Patents by Inventor Koji Soshin

Koji Soshin 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: 6977518
    Abstract: An electrical leak detecting apparatus for detecting electrical leak of a power supply device includes two voltage division elements which have an identical impedance value and are connected to each other in series between input terminals or output terminals of a DC/AC conversion circuit of the power supply device, a detection element which has one end connected to a junction of the voltage division elements, a capacitor which is inserted between the other end of the detection element and ground and a decision member which receives a voltage drop across the detection element as a detection signal and processes the detection signal so as to judge occurrence of the electrical leak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotada Higashihama, Hisashi Usui, Koji Soshin, Toshiaki Saito, Yoji Minami
  • Publication number: 20040227521
    Abstract: An electrical leak detecting apparatus for detecting electrical leak of a power supply device includes two voltage division elements which have an identical impedance value and are connected to each other in series between input terminals or output terminals of a DC/AC conversion circuit of the power supply device, a detection element which has one end connected to a junction of the voltage division elements, a capacitor which is inserted between the other end of the detection element and ground and a decision member which receives a voltage drop across the detection element as a detection signal and processes the detection signal so as to judge occurrence of the electrical leak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirotada Higashihama, Hisashi Usui, Koji Soshin, Yoji Minami
  • Patent number: 5154242
    Abstract: A power tool includes a DC motor for tightening a fastener through three consecutive stages. In the first stage, the motor is rotated at a high speed to tighten the fastener to a pre-seated condition which is acknowledged by the tool. Then, the motor is temporarily stopped and restarted at a low speed for tightening the fastener to its seated condition to complete the second stage. At the third stage, a control is made to gradually increase a field current in a feedback manner by constantly monitoring the field current flowing through the motor up to a predetermined current limit determined as directly related to an intended tightening torque at which the fastener is tightened past the seat condition. After the field current reaches the current limit, the motor is stopped to complete the tightening cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Soshin, Shinichi Okamoto