Patents by Inventor Kaoru IWAMOTO

Kaoru IWAMOTO 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: 20240114602
    Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating cooking chamber, a slide rail, a slide plate, a lid portion, a rotation shaft portion, and a holding portion. The heating cooking chamber includes a plate portion disposed at the outer periphery of an opening. The slide rail extends along a first predetermined direction. The slide plate moves along the slide rail. The lid portion is attached to the slide plate and opens and closes the opening. The rotation shaft portion rotates the slide rail using a second predetermined direction orthogonal to the first predetermined direction as a rotation axis. The holding portion holds the slide rail to be freely rotatable with respect to the heating cooking chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: YU SHINOHARA, MASAYUKI IWAMOTO, KAORU TOMISHIGE
  • Publication number: 20240077207
    Abstract: A heating cooking apparatus includes a heating cooking unit, a lid portion, a detection unit, light source units, and a control unit. The heating cooking unit includes a heating cooking chamber communicated with an opening. The lid portion moves between a closed position at which the lid portion covers the opening and an open position at which the lid portion opens the opening. The detection unit detects whether the lid portion is present at the closed position. The light source units, emit light into the heating cooking chamber. The control unit controls the light source units, when the detection unit detects that either a state of the lid portion being present at the closed position or a state of the lid portion not being present at the closed position is maintained for a predetermined period of time or longer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: MASAYUKI IWAMOTO, KAORU TOMISHIGE, YU SHINOHARA
  • Patent number: 10001152
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid transport pipe. A first unit channel in which a channel cross-sectional area continuously decreases toward a downstream side and a second unit channel in which a channel cross-sectional area continuously increases toward the downstream side are alternately combined. A ratio A (=L/{[Smax]1/2-[Smin]1/2}) is set within a range in which a drag reduction rate RD becomes a positive value. The fluid transport pipe includes: a first opening formed in a channel wall of the first unit channel; a second opening formed in a channel wall of the second unit channel; and a bypass channel that allows by-passing of a flow from the first unit channel to the second unit channel through the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hirokazu Ito, Tsuneo Tsutsui, Naoki Takeuchi, Kaoru Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20170227029
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid transport pipe. A first unit channel in which a channel cross-sectional area continuously decreases toward a downstream side and a second unit channel in which a channel cross-sectional area continuously increases toward the downstream side are alternately combined. A ratio A (=L/{[Smax]1/2-[Smin]1/2}) is set within a range in which a drag reduction rate RD becomes a positive value. The fluid transport pipe includes: a first opening formed in a channel wall of the first unit channel; a second opening formed in a channel wall of the second unit channel; and a bypass channel that allows by-passing of a flow from the first unit channel to the second unit channel through the openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hirokazu ITO, Tsuneo TSUTSUI, Naoki TAKEUCHI, Kaoru IWAMOTO