Patents by Inventor Katsushi Sato

Katsushi Sato 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: 20230193925
    Abstract: To provide a drainage pump capable of reducing the amount of drain water remaining in a drain pan. A drainage pump includes a housing, an impeller housed in the housing, and a motor with a drive shaft connected to the impeller. The housing includes a suction pipe in a cylindrical shape extending in an up-and-down direction. A suction port facing downward and a concave surface in an annular shape around the suction port are disposed at a lower end of the suction pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Katsushi SATO, Yoshiki WATANABE
  • Patent number: 8747071
    Abstract: A drain pump that maintains pump performance and reduces noise and vibration accompanying water scooping of a rotary impeller includes a large-diameter blade divided into an inner blade and an outer blade. A radius of an impeller scooping up water is the sum of the lengths of the inner and outer blades in a radial direction. The large-diameter blade is divided at a position where the amount of generated air bubbles is large, and the inner and outer blades are alternately disposed. Accordingly, air bubbles are escaped to a downstream side in a rotational direction, so that the intensity of the collision between the blades and air bubbles is decreased reducing noise caused by the burst of air bubbles and vibration caused by a collision load of the flow of a gas-liquid mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Fujikoki Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Kato, Shinichi Nemoto, Kenji Yamabiraki, Katsushi Sato
  • Publication number: 20110008153
    Abstract: A drain pump that maintains pump performance and reduces noise and vibration accompanying water scooping of a rotary impeller includes a large-diameter blade divided into an inner blade and an outer blade. A radius of an impeller scooping up water is the sum of the lengths of the inner and outer blades in a radial direction. The large-diameter blade is divided at a position where the amount of generated air bubbles is large, and the inner and outer blades are alternately disposed. Accordingly, air bubbles are escaped to a downstream side in a rotational direction, so that the intensity of the collision between the blades and air bubbles is decreased reducing noise caused by the burst of air bubbles and vibration caused by a collision load of the flow of a gas-liquid mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIKOKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Kato, Shinichi Nemoto, Kenji Yamabiraki, Katsushi Sato
  • Patent number: 7581196
    Abstract: A reservation registration apparatus, a method of reservation registration and a program storage medium allow reservation registration to be performed by easy operation. A starting time and an ending time can be set and changed by easy operation by displaying on a display screen reservation subject icons representing reservation subjects and a time base display area for performing reservation registration, and when the reservation subject icons are moved onto the time base display area, displaying a reservation time frame display division representing a starting time and an ending time of the reservation subjects according to positions to which they are moved, and changing a starting time or an ending time according to movement of the entire reservation time frame display division or movement of the first end or the second end of the reservation time frame display division.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Katsushi Sato, Kumiko Sasaki
  • Patent number: 6911751
    Abstract: A motor includes a case which has a containing portion in which a rotor is contained, a bracket which closes an opening of the containing portion, the bracket having a through hole, and a conductive elastic member which is provided in the through hole. The conductive elastic member urges a conductive wire against an inner face of the through hole so as to fix the conductive wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsushi Sato, Takeshi Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20040263010
    Abstract: A motor includes a case which has a containing portion in which a rotor is contained, a bracket which closes an opening of the containing portion, the bracket having a through hole, and a conductive elastic member which is provided in the through hole. The conductive elastic member urges a conductive wire against an inner face of the through hole so as to fix the conductive wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Katsushi Sato, Takeshi Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20010018661
    Abstract: A reservation registration apparatus, a method of reservation registration and a program storage medium allow reservation registration to be performed by easy operation. A starting time and an ending time can be set and changed by easy operation by displaying on a display screen reservation subject icons representing reservation subjects and a time base display area for performing reservation registration, and when the reservation subject icons are moved onto the time base display area, displaying a reservation time frame display division representing a starting time and an ending time of the reservation subjects according to positions to which they are moved, and changing a starting time or an ending time according to movement of the entire reservation time frame display division or movement of the first end or the second end of the reservation time frame display division.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: Katsushi Sato, Kumiko Sasaki