Patents by Inventor Kiyoshi Yamaoka

Kiyoshi Yamaoka 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: 8567013
    Abstract: A door body holding structure that can hold a door body at an open position by using a simple configuration. A projecting portion 40, which projects toward a containing wall 38 side, is provided on an outer surface of a bearing portion 32 of a fixed-side hinge at a position facing the containing wall 38 where the projecting portion 40 does not come into contact with an inner surface of a guide portion 34 when the door body 18 is at a closed position but the projecting portion 40 comes into contact with the inner surface of the guide portion 34 when the door body 18 is at the open position. A separation dimension between a projecting end of the projecting portion 40 and the containing wall 38 is set to be smaller than a thickness dimension of the guide portion 34.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yamaoka, Takashi Hibino, Nobuo Kondo, Hideo Ishigure
  • Patent number: 8528357
    Abstract: An ice-making machine has a box-shaped lower housing with an ice storage bin, a box-shaped upper housing mounted on a rear portion of the lower housing, an ice-making mechanism within the front portion of a machine compartment in the upper housing, and a freezing unit installed behind the ice-making mechanism for supplying refrigerant to the ice-making mechanism. An open-and-close ice-access lid is pivotally mounted between the lower end of the upper housing and the the lower housing. An air intake passage introduces outside cooling air from the front face of the lower housing into the machine compartment along inner surfaces of one side wall and a rear wall of the lower housing. An air discharge passage is provided for passing the air after cooling to flow outward along inner surfaces of the rear wall and the other side wall of the lower housing to an exterior discharge from the front face of the lower housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuo Kondo, Kiyoshi Yamaoka, Hideyuki Tashiro, Takeshi Ueda, Takashi Hibino, Akira Harata
  • Publication number: 20110197392
    Abstract: A door body holding structure that can hold a door body at an open position by using a simple configuration. A projecting portion 40, which projects toward a containing wall 38 side, is provided on an outer surface of a bearing portion 32 of a fixed-side hinge at a position facing the containing wall 38 where the projecting portion 40 does not come into contact with an inner surface of a guide portion 34 when the door body 18 is at a closed position but the projecting portion 40 comes into contact with the inner surface of the guide portion 34 when the door body 18 is at the open position. A separation dimension between a projecting end of the projecting portion 40 and the containing wall 38 is set to be smaller than a thickness dimension of the guide portion 34.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yamaoka, Takashi Hibino, Nobuo Kondo, Hideo Ishigure
  • Publication number: 20110113814
    Abstract: Ice making water is uniformly supplied to ice making regions of an ice making section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: HOSHIZAKI DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yamaoka, Takashi Hibino, Nobuo Kondo, Hideyuki Tashiro, Takeshi Ueda, Akira Harata
  • Publication number: 20110023521
    Abstract: An ice-making machine comprising a box-shaped lower housing provided therein with an ice storage bin, a box-shaped upper housing mounted on a rear portion of the lower housing, an ice-making mechanism assembled within the front portion of a machine compartment formed in the upper housing, and a freezing unit installed behind the ice-making mechanism for supplying refrigerant to the ice-making mechanism, wherein an open-and-close lid is mounted on an opening formed between the lower end of the front face of the upper housing and the upper end of the front face of the lower housing, and wherein an air intake passage is formed to cause outside air introduced from the front face of the lower housing to flow as cooling air into the machine compartment along inner surfaces of one side wall and the rear wall of the lower housing, and an air discharge passage is formed to cause the air after cooling to flow outward along inner surfaces of the rear wall and the other side wall of the lower housing and to discharge to
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Nobuo Kondo, Kiyoshi Yamaoka, Hideyuki Tashiro, Takeshi Ueda, Takashi Hibino, Akira Harata
  • Publication number: 20090320513
    Abstract: An automatic ice making machine with enhanced heat discharge efficiency, is provided. An ice making machine body 22 has a machine room 50 provided with a freezing mechanism 60 such as a compressor 56, and air inlets 30, 30 provided in a front panel 24 and communicating with the machine room 50. A top panel 26 comprises an insulating material 72 formed with a plurality of air circulation paths 74 which allow communication between the machine room 50 and outside of the ice making machine body 22. These air circulation paths 74 communicate with an air outlet 44 open toward an outer surface of the front panel 24. Outside air taken in from the air inlets 30, 30 circulates through the machine room 50 and an ice making space 52, and thereafter is discharged to the outside of the ice making machine body 22 via the air circulation paths 74.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Yamaoka, Nobuo Kondo
  • Patent number: 5247750
    Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting assembled conditions of interior and exterior parts of an automotive vehicle, comprising an inspection table, two supporting bases mounted on the table, a framework supported by the supporting bases, left and right model jigs shaped to correspond to configurations of left and right side-member final assemblies of the vehicle, and bar members for connecting one model jig with the other. When shaping the model jigs, the supporting bases are used as datum references for the shaping and the framework serves as a core in the model jigs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeru Ito, Kiyoshi Yamaoka, Isao Okamoto