Patents by Inventor Nobuo Sekino

Nobuo Sekino 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).

  • Control system for a heating apparatus
    Patent number: 5373142
    Abstract: A control control system for a heating apparatus such as a microwave oven. Manipulation, that is, selection of one of various menus and start of the operation thereof substantially completed by manipulating only one manipulating knob without using keys which are widely distributed on a manipulation panel, consequently, it is possible to simplify selection of a menu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohshou Ohshima, Masanori Harima, Tomoyuki Kawase, Tomokazu Itoh, Nobuo Sekino, Hirofumi Takemasa, Kiyoaki Konno, Kensuke Mizuma