Patents by Inventor Toshio Ikuta

Toshio Ikuta 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: 5706582
    Abstract: A dry shaver with a skin stretcher comprises a shaver body and a shaving head mounted on top of the shaver body. The shaving head comprises at least one cutter unit with a perforated outer cutter. An inner cutter is driven to move in hair shearing engagement with the outer cutter. The skin stretcher comprises a skin contact elongated along the periphery of the outer cutter and a base through which the skin contact is held on the shaving head. A macro displacement structure is provided to allow the skin contact to be movable within a macro displacement range relative to the shaver body. The skin contact is made from an elastic material capable of being elastically deformed within a micro displacement range relative to the base. With the combination of the macro and micro displacements of the skin contact, the skin contact can be kept in contact with the skin of a user in conformity with various contours of the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Hosokawa, Toshio Ikuta, Masao Tanahashi
  • Patent number: 5551154
    Abstract: A reciprocatory dry shaver has a head from mounting three elongated cutter heads, one center cutter head and two outer cutter heads extending in parallel with each other. Each cutter head comprises a holder carrying a stationary cutter and a movable cutter driven to reciprocate in shearing engagement with the stationary cutter. The head frame is mounted on a shaver housing from which a reciprocating element projects to drive the movable cutter of each cutter head. The center and outer cutter heads are floatingly supported at individual longitudinal ends by associated center and outer spring members so that each cutter head is vertically movable relative to the head frame. The center spring members are formed in one of the head frame and the associated holder while the outer spring members are formed in the other of the head frame and the associated holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Tanahashi, Takeshi Shiba, Toshio Ikuta
  • Patent number: 5548899
    Abstract: A reciprocatory dry shaver has a head from mounting three elongated cutter heads, one center cutter head and two outer cutter heads extending in parallel with each other. Each cutter head comprises a holder carrying a stationary cutter and a movable cutter driven to reciprocate in shearing engagement with the stationary cutter. The head frame is mounted on a shaver housing from which a reciprocating element projects to drive the movable cutter of each cutter head. The center and outer cutter heads are floatingly supported at individual longitudinal ends by associated center and outer spring members so that each cutter head is vertically movable relative to the head frame. The center spring members are formed in one of the head frame and the associated holder while the outer spring members are formed in the other of the head frame and the associated holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1996
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Tanahashi, Tekeshi Shiba, Toshio Ikuta
  • Patent number: 5546659
    Abstract: A reciprocatory dry shaver has a head from mounting three elongated cutter heads, one center cutter head and two outer cutter heads extending in parallel with each other. Each cutter head comprises a holder carrying a stationary cutter and a movable cutter driven to reciprocate in shearing engagement with the stationary cutter. The head frame is mounted on a shaver housing from which a reciprocating element projects to drive the movable cutter of each cutter head. The center and outer cutter heads are floatingly supported at individual longitudinal ends by associated center and outer spring members so that each cutter head is vertically movable relative to the head frame. The center spring members are formed in one of the head frame and the associated holder while the outer spring members are formed in the other of the head frame and the associated holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Tanahashi, Takeshi Shiba, Toshio Ikuta
  • Patent number: 5539984
    Abstract: A dry shaver comprises a head frame mounting at least one cutter head. The cutter head includes a holder carrying an outer foil and an inner cutter which is driven to move in shearing contact with the outer foil. A spring is provided to give a biasing force to bias the inner cutter against the outer foil so as to develop a contacting pressure therebetween. The shaver includes a floating support structure for floatingly supporting the holder to the head frame so that the cutter head can be depressed relative to the head frame. The floating support structure comprises an elastic member which gives an elastic force when the cutter head is displaced relative to the head frame such that cutter head receives a floating force which is a combination of the biasing force and the elastic force and which becomes greater as the cutter head is depressed further.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Ikuta, Masao Tanahashi, Takeshi Shiba
  • Patent number: 5461584
    Abstract: A semiconductor sensor device which has a decreased number of terminals, which is cheaply and compactly constructed and which contains a trimming circuit. A power source voltage and a clock signal having a voltage level greater than the power source voltage are input to a terminal 31. A logic circuit 22 starts operating at one voltage level of a terminal 33 and temporarily stores serial digital signals that are input through a terminal 32 in response to clock signals as parallel trimming data. A gauge circuit 11 operates based on the stored trimming data, and the gauge output is sent to the terminal 32. With another voltage level from the terminal 33, the logic circuit 22 trims a fuse memory circuit 23 based on the stored trimming data. At a further voltage level from the terminal 33, the gauge circuit 11 is operated based on the data in the fuse memory circuit 23 that is trimmed, and an output signal thereof is sent to the terminal 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Ikuta, Tadashi Shibata
  • Patent number: 5398412
    Abstract: A reciprocatory dry shaver has a head for mounting three elongated cutter heads, one center cutter head and two outer cutter heads extending in parallel with each other. Each cutter head comprises a holder carrying a stationary cutter and a movable cutter driven to reciprocate in shearing engagement with the stationary cutter. The head frame is mounted on a shaver housing from which a reciprocating element projects to drive the movable cutter of each cutter head. The center and outer cutter heads are floatingly supported at individual longitudinal ends by associated center and outer spring members so that each cutter head is vertically movable relative to the head frame. The center spring members are formed in one of either the head frame or the associated holder while the outer spring members are formed in the other of the head frame and the associated holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Tanahashi, Takeshi Shiba, Toshio Ikuta
  • Patent number: 5283953
    Abstract: A rotary dry shaver includes an outer shearing foil supported on a head frame and an inner cutter holder having a center axis and carrying a plurality of inner blades in hair shearing engagement with the outer shearing foil. The inner cutter holder is operatively connected to a rotary drive shaft of an electric motor so as to be driven thereby to rotate about the center axis. The outer shearing foil is held movable in the direction of the center axis relative to the head frame, while the inner cutter holder is movable along the center axis relative to the rotary drive shaft so as to be floatingly supported thereby. The dry shaver is characterized in that the outer shearing foil is connected to the inner cutter holder by means of a pin extending along the center axis such that the outer shearing foil and the inner cutter holder are movable together along the center axis relative to the head frame as well as the rotary drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Ikuta, Masao Tanahashi, Takeshi Shiba