Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kajihara

Hiroshi Kajihara 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: 7430885
    Abstract: A drum type washing machine includes a housing, a rotary drum, a water tub accommodating the rotary drum therein, a door for opening and closing a housing opening for allowing laundry to be loaded into or unloaded from the rotary drum therethrough, a water tub opening communicating with the housing opening, a rotary drum opening communicating with the housing opening and the water tub opening; and an elastic connection member for connecting the housing opening and water tub opening, and having a portion that makes a pressurized contact with the door when the door is closed. A center of the housing opening is displaced upward with respect to a center of the rotary drum opening, and an angle of inclination of the housing opening with respect to a vertical plane is set to be greater than that of the rotary drum opening with respect to the vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Maeda, Hiroshi Kajihara, Kazunori Maeda, Tadashi Inuzuka
  • Patent number: 7251906
    Abstract: A drum type washing and drying machine includes a rotary drum for accommodating laundry therein; a front frame for forming a front surface of a main body of the washing and drying machine, wherein the front frame is provided with a laundry loading/unloading opening through which laundry is loaded into or unloaded from the rotary drum; a detergent dispenser accommodated in the front frame; a dryer filter, accommodated in the front frame, for collecting therein lint generated during a drying process; and a control panel for setting an operation of the main body and displaying an operating state thereof. The dryer filter and the detergent dispenser are substantially symmetrically disposed with respect to the control panel interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kajihara, Yoshitomo Kato, Satoshi Maeda
  • Publication number: 20060053844
    Abstract: A drum type washing machine includes a housing, a rotary drum, a water tub accommodating the rotary drum therein, a door for opening and closing a housing opening for allowing laundry to be loaded into or unloaded from the rotary drum therethrough, a water tub opening communicating with the housing opening, a rotary drum opening communicating with the housing opening and the water tub opening; and an elastic connection member for connecting the housing opening and water tub opening, and having a portion that makes a pressurized contact with the door when the door is closed. A center of the housing opening is displaced upward with respect to a center of the rotary drum opening, and an angle of inclination of the housing opening with respect to a vertical plane is set to be greater than that of the rotary drum opening with respect to the vertical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Staoshi Maeda, Hiroshi Kajihara, Kazunori Maeda, Tadashi Inuzuka
  • Publication number: 20060037213
    Abstract: A drum type washing and drying machine includes a rotary drum for accommodating laundry therein; a front frame for forming a front surface of a main body of the washing and drying machine, wherein the front frame is provided with a laundry loading/unloading opening through which laundry is loaded into or unloaded from the rotary drum; a detergent dispenser accommodated in the front frame; a dryer filter, accommodated in the front frame, for collecting therein lint generated during a drying process; and a control panel for setting an operation of the main body and displaying an operating state thereof. The dryer filter and the detergent dispenser are substantially symmetrically disposed with respect to the control panel interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kajihara, Yoshitomo Kato, Satoshi Maeda
  • Patent number: 4122990
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a portable frictional welding device whereby union of a metallic part with a given structure is accomplished by fastening said metallic part to the rotary shaft of the device supported slidably in the axial direction thereof, operating the rotary shaft so as to rotate the metallic part and at the same time pressing it against the structure and, when the point therebetween has assumed a state of fusion, stopping the rotation of the rotary shaft and simultaneously increasing the thrust being applied to said structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1978
    Assignee: Agency of Industrial Science & Technology
    Inventors: Yoshio Tasaki, Noboru Nakayama, Hiroshi Kajihara