Patents by Inventor Katsuomi Saito

Katsuomi Saito 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: 7137676
    Abstract: A multi-function electronic appliance (1) includes an appliance body (2), an operation display unit (3), rollers (14) and spring pieces (20). The appliance body (2) is provided with a plurality of upright walls (10c). In the upright wall (10c), a guide groove (16) is formed. A through-hole (17) is opened in the guide groove (16). The operation display unit (3) is moves between the position where it covers the front face of the appliance body (2) and the position where it partially opens at least a part of the front face. The roller (14) is provided so as to be rotatable at the upper end of the operation display unit (3) and engaged with the guide groove (16). The spring piece (20) includes an attaching segment (21) attached to the appliance body (21) and an elastic deforming segment (22). The elastic deforming segment (22) advances into the guide groove (16) through the through-hole (17) and urges the roller (14) toward the front face when the operation display unit (3) covers the front face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Sugimoto, Masato Nakamura, Katsuomi Saito
  • Publication number: 20050056401
    Abstract: A car stereo (1) as electrical equipment includes a main body (2) and a cooling device (4). The main body (2) includes a chassis (10). The chassis (10) receives the cooling device (4). The cooling device (4) includes a heat sink (20), an electric fan (21), and a cover (22). The heat sink (20) is thermally connected to a power IC (6) as a heating element and the like. The heat sink (20) is vertically provided on a bottom chassis (11) of the chassis (10). A cover (22) is attached to the heat sink (20) and the bottom chassis (11). The heat sink (20), the cover (22), and the bottom chassis (11) form an inner closed flow space (100). The electric fan (21) moves a gas into the flow space (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Katsuomi Saito, Isao Kurata
  • Publication number: 20030085325
    Abstract: A multi-function electronic appliance 1 includes an appliance body 2, an operation display unit 3, rollers 14 and spring pieces 20. The appliance body 2 is provided with a plurality of upright walls 10c. In the upright wall 10c, a guide groove 16 is formed. A through-hole 17 is opened in the guide groove 16. The operation display unit 3 is moves between the position where it covers the front face of the appliance body 2 and the position where it partially opens at least a part of the front face. The roller 14 is provided so as to be rotatable at the upper end of the operation display unit 3 and engaged with the guide groove 16. The spring piece 20 includes an attaching segment 21 attached to the appliance body 21 and an elastic deforming segment 22. The elastic deforming segment 22 advances into the guide groove 16 through the through-hole 17 and urges the roller 14 toward the front face when the operation display unit 3 covers the front face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Applicant: PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyofumi Sugimoto, Masato Nakamura, Katsuomi Saito