Patents by Inventor Ikuo Shigenobu

Ikuo Shigenobu 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: 4066090
    Abstract: Water cock has non-freezing valve. Though temperature of the water flowing through the cock is lowered below the freezing point owing to the severe surrounding condition in the winter, the improved cock having a non-freezing valve does not stop its flowing of water. The cock has a thermo-element sensing the surrounding temperature and driving the non-freezing valve to shut and open according to the temperature. The thermo-element consists of a base portion containing heat-sensitive-material and a cylinder containing jelly-like material for transferring the expanding force of the heat-sensitive material to a shaft buried in the jelly-like material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1978
    Assignee: Echo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiminori Nakajima, Ikuo Shigenobu