Patents by Inventor Kiichi Komatsu

Kiichi Komatsu 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: 9585805
    Abstract: To provide a compact type of equipment with less noise by which stool of a person receiving care can be processed surely without the person's unpleasant sensation regardless of stool's nature, reducing the load on the person receiving care. In the processing equipment of excretory substances, the suction circulation tube is led to the cooling unit outside the device house box from the discharge side of the suction motor and cooled down by heat exchange with outer air inside the cooling unit, and then returned to the return box unit. The defecation sensor comprises a sensor which detects stool's hardness to control in order to vacuum up at the setting with the higher suction power for signals of harder stool. The urination sensor comprises a sensor which has two contact points to calculate a necessary suction power according to the degree of the signals and control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Keiko Saitoh
    Inventors: Tokuo Saitoh, Fumiyuki Akoshima, Kiichi Komatsu, Nobuyoshi Kurosawa
  • Publication number: 20150328072
    Abstract: To provide a compact type of equipment with less noise by which stool of a person receiving care can be processed surely without the person's unpleasant sensation regardless of stool's nature, reducing the load on the person receiving care. In the processing equipment of excretory substances, the suction circulation tube is led to the cooling unit outside the device house box from the discharge side of the suction motor and cooled down by heat exchange with outer air inside the cooling unit, and then returned to the return box unit. The defecation sensor comprises a sensor which detects stool's hardness to control in order to vacuum up at the setting with the higher suction power for signals of harder stool. The urination sensor comprises a sensor which has two contact points to calculate a necessary suction power according to the degree of the signals and control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Tokuo SAITOH, Fumiyuki AKOSHIMA, Kiichi KOMATSU, Nobuyosh KUROSAWA
  • Patent number: 6110159
    Abstract: A device for disposing excrement comprising: a diaper cup 1 for enveloping a lumbar/gluteal region of a human body; and a device body C connected to the diaper cup 1 for supplying washing water to the inside of the diaper cup and for sucking excrements and sewage from the inside of the diaper cup 1. The device body C includes: a suction motor 21 for establishing a vacuum to suck the excrements and the sewage; a water supply pump 5 for supplying the washing water; and a sequencer 12 for controlling the suction motor 21 and the water supply pump 5. The sequencer 12 includes intermittent drive means S4 to S8 or S24 to S29 for controlling the drive of the water supply pump 5 by setting time parameters according to the sense signals of the feces sensor 109 and the urine sensor 114.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Niles Parts Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Tsujita, Kiichi Komatsu, Hisashi Yamatoya
  • Patent number: D684743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Inventors: Tokuo Saito, Fumiyuki Akoshima, Kiichi Komatsu, Nobuyoshi Kurosawa
  • Patent number: D692523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Inventors: Tokuo Saito, Fumiyuki Akoshima, Kiichi Komatsu, Nobuyoshi Kurosawa