Patents by Inventor Aya Watanabe

Aya Watanabe 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).

  • Combination holder and battery charger
    Patent number: 6417645
    Abstract: A combination holder and battery charger for holding a battery operated electric appliance and also for recharging the battery in the electric appliance includes a housing having top and bottom surfaces opposite to each other. An auxiliary base stand is operatively disposed on the bottom surface of the housing and capable of assuming one of first and second states. This auxiliary base stand when in the first position has at least a portion thereof protruding laterally outwardly from a contour of the bottom surface of the housing, but that portion of the auxiliary base stand to enable the combination holder and battery charger to be supported stably on a support surface. The combination holder and battery charger may include a wall attachment for securement of the combination charger and holder to a wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Aya Watanabe, Keizo Ganse, Mikihiro Yamashita, Hideki Tanaka
  • COMBINATION HOLDER AND BATTERY CHARGER
    Publication number: 20020043958
    Abstract: A combination holder and battery charger for holding a battery operated electric appliance and also for recharging the battery in the electric appliance includes a housing having top and bottom surfaces opposite to each other. An auxiliary base stand is operatively disposed on the bottom surface of the housing and capable of assuming one of first and second states. This auxiliary base stand when in the first position has at least a portion thereof protruding laterally outwardly from a contour of the bottom surface of the housing, but that portion of the auxiliary base stand to enable the combination holder and battery charger to be supported stably on a support surface. The combination holder and battery charger may include a wall attachment for securement of the combination charger and holder to a wall surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Aya Watanabe, Keizo Ganse, Mikihiro Yamashita, Hideki Tanaka
  • Eyelash curler
    Patent number: D443110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Aya Watanabe, Toshiaki Nakajo
  • Eyelash curler
    Patent number: D450156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Aya Watanabe, Toshiaki Nakajo
  • Hair dryer
    Patent number: D462140
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Aya Watanabe, Toshiaki Nakajo
  • Main body for an electric fingernail polisher
    Patent number: D407533
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Aya Watanabe, Shinji Yamamoto
  • Electric shaver
    Patent number: D408585
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Aya Watanabe, Shinji Yamamoto
  • Electric face cleaner
    Patent number: D434181
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Aya Watanabe, Toshiaki Nakajo
  • Electric hair clipper
    Patent number: D700743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Chihung Chiu, Aya Watanabe