Patents by Inventor Kouji Funakoshi

Kouji Funakoshi 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).

  • Induction heating apparatus having timing means responsive to temporary removal of cooking implement
    Patent number: 4129767
    Abstract: A plurality of switches each is provided in the vicinity of each of a plurality of heater coils of an induction heating apparatus, and responsive to removel of a cooking implement from a corresponding heater coil for being rendered open. A plurality of timers each is connected to each of the switches and causes the heater coil to be de-energized when the cooking implement is kept away from the heater coil for more than a predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1978
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, Limited
    Inventors: Keizo Amagami, Masatatsu Nakamura, Hideyuki Kominami, Kouji Funakoshi, Mitsuyuki Kiuchi, Takumi Mizukawa