Patents by Inventor Kazuhito Fukumasu

Kazuhito Fukumasu 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: 20230272941
    Abstract: An air circulator includes a blower unit that is provided with an airflow opening on a front side of the blower unit. A grill is provided in the airflow opening, and is provided with airflow guide blades in a spiral manner. The air circulator also includes a controller that achieves a rhythm air in which weak wind and strong wind are switched over by controlling a rotational speed of a motor of the blower unit. The grill is provided with plural airflow guide blades in a spiral manner. Inner end portions of the airflow guide blades closer to the center of the spiral of the airflow guide blades are protruded from outer end portions if the airflow guide blades in an airflow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Iris Ohyama Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki YAMAMOTO, Kazuhito FUKUMASU, Hiroshi ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11686500
    Abstract: An air circulator includes a blower unit that is provided with an airflow opening on a front side of the blower unit. A grill is provided in the airflow opening, and is provided with airflow guide blades in a spiral manner Each of the airflow guide blades is convex toward an airflow direction between its inner end portion and its outer end portion to form the grill three-dimensionally. The grill further includes a circular ring that intersects with the airflow guide blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Iris Ohyama Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki Yamamoto, Kazuhito Fukumasu, Hiroshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11401949
    Abstract: A blower according to a present embodiment includes a blower unit that has a housing on which a slit is formed to extend vertically, and a support unit that has a support pillar inserted through the slit and pivotally coupled with the blower unit to be swingable vertically. And, by forming a distance between a lower end of the slit and the support pillar in a horizontally directed state in which an airflow direction of the blower unit is in line with a horizontal direction, it is configured to make the blower unit swingable such that the airflow direction of the blower unit is directed toward a lower side below the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: IRIS OHYAMA INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Fukumasu, Hirokazu Fujii, Hideki Yamamoto, Kanako Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 11402120
    Abstract: An air circulator includes a blower unit that is provided with an airflow opening on its front side, and a support unit that supports the blower unit. A grill is provided in the airflow opening. The grill is provided with plural airflow guide blades in a spiral manner. Inner end portions thereof closer to the center of the spiral of the airflow guide blades are protruded from outer end portions thereof in an airflow direction. The blower unit has a cover for forming an outer panel thereof, and the cover has a spherical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: IRIS OHYAMA INC.
    Inventors: Hideki Yamamoto, Kazuhito Fukumasu, Hiroshi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220146143
    Abstract: An air circulator includes a blower unit that is provided with an airflow opening on a front side of the blower unit. A grill is provided in the airflow opening, and is provided with airflow guide blades in a spiral manner Each of the airflow guide blades is convex toward an airflow direction between its inner end portion and its outer end portion to form the grill three-dimensionally. The grill further includes a circular ring that intersects with the airflow guide blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Iris Ohyama Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki YAMAMOTO, Kazuhito Fukumasu, Hiroshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11268735
    Abstract: An air circulator includes a blower unit that is provided with an airflow opening on its front side, and a support unit that supports the blower unit. A grill is provided in the airflow opening. The grill is provided with plural airflow guide blades in a spiral manner. Inner end portions thereof closer to the center of the spiral of the airflow guide blades are protruded from outer end portions thereof in an airflow direction. The blower unit has a cover for forming an outer panel thereof, and the cover has a spherical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: IRIS OHYAMA INC.
    Inventors: Hideki Yamamoto, Kazuhito Fukumasu, Hiroshi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20210348623
    Abstract: A blower according to a present embodiment includes a blower unit that has a housing on which a slit is formed to extend vertically, and a support unit that has a support pillar inserted through the slit and pivotally coupled with the blower unit to be swingable vertically. And, by forming a distance between a lower end of the slit and the support pillar in a horizontally directed state in which an airflow direction of the blower unit is in line with a horizontal direction, it is configured to make the blower unit swingable such that the airflow direction of the blower unit is directed toward a lower side below the horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Iris Ohyama Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuhito FUKUMASU, Hirokazu FUJII, Hideki YAMAMOTO, Kanako TSUTSUMI
  • Publication number: 20210041132
    Abstract: An air circulator includes a blower unit that is provided with an airflow opening on its front side, and a support unit that supports the blower unit. A grill is provided in the airflow opening. The grill is provided with plural airflow guide blades in a spiral manner Inner end portions thereof closer to the center of the spiral of the airflow guide blades are protruded from outer end portions thereof in an airflow direction. The blower unit has a cover for forming an outer panel thereof, and the cover has a spherical shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Iris Ohyama Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki YAMAMOTO, Kazuhito FUKUMASU, Hiroshi ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10859287
    Abstract: An air circulator includes a blower unit that is provided with an airflow opening on its front side and in which a grill is provided in the airflow opening and a support unit that supports the blower unit, and the grill is provided with plural airflow guide blades in a spiral manner and their inner end portions closer to the center of the spiral of the plural airflow guide blades are protruded in an airflow direction from their outer end portions made continuous to the airflow opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: IRIS OHYAMA INC.
