Patents by Inventor Kouei Obata

Kouei Obata 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: 20130146684
    Abstract: An electrostatic sprayer includes a temperature-humidity sensor which detects a humidity and a temperature of a space where the user is present, and a control section which provides control by adjusting an amount of the liquid transferred by a pressure pump and a voltage applied by a high voltage power supply based on the value detected by the temperature-humidity sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouichi Minakuchi, Aoi Shinohara, Tomohiko Tsutsumi, Natsumi Yukawa, Akira Nagamori, Satoshi Kishimoto, Makoto Ide, Kouei Obata, Mamoru Okumoto, Masashi Kamada
  • Publication number: 20120085844
    Abstract: An electrostatic spraying device (1) includes a tank (11) in which a liquid is stored, a gas supply path (6a) which communicates with the tank (11), a pump (2) which applies pressure to the liquid in the tank (11) by supplying air to the tank (11) via the gas supply path (6a), and a control section (4) which controls a supply operation of the pump (2) to adjust a pressure in the tank (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mamoru Okumoto, Kouei Obata, Masashi Kamada, Yume Inokuchi
  • Publication number: 20100288860
    Abstract: An electrostatic sprayer includes: a housing; a container (11) accommodated in the housing and filled with liquid; a nozzle (20) attached to the container (11), with a tip thereof opened to an outside of the container (11) and a rear end thereof opened to an inside of the container (11); a pressurization mechanism for compressing the container (11) to supply the liquid to the tip of the nozzle (20); and a conductive member (12) for applying a predetermined voltage to the liquid in the container (11). The liquid, to which the predetermined voltage is applied by the conductive member (12), is sprayed in an atomized state from the tip of the nozzle (20). The nozzle (20) is formed in a needle shape by a flexible resin member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Yume Inokuchi, Mamoru Okumoto, Kouei Obata
  • Publication number: 20100059608
    Abstract: An electrostatic spraying device (10) includes a container (15) for storing a liquid containing an ingredient valuable for a human body, a nozzle (20) communicating with the inside of the container (15), and an electric field generation section (31) to which a voltage is applied, thereby generating an electric field at a tip portion of the nozzle (20). The electrostatic spraying device (10) sprays the liquid from a tip of the nozzle (20) by generating the electric field at the tip portion of the nozzle (20) by using the electric field generation section (31). The electrostatic spraying device (10) is configured such that the direction of the nozzle (20) is changeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventor: Kouei Obata
  • Publication number: 20100001105
    Abstract: This invention relates to a humidification system for delivering atomized water to an object. In a humidification system of the invention for delivering humidified air to an object, the object is efficiently humidified. A humidification system (1) of the invention is provided with an electrostatic spraying device (2) for discharging water in an electrically charged and atomized state. When electrically charged water droplets discharged from the electrostatic spraying device (2) approach a person (P), these water droplets are attracted to the person (P) by electric image force. In this way, the water in atomized form is efficiently absorbed by or adhered to the object (P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Kouei Obata, Mamoru Okumoto