Patents by Inventor Kazuo Todo

Kazuo Todo 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: 5532080
    Abstract: A dry battery includes a cylindrical housing, a first end plate and an electrode. The electrode protrudes from the first end plate and includes a tip end plate and a cylindrical side wall. The cylindrical housing, the first end plate, the tipe end plate and the cylindrical side wall each made of a conductive material are electically connected with each other so as to form a first conductive surface. A first contactor of an electrical power source circuit is arranged to come in contact with a part of the first conductive surface other than the tip end plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1996
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Shuri Mizoguchi, Ken Ishida, Kazuo Todo, Kiyoaki Hazama, Koujiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5329330
    Abstract: A photographic film is previously wound around a spool in a scroll chamber to be ready for photographing. The film is wound by one frame when a film winding knob is operated. After all the frames have been exposed, it is wound back to a film magazine in a film magazine chamber. The film magazine in which the film has been wound, is taken out from the film magazine chamber when a rear cover is folded at a groove portion provided on the rear cover after at least one of the three engaging hook portions between the rear cover and the film unit body has been disengaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1994
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Zeniti Sakai, Kazuo Todo, Takao Tsuda, Hiroshi Kibayashi
  • Patent number: 5223871
    Abstract: A camera unit is disclosed. The camera unit is packed in the form of a product comprising a camera and a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material loaded beforehand in the camera. The camera comprises a lens having a focal length of not more than 23 mm, and the light-sensitive material has an ISO speed of not less than 300 and at least one of the emulsion layers of said light-sensitive material has a specified shape in the photographic characteristic curve thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Iwagaki, Atsuo Ezaki, Kazuo Todo