Patents by Inventor Akira Sasai

Akira Sasai 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: 8796595
    Abstract: An electrothermal cooker including an upper opening, a heating case, a lid body for the upper opening, a lower heater for heating a lower portion of the heating chamber, an upper heater for heating an upper portion of the heating chamber, and a check window. The lid body includes an inner lid, beneath an outer lid, which form the upper portion of the heating chamber. The upper heater is mounted to the lid body. The outer lid and inner lid define an opening for the check window. A portion of the lower side edge of the outer lid forms an engaging portion under the check window, and an upper portion of the inner lid forms a contact support for an outer peripheral edge of the check window, engaged with the engaging portion while surrounding this outer peripheral edge portion from under.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Zojirushi Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Sasai
  • Publication number: 20120325803
    Abstract: An electrothermal cooker including an upper opening, a heating case, a lid body for the upper opening, a lower heater for heating a lower portion of the heating chamber, an upper heater for heating an upper portion of the heating chamber, and a check window. The lid body includes an inner lid, beneath an outer lid, which form the upper portion of the heating chamber. The upper heater is mounted to the lid body. The outer lid and inner lid define an opening for the check window. A portion of the lower side edge of the outer lid forms an engaging portion under the check window, and an upper portion of the inner lid forms a contact support for an outer peripheral edge of the check window, engaged with the engaging portion while surrounding this outer peripheral edge portion from under.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: ZOJIRUSHI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira SASAI
  • Patent number: 8154601
    Abstract: A television receiving system has a plurality of setup-data including wireless settings, which can be selected by user's choice the optimum wireless setting for every position where the display is located. This configuration can create a stable signal-receiving environment no matter where the display is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Sasai, Yoshikatsu Hattori
  • Publication number: 20090049499
    Abstract: A television receiving system has a plurality of setup-data including wireless settings, which can be selected by user's choice the optimum wireless setting for every position where the display is located. This configuration can create a stable signal-receiving environment no matter where the display is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Sasai, Yoshikatsu Hattori
  • Patent number: 4768449
    Abstract: A cultivator has a blade secured to a frame. The blade is downwardly projected from the frame and has an edge at the forward side thereof. An air injector is provided at a lower portion of the blade. The frame is supported with the blade and the injector above the ground by a pair of supporting wheels and a stand which are changeable to a criss-crossed stored position to permit the cultivator to be moved downwardly to its operative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Assignees: Fuji Robin Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobashi Kogyo Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuji Kaneko, Akira Sasai, Tomoo Taguchi, Hirofumi Kayahara