Patents by Inventor Atsushi Korai

Atsushi Korai 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: 6281483
    Abstract: A compact rice cooker with excellent rice cooking performance while preventing boiling-over is presented. This rice cooker includes a main body 31, a lid for covering the top of the main body, an inner pan detachably accommodated in the main body, a bottom heating coil for induction heating of the inner pan, a control unit for controlling high frequency power to be supplied to the bottom heating coil, and a rice gruel detecting unit disposed in a steam tube of the lid, and therefore electric power supply is controlled by the control unit depending on the detection state by the rice gruel detecting unit. The rice gruel detecting unit makes use of movement of the float due to the rise of rice gruel, and the lid is formed in a compact size, and boiling-over is prevented, so that tasty rice can be cooked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yagi, Atsushi Korai, Masahiro Koyama, Hironori Hamada, Kazuhiro Ukida
  • Publication number: 20010000106
    Abstract: A compact rice cooker with excellent rice cooking performance while preventing boiling-over is presented. This rice cooker comprises a main body 31, a lid 36 for covering the top of the main body 31, an inner pan 32 detachably accommodated in the main body 31, a bottom heating coil 33a for induction heating of the inner pan 32, control means for controlling high frequency power to be supplied to the bottom heating coil 33a, and rice gruel detecting means disposed in a steam tube 47 of the lid 36, and therefore electric power supply is controlled by the control means depending on the detection state by the rice gruel detecting means. The rice gruel detecting means makes use of move of the float 48 due to rice gruel, and the lid 36 is formed in a compact size, boiling-over is prevented, so that tasty rice can be cooked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2000
    Publication date: April 5, 2001
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yagi, Atsushi Korai, Masahiro Koyama, Hironori Hamada, Kazuhiro Ukida
  • Patent number: 6177659
    Abstract: A compact rice cooker with excellent rice cooking performance while preventing boiling-over is presented. This rice cooker comprises a main body, a lid for covering the top of the main body, an inner pan detachably accommodated in the main body, a bottom heating coil for induction heating of the inner pan, a control unit for controlling high frequency power to be supplied to the bottom heating coil, and a rice gruel detector disposed in a steam tube of the lid, and therefore electric power supply is controlled by the control unit depending on the detection state by the rice gruel detecting means. The rice gruel detector makes use of move of the float due to rice gruel, the lid is formed in a compact size, and boiling-over is prevented, so that tasty rice can be cooked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Masatoshi Yagi, Atsushi Korai, Masahiro Koyama, Hironori Hamada, Kazuhiro Ukida