Patents by Inventor Jiro Inaba

Jiro Inaba 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: 8713802
    Abstract: A hair-clipper includes a stationary blade and a movable blade. The comb projections of the stationary blade include a skin-contact surface which abuts against skin, and a slide surface with which the comb projections of the movable blade come into slide contact. Further, the main body of the stationary blade includes an opposed surface which is opposed to a plane including the skin-contact surface, and a shortest distance between the opposed surface and the plane including the skin-contact surface is equal to or greater than a distance between the plane including the skin-contact surface and the comb projection of the movable blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Fukutani, Toshio Ikuta, Jiro Inaba
  • Patent number: 8176637
    Abstract: The hair clipper comprises comb-like fixed blade and movable blade each having a plurality of comb-teeth each provided at its both sides with blades, in which the movable blade is reciprocated with respect to the fixed blade in an arrangement direction of the comb-teeth to cut hair, the fixed blade or the movable blade is slid in a projecting direction of the comb-teeth to adjust cutting height, wherein a tip of each comb-tooth of the fixed blade is provided with a guide projection for introducing hair, the guide projection is tapered with an inclination angle which is larger than an inclination angle of the comb-tooth with respect to projecting direction of blades on both sides of the comb-tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Fukutani, Toshio Ikuta, Jiro Inaba
  • Publication number: 20090056143
    Abstract: A hair-clipper comprising a stationary blade having a main body provided with a plurality of comb projections having blades formed at their both sides, and a movable blade that has a main body having a plurality of comb projections having blades formed at their both sides and that comes into slide contact with the stationary blade, wherein the comb projections of the stationary blade include a skin-contact surface which abuts against a skin, and a slide surface with which the comb projections of the movable blade come into slide contact, the main body of the stationary blade includes an opposed surface which is opposed to a plane including the skin-contact surface, and a shortest distance between the opposed surface and the plane including the skin-contact surface is equal to or greater than a distance between the plane including the skin-contact surface and the comb projection of the movable blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto FUKUTANI, Toshio IKUTA, Jiro INABA
  • Publication number: 20070044320
    Abstract: The hair clipper comprises comb-like fixed blade and movable blade each having a plurality of comb-teeth each provided at its both sides with blades, in which the movable blade is reciprocated with respect to the fixed blade in an arrangement direction of the comb-teeth to cut hair, the fixed blade or the movable blade is slid in a projecting direction of the comb-teeth to adjust cutting height, wherein a tip of each comb-tooth of the fixed blade is provided with a guide projection for introducing hair, the guide projection is tapered with an inclination angle which is larger than an inclination angle of the comb-tooth with respect to projecting direction of blades on both sides of the comb-tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto FUKUTANI, Toshio IKUTA, Jiro INABA