    Inventors: Hideki Yamamoto, Kazuhito Fukumasu, Hiroshi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20200208871
    Abstract: An air circulator includes a blower unit that is provided with an airflow opening on its front side and in which a grill is provided in the airflow opening and a support unit that supports the blower unit, and the grill is provided with plural airflow guide blades in a spiral manner and their inner end portions closer to the center of the spiral of the plural airflow guide blades are protruded in an airflow direction from their outer end portions made continuous to the airflow opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Iris Ohyama Inc.
    Inventors: Hideki YAMAMOTO, Kazuhito FUKUMASU, Hiroshi ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 8885331
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus includes coupled first and second casings with respective image display surfaces, and including a full-closed state where both casings are overlaid on each other, a tilt state where the second casing has been moved from the full-closed state so that the image display surfaces in both casings are exposed and, also, the image display surface in the second casing is inclined with respect to the image display surface in the first casing at an angle of opening which is equal to or more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees, and a full-open state where the image display surfaces in both casings are flushed with each other in the same plane, and the portable electronic apparatus being capable of holding the second casing, in attitude, with respect to the first casing in the full-closed state, in the tilt state and in the full-open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Nonaka, Atsushi Okamoto, Akito Iwai, Kazuhito Fukumasu, Masahiko Nishiwaki
  • Publication number: 20130329394
    Abstract: In a portable electronic device that has a first casing 1 and a second casing 2 coupled to each other via a coupling member and can be selectively set in a closed state and an open state, at an opposing portion between the coupling member and the second casing 2, there are formed a receiving surface 33 and a slide surface 29 that are to be in a slide contact with each other in a first half of a process where both the casings shift from a most separated state to a closest state in the open state, and at an opposing portion between the first casing 1 and the second casing 2, there are formed a projecting portion 10 and a recessed portion 20 that are to be engaged with each other and disengaged from each other in a latter half of the process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Nonaka, Akito Iwai, Kenjiro Okamoto, Toshifumi Yakushinji, Atsushi Okamoto, Kenjiro Fujii, Kazuhito Fukumasu, Kengo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120188726
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus includes coupled first and second casings with respective image display surfaces, and including a full-closed state where both casings are overlaid on each other, a tilt state where the second casing has been moved from the full-closed state so that the image display surfaces in both casings are exposed and, also, the image display surface in the second casing is inclined with respect to the image display surface in the first casing at an angle of opening which is equal to or more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees, and a full-open state where the image display surfaces in both casings are flushed with each other in the same plane, and the portable electronic apparatus being capable of holding the second casing, in attitude, with respect to the first casing in the full-closed state, in the tilt state and in the full-open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Nonaka, Atsushi Okamoto, Akito Iwai, Kazuhito Fukumasu, Masahiko Nishiwaki
  • Patent number: 7187306
    Abstract: The invention provides a key input device comprising a plurality of key tops 7 arranged on a surface of a main body case, each of the key tops 7 having a body 73 of transparent resin, the key body 73 being provided with a light blocking film 71 formed over a front surface thereof, the light blocking film 71 being partly cut out to form a light transmitting pattern 72 representing a character. LEDs 8 are arranged below the key tops 7. Each of the key tops 7 has a semitransparent screen 9 formed on a rear surface thereof in an area to be illuminated with LEDs 8 and extending only over a region opposed to the light transmitting pattern 72.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd., Sanyo Telecommunications Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Makino, Kazuhito Fukumasu
  • Publication number: 20040077384
    Abstract: The invention provides a key input device comprising a plurality of key tops 7 arranged on a surface of a main body case, each of the key tops 7 having a body 73 of transparent resin, the key body 73 being provided with a light blocking film 71 formed over a front surface thereof, the light blocking film 71 being partly cut out to form a light transmitting pattern 72 representing a character. LEDs 8 are arranged below the key tops 7. Each of the key tops 7 has a semitransparent screen 9 formed on a rear surface thereof in an area to be illuminated with LEDs 8 and extending only over a region opposed to the light transmitting pattern 72.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Makino, Kazuhito Fukumasu