Patents by Inventor Genta Santou

Genta Santou 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).

  • Publication number: 20160236016
    Abstract: [Object of the Invention] An object of the present invention is to provide a breathing apparatus comprising a face piece for covering the whole face or part of the face provided with a hole at each side portion, a motor fan for supplying the face piece with external air, a pressure sensor for monitoring internal pressure of the face piece, a controller for controlling the operation of the motor fan based on a detection signal from the pressure sensor, a filter for purifying the external air supplied to the face piece, and an inhale valve and an exhale valve, wherein filter consumption is minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichi Ono, Hiroyuki Ide, Genta Santou
  • Patent number: 8905018
    Abstract: Breathing apparatus comprising a face piece for covering the whole face of a user and a fan unit for operating synchronously with the breath timing of the user. The breathing apparatus comprises a breath monitoring apparatus provided with a diaphragm and a sensor for detecting movement of the diaphragm. The location of the diaphragm and the sensor and a transmission path of inhale pressure and exhale pressure to the diaphragm are optimized. The breath monitoring apparatus is disposed in a fan unit, a space for accommodating the diaphragm and the sensor is disposed independently of an air passage in the fan unit, and the internal space of a nose cup is communicated with the space in the fan unit through holes formed in the nose cup and the face piece when the fan unit and the nose cup are connected to the face piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Shigematsu Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ono, Genta Santou, Hiroyuki Ide, Osamu Zaitsu
  • Publication number: 20120222674
    Abstract: [Object of the Invention] An object of the present invention is to provide a breathing apparatus comprising a face piece for covering the whole face of a user, and a fan unit for operating synchronously with the breath timing of the user, wherein the breathing apparatus comprises a breath monitoring apparatus provided with a diaphragm and a sensor for detecting movement of the diaphragm, and wherein the location of the diaphragm and the sensor is optimized and a transmission path of inhale pressure and exhale pressure to the diaphragm is optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: SHIGEMATSU WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ono, Genta Santou, Hiroyuki Ide, Osamu Zaitsu