Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Isago

Hiroshi Isago 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: 10251221
    Abstract: An induction cooking device includes: a housing in which at least one of a heat generating component and a heat dissipating component is disposed; a top plate which is held at an upper portion of the housing and on which an object to be heated is to be placed; a heating coil unit disposed inside the housing, below an undersurface of the top plate; a first cooling fan which is disposed inside the housing, and blows first cooling air to cool the at least one of the heat generating component and the heat dissipating component; a second cooling fan which is disposed inside the housing, takes in at least a portion of the first cooling air, and blows second cooling air to cool the heating coil unit; and an air guide which guides the second cooling air to the heating coil unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Takahashi, Hiroshi Isago
  • Patent number: 10251220
    Abstract: An induction cooking device includes: a top plate on which an object to be heated is to be placed; a housing including a frame plate to which the top plate is adhered; a coil unit disposed inside the housing and pressed against the bottom surface of the top plate; and a locking mechanism that is attached to the bottom surface of the top plate and supports the top plate. The locking mechanism includes an engagement component including an engagement portion located a predetermined distance below the frame plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Isago, Tomoya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20180077761
    Abstract: An induction cooking device includes: a housing in which at least one of a heat generating component and a heat dissipating component is disposed; a top plate which is held at an upper portion of the housing and on which an object to be heated is to be placed; a heating coil unit disposed inside the housing, below an undersurface of the top plate; a first cooling fan which is disposed inside the housing, and blows first cooling air to cool the at least one of the heat generating component and the heat dissipating component; a second cooling fan which is disposed inside the housing, takes in at least a portion of the first cooling air, and blows second cooling air to cool the heating coil unit; and an air guide which guides the second cooling air to the heating coil unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi ISAGO
  • Publication number: 20180077760
    Abstract: An induction cooking device includes: a top plate on which an object to be heated is to be placed; a housing including a frame plate to which the top plate is adhered; a coil unit disposed inside the housing and pressed against the bottom surface of the top plate; and a locking mechanism that is attached to the bottom surface of the top plate and supports the top plate. The locking mechanism includes an engagement component including an engagement portion located a predetermined distance below the frame plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi ISAGO, Tomoya TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9730278
    Abstract: In order to provide an induction heating cooking device in which a supporting configuration of a heating coil unit is simple and can be easily assembled, and which can accurately and constantly maintain a distance between a top plate and heating coils, opposite side surfaces of a framework laid out below the top plate are configured to have first vertical parts, first horizontal parts, and second vertical parts. A heating coil supporting member that supports the heating coils is disposed to be bridged between the first horizontal parts of the opposite side surfaces of the framework, and the heating coil unit having the heating coil is configured to be securely supported by the first horizontal parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Suzuki, Tomoya Takahashi, Kenji Ogawa, Hiroshi Isago, Shumpei Ando, Masahiro Yokono, Ryuuji Nagata, Katsuyuki Aihara, Shozo Ushio
  • Publication number: 20160135255
    Abstract: An induction-heating cooker has a heating coil, an insulation plate on which the heating coil is placed, a ferrite on which the insulation plate is placed, and a support body on which the ferrite is placed and that is made of a nonmagnetic metal material. The support body has an uneven part for positioning the ferrite to be placed on an upper surface of the support body with respect to the support body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji OGAWA, Tomoya TAKAHASHI, Hiroshi ISAGO, Hidekazu SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20160113070
    Abstract: An induction-heating cooker has a top plate on which a cooking container is placed, a heating coil disposed below the top plate, an insulation plate on which the heating coil is placed, a ferrite on which the insulation plate is placed, a metallic magnetic shield plate on which the ferrite is placed, an infrared sensor arranged below the magnetic shield plate to detect an infrared ray radiated from the cooking container, a casing having at least a bottom part located below the infrared sensor and a side wall part extended upward from the bottom part so as to surround the infrared sensor and made from an electrically conductive material, and a spacer intervening between the lower surface of the magnetic shield plate and the upper end of the casing in contact with both these surfaces and made from a material having electrical insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Hidekazu SUZUKI, Kenji OGAWA, Hiroshi ISAGO, Tomoya TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20150114953
    Abstract: In order to provide an induction heating cooking device in which a supporting configuration of a heating coil unit is simple and can be easily assembled, and which can accurately and constantly maintain a distance between a top plate and heating coils, opposite side surfaces of a framework laid out below the top plate are configured to have first vertical parts, first horizontal parts, and second vertical parts. A heating coil supporting member that supports the heating coils is disposed to be bridged between the first horizontal parts of the opposite side surfaces of the framework, and the heating coil unit having the heating coil is configured to be securely supported by the first horizontal parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Hidekazu Suzuki, Tomoya Takahashi, Kenji Ogawa, Hiroshi Isago, Shumpei Ando, Masahiro Yokono, Ryuuji Nagata, Katsuyuki Aihara, Shozo Ushio
  • Patent number: 6966203
    Abstract: A washing-drying machine includes an inner tub having a rotating shaft and sustained rotatably in an outer tub suspended elastically in a cabinet, where an agitator disposed rotatably on an inner bottom of the inner tub. The washing-drying machine also includes a motor for driving the inner tub or the agitator and a warm-air-circulating pass having a heat exchanger cooled by a cooling section. The washing-drying machine further includes a controller for controlling processes including washing, rinsing, dehydrating and drying. The cooling section is formed of a water-cooling-section for cooling warm-air in the heat exchanger by supplying water, and an air-cooling-section for cooling an outer wall of the heat exchanger by blowing air. As a result, high dehumidification rate by improving heat-exchange efficiency of the heat can be obtained, and clothes are hardly damaged and electric power and the amount of water consumption can be saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Matsuda, Tadashi Inuzuka, Kimura Kyosuke, Kazutoshi Adachi, Hiroshi Isago
  • Publication number: 20020178765
    Abstract: A washing-drying machine includes an inner tab having a rotating shaft and sustained rotatably in an outer tab suspended elastically in a cabinet, where a agitator disposed rotatably on an inner bottom of the inner tab. The washing-drying machine also includes a motor for driving the inner tab or the agitator and a warm-air-circulating pass having a heat exchanger cooled by a cooling section. The washing-drying machine further includes a controller for controlling processes including washing, rinsing, dehydrating and drying. The cooling section is formed of a water-cooling-section for cooling warm-air in the heat exchanger by supplying water, and an air-cooling-section for cooling an outer wall of the heat exchanger by blowing air. As a result, high dehumidification rate by improving heat-exchange efficiency of the heat exchanger can be obtained, and clothes are hardly damaged and electric power and the amount of water consumption can be saved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Eiji Matsuda, Tadashi Inuzuka, Kimura Kyosuke, Kazutoshi Adachi, Hiroshi Isago