control section maintains the 600 W drive during an inrush current reduction period D2. The control section starts 1200 W drive of the lamp heater at time t2 and maintains the 1200 W drive during a first temperature rise period D3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yuuji Yamamoto, Hidetoshi Amaya, Shinji Fujii, Noboru Okui, Hiroshi Nagasato, Kenji Yoshinaga, Masahiro Takiguchi, Kazuya Kondoh, Eiichi Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20090025131
    Abstract: Provided are a toilet seat device saving energy and accurately stabilizing the temperature of a seating section at a predetermined level in a short time, and a toilet apparatus having the same. A control section adjusts the temperature of a toilet seat section to 18° C. when a heating function is turned on, and during a standby period D1, the control section performs low electric power drive of a lamp heater provided at the toilet seat section. The control section starts 600 W drive of the lamp heater at time t1 after the control section detects user's entry into a room, and the control section maintains the 600 W drive during an inrush current reduction period D2. The control section starts 1200 W drive of the lamp heater at time t2 and maintains the 1200 W drive during a first temperature rise period D3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuji Yamamoto, Hidetoshi Amaya, Shinji Fujii, Noboru Okui, Hiroshi Nagasato, Kenji Yoshinaga, Masahiro Takiguchi, Kazuya Kondoh, Eiichi Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Fukuda
  • Patent number: 6180934
    Abstract: To present a heating cooker that is easy to use, not requiring cook book or instruction manual, and its operating method, relating to a heating cooker for displaying the cooking procedure, types of materials, amount of materials, heating method, heating time, etc. The constitution comprises cooking setting keys for selecting the cooking method for cooking the materials, cooking time setting keys for entering the cooking time, cooking selection keys for selecting the kind of cooking such as delicatessen as mentioned in the cook book, memory for storing the materials necessary for cooking, amount, cooking tools, all cooking methods and required time, display apparatus for displaying the cooking menu, cooking time, preparation method and cooking method, and operating method of heating cooker when cooking, and control device for controlling by identifying the necessary information for each cooking selected by the cooking selection key and showing in the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Emiko Ishizaki, Noboru Okui