Patents by Inventor Fumiya Kitayama

Fumiya Kitayama 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).

  • Filter with laterally removable element and valve means
    Patent number: 5397462
    Abstract: A water filter has a side wall member provided with an inflow port and an outflow port and has a cartridge mounting base, which is turnably borne to the near-bottom part of said side wall member; and a cartridge is detachably installed in said side wall member on said cartridge mounting base in a manner that the inflow port of said side wall member and the inflow port of said cartridge are connected and further the outflow port of said side wall member and the outflow port of said cartridge are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Harumi Higashijima, Fumiya Kitayama, Shinji Suematsu