Patents by Inventor Seishi Imai

Seishi Imai 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: 20130181060
    Abstract: In a hot-water storage type heating unit 1, a liquid-liquid heat exchanger 15, which exchanges heat between a first hot-water circulation circuit 12 through which hot water stored in a hot-water storage tank 11 circulates and a heating circulation circuit 14 in which the hot water flows from a radiator unit 3 for heating, is disposed above the hot-water storage tank 11, and a circulation pump 16 is disposed in the first hot-water circulation circuit 12 on the downstream side of the liquid-liquid heat exchanger 15. In order to return the gas, which is separated by a gas-liquid separator 17 provided so as to be interposed in the first hot-water circulation circuit 12 between the liquid-liquid heat exchanger 15 and the circulation pump 16, to the hot-water storage tank 11, a return passage 18 which communicates between the hot-water storage tank 11 and the gas-liquid separator 17 is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: RINNAI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seishi Imai
  • Patent number: 7069754
    Abstract: In a steering lock device, a lock bar is disposed so as to be offset parallel to a key cylinder along a longitudinal direction of a vehicle (i.e., a central axis of the lock bar and a central axis of the key cylinder are parallel), and is disposed so as to be adjacent to the key cylinder along the central axis of the key cylinder. Further, a proximal end of the lock bar and a rear end of the key cylinder are disposed so as to overlap one another. In accordance with the steering lock device, an amount of projection from a steering column (i.e., a rectilinear distance from an outer peripheral surface of the steering column to a center of a key insertion opening of a key rotor) can be kept small. Degrees of freedom in design of an outer shape of a column cover are thereby increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho
    Inventor: Seishi Imai
  • Publication number: 20040206139
    Abstract: In a steering lock device, a lock bar is disposed so as to be offset parallel to a key cylinder along a longitudinal direction of a vehicle (i.e., a central axis of the lock bar and a central axis of the key cylinder are parallel), and is disposed so as to be adjacent to the key cylinder along the central axis of the key cylinder. Further, a proximal end of the lock bar and a rear end of the key cylinder are disposed so as to overlap one another. In accordance with the steering lock device, an amount of projection from a steering column (i.e., a rectilinear distance from an outer peripheral surface of the steering column to a center of a key insertion opening of a key rotor) can be kept small. Degrees of freedom in design of an outer shape of a column cover are thereby increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Seishi Imai